Fundraising Events
Afternoon Tea with
Lola Grace
Tuesday 21 February
14:00 – 16:00
In 2005, AIWC member Lola Nashashibi Grace founded the Middle East Children’s Institute (MECI) to develop and implement innovative approaches to conflict resolution and economic development by addressing the needs of women and children in the Middle East who are victims of war. MECI offers transforming , comprehensive community development programs that deliver positive change and hope to children and women crippled by despair. MECI is one of the charities that AIWC has elected to support in the 2011/12 club year.
Lola will join us on 21 February to present MECI’s projects and discuss the events and circumstances that moved her to form this organisation. After her presentation we shall be serving a traditional afternoon tea and there will be an opportunity to chat with Lola informally.
Lola Grace was born of Middle Eastern parents and spent her early years in South America. She attended Stanford University where she received an M.B.A., a B.A. in Economics, and an M.A. from the Food Research Institute in developmental and agricultural economics.
She had a successful career in investment banking, working for Morgan Stanley, First Boston and Sterling Grace Capital Management in New York. She relocated to Switzerland with her husband and five children a few years ago.
Lola is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and on the Advisory Council to the U.S. and Foreign Policy and Women Project. In 2005, she received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award.
Her other philanthropic interests include education and medical and biological research. She is currently Honorary Trustee of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a genetic research institution in cancer and neurobiology. She is also a member of the Board of Advisors of the FSI Stanford Institute of International Studies and an advisor to the Center of Creative Problem Solving and Mathematics at SUNY Old Westbury.
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Middle Eastern Evening
Saturday 24 March,
All Saints Church Hall Vevey
19:30 – 22:30
Following on from the highly successful African event in 2011, we woudld like to invite you to join us for an evening of fun, full of Eastern promise. There will be a Mezze table with delicious Middle Eastern specialities, entertainment, an Eastern themed table quiz and a raffle.
Guests welcome. Do be sure to put the date in your diary, you don’t want to miss this!
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2012 Calendars
The AIWC charity calendar is now on sale at club events or through Community Services. The calendar features 12 stunning photographs of Switzerland and Swiss life all taken by AIWC members. The calendar is priced at 15 CHF. Envelopes for the calendars are available for 2CHF. All profits from the sale of the calendars will go towards our club charities.
Book Corner
Did you know that there are second-hand books available for sale at the Clubhouse? The books are priced at CHF 2 each, quite a bargain compared to the prices in the shops in Switzerland. All the money raised goes to our club charities.
Books are available for sale at every Meet & Greet Coffee, every second Wednesday of the month at 9h30, as well as any event held at the Clubhouse. If no one is there to take your money, simply place the money into the box provided.
We are currently spring cleaning our book selection to make space for newer titles and shall have a bargain bin for older titles at CHF .50 each.
Last page update : Mon, 23-jan-12 16:54