9/26/25: Sept. Branch Meeting: Val-Kill + Coppola’s

AAUW Kingston Welcome Back Event
Friday, September 26
Luncheon at Coppola’s, 4167 Albany Post Road (Route 9), Hyde Park.
Guided Tour of Val-Kill (Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site), 106 Valkill Park Road, Hyde Park.

Meet at 11 AM in the Staples parking lot, 1399 Ulster Avenue, Kingston.
We will carpool; parking is limited.
Please indicate if you can drive others or would like to be a passenger to Hyde Park.
We’ll return around 4:30 PM.

Join us as we welcome back our members with lunch at Coppola’s.
Choice of: Chicken Française, Baked Cod, or Eggplant Parmesan.
Salad, Dessert (Vanilla Sundae), and Beverages included.
Price (includes tax and tip): $35.
Donation to Val-Kill for Tour: $1.

Sign up today:
Send your lunch selection and a check for $36 made out to AAUW Kingston to Lynn Gore, 400 Chestnut Hill Road, Stone Ridge, NY 12484.
(Please indicate whether you can drive.)
Click here for registration form

Call or email Lynn Gore if you have any questions (lynngore54@gmail.com, 845-687-9210)

Accessibility Information: Val-Kill cottage is not accessible, but a ramp at one entrance provides ability for wheel chairs to enter and exit the building. Historic doorways are narrow, but navigable.
The cottage does not have an elevator or lift to provide access to the second floor.

Recommended reading: The First Ladies by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
A novel about the extraordinary partnership between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune – an unlikely friendship that changed the world.

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