Dear fellow alums,
Happy New Year! We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful and restorative holiday season! We are looking forward to the year ahead and connecting with both new and familiar alums at our upcoming events, including our monthly book club gatherings, Mary Lyon tea celebrations, a virtual financial literacy happy hour, our annual Lunar New Year Cookalong, and a conversation with Mount Holyoke’s Interim President Beverly Tatum, to name a few!
Wishing you wellness and a joyful new year!
Best,
The Board
Upcoming Events:
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NorCal Book Club – The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
When: Wednesday, January 11, 2023. 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. PT
Where: Register for this event on Zoom.
Cost: Free. This event is open to all alums.
Point person: Hannah Fairbanks ’03
Join us for reading, learning, and community as we discuss books by BIPOC authors. All meetings will be on Wednesdays, 6-7 p.m. on Zoom.
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Financial Literacy Happy Hour
When: Thursday, January 19, 2023. 6-7 p.m.
Where: Zoom (Register for the link)
Point person: Laura Donovan ’13 and Catherine Geeslin ’14 from Sonder Financial
Calling all recent alums! We will be hosting a financial literacy happy hour to help answer your questions about finances. Topics will include a mix of pre-planned content covering the main ideas you need to know about personal finance. Hosts will also field any lingering questions from the audience. After registering for the event, you will receive a link to join and a reminder notification a few days before the event. Be sure to bring your favorite beverage!
About our presenters:
Laura Donovan ’13, is founder and president of Sonder Financial, and Catherine Geeslin ’14, is the managing director. Sonder Financial provides financial planning services to help people of all incomes manage their finances and meet their goals. Sonder’s financial representatives work with clients to understand where they are currently, where they want to be, and help them connect the dots on everything else.
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Lunar New Year Cookalong
When: Sunday, January 29, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm PT
Where: Virtual. Register for this event on Zoom.
Cost: Free. This event is open to all alums.
Point person: Sarah Lau ’07
The Club’s annual Lunar New Year Cookalong returns to welcome in the Year of the Rabbit! During this casual cookalong, we’ll prepare hand-pulled noodles.
The noodles require just four basic ingredients: all-purpose flour, water, salt, and oil. We will also prepare a few simple toppings/sauces together – or feel free to enjoy the noodles with any soup, sauce and/or toppings you’d prefer.
To allow sufficient time for us to prepare the dough and pull, cook and enjoy the noodles together as a group, we will follow a recipe with an abbreviated dough resting time. The recipe will be emailed in advance to all who register for the cookalong.
Looking forward to celebrating, chatting, and cooking with you!
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Save the Date: MHC Visits the Bay Area
When: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 – Palo Alto (morning); Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – San Francisco (evening)
Where: TBD
Cost: Free. These events are open to all alums.
Point person: Katie Wynen ’05 (NorCal Club); Trudy Levy ’69 (Penn Club)
Please save the date for two special events hosted by the Alumnae Association with the Mount Holyoke Clubs of Northern California and the Peninsula in early 2023 when Mount Holyoke College visits the Bay Area. An email to “save the date” was sent by the Alumnae Association on 12/21/22. Didn’t receive it? Update your contact info in the Alum Directory using these instructions.
We’ll be joined in conversation by Beverly Daniel Tatum, interim president of Mount Holyoke, and alums representing an array of roles across the tech and entrepreneurial sectors for a vibrant gathering of our Bay Area communities.
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Pay Your Dues
Many thanks to those of you who have already paid your dues and/or become lifetime members. Your annual dues payments and donations enable our volunteer-run club to host a diverse slate of events and programs throughout the year. Dues pay for renting event venues, food and beverages when applicable, guest speakers, offsetting costs of certain events, subsidizing costs for those who normally wouldn’t attend because of lack of funds, and much more.
If you want to pay membership dues for the 2022-2023 year or become a lifetime member, please do so here: MHC Club of Northern CA Membership Dues. If you prefer to pay by check, please email us. Additionally, if your company offers corporate matching or incentives for volunteering or being a part of a non-profit organization, we are happy to work with them to find ways to financially support our club.
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Virtual Programming from the Alum Association
The College is offering a range of virtual programming and opportunities to connect. Learn more on the AA Events page.
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Let’s Get Social!
To hear the latest about our programming in-between our monthly newsletters, we encourage you to connect with the Club on one or more forms of social media. We hope to see you at an event soon!
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Join our Club’s Facebook Page
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Follow us on Instagram – don’t forget to tag your photos from our events with #mhcnorcal
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Share resources, your virtual events, and more, directly in the Club Facebook Group
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Bookmark our Club website
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Update your contact info in the Alum Directory using these instructions
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Connect with our growing professional network on LinkedIn
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Email us if you’d like to get further involved with the Club or share feedback
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Learn more about and consider joining the Board
