Nisswa Women's Club
103 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
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
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
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
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
MAY 19, 2022
Program: "Gull Lake Memories" Nichole Delafield-Bromme, Author
High School Scholarship Awards
Meeting Photos taken by Ann Swanson & Vicki Reineck
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
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
FEBRUARY 17, 2022: ZOOM
Program: “The Great American Thinkoff" - Betsy Roder, Executive Director
of the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center
Click here to view the video on YouTube
“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
Click here to view the video on YouTube
Guest Speaker
Elaine Koyama
Author of:
"LET ME IN: A Japanese American Woman Crashes the Corporate Club - Past, Present, Future"
