General Meeting:  September 27 at 10:00 am 

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us. Come a bit early to socialize! Light refreshments are available.

General Meetings are held at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, W-S 27103 (just off Silas Creek Parkway via the Bolton Street exit) at 10:00 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month, except August and December. 

Crosby Scholars Community Partnership
 Speaker: Mona Wooten, President and CEO

The Crosby Scholars Community Partnership helps students in public middle and high schools prepare themselves academically, personally, and financially for college admission. The Crosby Scholar students must meet required academic standards, make a commitment to remain drug-free, attend Crosby Scholars Academy, and participate in volunteer community service, leadership development training, career exploration, and financial aid workshops designed to help both the students and their parents.

For those students who meet financial and academic criteria, the program provides “last dollar” scholarships to bridge the gap between the cost of college attendance and other forms of financial assistance. Since its inception, the program has awarded $5.1 million dollars in last dollar grant assistance and has leveraged an additional $50 million in financial assistance.

The program has a 24 year history in partnership with the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, the Winston-Salem Foundation, the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust. It is also an affiliate of Goodwill of Northwest North Carolina, so Crosby Scholar programs are now available in Rowan County and Iredell County. As a United Way Partner Agency, it collaborates with youth serving agencies throughout the community.

Last year, 857 seniors were guided through the college admissions process and into higher education institutions. Enrollment in grades 6-12 topped 9,700 students in the 2016-2017 school year. Annual recruitment occurs in early fall, when new students in grades 6-10 are invited to join the program. All Forsyth County students attending public school in grades 6-10 are automatically accepted.

Mona Wooten Lovett joined Crosby Scholars as the Executive Director in September 1996 and currently serves as the President and CEO — celebrating 20 years with the organization.

Calendar of Activities:

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact our Membership Coordinator, Pat Titus, at 336-771-4422 or wsnandn@aol.com for additional information.

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, 09/07 at 7:00 pm

BRIDGE CLUB:  Thursday, 09/08 at 1:00 pm

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Saturday, 09/10, 9:30 am - 4:45 pm — Bookmarks

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, 09/12 at 10:00 am    This month’s selection:

Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail,
by Ben Montgomery.

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, 09/13 at 10:00 am

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, 09/15 at 11:30 am
       

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, 09/16 at 10:30 am

SOCIAL:  Saturday, 09/17 at 6:00 pm — Chicago, the Musical

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, 09/22 at 1:00 pm

MONTHLY MEETING:  Tuesday, 09/27 at 10:00 am

ANNUAL MEETING AND LUNCHEON: Tuesday, August 23, 2016

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.

General Meetings are held at 10AM on the fourth Tuesday of each month (except August and December) at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.

The August General Meeting is our Annual Meeting and Luncheon, with the installation of new officers. It will be held at 11:30AM at a local venue (not the Trinity Church). 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: August 2016

Please RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com for additional information.

BOOK CLUB: Monday, 08/01, at 10AM: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

EVENING CARDS: Wednesday, 08/03, at 7PM.

BOARD MEETING: Tuesday, 08/09, at 11:30AM

BRIDGE: Thursday, 08/11, at 1PM

WINE GROUP: Saturday, 08/13, at 7PM

LUNCH BUNCH: Thursday, 08/18, at 11:30AM

DAY CARDS: Thursday, 08/25, at 1PM

GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at 10AM

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.

General Meetings are held at 10AM on the fourth Tuesday of each month (except August and December) at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.
 
July Program: Substance Use Disorders: Not Just a Man’s Issue

Speaker: Kristin O’Leary, Director of Hawley House

     Our July speaker, Kristin O’Leary, is Vice President of Supportive Services at the YWCA and Director of Hawley House, a residential recovery facility for women 18 years and older who have been diagnosed with a substance use disorder. Until the early nineties, most research on substance use disorders focused on men. It is true that men are more likely than women to become addicts, but women face tougher challenges once they become addicted. Women develop medical or social consequences of addiction faster than men, often find it harder to quit using addictive substances, and are more susceptible to relapse.

     Residents live at Hawley House for a period of nine-to-twelve months and receive up to six months of aftercare. Affiliated with the Gateway YWCA, Hawley House provides housing, meals, counseling, transportation to work, and case management. Hawley House accepts women struggling with addiction to alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, heroin, pain pills, and benzodiazepines (anti-anxiety drugs, such as Valium and Xanax). This program is the only licensed women’s substance abuse recovery facility in Forsyth County.

     Ms. O’Leary will tell us about the Hawley House program, some of the pathways leading women to substance use disorders, and the challenges they face surrounding their addiction.

     A combat veteran of the United States Army, Kristin O’Leary served four years as a medic after completing high school. She worked ten years in the medical field and another ten in retail management before her passion for supporting women in crisis led her to the YWCA. As Vice President of Supportive Service, Kristin directs two programs: Hawley House and Project New Start. She will celebrate ten years at the YWCA next February.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: July 2016

Please RSVP for all events. Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com for additional information.

EVENING CARDS: Wednesday, 07/06, at 7PM.

DAY TRIP GALS: Friday, 07/08, at 10:30AM.

DINNER OUT: Saturday, 07/09, at 6:30PM

BOOK CLUB: Monday, 07/11, at 10AM: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

BOARD MEETING: Tuesday, 07/12, at 10AM.

BRIDGE: Thursday, 07/14, at 1PM

LUNCH BUNCH: Thursday, 07/21, at 11:30AM.

DAY CARDS: Thursday, 07/28, at 1PM.

GENERAL MEETING: Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at 10AM

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.

General Meetings are held at 10AM on the fourth Tuesday of each month (except August and December) at  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.

June Program:  Bookmarks! The Annual Festival of Books and Authors — and So Much More!
Speaker:  Ginger Hendricks, MFA, Executive Director of Bookmarks

     Many of us know about Bookmarks’ Annual Festival of Books and Authors. We have volunteered at several venues of this highly successful event, which attracted 12,500 participants last September. The N&N Book Club also sponsored a table at Bookmark’s Moveable Feast, a January event at which book lovers sit eight to a table and welcome a new author every ten minutes.
     Those events are only part of the organization’s literary contribution to the Triad. Want to learn more? Don’t miss our June 28 General Meeting, where Ginger Hendricks, Executive Director of Bookmarks, will broaden our awareness of other programs designed to celebrate literary arts and to connect readers and writers.

     Ms. Hendricks will share insights about the Authors in Schools Program, through which Bookmarks works with area teachers to incorporate authors and their books into the curriculum. In recent years, featured authors have included Isabel Allende, Lemony Snicket, Tavis Smiley, and Gregory Maguire. We will hear about the Summer Reading Program, targeting students from kindergarten through high school, as well as Bookmarks’ plans to launch an independent bookstore.
     Ginger Hendricks was named Executive Director of Bookmarks in January 2010. She graduated from Salem College and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in local and national journals. Before coming to Bookmarks, she served as Director of the Center for Women Writers at Salem College, Coordinator of Cultural Events at Salem College, and Assistant to the Dean of Cultural and Special Programs at Elon University.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  June 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com for additional information.

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, 06/01, at 7PM.

SOCIAL: Saturday, 06/04, at 4:30PM

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, 06/06, at 10AM: The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, by Anton DiSclafani.

TRAVEL TALK:  Thursday, 06/09, at 7PM — Topic is Italy

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, 06/10, at 11AM.

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, 06/14, at 10AM.

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, 06/16, at 11:30AM.

BIRD WALK:  Wednesday, 06/22, at 9AM

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, 06/23, at 1PM.

GENERAL MEETING:  Tuesday, May 24, 2016, at 10AM

General Meetings are a time to welcome visitors, hear guest speakers and discuss club business. We invite women who are new or established residents of Greater Winston-Salem to visit us.

General Meetings are held at 10AM on the fourth Tuesday of each month* at:  Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1416 Bolton Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, just off Silas Creek Parkway, via the Bolton Street exit.

May Program:  Back to School – without the Exams! 
Speaker:   Wanda Duncan

Have you ever dreamed of going back to school, but without the pressures of term papers, exams, and final grades? Our May speaker, whose original January presentation had to be postponed because of winter weather, will introduce us to an opportunity to pursue fascinating subjects with dynamic instructors and mature, intellectually engaged fellow students with none of those old pressures. Join us on May 24 to hear Wanda Duncan, Assistant Director of Lifelong Learning at Wake Forest University, describe the relatively new program of personal enrichment courses offered by the university.   

Created by the Liberal Studies Program of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Wake Forest, in conjunction with the Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County, the program features some of the university’s favorite professors.  Although many cities offer university-based lifelong learning programs, this collaboration between the University and the Arts Council provides a unique approach that sets Winston-Salem apart. 

Classes explore a range of topics of global and personal relevance, tapping subjects as diverse as religion, history, law, music, and psychology.  In addition to regular courses, participants are invited to a member reception featuring a special presentation.   

Ms. Duncan will have complete information on upcoming programs and registration procedures at the meeting.  Meanwhile, you can learn more about the program at the website, http://lifelongwake.wfu.edu, or on Facebook; search for “Lifelong Learning at Wake Forest University.” 

Due to the wide appeal of this topic, members are encouraged to bring guests to this meeting. Spouses, family members and friends are welcome.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:  May 2016

Please RSVP for all events.  Non-members who wish to attend one of our events should contact our Membership Coordinator, Jean Isaac, at 336-608-6360 or wsnandn@aol.com for additional information.

BOOK CLUB:  Monday, 04/04, at 10AM: The Art of Racing in the Rain, by Garth Stein.

EVENING CARDS:  Wednesday, 05/04, at 7PM.

BOARD MEETING:  Tuesday, 05/10, at 10AM.

BRIDGE CLUB:  Thursday, 05/12, at 1PM.

DAY TRIP GALS:  Friday, 05/13, at 10AM.

WINE GROUP:  Saturday, 05/14, at 7PM.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  Tuesday, 05/17, at 10AM. 

LUNCH BUNCH:  Thursday, 05/19, at 11:30AM.

COMMUNITY SERVICE:  Thursday, 05/19, 2-5PM.

DAY CARDS:  Thursday, 05/26, at 1PM.

* General Meetings are held each month except August and December.