Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008
Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Cost: A BCSC membership! (See below.)
Description: The Brown Club of Southern California presents the first annual gaLA BRUno: A Members Garden Affair in Bel Air hosted by Tammy ‘72, Richard P’08 and Michael ‘08 Morgenstern and sponsored by (oops) Wines.
- Reconnect with Brown friends and make new ones!
- Enjoy tasty hors d’oeuvres and cool beverages alfresco on a beautiful socal fall day.
- There will be an exciting raffle for a Hawaiian vacation, scrumptious dinner-for-2 packages (yum!) and other super surprises.
- Plus, come get the insider’s update of all things Brown from recent grad and host Michael Morgenstern ‘08.
- There is no charge to attend this special event. However, it is required that you be a member of the Brown Club of Southern California for 2009.
- Current members please renew now for 2009!
- If you are not already a member of Brown SoCal, join now and get the remainder of 2008 as an added bonus with your 2009 Membership.
- There is a limit of one guest per member for this adults-only wine and beer event.
- NB: Event details will be given out upon signing up for membership.
Questions: Please e-mail Brooke at president2@brownsocal.org or post in the forum (you may need to register first).
Date: Saturday, November 15, 2008
Description: Edward J. Wing, M.D., the newly appointed dean of medicine and biological sciences at Brown University, will speak on the subject of Global Health but he will also give an overview of exciting current developments and future goals at the Medical School. More details to follow.
Date: Sunday, November 2, 2008
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Arrive at 2:00. Timed group entry to Mansion at 2:30. No-host post-tour socializing at on-grounds Café and wine bar operated by Lawry’s Restaurant.
Location: Greystone Estate, 905 Loma Vista Drive in Beverly Hills. The Estate is North of Sunset on the Northwest corner of Doheny Road and Loma Vista Drive, enter grounds on Loma Vista and drive up the hill. Parking is free. Allow time to park and walk down the hill to the Mansion. A shuttle is also available between the upper parking and the lower Mansion area. If you are early, enjoy the gardens or meet informally at the Café in the Mansion courtyard. Wear flat shoes. This tour includes walking and stairs.
Description: In partnership with the City of Beverly Hills and the Friends of Greystone,
Veranda Magazine is sponsoring this California Show House featuring top interior and landscape designers. Tours are offered to the public November 1 - 16th.
BrownSoCal is inviting Brown Alums and members from other clubs via the Ivy League Association of Southern California (ILASC) to join us in visiting Greystone.
Arrive at 2:00 to walk through the gardens and gather for group entry to Show House at 2:30. No-host socializing with Brown and other Ivy Alums at Café after tour.
Cost: $33 for group admission including parking. Advance reservation required.
Purchase:
Questions: To Gay Parrish: (323) 936-0716, glpsails@aol.com.
Reading to Kids is a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring underserved children with a love of reading by helping them become better readers. They coordinate reading clubs at local Los Angeles area elementary schools where volunteers read aloud to children and create arts and crafts projects about the stories. Each child receives a book to take home and the books read aloud are donated to the school’s library. Reading aloud to children imparts a love of books that leads to improved literacy, to a more successful education, and to a brighter future.
In order to conduct these reading clubs on the second Saturday of every month, they rely on the enthusiasm and dedication of 200-300 volunteers each month. We have many alumni groups in the area that volunteer as a way to network and do some community service. They would love to have members of the Brown Club of Southern California participate in the
monthly reading clubs with us.
They presently partner with five elementary schools in downtown Los Angeles where the students are from low-income households and many are English Language Learners. To see a map of the schools, please visit www.readingtokids.org/ReadingClubs/RCSchools.php. The reading clubs are held on the second Saturday of every month from 9:00 a.m.
until 12:00 noon.
For more information, visit their website at www.readingtokids.org or contact Jessica.Tritsch@readingtokids.org or (310) 479-7455.
