I’m A Clubwoman

Terry pulled her lawnmower into her yard shed and headed up to the house for a glass of lemonade. By the time she walked back outside, it was on fire. Try as they may, the volunteer fire fighters didn’t get all of the flames put out, and the yard shed burned to the ground.

Now, when [...]

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We have all seen that child…you know the one. He is screaming at the top of his lungs in the grocery store, shading his eyes from the florescent lights, and flapping his hands. I betch you think …why doesn’t that mother punish him? Why doesn’t she spank him or correct him? …What if I told you this child was autistic?

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As a parent I never ceased to be amazed by the fact that the very ones we are supposed to be teaching are the ones that are in fact teaching us. For spring break this year, my two boys, ages 6 and 4, one set of grandparents, and my husband and I all made the two and half-hour trek to Glen Rose, Texas, which is home to Dinosaur World and the infamous dinosaur footprints at Dinosaur Valley State Park. These dinosaur footprints were instrumental in showing paleontologists how dinosaurs walked in prehistoric times. Previous to this discovery in the 1930s, scientists thought dinosaurs walked like alligators.

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2009 Temple Terrace Relay For Life event was a success.

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“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great because greatness is determined by service. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know [...]

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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 [...]

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Hope you have some Springy weather where you are. Lots of things are going on here in NC and apparently I am getting overwhelmed. I don’t think I am bothered by everything on my calendar but my stomach has been nervous and full of butterflies for the past couple of weeks so obviously something is giving me a sign.

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My mother and I were on the way to see her sister, when we came up with these.  It was a way of taking our mind off the fact her sister was dying – but I hope you will like these as much we laughed about them and someone can add to my list.  I [...]

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The March 20th was the first day of spring and Persian New Year.

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It is beautiful here in Georgia.  Spring is BUSTING out all over.  BUT so are my allergies!!!  Yesterday, I did nothing but sneeze and wipe my eyes.  I ran out of my allergy medication (BAD TIMING!).  But my allergies will not deter me from enjoying this fabulous time of year.   I have my Martina McBride and Jimmy [...]

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My book club met last night. We reviewed and discussed The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.
April’s book is The Book Thief. We are thinking our May book may be The Lace Readers. If anyone has read these books would appreciate your opinion.
The book I began reading after The Glass Castle was/is Kiss My Tiara – [...]

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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 [...]

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