GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB member and Sunshine Chair Gloria Dale has delivered over 5000 Christmas and holiday greeting cards to Mark VanTrees, Director of Support the Troops organization in Wesley Chapel. These cards, all hand-written by Ms. Dale, with cheery greetings from the Woman’s Club, will be enclosed in boxes of treats and hygiene items mailed to troops overseas. In addition, Ms. Dale has distributed 100s more greeting cards to the local VA hospital, VA nursing home and area senior centers to cheer the patients.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members had a large presence at the recent American Cancer Society RELAY FOR LIFE event at Sickles High School campus. The member team raised funds for the American Cancer Society, represented their many member cancer survivors and walked the track in remembrance of their family, friends and club members who had lost their battle with cancer.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB has supported local schools for many years and, in particular, those with special needs. Education Chairs Pat Wagner and Marcy Edmondson recently delivered a large number of children’s books for individual classroom libraries as well as donations of shoes and clothing to Shady Hills Elementary and Miles Elementary Schools on behalf of the Woman’s Club.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB has made a donation to Pathlight International, presented by Elayne Bassinger to Laura Connelly, Director of Operations. Ms. Connelly is also President of GFWC North Pinellas Woman’s Club and has brought her sister club (Lutz-Land O’Lakes) into a collaborative effort to assist in the mission of Pathlight through education-based projects, training and mentoring, as well as transforming and improving physical schools in Belize. In addition to donations, club members have participated in hands-on projects in the supported schools in Belize on service trips to the island and have made a definite impact on educational standards in this country.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members, under the direction of Education Committee Chair Pat Wagner, again volunteered at the Annual Lutz Elementary School’s “Olden Day 2019” celebration and assisted students with various arts and crafts projects. The Woman’s Club has supported Lutz Elementary and many other schools in the community for decades through volunteerism and donations.

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members, led by its International Outreach Committee Chairs Elayne Bassinger and Madeline McCulloh, recently delivered a donation check of $1,000 to ShelterBox USA. The committee worked hard to raise the funds to provide a shelter box, pictured above, which contains everything from a tent to lifesaving supplies to families displaced by disasters. The ShelterBox organization is an international disaster relief services agency serving those who have lost everything.