March 2020 LWVSH Activities

SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 2020 –  MEETING – Sunday, March 8, 2 pm. at Sparta United Methodist Church, Sparta  

Business Meeting: 2 pm to 3 pm. Committee Reports, including planning events for the Centennial Celebration

Please come and bring a friend. 

3 pm to 4 pm – Get ready for the St. Patrick’s Parade. 

We will make sashes and posters to use at the parade. Elaine Wexler will bring materials; you may also bring materials and your artistic talents.

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020  –  ST. PARTICK’S DAY PARADE –  Gather 10:45 am at beginning of Spring St. 

We will march in Newton’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade to celebrate the League’s 100th Birthday and its tireless work to protect voting rights and make democracy work.   
March with us and bring friends and family. 

Sparta Historical Society Event

THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020, 7:00 PM – League members will attend a program hosted by the Sparta Historical Society in honor of Carrie Chapman, League founder. The event is held at the Presbyterian Church in Sparta.  Admission is free.  

Presentation of Proclamation, Andover Twp.

Andover Township Deputy Mayor Dolores Blackburn and Andover Township Committeewoman Janice McGovern present Elaine Wexler with a Proclamation honoring the LWV 100th Anniversary. Elaine Wexler is Treasurer and Fund Raising Chair of the League of Women Voters Sussex Highlands.

2020 Essay Competition

The LWVSH is sponsoring again this year an essay competition for all Sussex county high school seniors. 
The Essay Topic:  Is Voting a Right or a Privilege? 
Awards: $500 for first place; $250 for second place
Deadline to submit the essay is March 20. 
Seniors can obtain the information, including the parameters and rubric that will be used for judging the essays, at their Guidance Department 
Students are requested to submit the essay to their  Guidance Department.

Student essays will be judged by a League Committee. Awards will be given to the first and second winner at their respective school’s Awards Ceremony

Proclaimation Presented to League of Women Voters Sussex Highlands

The LWV celebrates more than 100 years of efforts to secure the right of women to vote. The 19th Amendment, passed 100 years ago, as the result of the suffragettes’ movement (National American Woman Suffrage Association) and the work of the members of the League of Women Voters

Sparta Mayor Jerry Murphy presents a proclamation citing this work to Litsa Binder, President; Toni Zimmer, Secretary; Susan Pironti, Voter Services Chair; and Bill Green, Member. Their continued efforts empower women voters, and further the goals of our democracy.
The columns on the front of Town Hall are lit in purple to honor the LWV.

LWV of Sussex Highlands Meeting 2/9

Join us for our monthly meeting on Sunday, February 9, 2020, at 2pm at the Sparta Methodist Church located at 71 Sparta Ave., Sparta, NJ, while we discuss our 100th Anniversary celebrations, the status of the essay contest, and more!