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Gloria Dale Recognized for her Work with Support the Troops

May 6, 2016

Gloria Dale being presented with award by Mark Van Trees, Dir. of “Support the Troops”

GFWC Lutz-Land O’Lakes Woman’s Club longtime member, Gloria Dale, was recently honored by Mark Van Trees, Director of the Wesley Chapel-based “Support the Troops” organization for her work on behalf of our military men and women. Club and community members gathered recently for a surprise presentation to honor her work over the last decade.

Ms. Dale, 80, has personally prepared handwritten greetings and messages in over 20,000 Christmas and thank you cards sent to military serving overseas expressing appreciation for their service. The framed plaque which was presented contained a flag flown over the USAF Base in Bagram, Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom on February 14 in honor of her commitment to our troops. Ms. Dale is already working on this year’s batch of Christmas cards for our troops serving abroad.

Photos submitted by Patricia Serio

Feeding Tampa Bay 2016

April 25, 2016

2016 Feeding Tampa Bay — Photos submitted by Patricia Serio
Team Members & Staffers

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members formed a work team of 13 to volunteer recently at the Tampa warehouse and distribution center of the “Feeding Tampa Bay” organization. The clubwomen worked hard filling orders and packing boxes of foods to be delivered to the food insecure within our communities in 10 counties of Central Florida. The volunteers learned that there are more than 700,000 hungry people, half of whom are children, living in these counties. Backpacks of food were also prepared to be provided to needy schoolchildren so their families will have food over the weekends, when school meals aren’t available.

Photos submitted by Patricia Serio
Green Shirt Members volunteering at “Feeding Tampa Bay Warehouse

May 13 – Murder Mystery Dinner Theater production “SINISTER SLEEPOVER”

April 19, 2016

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members are currently in rehearsal for their upcoming Murder Mystery Dinner Theater production, “SINISTER SLEEPOVER”. This play, which will put you on the edge of your seat, will involve a reunion pajama party of whacky gal pals. It will be up to the audience to solve this fun “whodunit”. The audience is invited to wear their pjs, robes, slippers, hair curlers or whatever to add to the fun.

Download the flyer: Sinister Sleepover Flyer (PDF).

The public is most welcome to join in the fun.

Details:
Friday, May 13, 2016 at 7 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
20735 Leonard Rd., Lutz, FL 33558

Tickets:
$20 – to include play and “breakfast for dinner” buffet.

For tickets or information, please contact Karin at 813.786.8461.

Donation to Friends of Land O’Lakes Library for National Library Week

April 18, 2016

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members presented a donation check to Friends of Land O’Lakes Library in support of National Library Week. As a project of the club’s Education Committee, these clubwomen read a story to the young children and assisted them with a special art project to promote Library Week.

Lutz Library Celebrate National Library Week With Crafts

April 18, 2016

2016 National Library Week Lutz Library — Photo submitted by Patricia Serio
Photo: (L-R) Club members Sara Cooper, Madeline McCulloh, Youth Librarian Kim Eversole & KarenSue Molis (not pictured: Kathy Vaughn)

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members recently assisted the Youth Librarian at Lutz Library in commemoration of National Library Week by helping the young children with decorating a craft book and writing a story. The clubwomen also presented a donation check to “Friends of Lutz Library” as they have done for many decades. KarenSue Molis chairs the club Education Committee which supports our community libraries in both Lutz and Land O’Lakes.

Bedrolls for the Homeless Project Delivered

April 18, 2016

GFWC LUTZ-LAND O’LAKES WOMAN’S CLUB members, Aniko Solomonson, Pat Serio and Mary Anne Lykins recently delivered a van full of hand-crocheted bedrolls, donated clothing, shoes and duffel bags for clients of “The Well”, which serves the area’s needy and homeless population in Tampa.

The Well is not a residence but serves a variety of other needs such as a food pantry, clothing closet, shower facilities, hot meals, socialization areas, an organic garden and an “in progress” fish farm.

Longtime clubwoman, Aniko Solomonson has made it her personal mission to encourage her 100+ fellow members to collect, fold, tie and crochet recycled plastic grocery bags into weather resistant full-length bedrolls for the homeless. Over the past several years, Ms. Solomonson has herself produced and delivered many of these bedrolls which have proved to be very useful to the homeless population. She has expanded this project to include teaching her method to numerous other community organizations and church groups.

There has been a great deal of local interest in the bedroll project and Ms. Solomonson has received inquiries from places as distant as Canada and South America.