THE BEAR FACTS February 2025 |
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Dear {Contact_First_Name},
Did you know the month is named for the Latin word februum, which means purification? February can be a great time for household organization and a personal detox. I hope to do some personal detox and reenergizing myself in India with 3 weeks of Ayurveda practice in Kerala. I'll be back though in time and hope to see you at our featured event and Monthly Membership Meeting this month (both detailed below).
The cold weather makes this the perfect time to enjoy some indoor cultural pursuits. The Berlinale is one of the most popular and famous film festivals in the world, drawing tens of thousands of visitors and numerous cinema luminaries to the city each February. This year's festival runs Feb. 13 - Feb. 23. JOIN our Berlinale WhatsApp group where we can make suggestions and coordinate plans. You can browse the list of films here, with the full program available on Feb. 4. Do you want to be more engaged and give back to your AWC community? We are looking for help in several areas:
- If you like going out to restaurants with your partner, consider volunteering to coordinate our monthly activity “Couples Dining Out”, which is on hiatus at the moment due to a lack of volunteers. It’s the one activity specifically with partners to give our spouses the opportunity to socialize. Once a month, you’d pick a restaurant, make a reservation and that’s it! We show up and have a nice meal together (all at our own cost).
- We are also looking for a Neighborhood Co-Coordinator for MITTE. You don’t have to organize anything, just moderate the WhatsApp group and encourage/motivate people to get together for small, easy neighborhood outings.
- Or if you prefer to join a TEAM, Antje, Alex and Nelly would love more ideas, hands and hearts - consider joining our Philanthropy, Programs or Membership Teams.
Happy Lunar New Year Year of the Snake tomorrow (January 29)! Happy Valentine’s Day! and Happy Winter Break to those with children in school!
xo
My-Linh |
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My-Linh Kunst
President, The American Women's Club of Berlin The AWC Berlin is 100% member-run - we always welcome and appreciate your contribution, feedback and suggestions. Please email president@awcberlin.org. **Please note that, depending on your email program, you may need to click “View entire message” to see the Newsletter in its entirety.** |
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Prompt for February: Love is in the air! Tell us your love story. How did you meet your partner? Have fun retelling your own “how we met” story in classic rom-com form, or really any form you wish. Have fun!
Email nicole@sorger.us to submit your entry. It can be any format and any length up to 1200 words. |
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WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBER!
Ashley Parker |
We look forward to seeing you soon! |
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MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP MEETING
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To accommodate members who live all over Berlin, we are trying different venues on both sides of the city, and are considering alternating locations for our Monthly Membership Meeting. Join us for our Monthly Membership Meeting where you will hear club news, socialize with fellow members and enjoy a fascinating speaker. Bring a friend! If you know someone who is interested in our Club or this month’s speaker, invite her to join us, and add her to your registration in Wild Apricot.
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At our January Monthly Membership Meeting, we talked about "interculturalism." With Valentine's Day in February, this month we thought it would fun to talk about "intercultural love". Our panelists are AWC members - varied in ages, cultures, and religions - who will be sharing stories, challenges, learnings about their intercultural relationships. We hope for lively audience participation with your questions and your own stories.
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Tuesday, February 25, 6-9pm 6pm Registration and social time
6:30pm Meeting begins
7:30pm Meeting ends
7:30pm Social Time and light dinner Location and Directions Piscator Saal, Ruhrstrasse 6, 10709 Berlin U3 Konstanzer Strasse, U7 Fehrbelliner Platz, S-Ringbahn Hohenzollerndamm Register HERE |
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INVITATION FROM THE EMBASSY OF FINLAND
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Go to www.fawco.org to register and subscribe to receive FAWCO newsletters, and contact our FAWCO Rep, Annamaria Thal, at annamariathal25@gmail.com for any additional information.
Let's head into the New Year with the inspiring message from Kanika Holloway, FAWCO 2nd VP of Member Clubs: "Everything and anything is possible. Let’s be unstoppable together!"
The Association of International Women in Malta just joined the FAWCO Family! We extend our warmest welcome to our sisters in Malta. Cheers to new FAWCO connections! |
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AWC Berlin has achieved the Orchid Donor Status from the FAWCO Foundation for our fundraising efforts in support of the current FAWCO Target Project, Awesome Blossoms. We are humbled by and thankful for all your support. |
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Inspiring Women magazine will be out on Thursday, January 30th with a feature on our very own AWC Berlin member Syd Atlas. It will also include an update on FAWCO’s 'Literacy is our Legacy' celebration. Please subscribe here. Until then, enjoy our latest issue, The Family Connection. and read about FAWCO and FAUSA members finding creative ways to stay connected while living abroad. |
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FAWCO Youth Cultural Volunteers Program 2025 We are delighted to announce that the FAWCO Youth Cultural Volunteers Program 2025 will take place in Hamburg, Germany, June 21–28. Thank you to our host AWC Hamburg for this opportunity! Take a look at the program description and remember that the application timeline is March 1–April 15. Email us to apply. |
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With best wishes from your FAWCO Rep, Annamaria (annamariathal25@gmail.com) |
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AWC Berlin is a founding member of FAWCO, a network of American and international women's clubs around the world. As a member of AWC Berlin, you are automatically also a member of FAWCO, connecting you to philanthropy and advocacy on a global scale. Learn more at FAWCO.org. |
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AWC BERLIN FEBRUARY EVENTS |
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Week of February 3
Tennis - Mondays and Tuesdays weekly, Wednesdays twice a month. Contact Ferah at ferahlaue@gmail.com for more info. German Conversation (daytime)
Monday, Feb. 3, 9:30-10:30am
Women & Finance - Season 4 Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap (Zoom evening)
Thursday, Feb. 6, 7-8:30pm
Monthly Coffee Morning, aka Kaffee Klatsch
Friday, Feb. 7, 10:30am-12pm
Paint Your Own Acrylic Berlin Skyline with Kaitlyn Parker of KPDesigns (daytime)
Saturday, Feb. 8, 4-6:30pm
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Week of February 10
Tennis - Mondays and Tuesdays weekly, Wednesdays twice a month. Contact Ferah at ferahlaue@gmail.com for more info.
German Conversation (daytime)
Monday, Feb. 10, 9:30-10:30am
Compass Points: Strengthening Our Connections (Zoom evening)
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7:30-8:30pm
The U40 Monthly Social (evening)
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 7:45-10pm
Lise Gujer at Brücke Museum (daytime)
Wednesday, Feb. 12, 11am-1pm
Just Lunch at Cafe Couscous (daytime)
Thursday, Feb. 13, 12-2pm
Southwest Stammtisch (morning)
Saturday, Feb. 15, 10:30am-12pm |
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Week of February 17
Tennis - Mondays and Tuesdays weekly, Wednesdays twice a month. Contact Ferah at ferahlaue@gmail.com for more info.
German Conversation (daytime)
Monday, Feb. 17, 9:30-10:30am
Regular Book Club (evening)
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 7-9pm
Invitation from the Embassy of Finland- Fashion Event
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 5:30-8pm
Hot Flash Cafe (evening)
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 7:30-9:30pm
Thirsty Thursday (evening)
Thursday, Feb. 20, 6-9pm
Open Mic - Women & Finance - Season 4 Financial Feminist by Tori Dunlap (Zoom evening)
Thursday, Feb. 20, 7-7:30pm
Feierabend (after work drinks) at Dachkammer (evening)
Friday, Feb. 21, 6:30-9pm
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AWC BERLIN ONLINE AWC members can manage their account, access the membership directory and sign up for events by logging into their AWC member account. You can access your account from your smartphone via the Wild Apricot Mobile app, or simply by going on any computer with internet and visiting the "Members Login" area of the AWC Berlin website. Calendar and Event Registration As a reminder, AWC Berlin members must log in with a user name and password to access events on our calendar and register for them. So that we know to expect you, please remember to register for events you wish to attend.
IN THE MEMBERS ONLY AREA, you can:
- Register for and cancel events
- See your event registration
- Add events to personal calendar
- See who else is going
- Much more...
Step 1: Go to the AWC website and click "Members Login" (request new password from the website if needed). Manage your events from the calendar.
Step 2: You could also download the Wild Apricot Member app to your smartphone or tablet and use your website login on the app.
Step 3: Poke around and get familiar with the tools. See the Instruction Guide for detailed steps and pictures of set up and navigation. Currently, the event registration feature of the app is not available to Android users, but otherwise the app is fine for Android users. Questions? WA-Admin@awcberlin.org. |
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AWC BERLIN & SOCIAL MEDIA |
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AWC BERLIN FACEBOOK POLICY The AWC Berlin Private Members Only Facebook group is open to current members only and is a casual, respectful and friendly forum for member announcements (for example, babies! weddings!, etc.), discussion, information and questions regarding AWC-related topics and/or life in Berlin. Only authorized AWC Berlin events that are already listed on the AWC Calendar can be created as an event in our Facebook group. Please do not post charity donation requests or political items not related to the AWC Berlin. You are invited to let us know about your business, but please limit commercial, self-promotional posts to Mondays and be sure to preface your post with MARKETING MONDAY. No more than one post per member per Monday, and please, no comments are allowed on these posts. When in doubt, please send your question to facebookpolicy@awcberlin.org.
Thank you for your cooperation! AWC Berlin Facebook Page | AWCB Website |
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AWC BERLIN WHATSAPP COMMUNITY AWC Berlin now has a WhatsApp Community where all of our WhatsApp groups reside. If you are the administrator on a WhatsApp group that is not already in our "AWC Berlin" Community, please email president@awcberlin.org. The benefits of a Community include: - Visibility into all AWC Berlin-related WhatsApp groups.
- Group chats are restricted to group members, but as a Community member, you can see the title and description of all the groups. If you are eligible to join based on the group's description, you are welcome to "ask to join" any of the groups.
- Administrators can make announcements to the whole community (e.g., for last-minute event info)
Our WHATSAPP policies are similar to our FACEBOOK policies Please do not post charity donation requests or political items not related to the AWC Berlin. No self-promotion. You are invited to let us know about your business on MARKETING MONDAY - in our private FACEBOOK group. Be sure to preface your post with MARKETING MONDAY. No more than one post per member each Monday. When in doubt, please send your questions to president@awcberlin.org.
Thank you for your cooperation! AWC Berlin Facebook Page | AWCB Website |
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