Nisswa Women's Club
105 Years of Community Service
2022 Meeting Videos and Photos
NOVEMBER 17, 2022: THE WOODS - GATHER ON 3 EVENT CENTER
Program: "Farm to Table, Finding and Cooking Foods from Our Area"
Matt Annand, Executive Chef at b*merri and The Woods
Mid-Minnesota Women's Shelter Donation Collection
Photos taken by Mary Gibson
OCTOBER 20, 2022: CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE - CAFETERIA
Program: CLC Scholarship Award Winners and "The Needs and Concerns of CLC Students"
Erich Heppner, Director of Student Life at CLC
Photos taken by Michelle Plombon
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022: THE WOODS - GATHER ON 3 EVENT CENTER
Program: "Preserving the Lakes We Love" - Patty Norgaard, former Mayor of Cross Lake
Mini Fashion Show Sponsored by Leslie's Boutique
Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
2023 Membership Dues Collection
Photos taken by Sharon Harris
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AUGUST 18, 2022: CRAGUN'S LEGACY
"Fundraising Activities" included a Live & a Silent Auction & other Games of Chance.
The First Draft Divas gave a special presentation & several years of the club's History Books
were on display. Donations for the Lakes Area Food Shelf were also collected.
Photos taken by Mary Gibson
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JULY 21, 2022: NORTHLAND ARBORETUM
Program: "The Role of Performing Arts in Building a Strong Community"
Patrick Spradlin, former CLC Theater Director, teacher of acting, directing, history and criticism
Photos taken by Sharon Harris
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JUNE 16, 2022: NISSWA COMMUNITY CENTER
Program: "A Good Library Needs Good Friends: Catching up with the Brainerd Library"
Sherri DeLaHunt, Board Member of Friends of the Library
and Laurel Hall, Interim Branch Manager/Co-Host of the Monthly Library Book Club
Photos taken by Mary Gibson​
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MAY 19, 2022
Program: "Gull Lake Memories" Nichole Delafield-Bromme, Author
High School Scholarship Awards
Meeting Photos taken by Ann Swanson & Vicki Reineck
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APRIL 21, 2022
Program: “Madams, Matrons and Madwomen: Extraordinary Historical Women in the Upper Midwest"
Elisa Korenne, award-winning songwriter, writer, and performer
Meeting Photos taken by Sharon Harris
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MARCH 17, 2022
Program: "Helen Keller's Legacy to the Lions: Programs to Prevention"
Don Mork, Minnesota Lions Vision Foundation Board of Directors
Meeting Photos taken by Sharon Harris
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FEBRUARY 17, 2022: ZOOM
Program: “The Great American Thinkoff" - Betsy Roder, Executive Director
of the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
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“The Great American Thinkoff"
Betsy Roder, Executive Director
of the New York Mills
Regional Cultural Center
January 20, 2022 Meeting via ZOOM
Program: "LET ME IN: A Japanese American Woman Crashes the Corporate Club - Past, Present, Future"
Elaine Koyama, 20 years as a Cargill executive, 20 years as an entrepreneur,
and the next 20 years as a writer
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Guest Speaker
Elaine Koyama
Author of:
"LET ME IN: A Japanese American Woman Crashes the Corporate Club - Past, Present, Future"
