Spouses

Spouses Committee - Amy Irish Brown Chair, 616-693-2193 irisha@msu.edu

Overview

The goal of the committee chair has been to provide program that is interesting and attractive to both male and female spouses. We are working to offer a variety of opportunities that are educational and informative, as well as relaxing and recreational. Many of the programs and tours include the many attractions that are unique to West Michigan.

Tours 

We are currently planning 4 full day and 4 half-day tours for the spouses that will be offered on Monday. Buses can carry at least 50 persons, so we have enough offerings for at least 400 people. We are especially trying to offer tours that will be interesting to both male and female spouses. Tours plans so far are:

Full Day Tours: 1 Saugatuck Experience Star Saugatuck Tour art/city guided tour shopping time 2 Sand-n-Surf Dunes ride Explore Saugatuck/History Visit an Area Beach   3 For the Nature Lover KBS - bird sanctuary & water testing work Wolf Lake Hatchery Kalamazoo Nature Center 4 Charter Fishing - catch & cook tour Grand Haven Charter fishing out of Grand Haven lunch at Old Boys Brewery – cook catch

Half-Day Tours 1 Winery Tour start w/ lunch at FennValley Winery Wavecrest Nursery Crane's Farm Market 2 Audubon Tour & Nature Hike Pickerell Lake hiking/Bird watching lunch at Historic Inn 3 Area Garden Tours Private residence garden tours MSUE Kent Grand Ideas Garden 4 Riverboat Tour Grand Lady Riverboat Tour w/ lunch

Workshops

We will host 26 two-hour workshop sessions over the two days that workshops are on the agenda for – Tuesday and Thursday. We are hoping that these workshops appeal to a wide range of interests for both male and female spouses. Most workshop sessions will be offered twice per day.  Workshops currently planned are:

Recognizing True Antiques in Furniture City, USA

Art Smart - In-depth Sculpture Review

Cooking With Wild Game

Gardening With Children

Cooking with Michigan Commodities

Fly Tying

Great Lakes Shipwrecks

Learn to Knit

Making Herbal Soaps

Sell Your Stuff on E-Bay

Astronomy 101

Who Gets Grandma's Pie Plate

Hook to Cook - Great Lake Fish Preparation - AM only

Sausage Making - PM only

Spouses Luncheon

A group of Michigan spouses are planning a very special luncheon for their NACAA Spouse guests. They are working to line up a speaker about Michigan lighthouses using that as a theme.

 

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