GFWC Fairmont Woman’s Club Projects 2012-2013

Beautification: Planting Flowers - The Club places barrels for flowers along the business district in Fairmont before Memorial Day until the fall freeze.  The club encourages the businesses to participate in this project by planting flowers in the barrel closest to their business.  Some businesses have purchased their own containers and planted flowers to help in this project.  Club members plant and care for some of these barrels.  Members are also encouraged to plant flowers in their yards (town or country).  Contact person for this project is Delores Roper.

Bloodmobile - The Red Cross Bloodmobile comes to Fairmont usually twice a year.  Members make appointments for donors before the event and assist the day of the event by registering donors, seeing to the needs of donors and helping at the food table.  Contact person for this project is Donna Lefler.

CIP Project - We are looking for a Community Improvement Program project for 2012-2014 administration.  Contact person for this project is Delores Roper

Domestic Violence The GFWC signature project is Domestic Violence.  We will be collecting items to be given to programs that help the victims of domestic violence.  These items will be brought to the October meeting.  This year it will be Living Waters in York, NE. Contact person for this project is Beth Uden.

Fairmont Public Library - The Fairmont Public Library has been a project of the Fairmont Federated Woman’s Club since it helped in establishing it in 1922.  The club donates to the summer reading program at the library.  We are encouraged to donate books to the library not only as a club but also as individuals.  Books are needed not only for public use but also for the library’s fund raising book sale.  Members can volunteer to read a story at the library’s story time for preschoolers, help with arts and crafts for the youth, or during the summer reading program.  The library could also use volunteers to help with their book sale and at the Library’s “Soda Shop” fundraising project.  *Note: GFWC also encourages books for school libraries.  Contact person for these projects is Wanda Marget.

Fairview Manor - The Club donates to the Manor Auxiliary’s fund raising project, “The Lighted Cross Fund” and we support the Eden Alternative Project, which enhances the lives of those living at the Manor.  Members are encouraged to visit those living at the nursing home.  Contact person for this project is Nancy Seward.

Fillmore Central School –

The club is saving used ink cartridges for the Fillmore Central School Success Program.  Contact person is Nancy Galaway

Fillmore Community Hospital The club members make favors for the trays of the patients at the hospital.  Contact person for this project is Delores Roesti

Fillmore County Museum - Members are encouraged to help with “County Museum Day”.  All fourth graders in Fillmore County are invited to attend this day which is held in early May.  Volunteers are needed to help clean the museum before this event (students from FC Middle School also volunteer for this) and to lead tours and give demonstrations on the day of the event.  Club members are also encourage helping with volunteer work at the Museum.  The Club will donate their yearbook to the museum.  Contact person for this project is Delores Roper.

Fine Arts - The Club sponsors contest at FC Middle School in art and writing.  The art goes on to a district contest and the writing winners go on directly to the state.  Winners in art at the district level go on to the State level.  At the District Fine Art Contest, we also send a youth in music.  There is also art, Photography and writing contest for members of the local club, in which we encourage members to take part.  We also have a local club contest in the crafts section of the Fine Arts with local winners going on to district and then state.  Contact people for this project are: Music, Linda Carroll; Local Craft Contest, Faye Bonin and Nancy Seward; Photography, adult and School Art Contest, Wanda Marget & Carol Bettger; Adult and School Poetry & Short Story Contest, Nancy Galaway.

Historical Preservation - Members are asked to help in preserving not only the club history but also the history of their families, the community and the county by working with the Fillmore County Historical Society, Fillmore County Museum, Fairmont Cemetery Association and the Fairmont Public Library.  You may want to donate your family history, volunteer to do some research on local or county families or events or submit a history of a veteran. Contact person for this project is Nancy Galaway

Membership - Our goal is to increase our membership.  We all need to ask at least one person to join this wonderful volunteer group that is dedicated to community service.  We have developed a pamphlet telling about our club and a letter of invitation. Our goal is four new members this year.  Contact person for this project is Delores Roesti

Member Recognition – During the 2010-2012 club years we will recognize a member of the club starting with the member who has belong the longest and going down from there.  The member’s biography will be read at the meeting and published in the paper along with their picture.  The member will also receive a certificate for her years of service.  Contact person for this project is Nancy Galaway.

NFWC Relay for Life - This is a special project of the NFWC President Pat Gage.  In the summer of 2013 the members of the club will form a team to walk in the Relay for Life. Contact person for this project is Beth Uden.

Reading - NFWC reading program with members reading three books this year, one of which non-fiction. Keep a list of the titles and authors of the non-fiction books and the number of fiction books read.  NFWC Education Chairman Donna Lefler has started the GFWC reading program called ESO, where you read books from their list.  We have eight members in ESO.  Contact person for this project is Marge Finley and Donna Lefler

Recycling - Members are asked to save recyclable material (newspaper, plastic, cardboard, cans, etc.) for the Fairmont Recycling Project.  Volunteers are also needed on recycling day.  Contact person for this project is Jean Priefert.

Ronald McDonald House - The collecting of can tabs is an ongoing project that has benefited many people’s lives by the support of the Ronald McDonald House in Omaha, Nebraska.  Nebraska Women’s Clubs have donated over 8 millions can tabs.  Contact person for this project is Jean Priefert.

Post Prom Party - This project was chosen to support the youth and drug and alcohol free activities.  The club will supply two gift baskets for this event.  Each member will bring an item to the March meeting to put in a gift basket.  Contact person for this event is Marian Uldrich and Donna Lefler

Senior Center - This year we will be holding a shower for the Fairmont Senior Center at our November meeting.  Members are asked to bring an item (canned food, dish soap, paper towels, etc) for the center.  Contact person for this project is Beth Uden.

Sophomore Pilgrimage - Each year the club sponsors sophomores from Fillmore Central High School to go To Lincoln and learn about our government.  We work with the Geneva Club on this project.  Each club can sent two students.  Contact person for this project is Donna Lefler

Web Site for Club -The GFWC Fairmont Woman’s Club started a web site on the Internet July 29, 2005.  This site will be updated as material changes.  The site includes a history of our club, current news, meeting agendas, a calendar of events and information on contest.  The site address is http://www.orgsites.com/ne/gfwcfairmont. We are open to any suggestions.  Contact person for this site is Nancy Galaway

Women’s Health – At each meeting health tips are given.  To go along with NFWC heart project we will be emphasizing women’s heart health.  We will also be saving the pink tops from Yoplait yogurt for breast cancer research.   Contact person for this project is Beth Uden

Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center in Geneva - This is a project of the state president and we will assist in this project.  We can collect yarn and items to be used for craft projects, and personal items for the girls, such as soap, lotion, toothpaste, etc.  We also are collecting all kinds of baby items for the YRTC Mothers &Babies program for YRTC.  You can bring these items to any meeting.    Contact persons for this project are Delores Roesti and Beth Uden

FUND RAISING

Spring Fling Auction - This will be our only fundraiser unless the need arises to bring more money into the club.  In April members will bring an item to be auction.  This item may be a home baked or bought food, a gift item or anything you can think of.  If you are not able to be here to enjoy the auction or don’t want to bring an item, you may wish to make a cash donation, that is great too.  The money brought in from this auction will help support the above projects, our program speakers, scrap book supplies and cards and postage for courtesy.  Contact person is Kay Harris