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.

Our club does a unique event to introduce prospective members to GFWC and our club. We hold a New Member High Tea.

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!

Wow, Wow, Wow is all I can say after returning from GFWC Annual Convention in Cleveland OH. This was my third time attending and I must say that this was my favorite by far!

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!

Never before have I spent four days with 600 women and had so much fun! (I don’t think I’ve ever spent that much time with that many women — in my life!) AND, never before have I met so many extraordinary women who give so much of themselves to their communities, the country and the world.

Our state convention was last weekend. I really want to tell you about one of the greatest centerpiece ideas I’ve ever seen.

This blog is dedicated to Mrs. Gayle, who was a founding Cobb WC member and a member of the Town & Country Juniors.  She lost her battle with cancer the same weekend of the GaFWC State Convention.  At her 65th birthday party she was given a couple of tiaras, which she just absolutlely loved.  At [...]

We had our state convention for Georgia April 17-19 in Augusta.  It was a fabulous convention!!!!  Our 1st and 10th district really did an outstanding job hosting.  Attendance was a little off – I am hoping next year we can see 500 in attendance.  This year only saw 264.  I am hoping it was because [...]

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.