AWC Des Moines

Chrysalis Update - April 25, 2008

The next Chrysalis Communications and Marketing Committee Meeting meeting will be held Thursday, May 1st at 12:00 noon at the Chrysalis office.  We hope you can join us!  Please RSVP your attendance to Leslie at lgarman@chrysalisfdn.org if you have not already had an opportunity to do so.

Chrysalis Foundation Programming for May 2008

3rd Annual Mother's Day Soiree
Friday, May 9, 2008
Aimee, 432 East Locust, in the East Village (Des Moines)
5:00 - 8:00  p.m.

Come celebrate Mother's Day and all women and girls with a fun soiree at aimee!

Admission $25 with T-shirt; or $15 no T-shirt. All proceeds going to the Chrysalis Foundation. A special 25% discount off aimee stock.
Fees: - $25
Please SECURELY register and pay here.!
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Chrysalis HerStory Celebration - Chrysalis After School 10-Year Anniversary
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Parents Hall at Olmsted Center, Drake University (Des Moines)
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Chrysalis After School 10th Year Anniversary! Please join us for this gala event celebrating the work of the young women in the Chrysalis Foundation's signature program building future leaders!
Please register here and plan on joining Chrysalis for this FREE event!

Registration Deadline: Friday, May 9, 2008

Chrysalis Foundation Barnes & Noble BOOKFAIR
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Barnes & Noble, 4550 University Avenue, West Des Moines
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

• Learn about the Chrysalis Foundation After-School program for girls! Create a butterfly card to be sent to a woman or girl who has made a difference in your life!
• Don't miss Story time from 1-1:20 p.m. and from 2-2:20 p.m.
• Please plan on joining us for this FREE event! No registration is required.

   

AWCDSM May Meeting

Our May speaker is Lori Day, President of FocusFirst, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, May 21
LOCATION: United Way Conference Center, Room F
1111 Ninth Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
515-246-6639
*The United Way building is located between I235 and University on Ninth Street.

COST:
$20 for members
$25 for nonmembers
Late Registration/at the door $30
Students $15

LUNCH: Catered by In the Bag - Summer Picnic (BBQ sandwich and sides), if
a vegetarian choice is needed please indicate when you RSVP.

HOSTESS: Mary Mendenhall-Core

AWC Monthly Meeting: A Slip of the Tongue

DATE: Wednesday, April 16            

LOCATION: First Federal Savings Bank of Iowa
                120 South 68th Street
                West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
                515.226.0800            

*First Federal Savings Bank is on 68th east of Jordan Creek Mall and north of George Mills Parkway            

TIME: 11:30 a.m. - Registration / Networking | 12:00 noon - Presentation   

COST: $20 for members | $25 for nonmembers | Late Registration/at the door $30 | Students $15
LUNCH: Catered by Baratta's             
HOSTESS: Brooke Brokaw Ruddy
RSVP to: Joyce at jperkins@peodsm.org or (515) 255-3153 by noon Monday, April 14.

Cancellation policy:
If you need to cancel, please let us know by noon Monday, April 14, to avoid being charged for the meal. Call Joyce at 255-3153.             

MARK YOUR CALENDAR. The next monthly luncheon is Wednesday, May 21st, 2008.
Cost: $ 20.00 Members, $ 25.00 Non-members

Presented by Barbara Mack, Professor of Journalism at Iowa State University              

This  brief history of the English language is educational and humorous and always well-received.            

Why do we raise sheep but eat mutton? Why do we use French terms for English royalty, except for "king" and "queen," which are Norse? Why are we honoring Thor every week? How did Tagalog become a part of English? Mack willl present a witty look at the history of the world's craziest language.            

Barbara Mack is a Professor of Journalism at Iowa State University, where she has taught for the past 20 years. Before joining the University, she was a reporter, an assistant city editor, a lawyer and the Vice President and General Counsel. She also is a food writer, whose articles appear in DSM magazine and Bon Appetit. She and her husband Jim live in Des Moines with two cats (WhyNot and Mizewell) and a her horse, Mikki.