September 12, 2023 Jason Misner, Glen Lake Schools Superintendent
After his first year, Jason will tell us about the highlights of his year, and the challenges to come
October 10, 2023 Women’s Resource Center
We will hear an update about the challenges and opportunities of the Women’s Resource Center. Our speakers will be Jaime Bell and Juliette Schultz.
November 14, 2023 Anne-Marie Oomen, local Author
Anne Marie will talk about her latest books, “As long as I know You”, the AWP winner of the Sue William Silverman nonfiction prize, and “The Long Road”. Anne-Marie Oomen, our Empire neighbor, co-authored “Lake Michigan Mermaid: a Tale in Poems (with poet Linda Nemec Foster), a Michigan notable book of 2019, as well as numerous other prize-winning books and plays, and is a founding editor of Dunes Review. She is also an instructor at Solstice MFA at Laser University MA; Interlochen College of Creative Arts and appears at numerous conferences throughout the country. Her latest books will be available for purchase at our meeting, courtesy of our friends at Cottage Book Store, and she will lead us in a writing exercise that evening.
December 12 – Holiday Party
Please join us for cocktails at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 7:00 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Township Hall; reservations must be received by December 4, 2023
Ponder: What do you find beautiful about winter?
January 9, 2024 – Karen Eckhardt, Books from Birth Organization
Books from Birth is a new, transformational collaboration between Munson Medical Center Traverse City, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Grand Traverse Region and Born To Read, a signature program of the Traverse Bay Sunrise Rotary Club.
A multi-step volunteer effort, Books from Birth will begin before a baby is born… when parents receive information during their third trimester. During the birth, family & friends will learn the importance of reading & playing with their baby at a new information center in Munson’s maternity waiting room. After baby’s birth, when a birth registrar collects information for the birth certificate, every mother will be offered a sign up to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at no cost to the family. Finally, parents will be reminded & encouraged to read to their child every month when one, new, age appropriate book is home delivered…in baby’s name…until their 5th birthday. That’s a total of 60 books over five years at no cost to the family.
February 13, 2024 – Game Night and Potluck
Bunko is back by popular demand! Pair that up with a member pitch-in potluck and it will be a night to remember. Our resident Bunko queen will help us get our game night off to a rip-roaring start.
March 12, 2024– Luncheon at Joe’s Friendly in Empire
The fun starts at 11:30 a.m.–please RSVP by Monday, March 4, 2024
April 9, 2024–Sarah Kime, Executive Director, Glen Arbor Art Center
May 14, 2024 – Marjie Rich, Executive Director, Generations Ahead
Generations Ahead is an organization that supports teen pregnant mothers and fathers
June 11, 2024 – Scholarship Reception
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Glen Arbor Township Hall