GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members of its Education/Libraries committee delivered 250 masks (handsewn with love by Master Maskmaker Members) so all of the students and teachers at Miles and Shady Hills Elementary Schools will be protected. Also donated were a good supply of gym shorts for the children.
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members donated enough supplies to require Chairs Sabrina Scott and Nancy Swanton to make two deliveries to Sunrise of Pasco County Domestic Violence Shelter for the benefit of the women and children residents. October is designated as Domestic Abuse Awareness Month and the woman’s club has long supported this shelter. Included in the club donations were personal and hygiene goods, children’s items, snacks and treats, sanitizers, club-made facemasks for the kids, a check for $200 as well as a requested high chair.
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB member, Gloria Dale, has exceeded her own prior records by preparing over 7,000 hand-written Christmas cards to be sent to active duty troops. Ms. Dale presented a cart filled with cards to Mark VanTrees, director of Support the Troops in Wesley Chapel, as well as several hundred cards to AARP – Land O’Lakes Chapter President Lois Cohen, to be distributed to veteran residents of B. Lopez Nursing Home in Land O’Lakes and to homebound seniors receiving Meals on Wheels. Ms. Dale spends many months each year, writing personal messages and greetings and embellishing the cards with her own artwork in the name of the Woman’s Club to cheer all who receive them
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GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members recently attended the annual Fall Board Convention of Florida GFWC in Orlando. The club delegation was lead by President Annette Bellingar, who introduced the club’s newest member and 1st Official Club Mascot, Ms. Catie Pillar, to the statewide attendees. Catie even brought along her lovely black velvet gown for the formal dinner event so as not to be underdressed!
Members all closely followed Covid safety protocols wherever necessary.
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members recently delivered a donation check of $1625 to Operation Patriot officers Ken Escobio and Sharon Richmond, to be used for the benefit of the veteran residents of Baldomero Lopez Veterans’ Nursing Home in Land O’Lakes. These funds are earmarked for vet residents’ personal needs and special treats which aren’t covered by their modest pensions. The Operation Patriot group administers special events for the veterans and will appropriately distribute these funds to the vets for their enjoyment and special requests.
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB’S talented members have crocheted weatherproof sleep mats for many years under the guidance of Aniko Solomonson, who brought this project to the club. Ms. Solomonson has delivered hundreds of mats, made of recycled grocery bags, over the years to “The Well”, a ministry devoted to the needs of the home-insecure population. Its “WellBuilt Bikes” location at University Mall also provides much needed bikes through its hands-on “Earn a Bike Program” to facilitate a means to get to work and appointments. WellBuilt Bikes is in need of donated bikes at this time, regardless of need to repair (see bikeshopTampa.com).
