Women's League of Rutgers University
Established 1932
Fall 2025 Events
September 10, Wednesday
WELCOME RECEPTION/COFFEE
Place: 38 Hillcrest Drive, Piscataway Register: Janet Potenza, j2potenza@optonline.net
Please join us! Invite folks you know who might be interested in learning more about WLRU. This reception is an opportunity to gather in an informal setting, enjoy home baked treats, get to know our new members and also meet potential WLRU members. This is a perfect occasion to encourage women you know, who wonder about who we are and what we do, to meet us and enjoy a social evening. All are welcome.
September 18, Thursday 2 pm
Rutgers Gardens Tour
112 Log Cabin Rd, North Brunswick
Cost: $15
RSVP needed by 9/10 to: debrahehir27@gmail.com
Zelle to womensleagueru@gmail.com or
Checks sent to Debbie Hehir,
116 North 2 nd Ave. Highland Park
October 18 and 19, Saturday and Sunday
ANNUAL GARAGE SALE
Place: 420 Lincoln Avenue, Highland Park, NJ Save your “stuff”! The treasures you find in your attics, closets, and hidden corners for inclusion in our sale will support WLRU Scholarship Awards. Items donated for the sale will be accepted at 420 Lincoln Avenue, Highland Park, NJ after 3 PM on Friday, October 17th. We also need your help with set up (Friday), sales (Saturday and Sunday), and cleanup (Sunday afternoon). It is a social time for volunteers with food provided. This is a significant fund raising event for our scholarships. Remarkably, last year’s sale earned close to $5000. Hope to see you there. Contact Rebecca with any questions or offers to help out. rebecca.reynolds533@gmail.com or 732-425-6711
November, TBA
WLRU ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP RECEPTION
Place: Winants Hall, College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ
Contact: Muffin Lord, mlivlord0@gmail.com
Our 2025 WLRU scholarship recipients are invited to participate in this event as we introduce them and acknowledge their accomplishments to an audience of their friends, family and members of WLRU. All are welcome.
December 16, Tuesday, 12 pm
HOLIDAY LUNCHEON
The Rutgers Club Speaker: Amanda Eubanks Winkler, Rutgers Music Dept New this year: participate in our beautiful baskets raffle.
RSVP: details to follow (reservations and cost).
To pay for events:
Zelle to womensleagueru@gmail.com, or
Send a check payable to WLRU and mailed as directed for the specific event.
Zelle payments must include your name, email, & the event.
In both cases indicate the name of the program. Always include an email address .
Spring 2026 Events
January, TBA
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
4th Annual Conversation with Past WLRU Scholarship Recipients, Zoom @ 7:30pm
Hear about the impact of WLRU Scholarships on past recipients and learn about their current lives.
Cost: Free
February, TBA
Lunch @ Harvest Cafe, Rutgers Cook Campus
Food Science & Nutritional Sciences Bldg.
61 Dudley Rd,
New Brunswick
After lunch we will visit Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services, 100 Dudley Rd
Registration and details to follow.
March, TBA
Performance at Mason Gross School of the Arts
Registration and details to follow.
April, TBA
Trip to BAPS Swarminarayan Akshardham USA
112 N. Main St, Windsor, NJ
Visit to the temple and lunch at their cafe
Registration and details to follow.
Rutgers Day: Saturday, April 25, 10 am to 4 pm
Tabling on the College Avenue Campus, Voorhees Mall.
Volunteers needed for morning and/or afternoon.
Details to follow.
May 7, 12 pm
END OF THE YEAR LUNCHEON
with a talk by historian Ellen Mappen
on WLRU History, Registration and details to follow.
To pay for events:
Zelle to womensleagueru@gmail.com, or
Send a check payable to WLRU and mailed as directed for the specific event.
Zelle payments must include your name, email, & the event.
In both cases indicate the name of the program. Always include an email address .
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