GFWC Sorosis Club, Sulphur, Oklahoma


	Pictures from March of Dimes Walk
	Pictures from Welcome Tea

2012-2014 Officers

Past GFWC-OK President :
Earlene Brand

President: Mary McLemore

Vice President: Linda Hurst

Secretary:
Brenda Cavins

Treasurer:
Linda Samples

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GFWC Sorosis Club, Sulphur, Oklahoma

GFWC Sorosis of Sulphur December Meeting

GFWC Sorosis Club members met at the home of Louise Borders for their Christmas luncheon and program. Co-hostesses for the event were Linda Hurst and Carolynn Johnson. The menu included ham, carrots, green beans, rolls, cranberry salad, and Figgie pudding!

The Club enjoyed the delicious food and beautiful decorations. Following the luncheon, President Mary McLemore conducted a short business meeting. A report on the Club’s December activities included several events, as follows: Club members contributed cookies and addressed attendees for the Night of Remembrance ceremony. Volunteers from the Club collected over $500 in tips while delivering orders at Sonic for the March of Dimes’ Premature Baby Prevention Day. The Club decorated a bird-themed Christmas tree in the DOAV Hall of Trees. Santa’s Helpers from the Club purchased two gifts. And, members donated coats, shoes, and socks to the elementary school. December held several opportunities for volunteer activities.

In further business, Cheri Gordon invited members to help assemble kits for “Noah’s Project,” which are to be delivered to the Oklahoma Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City on Saturday, December 15. Members donated items and money to the project. The overnight kits will be given to parents of neo-natal intensive care patients who are often not prepared to spend the night when emergency situations arise with their infants. The Club believes Noah’s Project to be important and worthwhile.

Julie Jack and Kerry Warren, from the 3rd & Broadway store in Sulphur, presented the program. They displayed popular Christmas gifts and described new decorating trends. The members enjoyed seeing the beautiful scarves, nicely scented soy candles, hand-decorated home decoration items, Davis and Sulphur spirit wear, and festive food mixes. The large variety and cheerful display of items interested members and gave them new ideas for the holidays.

The meeting adjourned amid wishes of “Merry Christmas” from all attending.

A Collect for Club Women

Keep us, O God, from pettiness;
Let us be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretense
And meet each other face to face,
Without self-pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgment
And always generous.
Let us take time for all things;
Make us to grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put into action our better impulses,
Straight forward and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize it is
The little things that create differences,
That in the big things of life we are at one.
And may we strive to Touch and to Know
The great, common human heart of us all,
And, O Lord God, let us forget not
To be kind.

Mary Stewart 1941
Mary Stewart, a Colorado school principal, wrote the words to the Collect in 1904 as a personal daily prayer. Mary titled her poem "A Collect for Club Women" when it was first published because she felt it might have special appeal to clubwomen. According to Mary, "The first women's organization to hear or use the Collect or to print it in its year books and biennial reports was the General Federation of Women's Clubs." Prior to her death in 1943, Mary Stewart's own account of the history of the Collect was recorded. During GFWC President Dorothy Houghton's administration (1950-1952), the American Home Department published Mary's history along with an interpretation of the text and suggestions for using it in GFWC programs. (2009 General Federation of Women's Clubs 202/347-3168 www.gfwc.org. Used with permission)

DOAV Hall of Trees

The GFWC Sorosis of Sulphur Club won first place in the DOAV (Davis Organization against Animal Violence) Hall of Trees held at the Arbuckle Historical Museum in Davis. The GFWC Sorosis tree was decorated with birds, broom weed, red berries, and ribbons. The project started the holiday season off with fun and good spirits.

The Club also helped decorate the Arbuckle Historical Society (Sulphur) tree. The AHS tree was decorated with historical pictures framed in decorated jar rings.

Pictured above are Ladonna Chaffin, Louise Borders,

Carlene Long, Brenda Cavins, and Carolynn Johnsonl

Carolynn Johnson entered her Breyer Christmas horses collection and earned a first place award.

Ladonna Chaffin works to help decorate the Arbuckle Historical Society tree.

Hand in Hand Make Sulphur Grand

In cooperation with the “Hand in Hand Make Sulphur Grand” Garden Club campaign, members of GFWC Sorosis, Arbuckle Historical Society, and Masonic Lodge #144 worked together on Tuesday, April 24, to do their part in improving Sulphur. The groups met at the Arbuckle Historical Museum at 1:00 P.M. then walked to previously assigned areas north of Main Street to pick up litter, remove weeds from sidewalks, and clear debris collected along curbs. Also, several individuals cleared weeds from the Museum’s flowerbeds to be readied for new plantings. At the end of the experience, the groups were hot and tired but were satisfied that they had contributed to improving their hometown.

GFWC Sorosis Members: Back Row-Liz Crews, Gertrude Burnside, Fran Boles, Carolynn Johnson, Brenda Cavins, Sandra Mitchell, Lori Hagan, Marsha Brock. Front--Kelly Bates, Dusty Dog

March of Dimes

GFWC Sorosis Members volunteered at the water stations for the walk. Sorosis also made a donation to the March of Dimes.

2011-2012 Club Donations

The GFWC Sorosis Club of Sulphur donated to several charities throughout the club year. Below is a listing of those donations:

Parker Library Story Time donation in remembrance of Anne Mosness, $100
Support Our Students, $500
Operation Smile, $100
Heifer Project, $120
Arbuckle Historical Society, $100
Davis Oklahoma Animal Volunteers Shelter, $100
Parker Library Summer Reading Program, $100
Carrie Hunt Sorosis Scholarship, $500

GFWC SOROSIS CLUB, SULPHUR, OKLAHOMA
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