GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members paid homage to the spirit of Memorial Day by placing flags at the grave sites of veterans in a Land O’Lakes Cemetery. The club women have honored veterans at local cemeteries over Memorial Day for several decades and continue to support our active duty troops through many its projects.
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2018 Scholarship Awards totaling $20,000. The recipients of the Lutz Volunteer Firemen’s Endowment Fund Scholarships are:
Autumn Darrigo (not pictured), a Hillsborough CC student, $5,000 award, twins Caitlin O’Shea, $2,500 and Erin O’Shea, both Steinbrenner seniors, $2,500 each, all of whom are Lutz residents. Additional Club Scholarships of $2,000 each were awarded to: Breena Levison (LOL) and Matthew Julian, (Lutz) Sunlake seniors, Devyn Espy, (Odessa) Steinbrenner senior; Amy Le and Makayla Hildebrand (both LOL), Land O’Lakes seniors. The Woman’s Club congratulates these outstanding students and wishes them every success in their college careers.
The International Outreach Committee arranged a field trip to Morningstar Fisherman on May 14th.
Morningstar Fishermen is an international aquaponics research and training facility located at 33336 Old Saint Joe Rd Dade City, Florida 33525 . They are a Christian organization committed to healthy and sustainable living for all. They currently train people, around the world, to implement aquaponics as one solution to world hunger.
Their goal always stays the same, to educate people in a way that encourages and prepares them to teach others.
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB has formally installed 6 new members into their ranks at their recent Spring Luncheon. The new members were warmly welcomed into the fold of these tireless “green shirt” ladies who have served on behalf of the community since 1960.
Photo: 5th from left: President Karin D’Amico & Membership Chair Margee Carpenter (far right) install new members
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB recently delivered a whopping 216 boxes of donated “Cereal for Summer”, a part of Feeding Tampa Bay. The purpose of this drive is to provide a nutritional breakfast for children during the summer recess when they are unable to access their school breakfast programs. The Woman’s Club exceeded their last year’s number of donated boxes which was the goal set by Chairs Pat Wagner & Gail Howard.
GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members enjoyed a group tour of Lettuce Lake Park with binoculars and cameras in hand. The ladies were led by Joel Jackson (rear), husband of member Barbara Jackson, who helped them identify all manner of flora, fauna and avian species in this preserve. The framed prints were photographed by Mr. Jackson and presented to the Club Conservation co-chairs, Nancy Allen and Lonna Vizzari (l & r front), who coordinated this educational outing.
