A Christmas auction was held at the Grundy Presbyterian Church and 16 members and 4 guests attended. A total of $830.00 was raised to go toward our general fund. The GWC tried really, really hard to give away money to various charities. We succeed in donating $250.00 to the Social Services to be used to purchase food for a Christmas dinner to feed local area children.
Ginger giving a check to Cecil Stiltner for Social Services |
Sandy, Bertha, and Tania presenting to Heritage Hall. |
Glenna, Bertha and Sandy showing some of the gifts. |
Tania presenting Dean Mayhew with a check. |
As you begin your new life and Step Away from Abuse,
we hope you will find comfort and warmth as you walk into your newly found freedom.
Peggy, Sandy, and Ginger giving Kristi sock for Woman's Shelter. |
SER was held in Kentucky this year and 5 members and 1 guest attended.
?, Sandy, Bertha, Tania, Liz, and Shirley at SER in Lexington, KY. |
October:
The Southwestern District meeting was held in Hillsville, VA and eight members attended. We even preformed a skit entitled "When I grow old I shall wear purple".
Jenny, Sandy, Tania. Ginger, Betty, Peggy, Liz, and not pictured was Shirley. |
Tania giving Jenny the pull tabs as Sandy looks on. |
The Town of Grundy asked the GWC to take over their annual Spiritfest. A small event that was free to anyone who chose to come. Lots of work went into making the event a huge success and we have already been asked to undertake this event again next year.
Betty, Bertha, Tania, Sandy, Pam, Liz, and Nikki accepting a check from Consol Energy. |
We held our first Roundup Rodeo membership drive. We send out invitations to past members encouraging them to re-join and also to potential members that had expressed interest in joining. One new member was added, Tamara Neo.
Looking good in our hats and boots. |
Tania Bertha, and Sandy in front of the garden. |
The Grundy Woman's Club was acknowledged at the Relay for Life event as a Gold Level Corporate sponsor.
We had 5 members attend GFWC VA LEADS in Lynchburg, VA. We had a lot of fun learning new ideas and making lots of friends.
Tania, Liz, Sandy and Bertha with Lori Chevalier and Hope Royer, GFWC VA Presidnent. |
A well deserved break.
June:
GFWC International Convention was held in Milwaukee, WI and Sandy Stiltner and Liz Stiltner attended. Sandy was chosen as GFWC Virgina's LEADS candidate. She garnered lots of knowledge from the seminars and shared it with our club.
Sandy accepting her certificate from GFWC Int. President Carlene Garner |
Betty, Sandy, Pam and Ginger enjoying the Vintage Fashion Show. |
The annual College Shower was held in May. This year we expanded from two participants to three. They were provided blankets, gift cards, lamps, clocks, computer accessories, etc. We also attended Family night out, a Relay for Life sponsored event.
Margaret, Ginger, Kristi, and Peggy with our plaque. |
A yard sale was held at Margaret Wakeland's house. Even though it was cold and windy we managed to raise close to $400.00 and recycled a lot of nice clothing.
GFWC Virginia held its State convention in Richmond Virginia and eight member attended.
Liz, Sandy, Betty, Tania, Peggy, Ginger, and Bertha with Sue Meredith. |
Planting a pinwheel garden to prevent child abuse. |
At our March meeting we honored June Croley, the founder of GFWC, and Ginger Robertson dressed as June and gave a speech. Past presidents of our club that were at the meeting were also honored.
Present and past presidents of GWC Sandy, Betty, Ginger, Anna Ruth, and Jessie. |
February:
In honor of February being American Heart Month the members of the GWC wore Red to their meeting. Members brought watches to be sent to the American Mural Project. Five new members joined our club.
Cammy Crockett, Donita Estep, Pam Wolford, Debbie Bostic, and Mary Stacy all joined. Glenna is congratulating the ladies.
January:
A reporting meeting was held at the Buchanan County Library. One member attended the Legislative Reception in Richmond, VA.
If after reading this you think that being a member of the Grundy Woman's Club is time consuming, you are right. This is only a FEW events that we did throughout the year, there are many, many more that did not get listed. If you think that being a member of the Grundy Woman's Club is rewarding, you hit the nail on the head. Come join us and make a difference in someone's life.
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