2nd Quarter Newsletter

Robin Bogan

President WACS Clearwater

It is an honor to have such a great group of women to work with! Not only do we have loads of fun, but we also get a lot done. We work together to provide charitable items to nonprofits who need assistance in doing their own good works. I guess you could say that we support the great leaders and big hearts of our community.

By getting donations from our public, we’re able to plan and deliver the items nonprofit organizations in our area need the most. They allow us to organize food drives and toy drives, provide baskets full of supplies for moms in temporary housing and support schools in need.

If you were to ask us if we have a focus, I’d say the family unit in general; support to the family.

I would like to congratulate our growing group of women in celebration of our first year since formation!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the best team, to our Active Members and our Associate Members, for all the successful projects we’ve completed together in Clearwater.

Welcome moms, grandmoms, teachers, sisters, artists and entrepreneurs! Please join us, you can make your mark here with a variety of projects to choose from.

Our Mission Statement

The Women’s Auxiliary was founded over 20 years ago to lend support to activities which improve the lives of our parishioners and to assist those in our communities. As Auxiliary members, we are here to help.

WACS Meetings

We hold monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. They are held at the Clearwater Community Volunteers Center, on the corner of Drew Street and Fort Harrison Ave., in Clearwater.

The meetings are very organized and last an hour.

If you are interested in adding value to activities that assist others and would like to join our friendly group, contact Kate Davis at:

wacscwmembership@gmail.com.

WACS Membership & Dues

Look at us! We currently have 67 members, and growing!

The membership dues are $60 a year and they are due in August. These can be made by:

Check:

Made out to “WACSCW Inc.”,

and put “WACS Dues” on the memo line.

The dues go toward our operating costs such as our website, Constant Contact, promotional items, etc.

Teacher Appreciation Week at Sandy Lane Elementary

We heard they needed some assistance and we jumped into action!

We met with the Principal, Kelly Austin, and the Family Community Liaison, Emily Marlow, at the Sandy Lane school. On their wish list, they stated they needed a microwave oven, so we gave them two! We also delivered a full-size refrigerator and a Keurig Coffee Maker...we even threw in boxes coffee pods!

Emily Marlow, Family Community Liaison

Amazing helpers!

Between the dates of 8 May and 25 May 2023, we not only donated these items, but we also prepared an abundance of food for the teaching staff, delivering a full spread of tasty treats for their lunch on Friday, 12 May.

We would like to acknowledge the following people for their major donations:

Wendy Noll Graffam donated the two microwaves.

Lindsey Noll Munson donated the Keurig coffee maker and pods.

Tiffany Novitsky donated and delivered a refrigerator.

The food preparation and homemade items were done by many of the incredible WACS members.

We appreciate all these donations very, very much, and so does Sandy Lane!

Thank you so much you wonderful women!

Sandy Lane Elementary

August 10th - Sandy Lane starts the new school year and they need an abundance of snacks and store items for the children.

Food Drive

October 10th - Launching a food drive.

Toy Drive

November 14th - Launching a toy drive.

Grace House, Hope Villages of America

Welcome Baskets

The Welcome Baskets we provided for transitioning families to temporary housing in the past were such a great hit we plan to do them again!

Preemie Caps for Hospitals

Everyone loves babies! We are in the process of knitting up a storm when it comes to newborn caps.

Socks for Seniors

We plan to gather up lots of new socks and deliver them to seniors after discovering that is what was needed!

Donations

If you would like to donate to any of the above projects, here are QR codes to our Zelle and Venmo accounts. We also accept checks or cash!

Please make checks out to:

WACSCW Inc.

Thank you for your support!

First Annual WACS Clearwater Holiday Gala!

We are very excited to announce our very first Annual Holiday Gala to be held this December at the Belleair Country Club! Join us for a delicious lunch to celebrate and acknowledge all of our wonderful WACS Clearwater members and donors!

More details will be announced as we move through the planning phase.

It’s very exciting… stay tuned!

As always, deep gratitude goes to our WACSCW Members! We can’t thank them enough for the time they donate.

In addition:

We would like to give a very special thank you to Tiffany Novitsky for finding and donating and delivering a much needed, large, beautiful refrigerator to the staff and faculty of Sandy Lane Elementary.

Thank you Wendy Graffam for microwaves and snacks and thank you Lindsey Munson for the perfect items that made the Sandy Lane Elementary School, Teachers Appreciation Week so very successful!

Thank you Dakota Egloff for including us in the second Clearwater Community Networking brunch. This was very exciting for us.

We love and appreciate you all very much!

If you are interested in joining the Women's Auxiliary Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, please contact Kate Davis at:

WACSCWmembership@gmail.com

Newsletter by Cheryl D'Arezzo and Shannon Magnie