The annual spring luncheon fundraiser for IBC was held March 29, 2025, at the Catering to You venue. Five members received the Barbara Lackritz Service Awards. Entertainment was provided by Mixed Nuts, a women’s a cappella quartet. The main fundraising event was “Honoring Our Sheroes,” for which AAUW members donated money in honor of a woman or women who have inspired them.
- Jan Horner (r) of Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch received the Lackritz Award.
- Joyce Bluett of Ferguson-Florissant Branch (r) receives the Lackritz Award.
- Nancy Hutchins (r) of Kirkwood-Webster Groves Branch receives Lackritz Award Certificate from Lynne Roney.
- Sally McGowan (r) of St. Louis Branch receives the Lackritz Award.
- Grace Schwane Poertner (r) of St. Charles Branch receives the Lackritz Award.
- Lackritz Awardees for 2025, clockwise from left: Grace Poertner, Joyce Bluett, Sally McGowan, Jan Horner, Nancy Hutchins.
- Ballwin-Chesterfield Branch
- Ferguson-Florissant Branch
- Kirkwood-Webster Groves Branch
- St. Louis Branch
- St. Charles Branch
- Past Lackritz Award Recipients
- The Mixed Nuts quartet
- Jan Scott presents a St. Louis City proclamation for the anniversary of the Virginia Minor Supreme Court case
- Cakes honoring our sheroes.