Club activities
Thirty-two clubs, five districts, one state. Every club chooses its own projects, its own pace, and its own way of showing up for the town it calls home. This page is where that work becomes visible: a music room in Clarksville, a quilt in Spring Hill, a shoe drive in Sparta. Small and specific, chosen by the women doing it.
If you are trying to decide whether to join a club, this page is an introduction to the women you would be joining. Friendships that outlast any one project. Communities made a little stronger, town by town, because a group of women decided to show up for them. Membership means adding your own time, resources, and talents to that work, alongside women who already know what it is worth.
Every story on this page falls inside GFWC's five Community Service Programs or one of its Signature and Special Programs. The five are arts and culture, civic engagement and outreach, education and libraries, the environment, and health and wellness. Alongside them run the Signature Program, ending domestic and sexual violence, and two Special Programs, advocating for children and encouraging reading through Epsilon Sigma Omicron.
On the ground that looks like voter education drives, stream cleanups, blood drives, foster care support, shelter donations, book drives, and community theatre, with plenty more no list could capture. Each club picks the projects that fit its own town. The stories below show a handful of them at work.
Clarksville Club Brings Music to Life at Byrnes-Darden Elementary
Arts and Culture Co-Chairs Toni Bullock and Christine Bridwell partnered with Theresa Lawton, music teacher at Byrnes-Darden Elementary School, and professional musician Chris Monhollen. Together, they identified ways to strengthen music education in the classroom.
With funds raised from Mary Stefano, Intuit, and the club's art classes, the club donated $1,400 to update and equip Theresa's classroom. The project holds special meaning for several club members who are Byrnes-Darden alumni. Next on the list: guitars! The club is continuing its fundraising efforts to bring even more musical opportunities to students.
This is the volunteer spirit in action.
Club presidents: send us your projects
This page only works if clubs send things in. It does not need to be polished. Send the facts and we will write it.
What to send:
- Your club name and the town
- What you did, in two or three sentences
- Which program area it belongs to, if you know
- A number if you have one. Dollars raised, meals served, books collected.
- One photograph and a sentence saying who is in it
- The month it happened
Photographs should show members doing something rather than standing in a row.
Make sure anyone recognizable, especially a child, has agreed to appear on a public website. Our photography waiver is the form to use.
Our Town, Our Sound
If your project involved music in any way, say so. It counts toward the President's Project as well as its normal program area.
Reporting is separate
Sending a story here does not replace your program narratives, which are due to the state each February 1.