Classes, Discussion Groups, and Workshops|Main Library

“Forum on Charitable Giving for Maximum Benefit” with the Wood River Women’s Foundation

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Join the Wood River Women’s Foundation (WRWF) for a panel discussion on the why, how and what of charitable giving. Come to engage, listen and learn about ideas and opportunities to support the many nonprofits in the Wood River Valley community.

The panel will discuss: What are the personal and psychological benefits of giving? How do we assess the impact of giving to a charity? What financial and legal strategies are available and how are their benefits best realized? The panel invites an open discussion to work toward improving the community.

The evening will also serve as the official launch of the recently published Giving Guide of the Wood River Valley.

The panel will be moderated by Jenni Riley, WRWF Education Committee Member and Director of the Giving Guide of the Wood River Valley. All members of the community are invited to this free event.

This event will be LIVE STREAMED and RECORDED for future viewing. Click  here to visit our Livestream page.

Panelists:

Terri Bullock, Incoming President, WRWF. Terri Bullock came to the Wood River Valley in 2015 and became a member of the WRWF shortly after in 2016. After a 34-year career with Chevron involving management, development and compliance, she transferred her talents to the nonprofit sector. Terri has served as Social Media Chair, Vice President and now President of the WRWF.

Sandra Clapp, Attorney, Sandra L. Clapp Associates, P.A. Sandra Clapp has practiced law since 1991 with an emphasis on planned gift preparation, charitable trusts, and private foundation and public charity formation. She is a former president of the Boise Estate Planning Council and member of the Southwest Idaho Planned Giving Council. She has been a trustee on the board of the Red Cross and a chapter development specialist for the LPGA Amateurs.

Cate Cox, Therapist, Cate Cox Therapy. Cate Cox is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Idaho, practicing in the Wood River Valley. As a mental health practitioner, she works directly with valley nonprofit organizations providing services and support to community members facing severe illnesses and trauma. In her philanthropic role, Cate serves as president of The Jonathan C.S. Cox Family Foundation.

Suzanne Hazlett, Financial Advisor, Hazlett Wealth Management, L.L.C. Suzanne Hazlett has worked with private and institutional clients as a financial planner and investment advisor for more than 22 years. Suzanne is president and co-founder of the Wood River Valley Studio Tour. She is also the founder of Giving Guide of the Wood River Valley, a charitable education organization with a focused mission to elevate and garner exposure for nascent and established Wood River Valley nonprofits, while providing contributors with information about volunteer opportunities, corporate engagement possibilities, and philanthropic insights.

Tech Help Desk with Paul Zimmerman

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Do you have questions regarding your computer, tablet, phone or smart watch? Paul Zimmerman can help you! Stop by between 5:00 – 7:00 pm to have all of your questions answered. 

Tech Class: Internet Privacy Workshop with Paul Zimmerman

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This modern era has proven that it’s up to users to keep their information private on the internet.  There are countless bots, trackers, and systems that try to turn all of your internet activity into data points for advertising (or worse).  In this workshop, we will go through some prevention steps together (so bring a device!) that will help us minimize our trackable data. 

Great Decisions Discussion Group

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This lively discussion group is a perennial favorite for inquisitive minds in the Wood River Valley. The curriculum is developed by the Foreign Policy Association, and it investigates a range of contemporary foreign and domestic policy issues. The discussions will be moderated by Don Liebich, who has been involved with economic development, citizen diplomacy, and human rights projects in the Middle East. Don is an author and an international consultant.

Topics for the 2020 program include Climate Change and the Global Order, India and Pakistan, Red Sea Security, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking, U.S. Relations with the Northern Triangle, China’s Road into Latin America, The Philippines and the U.S. and Artificial Intelligence and Data.

Registration: To register call CSI at 208-788-2033. Registration begins December 2 (section code: XMSC 088 B01).

There is a tuition ($70) for the class, which does not include the book that must be purchased on your own. The book can be ordered in January from the Foreign Policy Association: Great Decisions 2020 Briefing Book            

Class dates:

Tuesday, February 4
Thursday, February 6
Tuesday, February 11
Thursday, February 13
Tuesday, February 18
Thursday, February 20
Tuesday, February 25
Thursday, February 27                                                           

Author Dean Kuipers reads from his new memoir, “The Deer Camp”

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In this brand new memoir, a son tells the story of his father, a talented outdoorsman and troubled family man, who buys a 100-acre hunting property in Michigan to bond the family. Their relationship to that degraded landscape becomes a way for them to negotiate their relationships with each other. The writer David George Haskell writes, “Kuipers has an extraordinary ear. With great acuity and insight he hears and interprets the voices of human family and ecological community. In beautiful prose, he uncovers and honors both the brokenness and the joy of our relationships with each other and the land.”

The Deer Camp was published on May 14. Dean Kuipers was the deputy music editor of the Los Angeles Times entertainment site, and his previous books include Operation Bite Back and Burning Rainbow Farm.

John Rember Reading New Work

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Stanley-based writer John Rember will share his newest essay, “On Going to My Sixtieth High School Reunion, or What I Think About While Running Uphill” – a meditation on aging, adolescent selves, authoritarian rulers, environmental super-villains, the dinosaurs who were too big to get on Noah’s Ark, and getting together with old classmates in the afterlife. Rember’s books include Traplines: Coming Home to Sawtooth Valley, Sudden Death, Over Time, and MFA in a Box, and his next book is forthcoming in 2020 from the University of New Mexico Press.

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