I’m A Clubwoman

Our Club has a bit of a tradition, we eat before we meet. It is not my favorite thing, as I am not a fan of brunch, but I do like picnics.

Relay for Life event was a couple of weeks ago and as usual it was a wonderful event.

Well, it has been so long since I have done any blogging! Life passes you by so quickly without you realizing it.

Christie gives birth to twin girls.

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

This past Saturday, I and three of my fellow club board women attended a most thought provoking and practical seminar on fund raising for non-profit boards. The seminar was sponsored by our local Peace and Justice Action League, PJAL.

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

Have you ever attended your county fair? Have you ever entered anything in the contests?

Our district is celebrating it’s 100th Anniversary. I am on the Centennial committee and have been gathering pictures and memorabilia to have a presentation at the Fall district meeting. As I look back on the old photos and see the ladies that have left us, I realize I can never ask them questions about [...]

Ann Cook is a published author, a fellow clubwoman and the model for Gerber products. I got to know Ann one afternoon last week when she graciously accepted my request for a chat. I am interested in writing mystery books myself and wanted to talk to a successful writer. Ann spoke to Temple Terrace Woman’s [...]

I knew August would be busy with club meetings starting back up. I just did not know how busy. My office at work looks like a staging area.
1) Pile of school supplies folks have donated that our club is collecting.
2) Non-perishable food items for us to stock the pantry for Ronald McDonald house.
3) [...]

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!

First of all, I have been a terrible blogger! It seems that with work, my service and social activities, getting adjusted to a new place and recovering from that broken finger earlier in the year, I just seem to not get things written and posted like I should. Not a good excuse, I [...]

I have a list of things to do, and a list of things that need to be done, and then the real list of things that must be done. And always the balancing act of finding joy in what I do, so I can do it.

The last few years, we have a ball making bag lunches for Must Ministries for the Summer lunch program – which provides lunches to school children once school is over. This use to take us a couple of hours to make the lunches – no more. Tuesday night, we broke into groups with [...]