On the first Tuesday of each month AILO Florence holds a general meeting at the British Institute library, in the centre of Florence.
This is held in the morning, so for those members who work or have daytime committments we also hold a Night Owl meeting on the following Thursday.
This is to keep all members aware of the activities...
Article Submitted by AWC Basel FAWCO Rep Jo Ellen Black
Each year, AWC Basel, celebrates our members by giving back with an Apero and Luncheon at a unique location near the Rhine River in Basel, Switzerland. This annual event also provides a kickoff for our FAWCO initiatives and provides a way for the Rep to reach the members and inform...
This is our first 'Clubs in Motion' outing to the Borgo delle Camelia village in the Lucca area, we did not cover a lot of kms. but had a great deal of fun.
We ended up at a citrus farm , hence the lemon arch.
It was organised by the Garden club which is quite active in AILO and run...
One Member Receives Award for Commitment to Help
Submitted by Vera Busch
My name is Vera Busch and I am an American who has been a member of the AWCD since 1973.
I co-founded and am President of a registered, non-profit, charitable organization. Pro Ukraine e.V., which supports a school in Ukraine through funds raised ongoing. Ukraine is a...
Article Submitted by AILO Florence FAWCO Rep, Jocelyn Fitzgerald
Our annual Christmas Bazaar is always held on December 8th, this is a public holiday in Italy.
The space used is the ex Royal stables here in Florence (no heating!!!!) which belongs to the Belle Arti, the Florentine Arts council so all sorts of burocratical procedures have to be dealt with...
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF RABAT, MOROCCO
Member of Federation of Women’s Clubs Overseas with special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
The American International Women's Assoc. of Rabat Morocco began this year a "Couples Club". We thought it necessary for the husbands to meet all the women that their wives spend so much time with.
AWC KOREA “GOT ENGLISH?”
Submitted by
Bobby Herwig, AWC Korea webmaster
http://awckorea.org
AWC Korea supports underprivileged children in Incheon by sponsoring a monthly Play Day/English Experience at after-school community centers for children who are not fortunate enough to attend language academies or receive tutoring. Yet they are Korea 's citizens of tomorrow who will be expected to thrive in a...
Photos from BWN's Summer Sizzler, end of year celebration...Fond Farewell to members leaving BWN and celebrating a very succesful club year.
Submitted by Arline Coward, BWN FAWCO Rep
Submitted by President Anne McDonald, AWC of Dublin
We have several "fun" and fund raising events at the AWCD every year. Our first event is usually our October Penny Raffle. For this raffle, we urge everyone in the Club to bring in a gift worth 25 Euros. If someone does not have a gift, she usually contributes money for prizes.
The BWN Tree Project launch!
The FAWCO Committee wishes to thank the BWN members for their heart felt
support at the October Coffee Morning. Fifty-eight (58) trees were
purchased!
This is an outstanding launch of BWN's support of The FAWCO Millennium
Forest Project in remote areas of Morocco. Our project is in conjunction
with the members...
When Dianne Reed hears these words tomorrow, it won’t be to run away from terrorists as she did in 2004.
This time, Dianne is running in the Dubai Marathon, 26 grueling miles for which she has been in training for months.
For those of you who may not remember, Dianne was one of two survivors of a terrorist attack at...
American international Womens Club of Casablanca
January 12, 2010
Dear Eileen, Arline and the FAWCO Committee and BWN members,
I would like to thank all of you for the terrific job selling trees for the Millennium Forest in Morocco. This was truly a wonderful New Years gift for all of us.
The AIWCC just had its monthly...
Submitted from AWC Finland FAWCO Rep: Susie Ingman
Annual Fourth of July Picnic with AWC Finland Members, Friends and Family: July 2009
Interest Group- Gardening Club -Flower Arranging Class: Summer 2009
Annual Mother's Club Halloween Party: October 2009
Club Tour in November to the Picasso exhibit at the Ateneum museum in Helsinki: November 2009
Interest Group: Our Gourmet Group...
Love Your Body Walk
In conjunction with NOW's initiative, Love Your Body, IWCT honored women and their physical well-being by organizing an hour-long walk along the River Po in the center of Torino on October 15. T-shirts were made and worn to display our pride in being women and taking care of each other. The walk was so successful that...
North American Connection – Midlands, England
Once Birmingham Children’s Hospital was chosen as our charity for the year, it seemed a perfect fit to incorporate the Halloween Boo Bash into our fundraising. The Halloween Party was held on October 31st at the Dorothea Mitchell Hall in Claverdon. Forty children, 7 months to 10 years old, dressed up in their...
La Traviata
On October 28, forty club members attended the final showing of Giuseppe Verdi's famous opera, La Traviata, at the Teatro Regio in Torino. This event was especially memorable because our very own IWCT member, Laurie Feldman, produced the show!
Submitted by IWC Torino, FAWCO Rep
Michelle Samson
Congratulations to Aïcha Ech Channa for winning the Foundation Opus Prize.
The Opus Prize is a $1 million faith-based humanitarian award and two $100,000 awards given annually to recognize unsung heroes of any faith tradition, anywhere in the world, solving today’s most persistent social problems. It is the world’s largest faith-based, humanitarian award for social innovation. Opus...
Submitted by Ann de Simoni, Regional Coordinator of Region 8
I just got back from my working cruise with the Swiss Inter-Clubs and while cruising I stopped a day in Athens and met up with AWOG Rep. Grace Christovasilis,(standing) she won the Rep appreciation award this year.
The other lady in the photo is past VP for AIWC of Genova...
