GFWC Lutz-Land O Lakes Woman’s Club installs new members.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members attended the 20th Anniversary Celebration at the Baldomero Lopez Veterans’ Nursing Home in Land O’Lakes. The Woman’s Club has supported the veteran residents since the nursing home’s inception in 1999 through volunteerism and donations. A club team provides an evening of bingo entertainment and prizes for the veteran residents and serves refreshments on a monthly basis plus many other events for their benefit.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB Education Chair Pat Wagner and Conservation Chair Lonna Vizzari collaborated and joined their efforts recently when Education shared its bounty of donated children’s books with Conservation to be distributed free of charge to children participating in Earth Day activities at Crews Lake Wilderness Park. Additional books were donated to Eryn Williamson of the Forest Service as an educational tool when she speaks to groups of school children.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB celebrated Earth Day at Crews Lake Wilderness Park by helping children with nature crafting and passing out beautiful children’s books. The Club also donated a large number of books to Ms. Williamson of the Forest Service as tools when she speaks to groups of school children.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB is pleased to announce that it has awarded a record-breaking total of $25,000 in Scholarship grants for 2019. Club President, Karin D’Amico presented the awards to the following students:
The 3 recipients of the Lutz Volunteer Firemen’s Scholarship Endowment Fund (administered by the Woman’s Club) are:
Mark Fisher, full time firefighter and St. Petersburg College student, $5,000 award,
Zachary Brown, Classical Preparatory (LOL) senior (Auburn Univ.) $5,000 award,
Jillian Gordy, Sunlake High School senior (UF) $5,000 award, all of whom are Lutz residents.

The Woman’s Club Scholarship Fund recipients are:
Ian Michael Spurza, of Lutz, Middleton Magnet senior (St. Leo Univ.), $2,500 award,
Alexa Scalchunes, of Land O’Lakes, Sunlakes senior (FSU) $2,500 award,
Taylor Tarver, of Lutz, Steinbrenner senior (UF), $2,500 award (not pictured),
Rochelle Brito, of Lutz, Steinbrenner senior (UCF), $2,500 award.

The Woman’s Club is very proud of its decades’ long commitment to and support of education in our community and congratulates its 2019 Scholarship recipients.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB proudly announces an additional special Scholarship award this year named “2019 Marilyn Wannamaker Memorial Scholarship” to an adult student and firefighter, Lutz resident MARK FISHER in the amount of $5,000. Marilyn Wannamaker was a past President of the Woman’s Club and served on Lutz Volunteer Fire Dept. Board for many years and has recently passed. The Woman’s Club has administered the Lutz Volunteer Fireman’s Scholarship Endowment Fund since 2012 and awards 2 scholarships annually from this fund. This year, however, the club found it most appropriate to expand the awards to 3 Lutz resident students, in view of Mr. Fisher’s outstanding resume as husband to Ariana Fisher and Dad to 4 teenaged sons, a full-time firefighter for 14+ years serving our area AND a student at St. Petersburg College completing his undergraduate studies in Public Administration/Fire Administration.

The Woman’s Club salutes and congratulates Firefighter Mark Fisher and wishes him continued success.