GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB, although somewhat sidelined during the Covid-19 shut-down, members have continued to serve the community through very generous monetary donations and delivery of food items and supplies to several area food pantries.  In the past several weeks, the club has donated $2000 to CARES of Pasco County and $2000 to Metropolitan Ministries for their missions of feeding the food secure in our area.  In addition, many club members have individually stepped up and donated more than $1,000 in food donations weighing in at over 500 lbs. and delivered same to St. Vincent

DePaul Food Pantry and other local food banks.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB proudly announces its seven 2020 Scholarship recipients  for a total of $25,000 of awards.

Recent Steinbrenner High School graduates, Maddison Rametta (UCF), Noah Morrow (UF) & Crystal Nwokoye (FAMU), all residents of Lutz, have each been awarded $5,000 scholarships  from the (decommissioned) Lutz Volunteer Fire Department Endowment Fund, administered by the Woman’s Club.   The Woman’s Club congratulates the recipients and wishes them every success in their college careers.

Four 2020 Annual Club Scholarship awards in the sum of $2500 each were given to four recent graduates of  Steinbrenner High School, Brianna Sandner (FGCU), Joseph Pereira (USF) and Maggie O’Shea (FSU) and Sunlake High School graduate Morghan Copeland (UF).

Nancy Taylor delivering donation of $50 worth of food for St. Vincent DePaul homeless & needy.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members visited 2 area cemeteries in Lutz and Land O’Lakes and placed flags on the gravesites of veterans.  It has been as decades’ long tradition for the Woman’s Club to honor our veterans, however this year, due to covid-19, the group was smaller out of necessary caution and safety.  Nonetheless, we respectfully remembered our veterans for their service with flags and with prayers of appreciation.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB President Annette Bellingar has kept its 100+ members informed, in-touch and entertained during these long weeks of solitary at-home work, being unable to meet and carry on its usual busy calendar of events and projects to benefit the community. Kudos to Ms. Bellingar for introducing her members to ZOOM meetings, as well as fun “game days” including Zoom Bingo and a Scavenger Hunt, with more games to follow. The club women have been far from idle, continuing to donate funds to Metropolitan Ministeries, CARES of Pasco, Christian Social Services of Land O’Lakes and others, as well as sewing hundreds of face masks for the community, sleep mats for the homeless and so much more. These ladies are anxious to return to their normal schedule of community service but are certainly keeping busy during this cautious period of dealing with covid-19.

‘