I’m A Clubwoman

My club sponsors an absolutely amazing project each year.  It is a Student Art Festival held at one of the local high schools every spring.  Hundreds of students from all the feeder junior highs and from the two high schools enter their art creations.  Projects from almost every conceivable medium are presented.  Our club provides ribbons for first and second prize from each school, plus a $50 prize and ribbon for each of the Jr. and Sr. Visitor’s Choice and Best of Show awards.  We also donate $200 to each school for the teachers to buy materials of their choice.

The Festival is held on a Friday night from 6:00 to 8:00 at the high school.  Our club members bake cookies and brownies and we provide coffee.  There is no charge for any of the refreshments.  You can view over 100 photos of the student projects at http://picasaweb.google.com/gfwcillinois/2009AntiochStudentArtFestival# The young lady who won Best of Show this year is a senior and won last year too.  Thankfully, she’ll be majoring in art in college.

This activity is a perfect time to promote the club in our community.  We always get a lot of questions about who we are and what GFWC is all about.