Please join us on October 26th as we gather "United in friendship understanding and devotion…Strengthened by gratitude, compassion and diversity"

 

Initiative Three: Homelife/International Outreach: We will collect 1,000 pairs of used tennis/rubber soled shoes for the Nike Reuse program. Shoes are recycled and made into playgrounds and other items. Other non-rubber soled shoes donated will be donated to Soles 4 Souls.

North West District is asking clubs to collect one half of  your membership number.      

To Date: 36,763 pairs                                              GFWC GOAL: 40,000

Initiative Four: Public Issues: We will spotlight Women in the Military projects. Each club is challenged to complete one project for women in the military prior to March 30, 2020 for active or retired military women. Statewide, we will begin a “Cinderella” closet for women in the military to access on their base. Formal and semi-formal dresses will be donated at Institute 2019 for distribution to bases in Georgia. 

 To Date:799 projects were completed     GFWC GOAL: 1000 projects

Initiative Five:  CPR: Martin Luther King, Jr. “Day of Service”  will (not to be confused with our Georgia Day of Service to be held on April 25, 2020) encourage clubs to participate in a community service project on 1/20/2020 and promote it on the GFWC Facebook page. Report under CPR.

To Date: 789 projects completed           GFWC GOAL: 1000

Initiative Six* Capital Campaign: We will challenge each of our 2000 plus members to donate $.50 (yes, fifty cents) to the Million Dollar Campaign to total $1,000 by Fall District meetings in 2019. The state will send donation. Funds will be collected at the district level and submitted by the district treasurer to the state office by December 1, 2019 after Fall 2019 meetings.  We voted to increase our district dues by $.50 per member for the next two years       

To date 99 members donated $1,000   GFWC  GOAL:  1000

Initiative Seven:  Legislative: We will increase the number of members signed up for Legislative Action Alert (GFWC) by 100 during 2018 and 2019 at Institute. Each club will be provided the tools to teach young people through high school classes, older Scout troops or Girls/Boys State programs about resolutions. Each club is challenged to complete one project prior to March 30, 2019 and a second project by March 30, 2020.

Have someone at your meetings available to sign members up as they come in.  To Date: 1594 members have joined.          GFWC GOAL: 2500

3 Brand New Initiatives Goal

#1 1000 calls or emails to US Representatives on September 23, 2019 to urge passage of HR 2793, Miranda’s Law

#2 1000 calls or emails to US Senators and Representatives on October 23, 2019urging passage of 3D PRINTED GUN SAFETY

#3 1000 club/ State projects will be in place to celebrate the 100^th Anniversary of Women winning the right to vote on August 26, 2020

Every child no matter their circumstances, has the inherent right to a loving good night, complete with the comforting bedtime ritual of changing into new clean pajama’s and enjoying an enchanting story.

We are asking our clubs to bring in Pajamas for our 2020 Convention centerpieces, after the convention all Pajamas will be donated to the Pajama Program.