AAUW is a community of more than 170,000 people standing strong for gender equity. Located in Florida’s northeast coast, the Flagler County Branch draws members from throughout Flagler County and serves the communities of Palm Coast, Flagler Beach and Bunnell.
Tenacious & Trailblazing!
Empowering Women & Girls in Flagler County Since 1984
Questions? Contact us @ AAUWFlagler1984@gmail.com
2024 Scholarship Awards
Flagler County Schools Superintendent LaShakia Moore, Senior Scholarship recipients Abigail Taylor and Chloe Long with President/Scholarship Chair Ellie Bozzone
Continuing Education Recipient
2024 Recipient Melissa Erdem – $3,000
Melissa is currently attending the University of Florida where she is pursuing a BS in Microbiology and Cell Science on a Pre-Medical track and will receive a dual degree with a BS in Computer Science. She is a member of the UF Honors Program and the University Research Scholars Program and is a researcher in the UF Integrative Mechanobiology lab working on an independent project examining the role of calcium cell signaling in colon cancer cell migration and invasion. She is the 2023-2024 Outreach Director of the UF Ukrainian Club. Lest you think she is subsumed by STEM, Melissa was Concertmaster of the Orlando Metropolitan Area Youth Symphony Orchestra from 2019-2022 and has participated in a workshop with violinist, Itzhak Perlman, as well as performing alongside YoYo Ma in 2019 at the Orlando Philharmonic’s Anniversary Concert. She aspires to give back to Flagler County as a physician in our community.
DAYTONA STATE COLLEGE
Jessica Bibby and Lilly Achins – $1200 each These students have been awarded the AAUW Flagler Branch Scholarship through branch funds which were allocated to The Foundation at Daytona State College.
Victoria Mena – full stipend to attend NCCWSL National Conference for College Women Student Leaders to be held at the University of Maryland, College Park, Wednesday, May 30 – Saturday, June 1. AAUW Flagler Branch endeavors to send one woman from the Flagler Campus of Daytona State College to this premier leadership conference each year.
Annual Dues Are Due
AAUW National Fiscal Year runs from July 1 – June 30. Members are encouraged to renew their dues prior to June 30 to ensure that their name remains on the National Roster and is included in the AAUW Flagler branch directory.
AAUW Flagler annual dues are $99.
Two Ways to Pay Your Dues
Send a check for $99 payable to AAUW Flagler to PO Box 354873, Palm Coast, FL 32135-4873
Renew online on the AAUW Community Hub https://my.aauw.org/onlinejoin
Next Meeting
Fall 2024 – Watch for details
Cypress Knoll Golf and Country Club 53 Easthampton Blvd., in Palm Coast
2024 AAUW National Election Results
The amendment to the national bylaws recommended by the AAUW Board of Directors and AAUW Governance Committee that would open membership to any individual who supports AAUW’s important mission of advancing equity for women and girls did not pass
Congratulations to Melissa LaDuke, Dianne Owens, Sona Pancholy, and Christine Schmitz on their election to the AAUW Board!
Thank you to the John Joseph Zitnay and Theresa Zitnay Trust
Terry Zitnay was a long-time member of the Flagler Branch and we recently received news of this unexpected and most generous bequest to the AAUW Flagler Local Scholarship Fund (501c3). The generosity of this gift will enable the branch to continue and expand our scholarship activities for many years to come.
STEM CAMPS FOR YOUNG GIRLS
We send rising eighth grade girls to the AAUW FL Tech Trek camp each summer. Girls live on campus in residence halls, attend core classes, hands on workshops, field trips and a Professional Women’s Night. Potential campers must be in the seventh grade, nominated by their teacher, complete the application process and interview before selection is made by an AAUW state committee. Read about Flagler County’s 2024 Tech Trek campers – Tech Trek | Flagler County (FL) Branch
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
We offer scholarships to qualified graduating high school seniors, continuing education students and middle and high school girls in grades 6 – 11 pursuing the study of the creative arts. Our branch also donates to the Take Stock in Children program administered locally by the Flagler County Education Foundation.
COLLEGE UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIP
Daytona State College is an AAUW College/University member. Membership in AAUW benefits faculty, staff & students. Opportunities include the STEM Scholar of the Year scholarship (awarded through a partnership with Daytona, Flagler and New Smyrna branches), student participation in the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders and the AAUW Flagler County Branch scholarship through the DSC Foundation. Read more . . .
Adventist Church 1916
FLORIDA WOMEN’S VOTING RIGHTS MUSEUM
The Florida Women’s Voting Rights Museum is a joint project of AAUW Flagler and the Flagler County Historical Society. Our goal is to bring the 1916 Seventh Day Adventist Church back to Bunnell, next to the Holden House, to create the Florida Women’s Voting Rights Museum in honor of Bunnell Suffragist Alice Scott Abbott. Read more. . .
AAUW’s Mission
AAUW advances gender equity for women and girls through research, education, and advocacy.
AAUW’s Vision Equity for All
AAUW’s Values Nonpartisan. Fact-based. Principled. Inclusive and Intersectional.
