Voter Registration Training Sessions
Barnes & Noble Gift Wrap Fundraiser December 14 & 21, 2019
Do you enjoy wrapping gifts, socializing during the holidays, helping out while having fun or would like volunteer hours for school? Get into the holiday spirit by helping the League of Women Voters of Howard County raise money, for one of our best fundraisers of the year!
The LWVHC will again be participating in a gift wrapping event at Barnes & Noble. The League needs you! Volunteers are needed! Join the fun and bring a friend. League members and non-members alike will have the opportunity to sign up to wrap gifts on two Saturdays, December 14 (Ellicott City location, 9:00 am to 9:00 pm) and December 21, 2019 (Columbia Mall location, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm). We need all shifts filled. It's also fine if you would like to volunteer at both stores!
Please click on the appropriate link (or both!) to sign up to volunteer. The link will show you the open slots, and you know the good ones go quickly!
All that you need to bring is your enthusiasm and gift wrapping skills. Supplies will be provided.
Michelle Trotter, Fundraising Director
7palms4me@gmail.com
November 2019 Unit Meetings
November Unit Meetings for the LWVHC
Do you have an opinion about the Electoral College and how it affects our democracy? Do you know why we have an Electoral College? Do you think that we should abolish it? Do you think that we should keep it? You can answer all of these questions after you attend one of our two unit meetings in November.
At our November meetings, we’ll talk about how the Electoral College damages our democracy and how the League is working to abolish it in favor of a direct popular vote for electing the President and Vice-President. The League of Women Voters United States (LWVUS) adopted this position in 1970 and most recently updated it in 2010. What should we do next? Please join this interesting and lively discussion on The Electoral College, Yes or No?
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. at the Residences at Vantage Point (formerly Vantage House)
Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at Historic Oakland Manor
If you have questions, please contact the League's Program Director at info@howard.lwvmd.org
There are no December Unit Meetings, however, mark your calendars for an important and enlightening meeting in January! We will be joining with the Savage Branch of the Howard County Public Library System to present Becoming Engaged in Your Community! We are very fortunate to have as our guest speaker Candace Dodson-Reed, chief of staff to UMBC’s Office of the President, Freeman Hrabowski. Candace is also the co-host, with Tom Coale, of Elevate Maryland, a podcast which explores the policies, people, and stories that “elevate” the conversation and find out what matters most in our communities.
This meeting will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Savage Branch at 9525 Durness Lane, Laurel, MD 20723. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information about Unit Meetings go to https://hoco.lwvhowardmd.org/units.
October 2019 Unit Meetings
League of Women Voters of Howard County October Unit Meetings
Topic: Climate Action Update: What’s Up in Annapolis 2020? & Howard County Government Initiatives
Presenters: Betsy Singer and Shari Glenn
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Residences at Vantage Point (formerly Vantage House)
10:00 a.m. – Noon – Auditorium
Thursday, October 17, 2019
Historic Oakland Manor
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Information for October Unit Meetings is located on our website at https://hoco.lwvhowardmd.org/units.
2019-2020 Unit Meetings Update
For information about the Unit Meetings planned for the 2019-2020 Program year, with the first on September 19, 2019, please go to the Units page of our website, at https://hoco.lwvhowardmd.org/units.
HoCo Fair Parade on Aug. 4
Join fellow League members at the annual 74th Howard County Fair's Annual Fireman's Grand Opening Parade! It starts at 2pm on Sunday, August 4th.
This is the shortest parade ever, which is fine as it will be August and no doubt hot. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the LWV, the 19th Amendment, and our very own 75th anniversary, I invite you to dress in white and bring something like a poster. We will be led by our banner, of course! Find our banner at the southeast corner of the property at 1:30pm.
Friends and family are invited to join and there is plenty of time to enjoy the Fair (it's open 8am-11pm), but you do need to pay $7 to get in - seniors are $3. Click here for more information about the Fair. Please put it into your calendar now.
See you there!
Beth Hufnagel, President
League of Women Voters of Howard County
May Unit Meetings
May Unit Meetings
Information for May Unit Meetings is located on our website at https://hoco.lwvhowardmd.org/units.
2019 LWVHC Annual Meeting Workbook
LWVHC Members: The Annual Meeting will be on Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Please click on the following link to the 2019 LWVHC Annual Meeting Workbook: