Summer 2022 Newsletter

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Greetings,

Welcome everyone. Hope you are all enjoying this lovely summer. I have spent most of the summer so far in Beaufort, North Carolina. Every evening we walk to the water and marvel at the colors of the sky and the reflections on the water. We look for our pet Sheepsheads at the end of the dock and watch the Great White Egrets catch minnows. When fall comes, I plan to be rested and ready for all the activities the University Woman’s club has planned. This promises to be an amazing year.

We are so excited that things have opened up and we can enjoy holding programs and meetings in person. Our club activities are back in full swing, starting last April with our lovely in-person Spring Luncheon. We have welcomed new members to the UWC, and I’m happy to say that our current membership renewal is on track and coming in faster than last year. Please remember to send in those dues. Information on renewal is available on our website (https:uwc.web.unc.edu) under the Membership tab. Dues remain at $35. Checks are payable to UWC and mailed to University Woman’s Club, PO Box 4561, Chapel Hill, NC 27515.

Providing scholarships for area women to attend UNC-Chapel Hill is one of the primary goals of our organization, and our annual scholarship fund received a boost of $710 from Board members honoring out-going President Carol Marshall. Our first meeting of the new UWC year will be the Fall Reception, to be held on September 18, 2022 from 2-4 p.m. at the beautiful Sancar Turkish Cultural & Community Center. This center was built by the Aziz and Gwen Sancar Foundation. Aziz Sancar, a Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor in Biochemistry & Biophysics at UNC, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and is the University’s only living Nobel laureate. The center includes many stunning architectural features and furnishings from Turkey and is dedicated to providing an understanding of Turkish culture. The center is truly beautiful and well worth a visit. I hope you’ll plan to attend the Fall Reception. It’s such an enjoyable opportunity to visit with your sister UWC members and learn all about the coming year’s activities. And, of course, you can sign up to participate in the groups of your choosing. In addition to ongoing activities, we have many outings planned for this year, which will be highlighted in upcoming newsletters. The Board and I look forward to seeing all of you at many or all of these events.

Sandra Pickering

Spring Luncheon

 

Newcomers Reception

 

 

In Our Own Backyard, Belvedere Garden Tour

May 4th was a beautiful, sunny spring day—perfect for a garden tour. UWC member Gail Norwood invited us to tour her wonderful private ‘Belvedere Garden,’ which has been featured in six magazines and was the cover story in an issue of Country Gardens Magazine.

A group of about twenty-five UWC members and guests arrived ready for a treat and we were not disappointed! The flowers were blooming and the ladies were happy and excited to be in such a beautiful setting.

After the tour, we met at Tandem Restaurant in Carr Mill Mall for a lovely lunch and conversation.

 

Activity/ Interest Groups Status:

Membership in these groups begins anew each Fall. Current membership in the UWC is a requirement for participation.

Daytime Groups: Social Bridge In Person. Our group is more about friendship and fun than winning although we don’t mind winning! Please join us! We play the 2nd and 4th Thursdays from 1:30-3:30 p.m. during August and September. Contact Mary Hoffman for more information: 919-636-2133 maryhhoffman@gmail.com. German Conversation: Meets second Fridays starting in the Fall. Lillian Pruett, 919-942- 4322, lillianpruitt@gmail.com. NC Museum of Art. Monthly tour with Docent. TBD. Barbara Day, bday1@email.unc.edu and Sandra McCloskey, smmccloskey@gmail.com. Book Discussion: Second Mondays from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Contact Donna Wightman, 919-929-5222, donna.s.wightman@gmail.com. First Tuesday Lunch Group: 12:00 Noon. The hostess suggests a theme and each member brings a dish of her choosing. Lunches rotate through members homes. Carol Ziemiecki 919-360-1755, caz0414@gmail.com. Mahjong: Meets every Tuesday at 1p.m. in the Carolina Meadows Game Room. For both beginners and experienced players. Judy Tilson, 207-233-9120, judytilson1@gmail.com. Ackland Art Museum: Tour with docent several times a year. TBD. Contact Delight Allen, delightdallen@gmail.com.

Evening Groups: Evening Book Discussion: Second Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. Books are selected yearly. Cora Jean Edgell, edgellcj@med.unc.edu and Linda Convissor, 919-962-9245 Linda_Convissor@unc.edu. Gourmet Dining: Second Saturday every other month. The hostess plans and posts the menu and prepares the main entree. Members select an item to prepare from the menu. Genie Jansen, 919-929-5860, geniej@bellsouth.net. Other Activities: In Our Own Backyard. Central Carolina provides wonderful possibilities for day trips. We are planning fun and interesting events for you to enjoy. Events will be announced in the UWC Newsletters and through email invitations. We will carpool and enjoy wonderful activities and lunch with our UWC friends. Do you have a place you have always wanted to visit but just never did or a place you have visited and would like to share with UWC members? We would love to hear your suggestions. Recipe Collection: Many of you have said you are cooking more and like so many, you’ve also said you’re searching for simple, easy recipes with fewer ingredients. UWC has been known in the past for publishing a cookbook. To help all of us, we will be publishing an easy recipe each month. If you have a great simple recipe with readily available ingredients, send it to Sandra Pickering at sjpickering52@gmail.com for possible publication. Please include credit for any source, whether your great aunt or a particular newspaper, book, or online. (see the recipe below)

 

UWC Recipe This is a great summer recipe especially when you want something sweet. Buttermilk Pie

3 eggs 1 ½ tsp vanilla 2 cups sugar ½ tsp salt 1 stick butter melted 1 cup buttermilk ¼ cup flour 1 (9 inch) pie crust, unbaked—use deep dish pie pan

Mix eggs and sugar together. Add butter, flour, vanilla, salt and buttermilk. Mix together. Pour into pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until center is set. Serve cool or cold.

 

UWC Special Committee In Our Own Backyard Southern Supreme Fruitcake and More Bakery SAVE THE DATE! NOVEMBER 16, 2022 10:30 Tour Please join us for a drive in the country! We will have a short tour of the Southern Supreme Fruitcake & More Bakery and then have an opportunity to shop for holiday gifts or goodies. More information to follow.

 

SAVE THE DATE! December 1, 2022 Holiday Party Extraordinary Ventures

 

University Woman’s Club

P.O. Box 4561

Chapel Hill NC 27515