2023 Awardees

Congratulations to all of the following award winners who were recognized at the 2023 GFWC Annual Convention in Louisville, Kentucky!

Millie Crom Award for Excellence in Junior State Leadership

Special Program Awards

DSVAP Fund Award
Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
Juniors’ Special Program: Advocates for Children

Community Service Program Awards

Arts and Culture
Civic Engagement and Outreach
Education and Libraries
Environment
Epsilon Sigma Omicron
Health and Wellness

Advancement Plan Awards

Communications and Public Relations
Fundraising and Development
Leadership
Legislation/Public Policy
Membership
WHRC

Membership Awards

Juniorette Participation Award

Contests 

View 2023 Writing and Photography Contest Winners Booklet

Photography Contest
Newsletter Contest
Website Contest
Writing Contest

Special Recognition

International Liaison Participation
National Clubs

 

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Millie Crom Award for Excellence in Junior State Leadership

Platinum Level

Christa Nuckols
Sandra Dunbar
Marisa Jablanski
Karen Margala
Suzanne Hooser

Silver Level

Nicole Braun
Shelli Pue

Gold Level

Patti Kuchar
Mimi French
Hope Hockaday
Sarah Starkey
Denise Price

 

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Special Program Awards

Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention Fund Award

First Place: Carol Habgood (Texas)
Second Place: Kathy Canzano (New York)
Third Place: GFWC Massachusetts
Fourth Place: GFWC Pierce Arrows
Fifth Place: Sherry Stutts  & Christine Steele (Alabama)
Seventh Place: Kimberly Plater (California) & GFWC Covina Woman’s Club
Ninth Place: GFWC Illinois
Tenth Place: GFWC Charlotte Woman’s Club 

 

Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention

Category 1: GFWC Illinois
Category 2: GFWC Tennessee
Category 3: GFWC New Hampshire
Category 4: GFWC Nebraska
Category 5: GFWC Rhode Island

Honorable Mention: GFWC Town and Country Woman’s Club  (Pennsylvania)
Club Creativity: GFWC Rotunda West Woman’s Club (Florida)

Juniors’ Special Program: Advocates for Children

Category 1: GFWC Virginia
Category 2: GFWC South Carolina
Category 3: GFWC New Hampshire
Category 4: GFWC Louisiana
Category 5: GFWC New Mexico

Honorable Mention: GFWC Hillsville Woman’s Club (Virginia)
Club Creativity: GFWC Ohio Junior Cyberlinks Club (Ohio)

 

 

Category 1: GFWC California
Category 2: GFWC Montana
Category 3: GFWC Mississippi
Category 4: GFWC Montana
Category 5: GFWC New Mexico

Honorable Mention: GFWC Junior Women’s Club of Bellerose (New York)
Club Creativity: GFWC Fuquay-Varina Woman’s Club (North Carolina)

Fundraising and Development 

Category 1: GFWC Florida
Category 2: GFWC Texas
Category 3: GFWC South Carolina
Category 4: GFWC Ohio
Category 5: GFWC Colorado
Category 6: GFWC Oregon
Honorable Mention: GFWC Abington Heights Civic League (Pennsylvania)
Club Creativity: GFWC Starbuck Club (Minnesota)

Leadership

Category 1: GFWC California
Category 2: GFWC Wisconsin
Category 3: GFWC Minnesota
Category 4: GFWC Montana
Category 5: GFWC Colorado

Honorable Mention: GFWC Juniorette Diamonds (Mississippi)
Club Creativity: GFWC Nevis Women’s Club (Minnesota)

Legislation/Public Policy

Category 1: GFWC New Jersey
Category 2: GFWC Tennessee
Category 3: GFWC Minnesota
Category 4: GFWC Washington
Category 5: GFWC Rhode Island

Honorable Mention: GFWC Paradise Valley Junior Woman’s Club (Arizona)
Club Creativity: GFWC Naperville Woman’s Club (Illinois)

 

Membership

Category 1: GFWC North Carolina
Category 2: GFWC Kentucky
Category 3: GFWC Mississippi
Category 4: GFWC Maine
Category 5: GFWC Nevada

Honorable Mention: GFWC Menominee Women’s Club (Michigan)
Club Creativity: GFWC Champion Junior Woman’s Club (Nebraska)

 

WHRC 

Category 1: GFWC Florida
Category 2: GFWC Massachusetts
Category 3: GFWC Delaware
Category 4: GFWC Wyoming
Category 5: GFWC Oregon

Honorable Mention: GFWC The Woman’s Club of Caldwell (New Jersey)
Club Creativity: GFWC Morrow Civic Woman’s Club (Georgia)

 

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Membership Awards

Juniorette Participation Award

GFWC Alabama
GFWC Serenity Juniorettes
GFWC Alabama Les Belles Juniorette
GFWC Hoover Juniorettes
GFWC Randolph County High School Juniorettes

GFWC Florida
GFWC Temple Terrace Juniorettes
GFWC Little Women of Lutz
GFWC New Tampa Juniorette Club
GFWC Juniorette Club of Jupiter-Tequesta
GFWC St. Petersburg Juniorettes
GFWC Pinellas Juniorettes

GFWC Georgia
LaFayette Juniorette Club

GFWC Illinois
GFWC Illinois Lemont Juniorette Club
GFWC Illinois Naperville Juniorettes
GFWC Illinois Plainfield Juniorettes

GFWC Kentucky
GFWC Morgan County High School Juniorettes

GFWC Massachusetts
GFWC Marlborough Juniorettes

GFWC Mississippi
GFWC Ackerman Juniorettes
Eupora Juniorettes
Junior Diamond Juniorettes
Dixie Daisy Juniorettes
Pontotoc Juniorettes

GFWC New Hampshire
GFWC Girls in Action

GFWC North Carolina
A.L. Brown Juniorettes
GFWC Fuquay-Varina Juniorette Club
GFWC Wake Forest High School Juniorette Woman’s Club

GFWC Ohio
Austintown Juniorettes
Boardman Poland Juniorettes
GFWC Ohio Warren Juniorettes

GFWC Oregon
GFWC Central Oregon Juniorettes

GFWC Texas
GFWC DB Harbor City Juniorettes
GFWC Fireside Juniorettes
GFWC Bluebonnet Drama Club of Kingsville
GFWC Lady Lobos Juniorettes

GFWC Virginia
GFWC Dominion Juniorette Club
GFWC JILTS Juniorettes
GFWC Cobra Juniorettes
GFWC Peninsula Juniorettes
GFWC Woodbridge Juniorettes

GFWC West Virginia
GFWC Bridgeport Juniorettes Club
GFWC Juniorettes of Omar

GFWC Wisconsin, Inc.
GFWC Kenosha Lakeside Juniorettes

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Contests

Download the 2023 GFWC Writing & Photography Contest Award Winners Booklet

Photography Contest

Our World Up Close

First Place: Keiko Torgersen, GFWC Anchorage Woman’s Club (Alaska)
“Koi Pond”

Second Place: Diane Grossman, GFWC Ojai Valley Woman’s Club (California)
“Gold Dust Day Gecko on Coconut”

Third Place: Linda Guraedy, GFWC Decatur Woman’s Progressive Club (Mississippi)
“Alien Saguaro”

 

Natural Wonders

First Place: Kathleen Hoard, Granger Iowa GFWC (Iowa)
“Immaculate Conception Church”

Second Place: Ann Marie Atchison, GFWC Temple Terrace Junior Woman’s Club (Florida)
“Driftwood Beach”

Third Place: Elayne Cannarozzi, GFWC Village Improvement Association (Delaware)
“In the Clouds”

 

Reflections

First Place: Terri Belch, GFWC Lakewood Women’s Club (California)
“Beautiful Sunrise Over the Water”

Second Place Tie: DeAnna Fritsche, GFWC Woman’s Club of Lexington (Missouri)
“Mother Earth Protects Me”

Second Place Tie: Adriana Fajet, GFWC Miami Springs Woman’s Club (Florida)
“Reflecting With Friends”

Third Place: Jennifer Phillips, GFWC Ohio Warren Junior Women’s Club (Ohio)
“Remembered”

Living the Volunteer Spirit

First Place: Mickey Coonfare, GFWC Iowa Five Season’s Women’s Association (Iowa)
“Rockin’ the Hairnet”

Second Place: Linda Leatherman, GFWC of Muluane (Kansas)
“Clean the Statue”

Third Place: Louise Tucker, GFWC Battle Ground Woman’s Club (Washington)
“Pinwheels for Prevention”

Newsletter Contest

State
Category 1: GFWC West Virginia
Category 2: GFWC Georgia
Category 3: GFWC Iowa
Category 4: GFWC Louisiana
Category 5: GFWC New Mexico

 

Club
First Place: GFWC The Woman’s Club of Clayton (North Carolina)
Second Place: GFWC Tampa Woman’s Club (Florida)
Third Place: GFWC Northwest Suburban Woman’s Club (Illinois)

Website Contest

State
Category 1: GFWC Pennsylvania
Category 2: GFWC Georgia
Category 3: GFWC Mississippi
Category 4: GFWC Wyoming
Category 5: GFWC Oregon

Club
First Place: GFWC Brown Deer Junior Women’s Club (Wisconsin)
Second Place: Bradenton Women’s Club (Florida)
Third Place: GFWC Dominion Women’s Club (Virginia)

Writing Contest

Short Story

Youth 
Category 1: Ava Eichberger, Decatur Woman’s Club (Texas)
Category 2: Lily Trentacoste, Junior Women’s Club of Bellerose (New York)
Category 3: Riley Jae Johnson, GFWC Rhinelander Woman’s Club (Wisconsin)
Category 4: Caitlin Carrigton, Lexington Woman’s Club (Virginia)

Member

Winner: Lauren Bates, Jackson Woman’s Club (Kentucky)

Honorable Mention: Patricia Boshears, The Monday Club of Johnson City (Tennessee)

 

Poetry

Youth 

Category 1: Layla Koebbe, GFWC Murray Women’s Club (Kentucky)
Category 2: Alice Petersheim, Woman’s Club of Spring Township (Pennsylvania)
Category 3: Jessykay Stuman, GFWC Achieving by Reading Club (Missouri)
Category 4: Alyssa Mireles, Covina Woman’s Club (Missouri)

Member

Winner: Patricia Mertens, GFWC Mina Sauk Club  (Missouri)

Honorable Mentioned: Tina Lambert, GFWC Woman’s Club of Hamlin (West Virginia)

 

 

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Special Recognition

International Liaison Participation

GFWC CreSer
GFWC American Women’s Literary Club
GFWC Belmopan Woman’s Club
GFWC Taipei International Women’s Club
GFWC National Federation of Women’s Clubs of the Phillipines
GFWC Belize City Juniorettes

National Clubs

GFWC Brockettes
Missi’s Shining Stars
GFWC Marian’s Luminaries
GFWC Pierce Arrows
GFWC Jolie’s Jigsaw Juniors
GFWC Past State Directors of Junior Clubs
GFWC Sheila’s Leading Ladies
GFWC Babs’ Inspirations
GFWC Laister’s Phoenix Firebirds