GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB recently enjoyed fellowship during a “Stuffing Party”, while finishing their assembly-line project of cutting, sewing and finishing 160 comfort pillows for women recuperating after breast cancer surgery. These finished pillows were then delivered by project chair, Margee Carpenter, to the Women’s Center at Florida Ho
Club Supports Judi Fisher for Land O Lakes Honorary Mayoral Race
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB has chosen to endorse and support Judi Fisher’s candidacy in the annual Land O’Lakes Honorary Mayoral Race. Club President Karin D’Amico presented Judi Fisher, of Architectural Signage, with a donation check to help kick off her campaign. The club supports Judi’s candidacy, wishes her success and hopes she will follow in the footsteps of their past-President and current Honorary Mayor Rosie Heim in wearing the splendid Mayoral sash for the next year. 
1st VP Awarded Ombudsman of the Year-2017
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB is proud to announce the selection of its 1st Vice President Annette Bellingar as the “Ombudsman of the Year – 2017” by the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Council. Ms. Bellingar has been chosen for this honor by her Ombudsman peers for her dedication over the past 5 years to the needs of long-term care residents without a voice in raising awareness of their needs and concerns at their facilities. Annette is known for “going the extra distance” on behalf of those entrusted to her management care, for mentoring and inspiring new Ombudsman volunteers and challenging the ALF and nursing facilities to do better for their residents. Ms. Bellingar was presented with a keepsake clock commemorating her service by Ron Dickey, Vice Chair of West Central Florida Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. Well Done and Congratulations, Annette!!
2018 Scholarships
President Karin presented scholarship awards to 3 Steinbrenner seniors of this year’s total of 8 recipients. Our club is proud to have awarded a total of $20,000 for our 2018 grants. The young ladies are: (l-r) Erin O’Shea, Devyn Espy and Caitlin O’Shea. Erin & Caitlin (identical twins) will share one of the Lutz Fire Dept. scholarships of $5,000 and Devyn (granddaughter of our own Pat Wagner) received $2,000 of the Club scholarship grants. The other 5 recipients from Sunlake & Land O’Lakes H.S. and Hillsborough CC will be presented at their schools’ award ceremonies later in May. Thank you to Joanne Hurley for chairing the scholarship committee and for choosing these fine student recipients.
WOMAN’S CLUB’s BIG TEAM AT RELAY FOR LIFE
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB had a large presence of members at the annual Relay for Life event at JW Mitchell High School. The team, organized by chair Linda Mitchell, worked hard to raise funds donated to American Cancer Society through their Relay team event and had participants walk in every lap of the relay over the course of hours. The club had a unique “Survivors’ Chair” on display to honor all their sister members who are battling or have survived cancer, as well as those who have lost their battle. The “Green Shirt” ladies wholeheartedly supported this event in the fight against cancer.
Packing Boxes at Support the Troops
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members volunteered to help “Support The Troops” at its Wesley Chapel warehouse, by packing 21 boxes and filling 462 bags of snack items for the upcoming FlyFest event at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. The club members presented a donation check to be applied toward postage to ship boxes to troops deployed overseas. Member Donna Losch organizes the team of members who regularly help this very worthy organization pack these boxes filled with important hygiene items, coffee, treats and items which may be unavailable to them in remote outposts.