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The Falls Region Chapter of New York State Women, Inc. held its annual scholarship dinner on June 19.  This year the chapter awarded two high school scholarships to two Judson Falls High School seniors.  One of the scholarships was in memory of Kathleen Butterfield, who was a former president of the local chapter.

Where we stand at the end of the 2013 New York State Legislative Session - In his January 2013 State of the State address, New York Governor Cuomo introduced a 10 Point Plan for Women’s Equality, the Women’s Equality Agenda.

How will we retain members and encourage new members to join? Do you have an idea you’d like to share? Each month this column will contain a Membership Tip – and ask you to give it a try and let us know how it worked. It will also highlight a Local Chapter who will share an idea, program or practice that works for them. As programs and membership information is developed, those details will also appear here. Retaining and attracting members needs everyone’s help.

Erin Taylor-Tolcott, of Owego, New York, shared top honors at the New York State Women Inc. annual conference on June 8, 2013 with her presentation in the annual Career Recognition speak-off and competition. Erin, an athlete and race walker, is a member of the Susquehanna Chapter of NYSW, Inc. and holds a Masters Degree in Music Performance from SUNY Stony Brook.

On June 8, 2013, Roberta Hayes, of Staten Island, New York shared top honors at the New York State Women, Inc. annual conference with her presentation in the annual Career Recognition speak-off and competition. Roberta has a PHD in Microbiology & Immunology and is an Assistant Professor at St. John’s University on Staten Island. She is also a member of the Richmond County Chapter of New York State Women, Inc.

On June 8, 2013, Amy Kellogg, a partner with Harter, Seacrest and Emery, was installed as President of New York State Women Inc. (NYSW, Inc.). Ms. Kellogg is a member of the Tech Valley Chapter of NYSW, Inc. The installation took place at the organization's 4th annual conference in Albany, New York.

A tremendous thank you to everyone who participated in the 25th Anniversary Grace LeGendre Endowment Fund (GLEF) Awards Luncheon on June 8th at the New York State Women, Inc. Annual Conference and to everyone who donated throughout the year.

Congratulations to our award recipients that were recognized at June Conference.  This year, we created three new categories of awards as follows: Youth Leadership /Programming/Advocacy

The Career Recognition Speakoff Competition was held on Saturday June 8, 2013. We had two amazing candidates give a 5 minute speech on the topic of empowering women.

New York State Women, Inc. fully supports the Women’s Equality Agenda! We have been supporting it for decades, as all of the items on the Women’s Equality Agenda are applicable to the Legislative Platform that we have been supporting for many years.