GFWC Glendale Woman's Club

11/22/2024

11/21/2024

Today I had the pleasure to be the guest speaker for Kiwanis Club of Glendale, Az sharing our club's literacy programs. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library www.gfwcreads.com and our little library program for homes built by Habitat for Humanity . Thanks to Yvonne Knaack for the invite and the box of books you donated to our group, you can bet we will put them to good use.

11/20/2024

Hello Everyone !!
We had a Wonderful time at our Dolly Parton Fundraising Event Saturday November 16th at our GFWC Glendale Women's Club House. Thanks to Everyone that Made This A Big Success !!

11/20/2024

Let’s send the best wishes to Barbara Lentz!

11/18/2024

11/17/2024

We had a gelreat time at our Fundraising Event Saturday night November 16th at the GFWC Glendale Woman's Club. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MADE THIS NIGHT A BIG SUCCESS!

11/17/2024

Check the availability of in your area and register your child today! Free to children ages 0-5 through funding shared by Dolly Parton and our incredible local community partners.
https://imaginationlibrary.com/check-availability/

11/17/2024

🎄 The GFWC Glendale Woman's Club is collecting new socks, wrapped treats, and gift cards for the USVETS. Donations can be dropped off at Memory Lane Trinkets and Treasures (5836 W. Palmaire Ave.) Monday -Saturday 10:30 to 3:30 pm.

🤗 Thank you to the Woman's Club for all they do to honor our Veterans....

U.S.VETS-Phoenix

11/17/2024

It’s WHRC Wednesday! National Native American Heritage Month has been celebrated each November since 1990, when it was first proclaimed by President George H.W. Bush--offering an annual opportunity to honor and celebrate Native American cultures and traditions.

GFWC has a long history of standing for, and with, Native American peoples. This work was helped in large part by the fact that many of our members, from local clubwomen to one of GFWC’s Presidents, Roberta Campbell Lawson (term: 1935-1938) of Oklahoma, were themselves Native American. They brought their lived experiences and education to bear on questions of legislation, cultural preservation, and mutual aid.

Take, for example, clubwoman Julia Ereaux Schulz, a member of the Gros Ventre (Aaniiih) Tribe of Montana. In 1930, she was awarded the GFWC Division of Indian Welfare’s prize for “the best presentation, not exceeding 5,000 words, of the historical background, traditions and culture of the Indians” of her state. Unique amongst the winners of that year because she was writing about her own culture, Schulz won $25 for her essay recounting the history of the Gros Ventre and their interactions with settlers. She ended with a plea for both understanding and action from her fellow clubwomen, to help the tribe’s efforts to support themselves.

Schulz went on to serve as President of the Fort Belknap Indian Woman’s Club, District Chairman for the Montana Federation of Women's Clubs, and Chairman of the Montana Federation's Indian Welfare committee, as well as holding leadership roles on her tribal council, and volunteering for over 50 years for the Tuberculosis Association. She worked for the WPA from 1936 to 1942, promoting the study and practice of her tribe’s art, and she was a correspondent for her local newspaper for over twenty years. She died in 1973, just short of her 102nd birthday.

📷Left: photo of Schulz, printed in the December 1930 issue of “The Clubwoman” to accompany an excerpt from her winning essay. Right: Headline and lede of an article from the Great Falls (MT) "Tribune," November 25, 1935, detailing Schulz’s presentation to the clubwomen of Malta “on subjects pertaining to state Indian matters.”

11/17/2024

Enjoy your day Barb Lampman!

11/17/2024

Speaking of reverse raffle, third to last number drawn receives $100. Second to last number drawn gets $150, last number drawn gets $500. Winner need not be present. Call Cheryl Kappes for tickets. Reminder for every ticket sold, we sponsor one child for an entire year in the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library . Watch us live at Facebook tonight. 9:30 p m for the final draw, at conclusion of Imagination Library-Charity Fundraiser