Ongoing Activities and Interest Groups – check online newsletter for specific events and dates. –
Birthday Celebrations – Each month members who share the same birthday month gather to celebrate their birthdays and to become better acquainted. Celebrations can be lunch, dessert, happy hour, or whatever your group agrees on for that month. Monthly organizers are needed to decide a location, date, and time and to notify other members with birthdays that month. Contact Rose Rosenthal to volunteer as the organizer for your birthday group.
Book Clubs – Six book clubs read and discuss great or contemporary literature, mysteries, and history. Check the link for more information.
Bridge – If you are interested in playing with a particular group, please contact the group coordinator listed below. Remember, if you want to play easy relaxed bridge, there are foursomes playing at Tracy Gee every Wednesday. Just contact Melba Armstrong, and she can put you in contact with groups needing regular players or subs
1st – Thursday (7:00 p.m.) Jane Judson
3rd – Thursday (7:00 p.m.) Peg McNealy
3rd – Monday (10:00 a.m.) Melba Armstrong
Byway Birders – We enjoy the beauty and fascination of birds in the outdoors through field trips to the greater Houston area. We also take some trips around the state. The group welcomes novice and experienced birders. Spouses and friends are also welcome. The only requirements are binoculars and flexibility. Our schedule may change due to weather and location of best birding. To add your name to the Byway Birders List, contact Bernice Hotman at bhotman@comcast.net
Cultural Activities – Members sponsor day trips, which may include lunch at the participant’s expense. Everyone is invited, but reservation are required. Guests will be accepted if space permits. Most trips will be made on county buses. If a bus is used, Precinct 3 rules require that riders must ride the bus both ways. No one-way trips are permitted. Details of trips will be announce din the AAUW-WHC newsletters and emails.
Garden Divas- This group of women loves everything green. Meetings will include outings to various garden/nurseries, education events, and “show and tell” interests developed by members. When possible, all of the events will be scheduled for the first Tuesday of the month. The time will vary pending the locations. The group will carpool when the meetings are not held in a member’s home. Contact Susan Boone for a calendar or potential events or to be listed for notifications of meetings.
Girls’ Night Out – Girls’ Night Out will not meet in October.
At this time, the group does not have a coordinator to plan the bi-monthly dining out experiences. If there is a member or group of members of the GNO who wish to continue the group activities and are willing to volunteer to coordinate those activities, please contact Jan Groves at 281.497.2295 or jamgroves@aol.com.
GOURMET DINING
Classic Gourmet
Contact the coordinators: Barbara Cook 713-705-7832 or Kris Bybee-Finley
Nouveau Gourmet
Contact Diane Statham at 281-497-6259 or distatham@msn.com for more information
GREAT DECISIONS
Great Decisions is America’s largest discussion program on world affairs. The groups organize during October and November and meet for group discussions twice monthly, February through May.
The Great Decisions 1st and 3rd Thursday Afternoon Group meets from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. February through May. Briefing books will be ordered for the spring 2020 meetings in late October. Contact Martha Ewell at 713.782.2084 or marthaewell@att.net for additional information and to join the group.
The Inner Loop Great Decisions Group will meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday afternoons February through May, beginning Tuesday February 4, 2020 at 3 pm. The meetings are held in various members’ homes, followed by a pot luck light dinner or an optional dinner at a local restaurant. If you are interested in joining our group, please write to: Pat Thomsen PatThom75@att.net or Linda Marlin. Marlinl@comcast.net.
Great Decisions Evening Group meets from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays February through May. Our topic discussion books and DVD will be ordered by November 16, 2019. For additional information about this group or how to join, please contact Willette Norman at 281.497.3626 or willetten@gmail.com.
HIKING HONEYS
For further information about Hiking Honeys, contact Gail Rickey, coordinator, at patrickey@aol.com.
Wine, Women & Wisdom – This group meets to enjoy beverages and enlightened conversation for Happy Hour at a different restaurant every other month. For additional information or to add your name to the email list, contact Marie Helmy at 281-787-6396 or Dorothy Lauterbach at 512-217-7899
WISE…Women in Stem,Entertainment, Enrichment and Education
Contact Karen North, knorth@me.com if you would like to join our WISE email list.