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Kalamazoo Area Branch
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Established in 1914, our branch consists of 46 women from Kalamazoo and the surrounding area who come together as educated women for intellectual stimulation and friendship. We acknowledge a commitment to use our diverse talents to impact the communities in which we live.
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In the fall they presented a college awareness program in the Comstock Public Schools. AAUW members and other volunteers read “I Know I Can”, a book for early elementary school children up to third grade and discussed the importance of thinking about and preparing for education beyond high school at an early age. Each child received a copy of the book to keep. In May they are presenting this same program to the second graders in the Kalamazoo Public Schools. Early in the year they had a fun-filled and successful auction to raise necessary funds in which branch members provided unique items, many of them handmade. At their Christmas luncheon they decorated a small tree with stockings containing donations to their scholarship fund and to the Educational Foundation. Gifts of hand-knit hats and scarves were placed under the tree and later donated to a local community center. In February, they participated in Kalamazoo’s Reading Together activities by hosting a book discussion of this year’s selection, “Animal Dreams”. Six scholarships were awarded to local women who were returning to school or pursuing post-graduate studies in March. The women spoke of their goals for their education. An AAUW International Fellow who is attending Western Michigan University was also a guest.
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