Volunteers in Action: Oregon City Woman’s Club and North Myrtle Beach Woman’s Club
November 2 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features projects from the Oregon City Woman’s Club (Oregon) and the North Myrtle Beach Woman’s Club (South Carolina). Both of these clubs organized projects in recognition of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and worked hard to educate the members of their communities. Read about how clubwomen donated purses filled with necessity items to women in need and hosted a Domestic Violence Awareness Walk to raise money and bring attention to the problem of domestic violence and abuse.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC Women’s Club of Madison and GFWC Woman’s Club of Laurel, Inc.
October 26 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features GFWC Women’s Club of Madison (Connecticut) and GFWC Woman’s Club of Laurel, Inc. (Maryland). Read about how clubwomen put together arts and crafts bags for the children at Ronald McDonald House of Connecticut and hosted a fundraiser to support their Literacy for Little Ones project to improve literacy and encourage an interest in reading.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC Greater West Palm Beach Women’s Club and GFWC North Central Junior Alumnae Club
October 19 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features GFWC Greater West Palm Beach Women’s Club (Florida) and GFWC North Central Junior Alumnae Club (West Virginia). Check out these stories of how clubwomen donated purses and wallets to women survivors at a local domestic violence shelter and distributed new crayons and coloring books to several area schools.
Volunteers in Action: American Women’s Literacy Club (Lima, Peru)
October 12 2021. This week's GWFC Blog features the American Women’s Literacy Club in Lima, Peru. Read about how clubwomen with this GFWC International Affiliate have continued to raise money for education-based charities in Peru despite challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC Glendale Woman’s Club and GFWC Boise Columbian Club
October 5 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features the GFWC Glendale Woman’s Club (Arizona) and the GFWC Boise Columbian Club (Idaho). Read how clubwomen donated more than 1,500 books to a local school library and literacy program and how members joined a city-wide initiative to help plant 100,000 trees in a decade.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC Woman’s League of the Lowcountry and GFWC Woman’s Club of Laurel, Inc.
September 28 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features GFWC Woman’s League of the Lowcountry (South Carolina) and GFWC Woman’s Club of Laurel, Inc. (Maryland). Check out these stories of how clubwoman hosted a month-long fundraiser to support a facility that provides services to minor survivors of sex trafficking, and collected trash along roadways to help keep their community clean.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC Illinois and GFWC Women’s Club of Holden Beach
September 21 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features GFWC Illinois and GFWC Women’s Club of Holden Beach (North Carolina). Read how clubwomen donated more than $12,000 worth of baby items to a veteran's hospital, and how members worked with a local wildlife shelter to rescue wild birds.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC Woman’s Club of Denville Rockaway and GFWC Women’s Civic League, Inc.
September 14 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features GFWC Woman’s Club of Denville Rockaway (New Jersey) and GFWC Women's Civic League, Inc. (Utah). Read how clubwomen volunteered to help at a fundraiser event for a nonprofit that assists families in need of financial and emotional support and opened a Little Free Library for people of all ages to enjoy.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC Bitterroot Woman’s Club and Foundation and GFWC Women’s Club of Farmingdale
September 7 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features GFWC Bitterroot Woman’s Club and Foundation (Montana) and GFWC Women’s Club of Farmingdale (New York). Read about how clubwomen created no-sew blanket kits for children to make fleece blankets for animals at the local Humane Society and how members donated bags of clothes and accessories to their local Dress for Success chapter.
Volunteers in Action: GFWC North Central Junior Alumnae Club and GFWC Murray Women’s Civic Guild
August 31 2021. This week's GFWC Blog features GFWC North Central Junior Alumnae Club (West Virginia) and GFWC Murray Women’s Civic Guild (Utah). Read how clubwoman donated more than one hundred books to military members and veterans and collected 15 pounds of can tabs to raise money for Ronald McDonald House Charities.
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Cherie Lee Williams
Cherie Lee Williams is a vibrant leader who has found GFWC to be a wonderful outlet for her love of community service and her can-do attitude. As both the President of the Mesquite Club (Nevada) for 2016-2017, as well as a 2016 LEADS candidate, she quickly learned the value of making connections in order to bring positive change to the world.
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Each year, GFWC awards scholarships to help intimate partner abuse survivors obtain a post-secondary education that offers a chance to reshape their future by securing employment and gaining personal independence.
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GFWC High Springs New Century Woman's Club
Members from the GFWC High Springs New Century Woman’s Club of District 5 in Florida visited Partnership for Strong Families to present them with 24 “Birthday Bags.”