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Improvement Club
2015-2016 Program  

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September 3, 2015          

Program:  Spilled Grain Brewhouse Tour

Donation:  Annandale Senior Dining

 

October 1, 2015

Program:  One Vaccine, Multiple Cures: Including Mono, MS, and Certain Cancers

Speaker: Henry H. Balfour, Jr., M.D., Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota

Donation:  Fairy Godmothers Teacher’s Fund, Annandale Elementary School

 

November 5, 2015

Program:  The Impact of the Arts in Learning
 Speaker: Ann C. Kay, founder of the Center for Lifelong Music Making; co-founder of The Rock’n’Read Project; author

Donation:  True Friends

 

December 3, 2015

Program:  Holiday High Tea – A high tea will be served by Cottage Gourmets at the Westman home on Lake Sylvia.  Seating is limited and carpooling is a must.  Directions will be given before the event.

Donation:  Share Your Christmas

  

January 7, 2016

Program:  Fire Safety in the Home

Presented by: Annandale Fire Dept. 

Donation:  ACT – Annandale Area Community Team

                    

February 4, 2016                           

Program:  Gardening Done on the Square

Speaker: Connie Lahr, Co-founder of Gardening World Wide - a 501 (c) 3.

Donation:  Gardening World Wide

  

March 3, 2016

Program:  From High Heels to Hard Hat – Cathy’s Journey

Speaker: Cathy Cheslock-Petersen

Donation:  Annandale Food Shelf

 

April 7, 2016
Program:  Great River Regional Library boosts technology services - what's available now and future plans
Speaker: Jami Trenam, Associate Director of Collections Development, GRRL
Donation: Pioneer Park

 

May 5, 2016      

Program:  Annual Meeting

Donation:  Youth First

 

June 2, 2016      
Program:  Coach Bus Trip to the University of MN Arboretum; Tram Tour; Box lunch in Fireside Room, Special Exhibit -
Donation: Rivers of Hope

                                                                                                                       

July 7, 2016  

Program:  Human Trafficking in Minnesota

Panel speakers: Linda Miller, Exec. Director of Civil Society; Rebecca Kotz, MS, Human Trafficking Services Coordinator, Central MN Sexual Assault Center-St. Cloud; Carl L. Young, MS, Youth Advocate, Rivers of Hope-Monticello.

Donation:  Civil Society

 

August 4, 2016  

Program:  Mini-Fundraiser Picnic provided by the AIC Executive Board, Program Committee & Fundraising Committee

Donation:  Central MN Sexual Assault Center