AAUW: Empowering women since 1881

Welcome to the Lake Oswego Branch
of the American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Organized in 1976.
The branch draws members from:
Lake Oswego, Oregon City, Sherwood, Tigard, Tualatin, West Linn, Wilsonville, and more. Please check out this website for more detailed information about our branch.

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Saturday, May 10th

9:30- Social Time – 10:00- Program
Oswego Heritage House
Avenue A and 10th Street, Lake Oswego

Three companies that offer us option
as we age

Krista Giudici is the owner of Managed Moves LLC, an award-winning full-service downsizing and moving company serving seniors since 2006. It is the only company licensed in Portland to serve seniors exclusively. She employs 35 staff and serves approximately six clients a day. Her focus is on finding the most suitable, stress-free, and efficient way to support relocation. Her team carefully assesses the needs of the individual and then provides a tailored strategy, ensuring a smooth and safe transition.

Her systems approach involves networking with regional senior services, involving independent and assisted living facilities, clubs, community centers, and medical supports. Her ethos is one of respecting the individual and the environment; as much as possible, all items from downsizing are sold, repurposed, or reused.

WLLO; Northwest Villages
Marjorie Synakiewicz is the Volunteer Coordinator for the WLLO Village (West Linn, Lake Oswego, and Stafford). She will share information about the program and its many options as either members or volunteers. Marjorie will explain the history and the mission of the Villages, a focused community effort to help one another ‘age in place’.

The national Village Movement began in 1999 with Beacon Hill, in Massachusetts. Since then, there have been more than 250 Villages throughout the US, with another 62 in development.

Portland created a model called the ‘Hub and Spoke’ with 10 Villages in the greater metro area, and one on the North coast. The purpose of this concept was to allow the communities to share resources and to combine efforts to provide useful, quality services to members. Portland is the Hub and takes on more responsibility for the provision of resources and coordination of volunteer support.

The mission of the Villages is: “To support dynamic, intentionally inclusive, caring communities that connect, engage, and inform our older adults as they maintain active, purposeful lives in the setting that they identify as ‘home’”.

Chefs For Seniors
Last year, our speaker, Mary Besbris, purchased the PDX branch of Chefs For Seniors, a National Franchise established in 2019. She has five chefs working with her. Awareness of this unique and adaptable service comes mainly through internet searches or word of mouth.

Mary has lived in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years, during which time she has nurtured a deep-rooted passion for cooking and promoting senior health through nutritious and well-prepared meals. A graduate of Le Cordon Bleu in Portland, Oregon,  she blends culinary expertise with compassion in her work. Mary is dedicated to enhancing the well-being of seniors by helping them lead healthier lives through food. For example, hospital discharge departments have Chefs for Seniors info to pass on to their patients. The family chef may well need temporary help with meal planning and cooking while recuperating.

When Mary is not in the kitchen, she can be found on her small farm, in the hills above Estacada spending quality time with her grandkids and menagerie of horses, sheep, goats, and a flourishing organic garden.