For years, the proceeds from our book sales funded what were then known as AAUW Educational Foundation Programs (EFP), scholarships & grants to pursue our mission of equity for all women and girls. Then the name changed, and we raised money for the EF. Today, we donate to AAUW Funds, and designate whether money should go to “General Support”; “Legal Advocacy Fund” (to which several members at our “Souper Supper” recently gave over $125—thank you!); “Fellowships”; or “Research & Projects Grants.”
Soon, our Fundraising Committee will be conducting a member survey to learn how we might best raise money for AAUW Funds by some means other than book sales. We hope you’ll watch for that survey, complete it, and then help with the effort.

Meanwhile, here are brief sketches of the current recipients of our Toledo Branch endowments. Great thanks to Carol Leupp for her research!

• Winner of the 2010-2011 Dean Katherine Easley Wemmer R&P (Career
  Development) Grant is Mary Everhart, obtaining a master’s degree in criminal justice at the U. of Cincinnati, in order to expand her current fire-fighting abilities in the male-dominated realm of fire and arson investigation, and to show women and girls that anything is possible.
• Winner of the 2010-2011 Toledo Branch American Fellowship is Hanna Park, a medical and public health student at the Ohio State University, who plans to apply to the Epidemiology Intelligence Service at the end of her medical residency training and eventually to bridge the two degrees by working as both a clinical physician and public health adviser.
• Winner of the 2010-2011 Carol A. Leupp R&P (Career Development)
  Grant is Joycelyn Braddock, obtaining her master’s degree in international development at Tufts University. She has a range of international experiences, including implementing rural agricultural development for small- holder farmers and organizing leadership trainings for female community leaders in post-conflict Liberia. She hopes to gain a greater understanding of the context in which development is practiced.
• Winner of the 2010-2011 Jeanne Gail Conrad R&P (Career Development) Grant is Ronit Ridberg whose current research at Tufts University focuses on assessing and rebuilding regional food system infrastructure, an interest sparked by her experience working on several farms and managing a farmers’ market. Her master’s degree addresses the economic, social, political, and ecological aspects of food production and distribution. Her background inspires her to bring the experiences of those who produce our food to the policy-making table.