the Isle of Wight and the Solent from August 3rd to the 10th. Sailing at it’s finest! (www. cowes.co.uk). The Notting Hill Carnival is the largest Carnival in Europe and second largest in the world after Rio de Janeiro. The Carnival Bands will take to the roads from around 9 am on Sunday, August 26th and the same time on Monday, August 27th. Sunday is Children’s day and Monday is Adult’s day. The Carnival parade procession should be complete by 7 pm. It’s a little wild, but a lot of fun! Don’t let all these activities keep you from joining in AWC activities as well. We’ve got a little something for just about everyone. The Travel group is very active at the AWC. A partners/friends optional trip is being offered this autumn. Thursday, September 26 to Sunday, September 29 we will be headed to Normandy, France to retrace the steps of countless soldiers of WWII. Included will be tours of the western beaches of Omaha & Utah, US Cemetery at St. Laurent, Monastery of Mont St. Michel, and the British and Canadian landing beaches. More interested in something less active? Join the Day Book Group, Mah Jongg, Bridge, Stiching, or Spanish Conversation at the AWC offices. Let’s Do Lunch, Bumps to Jumps and Day Hikes all have offerings during the summer that you might find interesting. We meet every Thursday afternoon at the Serpentine Bar & Grill in Hyde Park at 4 pm for a nip, laugh and a friendly check-in over the summer months. Founders Day, Mad Hatters Tea Party
Check us out at www.awclondon.org If you’d like to give back to the community we will be preparing dinner at the Ronald McDonald House several afternoons in July and August. On the last Monday of every month we need two volunteers to help at the Soup Kitchen at the American Church and we support Cancer Research UK in various capacities. The Ronald McDonald House is also seeking volunteers to help with housekeeping and administrative duties or to research Trusts and Companies that might make donations to fund its work. The New Members Welcome Coffee is open to all members, but especially helpful if you are new to London or thinking about joining the club. Come by the AWC offices at 68 Old Brompton Road, SW7 3LQ at 10:30 am on Tuesday, June 18, July 16 or August 20. Nearest Tube is South Kensington Station. You don’t have to be a member to join us at the coffee or our monthly meetings which are the last Tuesday of the month. Please join us!!! Visit our website - www.awclondon.org American Women of Surrey: What’s in a Number? American Women of Surrey (AWS) love their numbers, and the numbers love us. In the 2012-2013 membership year, we • Raised 25,000 GBP for our charity slate, which includes Be@titudes, Momentum, Riding for the Disabled, Oakleaf, and FAWCO • Saw the success of our first year of online payments, which included over 1500 transactions for activities and social events • Enjoyed a membership of 438 women, consistent with the past three years. These numbers reflect that we are clearly strong enough to accomplish the two- prong, philanthropic and social objectives of our club. AWS has certainly left its indelible, generous mark on Surrey charities this membership year, just as in all of our past 30 years. We are confident that our committed group, powered by a collective mission to make a positive impact on our temporary corner of the world, will continue to give back to the communities that have given so much to us while living aboard. What the numbers don’t reveal is the number of life-long friendships that have been forged and fostered, the frequency of laughs, the magnitude of memories, or the strength of the bonds that emanate from our club membership. Yet, qualitatively speaking, they are most likely life-long. If you are linked with America, live in Surrey, and want to be counted in our philanthropic and social successes, we hope you will join online today at awsurrey.org.
kcwc – international women in London kcwc has 30+ Activity Groups catering to its membership with diverse nationalities and interests. Some of the activities are Open to the Public; however, you need to become a member to attend the Members Only activities. If you’d like to become a member, please send an email to membership@kcwc.org.uk. MAY EVENING GENERAL MEETING Our May Evening General Meeting took place on Thursday the 9th at the Lansdowne Club. kcwc members and their guests enjoyed “A Night at the Opera…and then Some!” at this special evening of musical entertainment with food and wine. They listened to arias and songs from musicals as well as hearing behindthe-scenes anecdotes from two highly professional performers: Sally-Ann Shepherdson (a soprano who performed in dozens of roles in operas throughout the world) and Eugene Ginty (a tenor whose operatic repertoire covers over 70 roles), accompanied by a worldfamous pianist and conductor, Peter Robinson (who has conducted most of the major British orchestras). It was a wonderful evening, full of magic and fun.
kcwc members and their spouses at the May Evening General Meeting at Lansdowne Club
President Susan Lenora (middle) with members 31