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“Learning from Yesterday - Living Today - Leading Tomorrow”
The Georgia ClubwomanThe newsletter of GFWC Georgia
Member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs
GFWC GA
OFFICERS 2014 – 2016
President
Elaine Chandler
First
Vice President
Ida Dorvee
Second
Vice President
Tina Daniel-Reasey
Third
Vice-President
Shelby Holland
Director of
Junior Clubs
Vicki Weber
Recording
Secretary
Kim Sekulow
Treasurer
Cathy Jones
Corresponding
Secretary
Pat Busby
Parliamentary
Advisor
Tish Stone
Greeting from the Georgia Federation of Women’s clubs!
I am honored to be serving as President of the GFWC Georgia Federation of Women’s
Clubs.
I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful fall weather!
Institute was a fun filled two days of workshops, new ideas and plans. Thank you to
all the Chairmen, who worked to make it such a success. It takes many people and a
lot of work to prepare for Institute. I am still hearing from members all around the
state about how much they enjoyed Institute and how informative all the workshops
Greetings from the Georgia Federation
of Women’s clubs!
I am honored to be serving as President of the GFWC Georgia
Federation of Women’s Clubs.
I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful fall weather!
Institute was a fun filled two days of workshops, new ideas and plans. Thank you to
all the Chairmen, who worked to make it such a success. It takes many people and
a lot of work to prepare for Institute. I am still hearing from members all around the
state about how much they enjoyed Institute and how informative all the workshops
and presentations were on Saturday and Sunday. A special thank you to Vicki Weber
for a great Sunday Junior Brunch meeting and speaker!
District Meetings are winding up and it is an exciting time as we begin the
redistricting process. The new Transition Teams met on November 15th in Macon.
Letters will go to all Club Presidents so that everyone stays very informed during
this entire two year process.
Convention will be exciting as we celebrate the 125th anniversary of GFWC. Our
state convention will be held in Macon, May 1-3, 2015. Shelia Shea, GFWC First
Vice President will be Georgia’s guest. There will be more celebrating in Memphis
in June. What a fun time to be a member of the Federation!
Each club president received a mailing about the Commemorative Book that GFWC
is compiling to celebrate this 125th Anniversary. Please use the form in the email for
your membership list. If you need this information again, please let Mary know at
the state office.
I enjoyed traveling our wonderful state this fall and seeing each of you at the district meetings.
I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Holiday Season!
In federation love,
Elaine
ISSUE 1, NOV 2014
TALLULAH FALLS SCHOOL PROJECT
“Light in the Mountains Scholarship”
The President’s Project, Healthy Living, has two components:
Healthy Living and Healthy Planet
Just think of a Georgia PEACH! People and the Environment Always Conserving and Healthy
Both components of this project are ACTION driven. There are two goals for this project.
1. The first goal is to educate our members about good practices that are healthy for
all people and the planet.
2. The second goal is to encourage our members to actively participate in projects
and programs that support healthy lifestyles and create a healthy planet.
Think Education, Projects, Programs, Information, Volunteering, Service,
Action, Action, Action!
There may be projects or programs where you want to donate money but the main emphasis of this project is making our Lives and our Earth better.
People Survive Because of this Planet!
This Planet Survives Because of People!
“Club life teaches that there are many kinds of wealth in the world-the wealth of ideas, of knowledge, of sympathy, of readiness to be put in any place and used in any way for the general good. These are given, and no price is or can be put upon them, yet they enable and enrich whatever comes within their influence.”
Jane Cunningham Croly, in 1890 Founder-General Federation of Women’s Clubs
People in the Environment Always Conserving & Healthy
HEALTHY LIVING: HEALTHY PEOPLE and HEALTHY PLANET
President’s Special Projects
The Light in the Mountains
Scholarship Award
The Light in the Mountains Scholarship
Award is the Tallulah Falls School Project
Elaine Chandler, GFWC Georgia President 2014-2016
Money donated to this scholarship will be used to help students wanting to attend Tallulah Falls School. Recipients of this scholarship must be residents of the state of Georgia. Preferential consideration will be made if a student wanting to attend has a connection to a GFWC Georgia Club member.
The money for this Scholarship will be given to the GFWC Georgia Federation and will be deposited in a separate fund with the Federation. Because GFWC Georgia now has 501c3 tax status, these funds are tax deductible. All contributors will receive a written verification of the contributions made to The Light in the Mountains Scholarship Award.
At the end of the first year, one-half of the funds will be given to the school to help with a student’s tuition. The other one-half of the funds will be placed with a stock broker to be placed in a money generating account. This will be repeated the second year and also one-half of the funds generated by the stock account will be given to the school to help with a student’s tuition. See the yearbook for more information and awards.
Name________________________________________________________________________ Club_________________________________________________________________________ Amount $ ____________________________________ Make checks payable to GFWC Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs Mail to: GFWC Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs, PO Box 39, Tallulah Falls, GA 30573
Help Make the Ocmulgee Monument the 1st National Park in Georgia Petitioning the Georgia Delegation in the House of Representatives In support of the
U.S. Reps. Sanford Bishop and Justin Scott bipartisan
Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014
If you believe this legislation is beneficial to the state of Georgia’s wildlife environment & the Mounds are a
historical National treasure, please sign below. Do you think a National Park will generate tourism revenue for
Macon/Bibb & the state of GA, please add your signature below. Does educating students & visitors on the
fact the different cultures occupied this land for thousands of years seem important, then please support the
OCMULGEE MOUNDS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BOUNDARY REVISION ACT OF 2014.
To participate, simply copy the section above and sign (several signatures may be one page). Send the signed petition to the GFWC GA State office and it will be forwarded to the US Reps. Identified above. For more info about Ocmulgee visit http://www.nps.gov/ocmu/index.htm
Tips to remember for writing your reports!
Dear Fellow Clubwomen,
Reporting time is fast approaching and clubs are wrapping up those remaining 2014 projects.
1. Record the who, what, when, where and how much.
a. Who was involved in the project with your club? How many club members participated? If other organizations were involved, list those organizations. Explain who the organization is such as the “Life Long Learners”, a group of adults with disabilities, were guests.
b. What did the club do to plan and implement the project? What did the finished project look like for the club or the community? What was the impact?
c. When and where did this club project occur? d. How much money or goods did your club receive or donate? Report in kind donations
separately. These are the donations your club received from another organization or the members donated. Club donations are directly from club funds and the club wrote the check for the donation.
e. Example: Organized Read Across America Event (WHAT). Club President appointed a Read Across America chairman. The chairman contacted a local elementary school and offered to present a story time event (WHERE). With the help of other club members, the chairman contacted community leaders to become readers at the Dr. Seuss (When) birthday Read Across America event. Students from the school were thrilled with the event (WHO). An article appeared in the local paper featuring the sheriff reading to the children. The club (Impact) promoted reading to children and publicized GFWC GA.
Example of a club project on report form and in narrative:
15. The GFWC Super Duper Women’s Club of Amazing, Georgia recently joined forces with 11 other organizations to host the annual Back to School Bash on the grounds of Amazing High School. Groups involved included the Lion’s Club, Kiwanis, Read to Feed, and the School Board, as well as several area churches. Twenty three of the 25 club members were able to participate on the day of the event. Plans for this event have been in the works for six months. A committee of three invited community organizations to gather (four meetings were held). The club hosted the event at the high school football field. The community was invited to attend and flyers were placed in local areas to include schools, day care centers, churches, health department, doctor offices, and DFCS office. Supplies were generated through donations from all groups involved. The committee contacted local stores and supplies were donated by XYZ Store. One member contacted a national company, ABC Book Bags, and 25 new student book bags were provided at $2 each and the club purchased the bags ($50). The club used social media to promote and two articles appeared in the local newspaper, one prior to the event and one after the event. The total of in-kind donations from the club were valued at $500 and from the community $1500. The club assisted 58 students in receiving book bags filled with school supplies such as paper, pencils, and crayons. The impact on the community allowed these needy students to come to school prepared for the first day of school. Extra supplies were donated to the local elementary school teacher classrooms.
15. Back to School Bash 23 120 $2,000 $50
Second Vice President ~ Tina Daniel-Reasey
Reporting Tips continued
2. Is it a club project or not? This was the hot topic at the reporting workshop. Guidelines to consider:
a. Was it discussed at a club meeting? b. Did your club agree as a club to participate? Some clubs may vote on each project and
others may be more informal in their agreement. The item to remember is: is it a CLUB project and not an individual member who decides to do the project on her own and then calls it a club project.
c. Be ethical in your reporting. If a club member includes her volunteer work at her church, is this really a club project? This is usually not a club project and members would not include time spent teaching Sunday School. If the club made a donation to support the mission trip from a church, this could be a club project if the club agreed prior to the donation being made.
d. Examples of club projects related to our other community work:
A club member is traveling to another country. While in the country, the club member is visiting an orphanage. The club votes prior to the trip to gather small toys or a monetary donation. The donations are gathered at a club meeting and the member donates the goods to the orphanage while on the trip. The club would not report all of the travel time or cost of the trip but could include the time gathering the donations, approximate value of the donations, and the time the one member organized and went to the orphanage for the donation presentation. To make it even better, the club member reports back to the club, includes a photo for the newsletter, a connection is made to the orphanage, and the club starts sending items to the children via the contact.
A club member is a scout leader. The time she spends helping the scout troop is her non-club time and is considered other volunteer work. If she invited another club member to the scout troop for a presentation on dancing to help the troop work on a badge, the other club member could capture her volunteer time in the report. If the club sponsored a troop and would not be otherwise engaged in the troop, the club could count the hours and monetary donations such as donating the use of a club house for the scout troop for a meeting area or purchasing Girl Scout cookies for troops when presented at a club meeting, preferably through the club checking account.
A club member is heavily involved in her church work. There are many worthwhile projects being presented to the club about involvement in the church’s activities. If the club is presented the projects and agree as a club to support the projects, the club could count these donations and hours. If one club member donates food to the church’s food pantry as a church member, it is not a club project. This is her altruistic donation as a church member and not a club member.
A club member is traveling around the state and visiting state parks. While visiting state parks, she collected 25 brochures about each state park. When she returned, she reported on the state parks and provided brochures to each club member. Her time collecting the brochures and presenting to the club could be reported in Conservation but not the cost of her trip or time.
3. Other items to consider:
Type or print legibly in one box. Keep information short on the form and provide more information in the narrative.
Read the “Plan of Work” and refer to the yearbook for correct placement of projects in programs.
Reporting Tips continued
Write a rough draft to be critiqued. Use club newsletters, treasurer reports, and notes on the project to assist in writing a full report.
Form a committee to review reports and evaluate the written report for accuracy.
Each box is numbered on the new form. The number on the form should correspond with the narrative number. Line 7 from the report form should be numbered 7 on the narrative sheet. If you have more than one box on the report form, list all of the numbers on the narrative. If 1 and 25 are part of the same project, list both numbers in front of the narrative explanation. Example:
1, 12, 25 The ABC Club presented….
It is helpful for you to include in the narrative the number of members, hours, and monies donated.
Total all boxes at the end of the columns on the report form.
Clubs are not required to write a narrative. Please make sure the box has all pertinent information for judging. Judges can only award points for information provided.
If your club has provided donations to a variety of organizations, the club may use one box on the report form and state “Donations were given to organizations”. The narrative can list the organizations. Include the total amount given to each organization in the narrative. For example, Conservation and International Outreach both have many organizations supported by GFWC. The club could list the different organizations such as Sierra Club, Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, etc. in the narrative with amount for each.
4. Judging Reports
The Community Service Program Chairs receive many reports from the clubs beginning January 1st. It is an exciting time to open the mail box and find these reports. Once the reports are received, each CSP will review and begin the tedious process of reading and scoring. Each CSP receives a form and points are awarded consistently by the chairs. The rating scale is 1-10 points. For example, one point may be given to a club project for presenting breast cancer awareness brochures to all members at a meeting. A club could receive 10 points for sponsoring a health care clinic in their community with other organizations to promote breast cancer awareness and providing free information to community members. More points are awarded for community involvement with other groups and for a larger percentage of club member involvement. Small clubs can have 100% involvement. The CSP Chairs will meet in February for Judging. The two partners for each group will review and discuss every single report received and compile their scores. Scores are returned to the 2nd Vice President and Awards Chair. This year there will be a form returned to clubs regarding feedback on the reports received. This feedback is designed to provide the clubs with information on what was done well in the report, if something should be reported in a different community service program, or if the judges felt more information was needed. It will be done in the spirit of providing helpful information for future reporting. All clubs are encouraged to report. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to reach out to the CSP chairs, State President Elaine Chandler, or myself.
In Federation,
Membership Begins with ME!! By now with the fall season in full swing after summer break, all clubs should have had several meetings & time to create plans of work for the upcoming year.
Graeme Edwards offers us this thought – “It is not the plan that is important, it’s the planning.”
How true these words are when members plan their club year with membership in mind.
Do we invite new members and let them know how excited we are to have them? Do we have mentors available to make new members feel like they are a part of the team and guide them through their first club year? Are new members encouraged to move up and take on a leadership position? Does your club send out minutes before the meeting through email or the newsletter? Could a short hands-on project be added to the meeting to make it more meaningful? Could you possibly add a “social” time before or after the scheduled meeting to allow members to get to know one another or are your meetings all work and no play? After review, the answers to these questions might surprise you in determining possible reasons your club membership numbers are lower than in past years; the reason members won’t step up and lead; or possibly determine if the meeting agenda outline needs to be streamlined or updated. Shared answers to these questions could assist in determining a reason for no growth in club membership.
Even though this fall season we have experienced the fall of leaves as well as a fall in the temperature, club membership should not be falling! Clubs are to be “Raking in New Friends” during September, October and November as they participate in GFWC’s Seasonal Recruitment Campaign: “Membership – A Proud Past and a Promising Future with Friends”. Guidelines can be found at http://www.gfwc.org/gfwc/Recruitment_Campaigns.asp. Reports are due December 1st. Club who report three or more new members will be recognized in the GFWC Clubwoman Magazine. Also for the winter seasonal recruitment, we need to keep the momentum going. With January’s chilly weather, it may be time for an “ice breakers” at our meetings. Consider a game time to help everyone get to know each other better. Whether a new member or someone who has been around forever, club members that know each other allows effective team work. Clubs want to gather “A Flurry of New Friends” during December, January and February. Reports are due March 1st. As a reminder to club presidents, have you or someone you appointed in your club completed and returned to the State Office the requested spreadsheet information to create the GFWC Club Directory? Each District President was emailed this request from President Chandler at the end of September to share with all clubs, along with the template for adding club membership information to be returned. This is an excellent tool in creating an electronic database for GFWC Georgia, which can easily be updated each year. Thank you in advance for allowing Georgia to have 100% club participation. Henry Ford states, “Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.” Let us remember our goal of increasing GFWC Georgia Membership, while KEEPING those members we have in our clubs!
Shelby
“Making our Best Cast for GFWC Georgia Members” Cast the Bait; Set the Hook; and Release into GFWC Georgia!
Third Vice President ~ Shelby Holland
Hello GFWC Georgia Clubwomen!
October is here which means it is GFWC Junior Month! I hope you all participated in a fun activity. Did you know? October was chosen as Junior Month because it is the time of year when clubs look at ways to increase club memberships and increase club identity.
I enjoyed seeing all of you at Institute in Athens this past August. The workshops were extremely informative, and I hope you were able to take all of that information back to your clubs. The Sunday morning breakfast meeting was so much fun, and we had Laurie Irby from Prevent
Blindness Georgia as our guest speaker. She told us more about her organization and ways we can help spread awareness of the importance of vision screenings.
As I travel around the districts, I am asking each club to donate $9.00 to PBGA. This $9.00 will cover the cost of a child to be vision screened. Just imagine how many kids we can screen if every club participated!
Director of Junior Clubs Special Project Let’s “Unite for Sight!”
http://www.pbga.org
GFWC Juniors’ Special Project: Advocates for Children is right around the corner. This year, it is
celebrated during the week of October 19-25. The yearbook has great ideas on what your clubs can do to help advocate for children in your communities.
Remember: This is not just a project for Juniors!
I want to hear about what Generals, Juniors and Juniorettes are doing to help children throughout Georgia and beyond!
Director of Junior Clubs ~ Vicki Weber
Elaine Chandler, Vicki Weber, and Tish Stone Installation Reception at GFWC International
Convention.
Laurie Irby, Prevent Blindness GA, Pam Wood, and Vicki Weber
Tallulah Falls School Special Project. . . I recently attended the ground breaking for the new gymnasium at the Lucy Willard Middle School in Tallulah Falls. This is going to be such a wonderful addition to the middle school, and I am glad we have been asked to be a part of it! Over the next two years, we are on a “Quest for the Crest!” We will be raising money to have the crest constructed for the basketball gym floor. A plaque will be displayed in the gym to let everyone know that we were instrumental in making that project a reality.
In Federation Love and Friendship,
Vicki
Reflecting on the Past,
Looking Forward to our Future
The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy,
your whole body will be full of light. --- Matthew 6:22
Penny Harris, a member of GFWC Magnolia Civic Woman's Club
is creating handmade Christmas ornaments to sell. The proceeds
will go to the Junior Conference project "Quest for the Crest". They
are $20 each. If anyone would like to order one, contact Penny at
912-678-1774 or [email protected].
Kim Sekulow – GFWC Georgia State Recording Secretary
Words Count! When recording the minutes of your meeting it DOES matter
what words you use. You are recording the history of your club. Be sure you are recording accurately and concisely the actions that were taken. Remember, you are recording what was done not what was said. The document you produce and that will be approved ultimately becomes the legal and official records of your clubs actions! Remember, not all words have the same meaning to all people. Choose your words carefully and be clear in what you record.
Kathryn Youles – GFWC Georgia Communications & Public Relations Chairman
CPR the Heartbeat of your club! GFWC Georgia and GFWC! Please remember to report your 2014 Communications and Public Relations projects next January. Then enter your club’s newsletter, publicity book, website, and Facebook page or group in the GFWC Georgia CPR contests. It’s easy to do. The details are on pages 226 and 227 or the 2014-2016 GFWC Georgia Yearbook. If you have any questions please contact me at [email protected] or 912-978-1349.
Kathryn Youles – GFWC Georgia Junior Conference Awards Chairman
Every GFWC Georgia Junior Club has an outstanding member and an outstanding citizen. Please nominate your outstanding club members for the two Junior Conference Awards, the Irene J. Watts Outstanding Clubwoman and the Outstanding Citizen. Both awards require a special report for the club nominee. The criteria for these awards are on pages 278–279 of the 2014-2016 GFWC Georgia Yearbook and on the Junior Conference webpage at www.gafwc.org. Both reports should be mailed by February 1, 2015 to: Kathryn Youles, 117 Hobby Avenue, Sylvania, GA 30467.
I would like to thank the ten clubwomen who agreed to serve as judges and alternate judges for the Irene J. Watts Outstanding Clubwoman Award and the Outstanding Citizen Award. I know they are looking forward to reading your reports so don’t disappoint them.
If your club won a Junior Conference Silver Award last spring at State Convention it needs to be returned to me, polished, by March 15, 2015. If you know someone who will be coming to judging in February then you may wish to send the silver back then instead of having to mail it to me.
If you have any questions about the Irene J. Watts Outstanding Clubwoman Award or the Outstanding Citizen Award or returning your award please email me at [email protected] or call me at 912-978-1349.
The Stevens-Youles Communications and Public Relations Award (General or Junior)
Publicity Book Silver Award (General or Junior)
The GFWC Georgia Garrett Newsletter Award (General Clubs)
GFWC Georgia Junior Club Newsletter Contest Award (Junior Clubs)
GFWC Clubwoman Magazine Certificate (General or Junior)
GFWC Georgia Facebook & Other Social Media Contest Award (General or Junior)
GFWC Georgia Website Contest Award (General or Junior)
Officers and C Hairman
First District ~ Anette Head Symbol: Bird Theme: Birds of a Feather Flock Together Project: jjjj
Second District ~ Lisa Smith Symbol: Canoe Theme: Paddle Your Own Canoe Project: WALLS
Third District ~ Emily Proctor Symbol: Smiley Face Theme: Spreading Magic In Living Everyday Project: Relay for Life Fourth District ~ Donna Kownlton Symbol: Red Poppy Theme: Whatsoever your hands find to do, do so with all your might Project: VFW Landscaping
Fifth District ~ Myra Carmon Symbol: Hands Theme: Helping Hands Working Together Project: Homeless Children
Sixth District ~ Martha Ann Saunders Symbol: Anchor Theme: Anchored in the GFWC Project: Childhood Literacy
Seventh District ~ Irma Shaw Symbol: Hot Air Balloon Theme: Up, Up, & Away! The Attitude is Determined by the Altitude in our Lives. Project: Help the Hero
Eighth District ~ Vicki Davis Symbol: Rainbow Theme: As a rainbow needs all the colors, a club needs a diverse group of ladies to be complete Project: Art Center
Ninth District ~ Barbara Reynolds Symbol: Patchwork Quilt Theme: Common Dreams Joined by Common Threads Project: Success for Soldiers
Tenth District ~ Grace Deatrick Symbol: Tree Theme: Stand Together Project: Trees
GFWC Georgia District Presidents
CONSERVATION
Rivers Alive! Mary Beth Jacobson, Chairman Georgia ladies we are lucky that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division supports a network of programs that help local citizens learn about and help us protect our water- ways. The overall program is called: Watershed Outreach and can be found http://www.riversalive.com/.
There are 4 programs, Ga Rivers Alive, Ga Adopt-A-Stream, Ga Project Wet, and Ga River of Words. Ga Rivers Alive is Georgia’s Annual Waterway Cleanup. You can organize your own waterway Clean Up or look up a Clean Up in Georgia near you where your group can volunteer. Ga Adopt-A Stream, is Ga’s volunteer water quality monitoring program. You can establish your own water monitoring program or find one near you to help. There are many programs, Getting to know your Watershed, Visual Stream Monitoring, Macro-invertebrate Monitoring, Chemical Monitoring, Amphibian Monitoring, & Bacterial Monitoring. You can sponsor a youth group or school to establish one of these groups with the students or a local neighborhood. Ga Project Wet, is Water Education for K-12 Teachers. This program teaches the teachers, through Educator Workshops and Facilitator Workshops. Work with your local school board to have an Educator Workshop bring environmental education to your local schools. Ga River of Words connects kids to their watersheds and imaginations through poetry & art. This is a Georgia and National Free Art and Poetry contest. You could contact local schools and promote submissions to this free contest.
If you are interested in participating or starting any of these programs and have questions, please contact me at 912-596-7780 or [email protected] and I will be happy to help you find local GA groups. Remember: It’s your water – Help protect it!!!
EDUCATION Linda Mote, Chairman
The 2014 GFWC Annual Convention in Chandler, Arizona was a celebration of club and member achievement in communities across the country and the world. At Institute in August the GFWC awards that Georgia won were announced. The Education program won first place thanks to the tremendous work that our clubs do in their communities.
HOBY is excited to announce that registration for the 2015 State Leadership Seminars opened on September 8! Reach out to your local high school contacts to let them know about HOBY and their transformational leadership training for sophomores. The Georgia
HOBY website is http://www.gahoby.org/ For additional information contact Sunshine Navarro Shively at [email protected] or call her at 818-851-3980 x321. Our local contact is [email protected].
October is National Book Month and our GA clubs do an awesome job of promoting reading, getting books into children’s hands, hosting book clubs and supporting authors with readings and signings. One club learned of the needs of a library located in a low-income county who had large budget cuts. Announcements for donations of books were made on the radio and placed in the local paper. Announcements were also placed on the Club’s Facebook page. The members collected and transported the books to the library. With the help of the community, club and district members $1600 worth of books were donated to a much in need library.
C O M M U N I T Y
S E R V I C E
P R O G R A M S
HOME LIFE Gloria Overton Stevens, Chairman
Hope everyone is enjoying their Home Life club projects. Home Life is always blessed by the number of possible projects in this program.
Our GFWC Home Life chairman, Anne Redlus is keeping in touch and sending us updated info. Looks like she is going to be a great communicator and
endorses all of the state chairman staying in touch and sharing ideas. She’s from South Carolina so she’s also a member of Southern Region.
GFWC Georgia has its own Home Life page. Feel free to visit and share comments and info with us. If there is anything you’d like to see covered let us know. We would love for you to share your projects and pictures. Contact me or Patty for assistance posting.
Anne wanted us to remind members that because The Heart Truth and Inside Knowledge are government programs they do not accept donations. However, they have lots of resources for us and ideas for projects. Some of those ideas may lead us to projects that we can support with cash.
The Heart Truth® Encourage your members to visit www.hearttruth.gov for online toolkits containing activity ideas and materials in order to plan a Heart Truth event. There is NEW Activity on The Heart Truth® website. Log into the website for a 28 day interactive challenge with each day having a different focus on lowering your risk for heart disease. Members can track their progress and share their success with The Heart Truth® on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest using #4My Heart. You can jump into the challenge at any time
Easter Seals: Clubs can request an Easter Seals Fundraising Packet by contacting Janet Jamieson at [email protected]. The packet includes flyers on the campaign, “Celebrate Spring…Make Me Smile Day”, information on recycling cell phones, laser cartridges and inkjet cartridges, etc. There is also information about how to receive free UPS shipping labels for submitting these items. Cash received from this program benefits Easter Seals’ “the First Five Count Program”. In addition, you receive the Wish Lists for the 5 Easter Seal Camps and a multiple-page handout on fundraising. We’d love to hear from you.
ARTS Laedenia Jewell, Co-Chairman
Let the autumn season be your muse! With the leaves turning and the pumpkin patches operating, this is the perfect time to challenge your club women to a fall Photo contest. Don't have a judge, no problem, just post pictures to your Facebook wall and have people "like" for votes! You may also find that your Facebook following gets a little boost too! Then, encourage your members to enter their pictures into the state competition for this year.
This time of year there are lots of craft fairs. Why not get a booth and have supplies for children to make a craft or decorate a pumpkin? Maybe your club would rather make crafts and sell them, or set up and sell them, or set up a fall photo booth to raise money for the arts in your community. While you are at the craft fair, you may find some great inspiration for things you can make for the Member Craft Competition!
C O M M U N I T Y
S E R V I C E
P R O G R A M S
Have Fun! Get Inspired! Be Creative!
PUBLIC ISSUES Dianne Barlow, Chairman
Safety First! We are entering the holiday season. Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here before we know it. During this time we tend to be in such a hurry that we forget to keep ourselves safe. Always be aware of your surroundings. Remember there is safety in numbers. Please wear your seat belts at all times Stop, look and listen when approaching railroad crossings, it could save your life. Have a
very Happy & Safe Thanksgiving and Christmas. God Bless each of you.
INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH
Advocate to Vaccinate! Shot@Life educates, connects & empowers Americans to champion vaccines as one of the most cost-effective ways to save the lives of children in developing countries. A national call to action for a global cause, the campaign rallies the American public, members of Congress, and civil society partners around the fact that together, we can save a child’s life every 20 seconds by expanding access to vaccines. By encouraging Americans to learn about, advocate for, and donate to vaccines, Shot@Life aims to decrease vaccine-preventable childhood deaths and give every child a shot at a healthy life. Get a Shot Give a Shot when you get a whooping cough, shingles, pneumonia or any other immunization (except flu shots) at Walgreens, you could help save a life. Together with the United Nations Foundation's Shot@Life campaign, we're helping to provide life-saving vaccines to children in need. Check it out at: https://www.walgreens.com/pharmacy/adaptive/immunization/shot_at_life.jsp
GFWC Georgia Updates! In an effort to improve communication and share timely information we
are going to try a free type of technology. It is much like GFWC's News & Notes, which we hope you have already subscribed to. In the next few weeks, we will add information about our Officers and District Presidents. Their symbols, inspirations, and projects.
Encourage your fellow clubwomen to subscribe, it’s free and easy!! To receive the update emails between newsletters go to: http://eepurl.com/12VKv and enter your name and email. If for some reason it does not work, simply email me at [email protected] or [email protected] and I
can add your email to the group. Thanks, Elizabeth Chadwick, GFWC GA
Newsletter Editor
C O M M U N I T Y
S E R V I C E
P R O G R A M S
GFWC Southern Region Conference Litchfield Beach & Golf Resort, SC
October 23-26, 2014
GREAT RESOURCES! GFWC Georgia & GFWC websites provide a wealth of information.
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GFWC Georgia members pictured with the pinwheel gardens were in honor of Advocates for Children's Week, October 20-26, 2014.
Our own Kay Chadwick (pictured in front) serves as
2014-2016 Secretary for the Southern
Region.
GFWC Georgia Domestic Violence
Awareness and Prevention Chairman
Dale Reddick participating in a
Domestic Violence Awareness skit.
GFWC Georgia website contains forms, club resources, officer information, photos, club websites, archived newsletters, & much more. Best of all, the 2014-2016 Yearbook is on the website. Access the GFWC Georgia website at www.gafwc.org.
GFWC website contains news, member club and state resources, history, forms, and more than we could ever tell you in this article. The 2014-2016 Club Manual is available on the GFWC site as well. Check out the GFWC website at www.gfwc.org.
GFWC Violets Jr. WC catapults into celebration of National Inventors Month by sponsoring a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math) activity workshop for community children
Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we ourselves grow and develop. Dorothy Height GFWC Calhoun Woman’s Club Newsletter, Sept. 2014
Lynn Garrett holds a giant pink ribbon she won at the Hope Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon. GFWC Service Guild of Covington members attended the 10th annual luncheon.
GFWC Carrollton Jr. WC hosted a pumpkin painting party in Oct. to “Rake in New Members”
Jolee McManus is one step closer to receiving her Girl Scout Gold Award after unveiling her beautifully crafted Little Free Library booth at the 2014 Lilburn Daze Arts and Crafts Festival which has been hosted and organized by the GFWC Lilburn Woman's Club for over 40 years. LWC Lilburn Daze Chairman, Barbara Brooks and LWC President, Patty Gabilondo were onhand to congratulate Jolee and provide
space in the club's Healing Garden which was established in 2006 to promote literacy & healthy family living. The Lilburn WC Education Program allowed Jolee to facilitate one of their book club meetings and has agreed to help keep the booth stocked full of books that they have collected from community members at the LWC's Little Free Library booth at the local farmer's market during the summer months. Shortly after the unveiling, we spotted a young father sitting on the bench nearby reading one of the Dr. Suess books to his two little girls in the Park during Lilburn Daze. Congratulations to Jolee and her parents on this wonderful new 'First Addition' to Lilburn City Park!
Elysia Mooneyhan helps her mom, Dayna, prepare cakes for the GFWC Stone Mountain Woman's Club Bake Sale at the 2014 Yellow Daisy Festival held September 4-7, at Stone Mountain Park. Elysia is the granddaughter of Barb Hess, Chairman of the 2014 Stone Mountain Woman's Club Bake Sale. The annual Bake Sale at the Yellow Daisy Festival and the annual Christmas Home Tour, held the second Saturday in December, are the two major fund raisers of the GFWC Stone Mountain Woman's Club.
VOLUNTEERS IN ACTION GFWC Stone Mountain Woman’s Club Home Life Community Service Program held their picnic for residents of the Ronald McDonald House in Atlanta on August 12. Co-Chairs Terry Ingwersen and Barb Curzon, with the help of members from the GFWC SMWC provided a picnic dinner for the families residing at the House. This dinner has become an annual service project for the Woman’s Club.
The picnic was a success with fried chicken, ham and lots of homemade dishes by the ladies of the Club. The families staying at RMD House were appreciative and thoroughly enjoyed the meal. We heard many of their stories and it was truly uplifting for us to see how they were handling their children’s major health problems and still were so optimistic about the future. Although they don’t hold regular meetings in the summer, the RMD Picnic is just one of the projects the SMWC worked on this summer. Other projects included helping with the 175th Anniversary Celebration of the City of Stone Mountain, packing and handing out school supplies at the City’s Back to School Bash, working at the Sue Kellogg Library Book Sale in the City, and working in the Community Garden, which helps to provide fresh vegetables for the Stone Mountain Cooperative.
The final project for the summer is our Dessert Booth at the Yellow Daisy Festival held at Stone Mountain Park September 4 thru September 7. This four day event is one of our major fundraisers, and we enjoy sharing our home baked sweets with visitors to the Festival in Stone Mountain Park. The Club’s other major fund raiser is the annual Homes for the Holidays, Christmas Home Tour held the second Saturday in December. Pictured L to R: Elizabeth Wells, Barbara Luton, Barb Hess, Barbara Curzon, Terry Ingwersen, Shari Carter, Doris Hoenig, Martha Decker, & Barbara Clanton.
Members of the GFWC Stone Mountain Woman's Club are busy finalizing plans for their annual Homes for the Holidays Christmas Home tour, scheduled for Saturday, December 13, 2014. The $25 Tour tickets, which include lunch, help to support charities of the Stone Mountain Woman's Club. Anyone wishing additional information about the Tour should contact Co-Chairman, Elizabeth Wells at [email protected] or 770-822-9947 or cell 404-630-9925. Pictured l to r: Co-Chairs, Elizabeth Wells & Kim Sekulow, GFWC SMWC President, Barbara Luton & Publicity Chairman, Pat Sartain. A brand new sewing machine was presented to Tallulah Falls School Art Instructor, Tina Cheek by the GFWC Stone Mountain Woman’s Club. The machine will be used for Fabric Art classes at Tallulah Falls School. L-R Past State President and SMWC Member, Shari Carter, Elizabeth Wells, TFS Board Member and Co-Chair of the SMWC TFS, Tina Cheek, TFS Art Instructor, Barbara Luton, President, SMWC, & Kim Sekulow, GFWC GA Recording Secretary & Co-Chair of the GFWC SMWC Tallulah Falls School Committee.
At their September 11, 2014 club meeting, the GFWC Calhoun Woman’s Club welcomed Mike Korsch, a retired NYPD Detective and a former Assistant Chief in the Long Island, NY Fire Dept. With 40 years of volunteer service, Mike was a first responder in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and in the 9-11-2001 attacks on the WTC. His recounting of these experiences brought many of us to tears. Mike now lives in Acworth, GA and serves on the Board of Directors for the GA Chapter of the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund. http://terryfund.org/georgia. CWC presented Mike with a check for $200 from the proceeds of the 50/50 drawing held at the meeting.
. . . So, take what's inside you
and make big, bold choices.
And for those who can't speak
for themselves, use bold voices. And
make friends and love well, bring art to this place.
And make this world better for the whole human race. ~ Jamie Lee Curtis
GFWC Stone Mountain Woman’s Club is pleased to introduce you to three special members. Edith Collins has been a member for over 50 years. In 2007, we welcomed her granddaughter Kim Collins Cumbie who served as Evening Club co-chairman last administration & now serves as First Vice President. To complete the trio, Kim’s mother Nancy Collin joined us this year. Some of you may remember a beautiful Wedding Dress that was an art entry several years ago. Edith made that dress for her granddaughter Kim. As we celebrate our 85th birthday, SMWC is proud to have all of these ladies as club members. Kim, Edith, Nancy
50 Year Member GFWC Manchester Woman’s Club President Pat Turner declared September 4, 2014 as Rachel Rice Day. Rachel has been a member of the Manchester Woman’s Club for 50 years and was recognized by the GFWC and GFWC Georgia with a 50 year pin. Along with the pin was a framed letter from GFWC International President Mary Ellen Laister congratulating Rachel for her faithful service to GFWC Manchester Woman’s Club , the local community, the GFWC Georgia and GFWC. Jill Harman, Co-Chairman of the Cookbook Committee was proud to announce that the cookbook has been sent to the printer. We hope to have the cookbooks in Manchester for distribution by the end of October. While discussing the cookbook it was announced that the cookbook was dedicated to Mrs. Rachel Rice. Mrs. Rice was given a framed copy of the dedication at our clubhouse.
115 Years!
Congratulations on 115 years of service to GFWC Covington Woman’s Club. Currently composed of nine active members the ladies of the GFWC Covington Woman's Club continue to maintain an historical club house and are involved in various fundraising opportunities. Bridge luncheons, club house rentals, and various projects allow them to support community events by active participation as well as monetary contributions. Scholarships continue to be a top priority.
Five ladies started the club in 1895 and ultimately established the first library in Georgia. In fact, one article states that it was the first such library in the nation. Another fact worth noting is that the Club opened the first public restroom in the county.
One of the most noteworthy contributions to the Covington Woman’s Club was the legacy of Mrs. R. H. Patterson who established the endowment fund in order to maintain the clubhouse. Mrs. Patterson began coming to the Covington Woman’s Club as a small child with her mother and knew the history of the club and its beautiful building and it became a dream to establish an endowment fund for maintaining this historical treasure. After soliciting other members, friends, family, and families of deceased members.
The GFWC Heartland Club hosted a Tea on Sunday, October 5 to honor this club. Current and former state officers attended the tea. Elaine Chandler, Tina Daniel Reasey, Kim Sekulow, Shirene Daniel, Martha Ann Sauders, and other clubwomen. The hundreds of members of the Covington Woman’s Club have been an amazing group. The familiar building on College Street continues to remind us that a caring and dedicated group of ladies is still an integral part of our city.
45 Years! GFWC Azalea City Woman’s Club members celebrated their 45th club Anniversary party at their September 9, 2014 meeting. Party hats, beads, balloons, birthday cake and punch and lots of other goodies were served as refreshments. Members told of the one thing they had enjoyed as a member of the club during their membership. Things such as winning the Federation Cup the first time in 2002 to sending a Philippine nurse home to Manila with $14,000 to pay for Hospitalization upon arrival there. She had suffered a broken back in car accident while chaperoning another Philippine nurse on a date. She was on a working visa and could not work and would have no insurance upon returning to Manila therefore ACWC came to her rescue and assisted her. Two years later Rosalina Lumba returned to the USA bringing her family to reside in California. Communication continued until her death from breast cancer in 1980.These and many other events were shared by members.
L to R back row: Charlie Oliver, Jan Newton, Lisa Spells, Janice Blanchard Doris Mercer, Sandra Rowe, Dorothy Lobet, Annie Roberts, Jeanette Coody, Charter member, L to R front row: Rebecca Lannon, Sylvia Hutton, Averenll Rogers, Charter member.
Stone Mountain Woman’s Club celebrating 85 years sted by Carla Parker on September 25, 2014 in DeKalb News
When the freight train traveled through Stone Mountain in the early 1900s, it would leave behind debris such as cotton and soot. After tiring of seeing all the mess left behind, 11 women decided to come together to clean up the town. They went from cleaning the train debris to cleaning up the cemetery, the city park and the entire town. In 1929, those same women formed the Stone Mountain Woman’s Club. Eighty-five years and 88 members later, the now General Federation of Woman’s Clubs (GFWC) Stone Mountain Woman’s Club is still at work doing its part to make Stone Mountain a better city. The club joined the general federation in 1930. Through the federation, one of the club members, two years ago, was president of all the women’s clubs in Georgia. “Stone Mountain is quite prominent in the state,” said club President Barbara Luton. Over the years, the women’s club has contributed considerable to the city and has become a major aspect of Stone Mountain’s history. The club had a horse show at Stone Mountain Park for years and that was their big fundraiser. One of its members, Sue Kellogg, started the city’s library, which is named after her: Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library. The club also started the health department, which was in the building where the Georgia Military College is now housed, and they numbered all of the houses in the city. The clubhouse started in 1956 and the club held its first meeting there in 1958. “I believe at the time it was paid for,” said Luton, who has been with the club since 1991. “I joined the club because I wanted to get to know a new group of people and they had a lot of activities,” she said. “At the time that I joined I was teaching preschool but I was still able to go to the meetings, which were on Thursdays.” Luton started her two-year term in March. Previously, she was first-vice president for two years and was in charge of membership. She also was the club’s secretary for two years, co-chairman of the club’s Public Issues program and chairman of the club’s Home Life program. Today, the club is still very much involved in the city and DeKalb County. They work with ART Station, providing hostesses and food for art receptions; they cosponsor the DeKalb County Art Teachers and Students art show in the spring; they are currently working on the Tour of Southern Ghost, and the club works with the Stone Mountain Community Garden — donating food and money. Many of the club’s members are also members of the Friends of Stone Mountain-Sue Kellogg Library, where they run the book sale every June. They also give a $750 Women of Empowerment scholarship to a women returning to school, and a $150 Hue O’Brian Youth (HOBY) scholarship for high school students every year. The club also contributed $100 to the city’s back-to-school bash that was held in August and they filled book bags and handed them out to students. The club, along with the Lilburn Women’s Club, sponsors the “Jawbones vs Sawbones” basketball charity event every spring that benefits the Side By Side Brain Injury Clubhouse in Stone Mountain. Last year, the club raised $50,000. They also have two fundraisers, the Holiday Home tour, and they sell cakes at the annual Stone Mountain Daisy Festival. The club has a daytime club that meets the second Thursday of each month and an evening club, which meets on the second Tuesday night of each month. While the club participates in many projects, the club is always looking for new projects that give back to the community. “Every two years we get a new ‘plan of work.’ It’s things that the federation wants to concentrate on,” Luton said. “We’re always doing things that are appropriate to the times. Domestic violence is one of the big pushes for the federation, so we’re trying to do a lot in that.” “And in the future I think elder abuse is going to be big,” Luton added. “And we hope to continue the big basketball game with Side-by-Side. We’re hoping to grow that.”
In The News!!
Page 11 – Grace Deatrick’s address should be Bogart, GA 30622
Page 18 – Credentials section: Delete Julie Walter’s home phone number
Page 19 – Ella F White section: Doris Hutchins email should be [email protected] Page 65 – Third District First Vice President Opal Wilder email should be [email protected] Page 66 – Leadership/Membership section: Opal Wilder email should be [email protected] Page 71 – Junior Director Kim Bozeman’s name has been changed to Kim Mills. Her phone number is 770-778-5485 and email is [email protected] Page 71 – First Vice President Gail Cantrell email should be [email protected] Page 71 – Corresponding Secretary Nancy Johnson phone number should be 770-834-7024 Page 73 - Seventh District Corresponding Secretary Elizabeth Chadwick email should be [email protected] Page 77 – Ella F. White chair Doris Hutchins email should be [email protected] Page 77 – First Vice President Deborah Landress phone number should be 404-216-7353 Page 79 - 10th District Corrections: Debbie Vanderbunt email should start with a small “v”
Betty Walker email should start with a small “w” Lori Townley email should start with a small “l” Lynn Garrett email should start with a small “r” Emily Carnes email should start with a small “e” Julie Walters email should start with a small “j” Jean Kernaghan email should start with a small “j” Tiffany White email should start with a small “t” Linda Ford email should start with a small “l”
Page 219 – Newsletter editor and under Seventh District Elizabeth Chadwick email should be [email protected] Page 231 – Leadership & Leads section Third District: Opal Wilder email should be [email protected] Page 249 – Women’s History & Resource Center State Chairman Barbara Cabaniss name should be spelled Cabaniss. Barbara’s address should be Maxeys, GA. Page 308 – Reporting form: Elizabeth Chadwick address should be 2715 Clearview Drive Page 319 – Reporting form: Barbara Cabaniss address is Maxeys, GA
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Members of the TFS Fellowship of Christian Athletes organized a shoe box drive to benefit Oper. Christmas Child, a ministry of the Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse. TFS students filled 59 shoe boxes with small gifts and school supplies.
Operation Christmas Child plans to deliver around 10 million shoe box gifts in 2014. Since it began in 1993 over 113 million children in 150 countries have received an Operation Christmas Child gift box. From left: Elizabeth Tench, Michael Weidner, Hannah Foor, Cody Reynolds, Hallye Lee, Betsy Bartholf, Esther Adeyemi, Emma Peacock, Michael VanHooser, Perry Gresham, Jordan Teng, Emma Peacock, Isabelle Almoyan, Taniel Knowles, FCA sponsor Sara Roberts.
Tallulah Falls School Assistant Director of Plant Services, Second Lt. Todd Besier, is shown with wife Stacie, a Tallulah Falls School middle school teacher and their son Anson during a special presentation at the September 27 Heroes Cross County Invitational.
Runners from three schools competed at the Tallulah Falls School-hosted second annual Heroes Cross Country Invitational Saturday.
In addition to the varsity teams from TFS, athletes from Rabun County High School and Providence Christian Academy competed on the school’s 5K all grass farm course.
“The vision of the TFS Heroes Cross Country Invitational is to provide competitive running opportunities to honor those who serve us,” said Athletic Director School Neal. “This year’s focus was to honor military personnel and their families for their dedication, sacrifice and skill.”
A special ceremony held prior the races emphasized the theme in recognizing a TFS employee who serves in the Georgia Army National Guard. Second Lt. Todd Besier, assistant director of Plant Services returned last week from a four-month Signal Basic Officer Leader course. Remarks made by SSG Dustin Rogers, TFS assistant dean of students and assistant athletic director thanked Besier for his service and for the positive example he sets for students. Rogers thanked also Besier’s family, TFS teacher Stacie, daughter Ellen, and sons Ethen and Anson for their sacrifice.
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