Legacy

Legacy is defined as anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor.  What kind of "legacy" are you leaving behind?

The new officers for the GFWC Grundy Woman's Club are soon going to be taking office; and with the change of administrations, comes the change of the official handbook.  With the date approaching swiftly, I have been working on typing all the pages into the computer to compile the upcoming handbook.  Most organizations or clubs give out handbooks, but how many of us take the time to read through ALL the pages?  Ours contains the Club Collect, list of past Presidents, a list of the Charter Members, and the By-Laws and Constitution along with a few other tidbits of information.  In my typing of the Constitution I  started to feel blessed to be part of this organization.  Read the following:

The object of the club shall be to promote good citizenship, public welfare and to unite all loyal and progressive citizens in an intelligent effort to develop an increase in civic interest, and to instill a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; and to inaugurate, encourage and promote philanthropic, benevolent, altruistic, literary and education movements for the benefit of the community, state and the nation.

 

What better legacy could you possibly hand down to the next generation than to strive to fulfill this objective.  Shirley Belcher presented a "Legacy" program at our last meeting and she showed the connections from several of the founding Charter Members to some of our current members.  One branch from Nannie Dotson had at least seven members who were interconnected.  At this very time there are several mother/daughter members and one family who have three generations all currently active in our club. 

The General Federation of Women's Clubs, GFWC Virginia, GFWC Southwestern District, and GFWC Grundy Woman's Club is where your legacy can begin.