Who we are
GFWC Tennessee is one of the state federations of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. We have 32 clubs, more than 1,100 members, and five districts across the state.
Impacting Tennessee together
A GFWC club is local. It meets in its own town, elects its own officers, sets its own dues, and picks its own projects. Nobody in Nashville tells a club in Newbern what its community needs.
As part of GFWC Tennessee, clubs get training for new officers and a reporting system that turns one book drive into a statewide number. Scholarship money is raised across 32 clubs instead of one. Partnerships with national organizations open doors no single club could reach alone. Club leaders also borrow from each other, from women who have already run a service project that worked or a fundraiser that made money.
GFWC and GFWC Tennessee offer project ideas and challenges, but each local club chooses for itself what will impact its community.
The General Federation of Women's Clubs is an international women's organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer service. GFWC has more than 60,000 members in affiliated clubs in every state, the District of Columbia, and more than 20 countries.
At a glance
Founded
1896 in Knoxville
Clubs
32 across the state
Members
1,100+
Districts
Five
Region
GFWC Southeastern Region
Administration
2026–2028, President Stephanie Haggard
Turning Good Vibes into Good Works
The 2026–2028 administration is led by President Stephanie Haggard, and its theme is Turning Good Vibes into Good Works.
Our Town, Our Sound
Tennessee is a music state, so clubs are working music into the service they already do. A band instrument drive for a school that cannot afford one. A benefit concert for a domestic violence shelter. Hymns and old country songs at a nursing home. Projects are reported in their normal program area and again toward the President's Project.
Looking for Legacy
Tennessee has counties where a federated club used to meet and no longer does. This administration is going back to those places. The goal is to publish club stories in at least three areas where clubs once existed and two where none exist today.
Goals for 2026–2028
Two workshops at Fall Conference and three virtual learning programs across the administration.
Quarterly online office hours with the state president, open to any member.
Executive Committee representation at every district meeting.
Focus on Board of Directors shadowing and mentoring.
An onboarding checklist for new members, and handbook and forms published in the member area.