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2014 Volunteer of the Year

2014 Volunteer of the Year
Photo submitted by Patricia Serio, Public Relations Chair
(L-R) Volunteer of the Year Gloria Dale & Rosie Heim, Club Leadership Chair
GFWC Lutz-Land O’Lakes Woman’s Club is proud to announce that longtime club member, Gloria Dale, was selected unanimously by the membership as its “Volunteer of the Year”. Ms. Dale has for many years served as Chair of CARES telephone reassurance calls to the elderly and shut-ins, hand-writes thousands of greeting and holiday cards each year to veterans and those serving overseas and is Land O’Lakes Honorary Mayor for Life as a result of her tireless work on behalf of her community. The Woman’s Club heartily congratulates Gloria Dale for this well-deserved honor.

Donation to CSS for Food Pantry

Donation to CSS
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Photo: (L-R) Member Elaine Pittman and C.S.S. Staff Member
GFWC Lutz-Land O’Lakes Woman’s Club longtime member, Elaine Pittman, has once again come to the aid of Christian Social Services in Land O’Lakes. When she learned that the food pantry shelves at CSS were almost bare, Elaine stepped up and donated $600 at holiday time for families in need. Ms. Pittman annually makes a donation of $1,000 raised entirely by herself through her propogating, potting and selling plants at numerous Woman’s Club events through the year. Our “Plant Lady” decided that since the need was so great at this time, she would contribute early her proceeds presently at hand and continue her work.

2015 Scholarships

GFWC Lutz-Land O’Lakes Woman’s Club will soon accept applications for its 2015 scholarships available to qualified students. In addition to the Woman’s Club scholarships, a limited number of the Lutz Volunteer Firemen’s scholarships will also be available and administered through the Club under the direction of Scholarship Chair, Barbara Nicholson.

Criteria:

  • Applicants for the Woman’s Club scholarships must live in Lutz or Land O’ Lakes.
  • Applicants for the Lutz Volunteer Firemen’s scholarships must be residents of Lutz in order to qualify.

The same application form will be used for both scholarships and will be available at Lutz and Land O’ Lakes High Schools, Erwin, Pasco-Hernando Community Colleges and Hillsborough Community College by the end of January. Students not attending these schools, but who are Lutz or Land o’ Lakes residents, may request an application directly from Ms. Nicholson at mysweetbaboo1@aol.com. Completed applications must be received by April 15, 2015. Scholarship recipients will be notified in June, 2015 and the funds will be sent directly to the college/school of choice in September, 2015.

Christmas Tree at Old Lutz School

Christmas Tree Old Lutz School
Photo submitted by Patricia Serio, Publicity Chair

GFWC Lutz-Land O’Lakes Woman’s Club under the direction of Arts Chairpersons, Karin D’Amico and Aniko Solomonson, had each of its members personalize a little Ms. Piggy ornament for their club tree as part of the annual Old Lutz School’s Community Festival of Trees display.

This year’s theme was taken from Club President Kay Taylor’s motto: “When pigs fly….” and proved to be quite colorful and hilarious.

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Donations for Support the Troops

Donation to Support the Troops
Photo submitted by Patricia Serio, Publicity Chair
Photo (L-R); Lonna Vizzari, member husband & volunteer, Joe Fornino & Donna Losch

GFWC Lutz-Land O’Lakes Woman’s Club members manned their “Support the Troops” booth at the recent Lutz Arts & Crafts Show, along with Joe Fornino, who regularly volunteers at the “Support the Troops” Wesley Chapel warehouse facility. A total of $900 was collected and donated to this organization to cover the cost of mailing care packages to our troops serving overseas.

Welcome New Members

Photo submitted by Patricia Serio, Publicity Chair New members inducted into Woman’s Club
Photo submitted by Patricia Serio, Publicity Chair
New members inducted into Woman’s Club

GFWC Lutz-Land O’Lakes Woman’s Club was most pleased to welcome 9 new members into the club at their recent holiday luncheon. The ladies were installed by fellow member, Annette Bellingar, in a candlelight ceremony to commemorate their induction.