Thanksgiving
American Women’s Club of Central Scotland Asks families to SAVE THE DATE for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Thanksgiving Dinners
Edinburgh Thanksgiving Dinner
When: 30th November 2025 2-5PM
Where: Best Western Braid Hills Hotel
RSVP by November 15th
Glasgow Thanksgiving Dinner
When: 23rd November 2025 2-4PM
Where: The Merchant Steakhouse
RSVP by November 13th
Greetings from your President
AWCCS is currently without a president. If you are interested in this role, please contact the board.
Upcoming Events
November
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Glasgow Coffee Morning – November
at Santa Lucia Cafe 9 November 2025 @ 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
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Edinburgh Coffee Morning 10 Nov 10:00
at Cafe Barbera, 10 November 2025 @ 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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November Birthday Bash goes Mexican, November 20
at Las Iguanas 20 November 2025 @ 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
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Thanksgiving Dinner in Glasgow
at The Merchant Steakhouse 23 November 2025 @ 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
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Edinburgh Thanksgiving Dinner 2025
at Best Western Braid Hills Hotel 30 November 2025 @ 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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February
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Festival Theatre–Death on the Nile Thursday March 26, 2026
at The Festival Theatre 26 February 2026 @ 7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
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Save The Date
Dear Members: See our lengthy list of further upcoming activities available for all our AWCCS members – this is for all our pan Central Scotland, you can go to any activity irrespective of where you live.
Edinburgh Based Glasgow Based Virtual Activities
November:
Sunday 9th, 11am – Glasgow coffee morning at Santa Lucia Cafe, Byres Road
Monday 10th, 10am – Edinburgh Coffee morning, Cafe Barbera, Omni Centre
Thursday 20th, 6pm – Birthday Bash, Las Iguanas, George Street
Sunday 23rd, 2pm – Glasgow Thanksgiving, Merchant Steakhouse, Ingram Street
Thursday 27th, 7:15pm – Kahoot, from the comforts of your own home
Sunday 30th, 2pm Edinburgh Thanksgiving, Best Western Braid Hills Hotel, Braid Road
December:
Wed December 3rd 10am – 11:30 Edinburgh Coffee morning at Willow Tea Room on Princes Street.
Thursday 11th 6:45pm – Glasgow Holiday Celebration dinner at The Bothy
Thursday Dec 11th 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Holiday Book Swap at home of Stacey Wilkins, Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh
January:
Friday January 9 – Edinburgh casual lunch at John Lewis Cafeteria “A Place to Eat” top floor 12:00 – 1:00
Saturday 10th, 1pm – Glasgow Book Club at the Last Bookstore, Hope Street
Thursday Jan 15 -Edinburgh Birthday Bash, location to de determined
Wednesday Jan 21st Edinburgh Coffee AM 10am – location to de determined
Thursday 22nd, 10am – Glasgow coffee morning – location to be determined
Thursday 22nd, 7:15pm – Kahoot, from the comforts of your own home
Friday 23rd, 10am – Glasgow coffee morning – location to be determined
Saturday 31st, 11am – Visit to Tenement House & Cafe, Buccleuch Street
February:
Thursday 26th, 7:15pm – Kahoot, from the comforts of your own home
Recent Events
Members’ children enjoyed the AWCCS Children’s Halloween Party., held on October 25th at the Scottish Museum of Fire Heritage
We offered games, magic, crafts, puppets, lunch buffet, story time, Trick or Treat candy boxes and more
Our Breast Cancer awareness event in October 2025. Renee was the winner of the ‘juggling award’ while Suzanne was using a ‘mega phone’ to speak over the music in the background. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness and highlight the importance breast cancer, plus we raised some further funds for Breast Cancer research.
The October Birthday Bash was held in the spectacular setting of the Caledonian Hilton.
The September coffee morning was at the W Hotel in St James Quarter.
The views and service were top notch.
Club Announcements
News from your AWCCS Board November 2025
Dear Members,
Your Board is busy planning for a new Scottish Charity which you select every other year, creating social and philanthropic events, and looking for ways to keep you interested, to keep you involved, and to keep you smiling.
Currently the AWCCS Board is operating without a Charity Chair, and more importantly, without a President. Victoria Edwards, our newly-elected President, has been suffering through the illness and now the death of her mother. Victoria is taking some time off from leadership duties, and she’ll continue as a member. We all send Victoria support as she goes through this difficult time.
The Board is planning coffee mornings, lunches, festive events related to Thanksgiving, and more. Do sign up for either the Glasgow Thanksgiving event which is Sunday November 23, or the Edinburgh Thanksgiving event on Sunday November 30. This is how we develop and enrich our friendships, by showing up over the months and years. The Thanksgiving Silent Auction is our key annual fundraising activity, and you can support this by donating something to the Auction (email nlynner@gmail.com for the Edinburgh Silent Auction) and also by bidding on Auction items.
There are events through the winter, and you are welcome to share ideas you have for an event with anyone on the Board. We’d all benefit from your involvement.
Would you like to learn more about the Charity Chair position, or the President’s role? Let a Board Member know.
Request for Donations to the Thanksgiving Silent Auction
There will be some terrific items in the AWCCS Silent Auction at Edinburgh November 30 Thanksgiving Dinner. Do you have something to share with this flagship fundraising club event? For example, longtime member Delma Dewar has donated her precious copy of the classic cookbook Martha Stewart’s “Entertaining “ published in 1982. It’s in great condition. (Copies on Amazon range as high as £96 for used, £184 for pristine.)
This is just one of the great items in the Auction.
If you have a donation, email nlynner@ gmail.com.
Member News
November
Suzette Bell
Ellen Brennan
Lindsay Nygren
Charlene Hewitt
Caitlin Steele
December
Mary Jo Caselton
Suzie St. Denis
Myra Hollie Nielsen
January
Rennee Grieve
Kate Pearson
Beth Monahan Brown
Nancy Lynner
Melissa Kaplan
Ruby Raheem
Sarah Wilkinson
Najya Batool
Welcome New Members
Gecinda Turner
Julia Blackham
Edinburgh Book Group
Contact: dka.finlayson@gmail.com
Friday, 21 November
The Tobacconist
By Robert Seethaler
Home of Jane Miller
Start time: 10:30
Friday, 12 December
The Ministry for the Future
by Kim Stanley Robinson
Location TBD
Start time: 10:30
Friday, 16 January
TransAtlantic
By Colum McCann
Home of Chris MacLachlan
Start time: 10:30
FAWCO
FAWCO Target Program 2025‒2028
Human Rights
Advancing Dignity, Equality and Freedom for Women and Girls
https://www.fawco.org/global-issues/target-program/human-rights-2025-2028
