AWC Going Dutch May June 2021

Editor
Melissa White
2021-2022 AWC Officers
Committee Chairs
AWC Clubhouse
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Going Dutch Magazine
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Design and Layout
Teresa Mahoney
Cover
Leiden, Summer 2020
Photography
Greetje Engelsman, Melissa White
Proofreaders
Celeste Brown, Jane Gulde, Diane Schaap,
Debbie van Hees
Advertising Manager & Invoicing
Open
Contributors
Mary Adams, Molly Boed, Barbara
Brookman, Celeste Brown, Jane Choy,
Jan de Vries, Suzanne Dundas, Greetje
Engelsman, Roberta Enschede, Hanny Gale,
Dena Haggerty, Eileen Harloff, Alex Moore,
Georgia Regnault, Melissa Rider, Jo van
Kalveen, Anne van Oorschot, Veronica White
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KvK Den Haag
40409274 BTW or VAT: 007408705B01
Honorary President Marja Verloop
President Barbara Brookman
president@awcthehague.org
Vice President Wynne Davis
vicepresident@awcthehague.org
Treasurer Anne van Oorschot
treasurer@awcthehague.org
Secretary Marilyn Tinsay
secretary@awcthehague.org
Club and Community Development
Officer
Open
community@awcthehague.org
Clubhouse Administration Officer
Monica Rodoni
clubadministrator@awcthehague.org
Communications Lesley Gerrese
communications@awcthehague.org
Front Office
Liduine Bekman, Siska Datema-Kool,
Jan Essad, Deana Kreitler, Hannah Gray,
Georgia Regnault
Activities: Sarah Partridge
Arts: Jane Choy
Assistant Treasurer: Teresa Insalaco
Book Club Daytime: Teresa Mahoney
Book Club Evening: Dena Haggerty
Bookkeeper: Lori Schnebelie
Caring Committee: Naomi Keip
Chat, Craft & Cake: Suzanne Dundas
eNews: Melissa Rider
FAWCO: Molly Boed
Front Office Coordinator: Hannah Gray
General Meetings Programs: Open
Heart Pillows: Jan de Vries
Historian/Archivist: Georgia Regnault
Holiday Bazaar: Georgia Regnault
IT Administrator: Julie Otten
Kids’ Club: Open
Lunch Bunch: Greetje Engelsman
Mah Jongg: Jen van Ginhoven
Membership: Melissa Rider
Movie Network: Tina Andrews
Newcomers: Jo van Kalveen, Hilde Volle
Parliamentarian: Georgia Regnault
Philanthropy: Open
Pickleball: Barbara Brookman
Social Media Facebook and Instagram:
Michelle Voorn
Social Media LinkedIn: Julie Otten
Tennis: Molly Boed
Thirsty Thursday: Open
Tours: Liduine Bekman
Volunteer Coordinator: Laurie Martecchini
Walkie Talkies: Emily van Eerten
Webmaster: Julie Otten
Women with Dutch Partners: Michelle
Voorn
AWC Mission Statement
The AWC is an association formed to provide social and educational activities for American
women living in the Netherlands and to promote amicable relations among people of all nations,
as well as acquiring funds for general public interest. Membership in the club is open
to women of all nations who are friendly and welcoming to American culture. The association
does not endeavor to make a profit. The AWC is a 100% volunteer organization.
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