I’m A Clubwoman

What should you do with a picture that wins at your County Fair? Why enter it in your GFWC State photography contest, of course! So I did….not in an ordinary contest though.

Christie gives birth to twin girls.

Who would have thought we’d see another disaster in this century worse than Katrina? True Haiti is not on the soil of the Good Old USA, but it’s so close their refugees sail over here on makeshift boats and frequently drown trying to reach our soil. There are thousands and thousands of Haitians living here in the states.

My club makes about 80 quilts annually for Operation Smile. This worthwhile charity is partnered with GFWC, and I encourage your club to take up the cause. You can find more information at www.operationsmile.org.

I hope you all know about the GFWC campaign of Hats, Gloves, and Bags…usually we put on work hats, garden gloves, and carry big, big trash bags to clean up something or plant something.  So in the spirit of that, the crew running the Great Lakes Regional Conference had us all dress up in semi-formal [...]

Michigan State Night at the Great Lakes Conference has been spectacular!

Do you write stories? When we were all in school, our teachers assigned essays, and we were all writers. After graduation, only a small handful of us continue to write. I love to write news stories, and editorial blog stories, but I never try fiction or to relate my experiences. Do you?

Today I rode in a 4th of July Parade. Happy Independence Day! I hope you watched fireworks and a parade somewhere and rejoiced in love for this wonderful country!

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.

The Woman’s Club clubhouse and my home are in a very low income neighborhood. I planted daffodils in a bleak spot at the base of the side steps to the clubhouse. A local elderly woman who walks her dog that way everyday stopped to chat as I planted them last November.

So often when I think about domestic violence I tend to focus only on women. After all, they are usually the ones that take the brunt of the abuse whether it’s verbal, physical or emotional.

We had an opening thought at a recent meeting that was just great. It was a wonderful list of “Why I Love GFWC.”

I’d like to start off our list with this thought:

Illinois is very sad to have lost a young, vibrant District President. Jonie Sieghartner had a stroke (brain bleed) at her district convention March 10th. Jonie passed away a few days later.

Writing a grant is a lot like writing a business plan. But don’t let that scare you. A grant proposal has several sections that allow a foundation to get to know the need in your community and how your project plans to meet that need.
Explain the need
This portion of your funding request, isn’t the time [...]

Has your club undertaken a project that requires more capital than a few bake sales can raise? If so, looking for grant opportunities may be just the thing for your club.
One of the most important funding sources for our playground project has been a grant that our club applied for and received. Thankfully our club [...]