Beaufort, SC Branch Welcome to the AAUW Beaufort, SC, Branch Website! AAUW Beaufort, comprising college students and graduates of regionally accredited colleges and universities, is part of a national organization promoting equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. The branch has several local projects to improve the quality of South Carolina public education, which you can explore below. College graduates can download a member application form here. College students can become "student affiliates" for a discount price of $17 and receive all member benefits, to include discounts on Princeton Review test preparatory courses, contact lenses, textbooks, travel, insurance, and more. Member benefits can be found at http://www.aauw.org/About/join/value/discounts.cfm. In addition, student affiliates will join a network of 100,000 like-minded individuals. To become a student affiliate, go to https://svc.aauw.org/join/joinform.cfml. For more information about AAUW Beaufort's work or membership please email Carol Lucas or call her at 843-524-3604.Click here to download the Membership Application as a WORD or PDF file.
: :MS WORD Application Branch Meetings & Events 2009-2010 Members meet at the First Presbyterian Church education room, located in downtown Beaufort at 1201 North Street, at 6 p.m. on the following dates unless otherwise noted. Meetings usually include a guest speaker. An optional dinner costs $14.50 and must be reserved by the Friday prior to the meeting by contacting Paula Gant email at (843) 441-4050. Visitors are welcome. : :September 22 : :October 27 : :November 17 : :December : :January 26 : :February 23 : :March Ongoing : :March 6 : :March 23 : :April 27 : :April 30-May 1
: :May 25 Starting in September 2010, AAUW Beaufort will expand its Books For Birthdays program to incorporate weekly or monthly excursions to the preschools for story time with the children. The story time will feature one of the books given to the children. This web site will be updated in September or October with a new calendar of events. Stay tuned. Books for Birthdays and Corridor of Shame
We are now into the fourth year of our Books for Birthdays project.
Each student in Jasper County public school pre-kindergarten program receives for his or her birthday a book that is wrapped. Mature Woman's Scholarship AAUW Beaufort provides a scholarship each year to a mature woman, age 21 or older, who is enrolled in a degree program at a college in Beaufort County. Funds for the scholarship are raised through the branch's annual attic sale, held in March.
Applications must be received by April 26.
Click here to download the application as a WORD or PDF file. For more information, call Dawn Beattie at (843) 525-1599. Legal Advocacy Fund AAUW Beaufort's annual Holiday Raffle raises money for the national AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund. LAF works to combat sex discrimination in higher education and the workplace through community and campus outreach programs, a resource library and online advocacy tools, and various research reports. In collaboration with the Public Policy and Government Relations department, LAF seeks amicus curiae opportunities in cases of discrimination that disadvantage women in the workplace. LAF is also transitioning toward supporting landmark sex discrimination cases that have the potential to make a difference for all women. For details, visit http://www.aauw.org/advocacy/laf/. Education Foundation Our annual Phantom Tea raises money for the AAUW Education Foundation, which provides funds to advance education,
research and self-development for women and to foster equity and positive societal changes. For information, contact Dawn
Beattie at (843) 525-1599.
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