ers, and the exciting changes with the reporting forms.

Then, spend time at the market-place before enjoying a working lunch with singing, speaking, and videos before heading back to the marketplace. Continue your jour-ney with some fun, dancing, and GFWC inspiration at 6:00pm din-ner.

Join the juniors on Sunday for breakfast and more learning.

It's going to be a fabulous "Trip of a Lifetime"!

Passports are not optional - they will be provided to you. Be festive and wear your tropical attire.

Tina

Our GFWC Georgia Leadership Team has prepared for you an exciting adventure to learn more about programs and projects for your clubs.

Wander through the various booths to learn how you can help your community through a variety of hands-on experiences and information. Speak one-on-one to the partners who are searching for you and wanting to help you find ways your club can partici-pate with them. Complete hands-on fun projects with the different Community Service Program Chairmen and others to earn your badges.

Display your badges over the next two years on the themed bag you will receive at registration. Hear wonderful, inspiring information - all to help you grow as a club woman.

Our fun-filled educational week-

end will start on Friday, August 17th with our annual LEADS Workshop from 10:00-4:00.at First Presbyterian Church. Back at the Hyatt meet up with federated

friends at 6:30 at the Coffee to Bar hotel lobby for our Meet, Greet and Eat for fun and fellow-ship (hostess Deborah Landress)

Start your Saturday in the Classic Center at 8:00am with the open-ing session to learn about the GOAL sheet, treasurer's vouch-

Wow! I can’t believe it is almost time for Institute 2018 “A Trip of a Life Time” which will be at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia on August 17-19. Institute has always been one of my favorite events and this year is Super-Exciting with the Marketplace. The Junior Conference has some Fun booths planned and promise to bring you some “bling” and great ideas for your clubs. Be sure to Think Luau when planning your wardrobe to go along with your LEI that you will receive at registration. Encourage your club

to come together and have a great “Girl” outing while learning. The video that Tina and Becky made will bring you some laughs and more information about Insti-tute. Please join us for a fun time after dinner on Saturday night with “Luau Bingo” and other “Tropical Games”. Wear your tropical outfits and let’s have fun. All proceeds from this evening will go to the Ronald McDonald House. Don’t forget your pop tops. The club with the most pop tops will get a free Bingo card and wear the “special prize”. Of course, there will be some tropical prizes for all of the winners. Be sure to bring your “Cotton and Pearls” for Sunday morning Breakfast as we help to fund “Serving up Sweet Success” – the ice cream machine for Tallulah

Falls School. There will be plenty of op-portunities to shop for Bella Grace, Raffle baskets and several “Cotton” items so bring your money. I will definitely have my selfie stick and a camera to capture all of those fun mo-ments. A big part of being a Healthy Woman is laughter, and we plan to have lots of it during the weekend (as well as get in a few steps and dance moves). If you have never attended Institute, I en-courage you to come this year. If you have attended before, this will be a new experience. Please register by August 5th with the registration link on the GFWC Georgia website. I look forward to seeing you in Athens in August and Always remember that “It’s What You Do for Others That Counts”.

Becky

Video “Trip of a Life Time” Click on Title for video

Come one, come all to the first GFWC Georgia MARKETPLACE!

The Georgia Clubwoman J U L Y 1 4 , 2 0 1 8 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

GFWC GA OFFICERS

2018 - 2020

President

Tina Daniel

First Vice President

Shelby Holland

Second Vice President

Kim Sekulow

Third Vice-President

Cathy Jones

Director of Junior

Clubs Becky Bolden

Recording Secretary

Peggy Wilson

Treasurer

Armenda Barnes

Corresponding Secre-

tary Cimi Douglass

Parliamentary Advisor

Shirene Daniell

The Newsletter of GFWC Georgia Members of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs

It is What you Do for

Others That Counts!

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Shelby’s Sassy Six

Hello Sister Clubwomen, Since April, I have become aware of the honor I have to work with an outstanding group of leaders from across the six Georgia districts, who will be known as “Shelby’s Sassy Six”. When asked “What does it mean to be a sassy girl?”, you may think in terms of the negative meaning of being loud or rude, but this does not apply to “Shelby’s Sassy Six”. These “Sassy Six” Leaders are sassy in the positive term through means of being spirited, confident and lively as they lead GFWC Georgia during the next two years. They are doing

an outstanding job in their role as GFWC Georgia District Presidents. I look forward to seeing many of you during August Institute to be held August 17th – 19th at The Classic Cen-ter in Athens, GA. The 2018-2020 Achievement GOAL Sheet will be included in each Club President’s Packet and will be ready for pickup during Institute. This new GOAL Sheet is a two-year form which is an excellent guideline for your club to use as a calendar reminder for events and dates throughout the year. You may also locate this form at

www.gfwcgeorgia.org then look under Club Re-sources/Reporting & Forms. You will note this new sheet includes a few changes but please note the main change for this form is the new date of January 25th for sending in the completed GOAL Sheet to the State Office. Another item of interest you will be hearing more about from your District Presidents is the new “Shelby’s Sassy Six Challenge District Award”, a Leadership Award between the District Presidents for promoting better communications

and increased attendance during Fall and Spring District Meetings to connect Clubs with their Dis-trict Leaders. At the end of June, I returned home after at-tending the 2018 GFWC Annual Convention in St. Louis, with the theme of “It’s Our Time to Con-nect”, having an opportunity to attend sessions and gather information to bring back to Georgia. The GFWC 2018-2020 Officers were installed, with Mary Ellen Brock as GFWC President, who announced her “Seven Grand Initiatives” chal-lenge. Detailed plans for this challenge will be forthcoming as how GFWC Georgia will step up to meet these challenges. Now, my current words of advice to you is to remember: “A sass a day keeps the basics away - so throw sass around like confetti!” Enjoy your-self as you volunteer! In Federation Service,, Shelby Holland

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Central East Installation by Doris Blalock, pictured left to right, Debby Vanderbunt, President; Debbie Brown, 1stVP; Pam Leder, 2ndVP; Stephanie Crunkleton, Junior Director; Lynn Garrett, Rec. Sec.; Judy Amerson, Treasurer

North East Installation by Kim Sekulow, GFWC Georgia 2nd VP, Patty Gabilondo, President; Shantelle Grant, Junior Director; Jill Bagley, 1st VP; Dana Skelton-Sanders, 2ndVP; Barbara Reynolds, Treasurer; Shug Latimer and Mary Bob Fox, Parliamentary Advisor

Installations of Officers

We’re here to interrupt your newsletter reading for a special

announcement…..

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Ladies, you’ve been waiting for it and I am pleased to announce that reporting for this 2018-2020 GFWC Georgia administration we will intro-duce electronic reporting!

Beginning this reporting year you will be able to submit ALL reports by email. Of course, you will still have the option of using the postal service but we are hoping that the majority of our clubs will take advantage of technology and use email. (Just fyi, those Conservation CSP Chairmen will be mighty happy we are saving more trees!)

There are lots of changes to report-ing this year so I encourage you to have at least one representative from your club at Institute. We will have a reporting workshop at 8:00 am Saturday at our opening session. It’s like going to the doctor…it’s always better to have someone hear the news with you so you can be sure to get it right!

Please mark your calendars now to be with us. In the Saturday Market-place, I will be available to answer questions about the new reporting format and assist you one on one with our new procedures.

As if email reporting is not enough, I will also tell you that there are no more grids on the report forms.

Now that I have your interest peaked, mark your calendars to attend Institute and get all the report-ing information firsthand!

Kim, Second Vice President

Saturday, April 28, 2018, we not only Filled the Trolley but helped promote pass-ing of Marsy's Law that will be on the Geor-gia ballot in November. 2018. We handed out flyers, tees and totes and made people aware of what the law is all about. The goal of Marsy’s Law of Georgia is to elevate victims’ rights to a Constitutional level so that victims of violent crimes will be afforded the same Constitutional protection as criminals. Victims of violent crime and their families deserve to have guaranteed Constitutional rights, to be treated with respect and dignity within our system of criminal justice, have their voices heard in key judicial proceed-ings, and their safety considered when setting bail and release conditions.

Lawrenceville Woman’s Club fills a Trolley on Day of Service for DV

Kim Sekulow, Growing the seeds for 2020

Top, Dianne Barlow, South West District President and Johnne Sizemore, Corresponding Secretary and below Albany Woman's Club members who attended installation

Debbie Brown holding the proclamation by Mayor Judy Jordan Johnson recognizing Saturday April 28th as the Lawrenceville Woman’s Club Day Of Service

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of Service

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Central West District - Pat Turner

North East District - Patty Gabilondo

Central East District - Debby Vanderbunt I started my adventures with the Federation as a charter member of the Covington Junior Woman’s Club in July 1984. (There was an earlier Covington Junior Woman’s Club that had folded), honors include, 10th District Junior Clubwoman of the Year and in 1987, Covington Junior Woman’s Club Family of the Year. Later, I helped form the night time group of the Covington Woman’s Club which formed the Heartland Woman’s Club, honors include clubwoman of the year for our club in 2017. I have held many offices in the district as well as well as state positions. I have been married to my hus-band, Bruce, for almost 51 years. We have two boys, Derek (lost to

cancer at age 39) and Dustin, age 45. I have two grandchil-dren, Evelyn, age 16, who helps me with some of our woman’s club projects and Garret, age 14. My hobbies are gardening, cooking, and playing duplicate bridge in hopes of becoming a Life Master shortly. I lack less than one gold point in achiev-ing this goal. My symbol is the Pineapple with the theme Be a Pineap-ple, Stand Tall, wear a Crown and be sweet on the in-side. Scripture: “Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” Romans 12:13. Quote: “There

are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a mira-cle.” Albert Einstein. District Project: “Fill the basket” to help relieve hunger in your community thru Action Minis-tries. I hope our district makes a difference in our counties so that few if any go hungry. I look forward to working with you as the Central East Dis-trict President. Deborah K. Vanderbunt (Debby)

sity in colors, shapes and sizes, plus they are ever watchful, efficient and powerful. And what Southern girl doesn’t appreciate a creature that eats Mosquitoes! She has chosen Domestic Violence Awareness as her District Project with the belief that this remains one of the most significant women’s issue of our time. Patty has confidence that GFWC members can harness their energy to continue to improve and solve this ongoing problem in our society. She looks forward to serving as your new GFWC Georgia NE District President and work-ing with this great group of dedicated women who have stepped up to serve as the new NE District Officers. Congratulations and Thank you Shantelle Grant, Jill Bagley, Dana Skelton-Sanders, Barbara Reynolds, Shug Latimer and Mary Bob Fox! Patty

Patty was born in Germany to a US Army veteran and a German-American mother and feels very fortunate to have lived and travelled all over the world growing up. She has been married to her husband John for 38+ years and has two grown sons - Nick who lives with an Autism Spectrum disorder and Eric who is recently engaged to a lovely young lady from Ringgold and busy working on his PhD in Chemistry. Several years ago, she retired from a career in Strategic Sourcing and began looking for ways to connect and serve her community. She joined the GFWC Lilburn Woman’s Club in early 2009. Patty has selected the Dragonfly and a theme of ‘Transforming our Communities and the World.” Throughout the ages and all around the world the dragonfly has been a symbol used for wisdom and transformation. Other qualities of the dragonfly that she feels corre-late back to GFWC values are longevity, diver-

My name is Pat Turner, I am the Central West District President. My symbol s hands and my theme is Help-ing Hands across Georgia. My logo is Helping Hands uniting the community to ac-tively fulfill God’s Plan by assisting those in need. My project is helping your local Library.

Pat

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Theme: Be A Pineapple Stand Tall Wear A Crown And be sweet on the inside

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South East District - Jessica Hall

South West District - Dianne Barlow

I am very proud to be serving as the North West District President. I will work diligently to engage all clubs from small to large clubs, from the newest to the oldest clubs and from the big city to the rural clubs to come together to share ideas, recognize accomplishments and to inspire all to become more involved and create a vision of GFWC Georgia beyond the club level all in the spirit of a memora-ble fellowship experience. I chose the hydrangea as my symbol as it is a flower that is deeply symbolic and meaningful. It can express a wide range of feelings from apology to joy while also being graceful and beautiful. The plant comes in a wide range of colors, sizes and versatility. As club-women we express the same charac-teristics. Like a cluster of flower petals

generosity of time and talent of the ladies I work with today and by the future members who will bring us to the next level of serving our communities and the world. My special Project is the Pajama Pro-gram which is a national program that serves children who are homeless, in foster care or suffer-ing from poverty, such a reading center is located in Atlanta. They open up the imaginations of chil-dren which helps them escape from the reality of their lives by providing them with the magical gifts of pajamas and books. We will be collecting pajamas at our meetings. to bring to the Atlanta Pajama Program Center.

Karen

impossible.” and Isaiah 26:4, “Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord is the Rock eternal.” Special projects are Diabetes and American Heart Associa-tion. Diabetes and the heart are closely related. 70% of type 2 diabetic will die from cardio-vascular disease. Diabetes es-pecially affects your heart, kid-neys and eyes. There are mil-lions of Americans with diabe-tes and they don’t even know

Hello, I am Dianne Barlow, South West District President. I have been an active member of the Albany Woman’s Club for 32 years and have always enjoyed club work. GFWC Georgia is very spe-cial to me. My symbol is the FROG – Fully Rely On God. My scriptures are Luke 1:37, “For with God nothing is

think how important music is to your life? I can't re-member a time in my life when music did not play a part in some way. Now, as I have chosen the theme, "Many musicians, one en-semble" I hope you will embrace this as I begin an initiative for our clubs to focus on Music in Our

Schools. The love for music has started so early in my own children and I want to be able to share that with children throughout the South East District through our clubwork. I look forward to hearing the many ideas and projects that are completed over the next two years. In Federation Spirit, Jessica Hall

Greetings from the South East District! I hope you all are having a wonderful summer! What is a day at the beach without those beach tunes playing in the background? Or a pool day without the latest pop tunes inspiring your kids to do silly jumps off of the diving board? Do you ever stop to

we all pull together to accom-plish our goals and objectives. I have inserted the GFWC sym-bol of Unity in Diversity as the center of my symbol. My quote “United in friendship, under-standing and devo-tion….Strengthened by grati-tude, compassion and diver-sity.” epitomizes the character-istics that unite us as club-women. Like the strong woody stem of the hydrangea we sup-port each other in the many things we do for family, federa-tion and community. I am in-spired by Clubwomen…past present and future. I am in-spired by the vision of those strong and courageous women who came before us, by the

North West District President:Karen Clydesdale

it. My goal is to make sure peo-ple are tested and understand the effects of diabetes. Early detec-tion is important. look forward to working with each of you to help make our communities be a safer, healthier and better place to live. Dianne

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The Service Guild of Covington Sponsored RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE was held at the Baptist Church in Covington on June 14th. Many thanks to all SG mem-bers who volunteered an hour or so, especially to Home Life Chair Unice Stevens, shown in the photo below with Diane Loeble and Harley Stevens! This blood drive was so vital with the 4th of July holiday coming up LIFE-GIVING blood is so essential! We are pleased to report 37.5 units ere collected!

Covington Woman's Club's Domestic Violence Project

steps are the members of the Covington Woman's Club with a sample of more than $500.00 of supplies collected for the shel-ter during the month of May. Nancy Brown is President of the local club.

The Covington Woman's Club Domestic Violence Project for this current year is to collect much needed paper articles to be placed in Project ReNeWal Shelter for Women and Chil-dren. This shelter provides support and services for indi-viduals and families living in the Rockdale, Newton and Walton counties dealing with some form of Domestic Violence. Pictured on the club house's

Education Corner

Back-to-school It is time for back-to-school! Here at the Education CSP we are busy getting ready for Institute which is the GFWC Georgia Federation “back-to-school” time. These are some suggestions: • Provide back-to-school supplies for elementary schools involving the community in a supply

drive. Most schools have lists of required supplies, extra dry erase boards and markers, flash drives, hole punches and small stickers and toys for incentives are welcome.

• Preschools and Head Start programs always need manipulatives such as magnetic letters, counters and sight word games. Have a Back to School Party theme for your August or September meeting to collect these.

• Ask school librarians what they need, especially middle school. • Sponsor a “Cool to be in School” program to honor students with perfect attendance. Hold multiple

ceremonies to keep the idea fresh. • Help a teacher organize their room before students arrive. • Create Just-in-Case Boxes with “emergency teacher supplies” (lip balm, gold stars mints, nail file,

etc.)

May 16, 2018, It’s not all work, Freda Tylor and Deborah Landress guest of the Suburban Woman’s Club of Augusta enjoying a Membership Tea at the home of Marcia A. Jones.

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GFWC Georgia Clubs Active in Community

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GFWC Heartland Woman’s Club hosted the 27th Annual Cherry Blossom charity Croquet Tourna-ment on May 18th. We had 32 teams participate at Oxford College of Emory University in Oxford, Geor-gia. The charity for this event was A Child’s Voice Child Advocacy Center, Inc.

Lawrenceville Woman's Club's June Ladies Time Out was at the Historic Lawrenceville Courthouse making vintage fabric baskets. To help commemorate Gwinnett county’s 200 year anniversary the county is offering vintage craft classes. Eight members had a lot of fun learning a new craft. The guy in the picture with Roslyn is Button Gwinnett who signed the Declaration of Independence!

Rosane Sandberg, Lawrenceville Woman’s Club

GFWC Service Guild of Covington visits Monroe Library! Here are pho-tos of a craft w/kids at the Monroe Library on June 14th. The kids had a blast picking out their favorite poem and then making a wall hanging com-plete with painting the characters to accompany the poem. Many thanks to Service Guild member and Associ-ate Librarian Barbara Hawley and to other Service Guild members who helped: Diane Loeble, Lynn Garrett, Carolyn Bennett, Marianne Doan, Lee Aldridge, Unice Stevens and

Photo: Jessica Hall with fel-low members of the GFWC Sylvania Junior Woman's Club accepting the E.L. Bar-nes Award for Best Overall Club Work in the South East District. Award sponsored by Mrs. Armenda Barnes

On June 7, Morrow Civic Woman’s Club held its member-ship meeting, which was the per-fect time to feature our club’s his-tory. Members brought various salads and desserts creating a wonderful meal. A game format – Who Wants to be a Millionaire was used to highlight some of our club’s history, though selecting events proved to be a challenge. So much to share; so little time!

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We are here to help you , your club and our state become the best we can be. Mary Ellen Brock, GWC Presi-dent has issued Seven Grand Initiatives. CPR challenge is to promote Martin Luther King, Jr. “Day of Ser-

vice” very similar to GFWC Georgia Day held on April 27, 2019 and April 25, 2020) encourage clubs to par-ticipate in a community service project on 1/21/2019 and 1/20/2020 and promote it on the GFWC Facebook

page. Report under CPR.

• Have you liked GFWC Georgia on Facebook??

• Have you visited the GFWCGeorgia.org website and registered your new members??

• Have you received the Monthly Connections or Quarterly Newsletters??

• Have you sent your Club newsletters to NEWS@GFWCGeorgia.org??

Then let us help you, we are willing to train your club members in these tasks, come and visit our booth at

Institute, August 18, 2018.

Registration for Institute deadline is August 5

Congratulations to the TFS Class of 2018

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Communications and Public Relations

GFWC Georgia State President Tina Daniel and Director of Junior Clubs Becky Bolden enjoyed the Senior Award program and Graduation at Tallulah Falls School. Governor Nathan Deal was the commencement speaker. Board of Trustees Chair Amy Atkinson gave inspirational words to the graduating class of 58, a group with over $6 million scholarship offers.