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On Saturday, January 20, at 9:30 we will be visited at Croasdaile Village’s lower meeting room by a very special person portrayed by our own Betsy Feifs. At this meeting, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington tells you her story from her early teen days in rural Virginia through her marriages and motherhood and many travels and travails to become a lady much admired in our new nation and abroad. We will have light breakfast type refreshments. The cost to be announced later this week. Please let Elaine Scagnelli or me know by Tuesday, January 16, if you are coming. Thanks.
Our second program will be on March 3 at 9:30 at Mt. Sylvan United Methodist Church’s parlor. At this meeting Gerry Larson and Ann Wilder will lead a discussion on this book, Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. The book is available at the Durham Public Library, local bookstores and on amazon. Gerry sent this information about the selected book: Evicted: Poverty & Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond. Nonfiction Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, Carnegie Medial and more: NYTimes Book of the Year This landmark work of scholarship and reportage will forever change the way we look at poverty in America In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. In vivid, intimate prose, Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of America's vast inequality—and to people's determination and intelligence in the face of hardship. A powerful message for Americans. Go ahead and get the book so you are ready for the next cold, snowy day when you want to just curl up and read!
Calendar
Event: 2016 Joint Meeting with Eta, Beta Iota, Beta Kappa and Delta Gamma will be Saturday, September 17, beginning at 9:00 am at Mount Sylvan Church. Members of each chapter are asked to bring items to support Mt. Sylvan’s Backpack Buddies program and/or school supplies which will be given to Roxboro school children. Brunch cost: $5. Please RSVP to Theresa ([email protected] ) or Kim ([email protected] ) by September 12th.
Event: Chapter Meeting and Program: Rebound: Alternatives for Youth
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2014
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: **Durham Teen Center 1101 Cornell St. Durham, NC 27707 – across from the Lyon Park Recreation/Community Center
We will meet with Lizzie Ellis-Furlong (co-founder of Rebound: Alternatives for Youth but recently named Executive Director of Durham Literacy Council) and Pam Gray, current Executive Director of Rebound. This program provides all-day instruction and activities for students on suspension. This successful plan of action to help Durham’s youth was piloted last year at Jordan High School. The program succeeded at providing strengths-focused interventions for youth on short-term suspension in Durham.
Rebound’s website: http://www.reboundnc.org If you want to learn even more, I have attached an informative and eye-opening Power Point [Rebound PPT – June 2014] as well as the final 2014 report from Durham Public Schools [Rebound DPS pilot report FINAL – June 2014.pdf]
And for our Facebook followers: https://www.facebook.com/ReboundNC
Event: Saturday, December 6, 2014 Brief Chapter Meeting
Book Harvest Program, and Annual Holiday Brunch
Date: Time: Location:
Saturday, December 6, 2014 9:15 – 11:00 AM
Location to be announced.
Our guest speaker, Ginger Young, is founder of Book Harvest, a non-profit organization with the goal of putting books in the hands of children who need them the most. Ms. Young considers herself one of the “lucky ones” growing up because she had books of her own; she was a regular
at the library; she loved to read ~ and still does. Yet it worries her that “more than half of America's low-income kids own not a single book.” She continues, “I cannot imagine being a child without books to call her very own. I founded Book Harvest because I believe we can change the bookless reality that so many of our kids face.”
For additional information and inspiration, check out the website:
http://www.bookharvestnc.org
Note: Bring a friend or come alone as we spend time together. Bring gently used children’s books to be given to children served by Book Harvest.
Event: Saturday, January 17, 2015
Chapter Meeting, Hobby Share and Book Discussion
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2015
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Croasdaile Retirement Home (Croasdaile Village),
2600 Croasdaile Farm Parkway, Durham, NC 27707
Several members will share their hobbies (5-7 min.each).
Our Membership chairperson, Mary Fletcher will share information about our recruitment of new members. The
deadline for recommendations of potential new members is February 28, 2015.
Delta Gamma members Gerry Larson and Ann Wilder, will [again] lead us in a book discussion. A title has not been
selected at this time; more information to follow.
Once again Croasdaile Village has opened its doors for us to meet in their beautiful facility. Light refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to Elaine Scagnelli by January 10, 2015 !
Event: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Durham Performing Arts Center Tour & Lunch in Downtown Durham
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St. Durham, NC 27701; Located in
the American Tobacco Historic District next to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
We will be treated to a 40-minute, behind-the-scenes tour of Durham’s Performing Arts Center, led by Peter Holsap- ple, Management Assistant, at the center. Highlights include seeing the view of the stage from all levels of the the- ater, a memorable walk across the Mildred & Dillard Teer Stage, and city views from the BlueCross BlueShield Atrium lobby. We will also go backstage and see where the stars prepare for their performances. As part of a brief chapter meeting, we will vote on new members. Lunch downtown will follow. For more information and a 7-slide photo tour, search:
http://www.dpacnc.org
Event: Meet the Lemurs Tour
Get to know our old and new members and their families! Evaluation of Our Year
Saturday, June 13, 2015
9:30 -11:00 AM (tour).
A picnic lunch on the patio may be added to this event. Duke Lemur Center, 3705 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27715
During “The Lemurs Live!” guided tour we will learn about the similarities and differences between lemur species and what makes lemurs such fasci- nating animals. What a great opportunity to learn along with our children, grandkids and friends old and new! We will donate enrichment items for the lemurs. To learn more about the lemurs and the history of this center, or to check out their “enrichment drive wish list” visit:
http://lemur.duke.edu
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2014
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
Location: **Durham Teen Center 1101 Cornell St. Durham, NC 27707 – across from the Lyon Park Recreation/Community Center
We will meet with Lizzie Ellis-Furlong (co-founder of Rebound: Alternatives for Youth but recently named Executive Director of Durham Literacy Council) and Pam Gray, current Executive Director of Rebound. This program provides all-day instruction and activities for students on suspension. This successful plan of action to help Durham’s youth was piloted last year at Jordan High School. The program succeeded at providing strengths-focused interventions for youth on short-term suspension in Durham.
Rebound’s website: http://www.reboundnc.org If you want to learn even more, I have attached an informative and eye-opening Power Point [Rebound PPT – June 2014] as well as the final 2014 report from Durham Public Schools [Rebound DPS pilot report FINAL – June 2014.pdf]
And for our Facebook followers: https://www.facebook.com/ReboundNC
Event: Saturday, December 6, 2014 Brief Chapter Meeting
Book Harvest Program, and Annual Holiday Brunch
Date: Time: Location:
Saturday, December 6, 2014 9:15 – 11:00 AM
Location to be announced.
Our guest speaker, Ginger Young, is founder of Book Harvest, a non-profit organization with the goal of putting books in the hands of children who need them the most. Ms. Young considers herself one of the “lucky ones” growing up because she had books of her own; she was a regular
at the library; she loved to read ~ and still does. Yet it worries her that “more than half of America's low-income kids own not a single book.” She continues, “I cannot imagine being a child without books to call her very own. I founded Book Harvest because I believe we can change the bookless reality that so many of our kids face.”
For additional information and inspiration, check out the website:
http://www.bookharvestnc.org
Note: Bring a friend or come alone as we spend time together. Bring gently used children’s books to be given to children served by Book Harvest.
Event: Saturday, January 17, 2015
Chapter Meeting, Hobby Share and Book Discussion
Date: Saturday, January 17, 2015
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Croasdaile Retirement Home (Croasdaile Village),
2600 Croasdaile Farm Parkway, Durham, NC 27707
Several members will share their hobbies (5-7 min.each).
Our Membership chairperson, Mary Fletcher will share information about our recruitment of new members. The
deadline for recommendations of potential new members is February 28, 2015.
Delta Gamma members Gerry Larson and Ann Wilder, will [again] lead us in a book discussion. A title has not been
selected at this time; more information to follow.
Once again Croasdaile Village has opened its doors for us to meet in their beautiful facility. Light refreshments will be provided.
Please RSVP to Elaine Scagnelli by January 10, 2015 !
Event: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Durham Performing Arts Center Tour & Lunch in Downtown Durham
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Durham Performing Arts Center, 123 Vivian St. Durham, NC 27701; Located in
the American Tobacco Historic District next to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.
We will be treated to a 40-minute, behind-the-scenes tour of Durham’s Performing Arts Center, led by Peter Holsap- ple, Management Assistant, at the center. Highlights include seeing the view of the stage from all levels of the the- ater, a memorable walk across the Mildred & Dillard Teer Stage, and city views from the BlueCross BlueShield Atrium lobby. We will also go backstage and see where the stars prepare for their performances. As part of a brief chapter meeting, we will vote on new members. Lunch downtown will follow. For more information and a 7-slide photo tour, search:
http://www.dpacnc.org
Event: Meet the Lemurs Tour
Get to know our old and new members and their families! Evaluation of Our Year
Saturday, June 13, 2015
9:30 -11:00 AM (tour).
A picnic lunch on the patio may be added to this event. Duke Lemur Center, 3705 Erwin Rd., Durham, NC 27715
During “The Lemurs Live!” guided tour we will learn about the similarities and differences between lemur species and what makes lemurs such fasci- nating animals. What a great opportunity to learn along with our children, grandkids and friends old and new! We will donate enrichment items for the lemurs. To learn more about the lemurs and the history of this center, or to check out their “enrichment drive wish list” visit:
http://lemur.duke.edu