TAWA held its December Ladies' Luncheon on December 12. The guest speakers of the event were Jenny Jopling from UT Arlington and Dr. Gail Weatherly from Stephen F. Austin State University. Their presentation was about "Distance Education for Women".

Last session of Turkish Cooking classes was last Saturday, December 5th. We had a very exciting "Sarma Competition". All participants were very good at making sarma's, however, who could make as many and as beautiful rolls in 5 minutes was the winner.

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Our classes for Spring Semester will start on January 9th 2010.

Hope to see you all!

TAWA visitied Dallas County Commisioner, Maurine Dickey, at her office on November 19. Outreach Directors Cemile Kumas and Ayse Ozgun introduced TAWA and talked about its mission, outreach activities and cultural interaction events. Mrs. Dickey, who is founding member of many organizations and agencies also actively participates in social events to make Dallas a better place. She was very interested in TAWA activities and told that she would be glad to be a guest speaker in one of our luncheons.

Turkish American Women Association visited the nursing home Gardens of Richardson on Thanksgiving Day.Early in the morning, volunteers celebrated Thanksgiving of every single resident at the nursing home and talked with them. The residents shared their memories about their families who were away.

TAWA organized November Coffee Night at the Turquoise Center on November 16. A 14th century originated friends get together tradition, SIRA GECESI, was introduced by Hacer Sahin, a young volunteer of TAWA.

The SMU Interfaith Dialog Student Association (IDSA) in collaboration with the Turkish American Women Association and the Institute of Interfaith Dialog organized a luncheon for the academia at SMU on November 3, 2009.

TAWA organized the fourth session of Cooking Classes for Fall 2009 this Saturday, November 7th. We had a great time learning Shepherd's Salad, Sarma (Stuffed Grape leaves), Roasted chicken with Mushrooms and Pyramid Cake. Students had the chance to learn rolling Sarmas individually and get prepared for the upcoming "Making Best Sarma" competition on December 5th. Roasted Chicken with Mushrooms was delicious and everybody loved how easy and how tasty Tea Biscuit Cake could be!

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