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Robin Bogan
President
WACSCW Inc., a Nonprofit Organization
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We are working like little elves preparing for the big social event of the holiday season, our First Annual Holiday Gala Fundraiser!
This beautiful event will be held at the Belleair Country Club on December 9th, with the reception starting at 11:00am, and the lunch at 12:00pm. There will also be a raffle and silent auction. We are expecting 250 of our beloved supporters, family, and friends.
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Plan to enjoy a decadent coffee drink or perhaps a mimosa at our reception. The ballroom will be an explosion of holiday decor and the menu will be divine! Enjoy a three-course meal chosen just for us, along with vegetarian options.
A few of our special friends are quietly building baskets of rare and luxurious items for your silent bidding pleasure. Some other artist friends are creating unique decorative items for you to bid on, suited for the holidays. Wait until you see these incredible pieces!
To tempt you even more, some treasures to bid on will include goodies from In Your Face Skincare, Rebecca Minkoff, a gourmet cooking basket, Linens & Hutch, Debra Kagen Murray, fine artist, Karen Eckes, fine artist, and a variety of Beauty, Health and Wellness products for both men and women! This is just a taste, there will be much, much more!
In addition to the silent auction, we’re holding a raffle with an incredible prize that will be announced very soon.
All of the contributions to our cause have been so wonderfully generous. There is truly something for every taste! All the activities at the Holiday Gala can be enjoyed while socializing with your family and friends.
As part of the event, I will give you a brief overview of our exciting plans for 2024. I’ll fill you in on the different nonprofits we’ll be working with, and who will benefit from our work.
We hope to acquire enough gifts at the Holiday Gala to fund our projects all year long, to uplift our community by providing more to families in need.
Please honor us by attending and bringing your family and friends.
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“To improve conditions and enhance the lives of those in our community through the good works of other nonprofit organizations who need assistance.” | |
Who We Are
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Church of Scientology Clearwater, Inc. was launched in August 2022 with 30 members. We are a private lady’s club providing charity. We are proud to say we have grown to over 58 members since then.
Our group of women truly enjoy helping others! We offer our support to nonprofit organizations in our community. We do this by providing what they need or want, so they in turn can continue to do their own good works in kind.
We keep it simple.
It is a wonderful experience to see how happy the recipients are at the presentation -- this moment is so full of smiles, love, and support!
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WACS Membership & Dues
To support our operating costs, we have annual dues of $60.
Dues can be paid by making a check out to “WACSCW Inc.” (put “WACS Dues” on the memo line). Or by Zelle and Venmo, see the QR codes below.
Check:
Made out to “WACSCW Inc.”,
and put “WACS Dues” on the memo line.
Or by Zelle and Venmo, see QR codes below!
Good News!
We are officially recognized as a
Non-Profit Organization, WACSCW, Inc.!
All donations to support our projects are tax exempt
under our 501(c)(3) IRS status.
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Our Community Managing Director, Keri Lee, has us up and running on Facebook. We now have 67+ members in the Facebook group.
Check it out and be sure to join!
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Announcing our First Annual Women’s Auxiliary Church of Scientology Holiday Gala Fundraiser! We are so excited to put this event on for you!
Tickets are now on sale. You can get individual tickets or a VIP table for 8 or 10 people. If undecided, give us a call, we would be glad to help you with tickets and seating.
We would be so happy if you could join us, and bring your family and friends.
Get your tickets today!
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Join us at our WACS Meetings!
If you like working on projects and have the purpose of helping others, we welcome you with open arms!
We meet the second Wednesday of each month, from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. The meetings 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 joining our group, or would like to find out more about what we do, contact Kate Davis at:
wacscwmembership@gmail.com.
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During the school year, we assist the faculty and staff with items needed such as uniforms or microwaves.
In August, the Sandy Lane school started their new school year. What they needed were snacks and store items for the children.
On August 14th, we pulled into Sandy Lane with a large flatbed truck of snacks for the kids and prizes for their store, delivering a total of 64 items!
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Robin Bogan delivering snacks & prizes | |
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Ginevra Murnan with Tammy Bingham,
the School Counselor
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Ginevra Murnan setting up the
Student Store
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For student snacks, we provided large boxes of chips, snack bars, fruit rolls, etc. Having these snacks available for those children who arrived last, and missed breakfast, is very important. With food in their tummies, they could focus on schoolwork.
Providing Sandy Lane with these items is significant because without it, the teachers purchase these items with their own money. We support teachers!
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Robin, along with all the women who donated or worked on this project, did an amazing job! We are so proud of them and their efforts. | |
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Food Drive
Co-Charimen, Jeannine Hall and Marian Henry
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The food drive was launched on Sept 22nd. We are looking for high quality, organic (if possible), non-perishable food items. The type of items needed are canned meats, low sugar cereal, pasta, rice, and peanut butter.
Send all items to:
Jeannine Hall, 1734 Pebble Hill Court, Palm Harbor, FL 34683
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Adopt-a-Family for Christmas
Chairman, Vanessa Cummins Gillotte
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This year we will be granting Christmas wishes to families in need. This includes bringing gifts, Christmas trees and hot meals to those families. Let us know if you are interested in participating in the Adopt-A-Family project! | |
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Uniforms for Sandy Lane Elementary
Chairman, Ginevra Murnan
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We will be collecting and donating uniforms for the kids of Sandy Lane Elementary. Donations are always welcome to go towards this project! See below QR codes to donate. | |
Toy Drive for Children in Foster Care and other organizations in Clearwater | |
Early November - If you’d like to participate, we are providing gifts for all ages, infants to 18. Gifts include books, games, sports equipment, craft kits, grooming items, learning toys, musical instruments, etc. Start shopping now! No need to wrap the toys. These are then distributed to Winter Wonderland and other locations. | |
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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! | March 2nd, 2024 - To be held at the Clearwater Community Volunteers, Saturday, March 2, 2024, at 3:00pm. | Community Networking Engagements | These are held several times a year. You are invited! Stay tuned for announcements about the next one. | We plan to adopt more schools next year, get involved in a fabulous art program for children, work with the Sheriff’s Dept, and partner with more nonprofits; one of them is to benefit victims of human trafficking. | |
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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!
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Our projects are completely funded by you! We are all volunteers.
Below are the Levels of Giving for anyone wishing to donate, and a list of those who have already generously donated.
Huge gratitude to our supporters. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
Lionheart $5,000
Monica Agami
Luminary $2,500
Tom & Victoria Cummins
Shannon Noll
Lindsay Munson & Wendy Graffam
Visionary $1,000
Protector $500
Joy Gendusa
Superhero $250
Tiffany Novitsky
Hero $100
Karen Simons
Geoff Pick
Caroline Veach
Nancy Reitze
Lee Anne Gillotte
Pam Savelo
Liz Baybak
Gail Carroll
Lee Ann Cronk
Karen Morrissett
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Thank you all so very much for your passion and dedication.
Thank you, a million times over, Monica Agami who is our first Lionheart gift status of $5,000. Monica has been there with us since our first meeting with her brilliant contributions, her enthusiasm, her “let’s get it done” attitude and with her love and generosity before we even booked the venue!
Thank you to our member, Shannon Noll for helping to sponsor the Holiday Gala event.
Thank you to Tom & Victoria Cummins for helping to sponsor this event along with their family which includes our member, Vanessa Cummins Gillotte.
Thank you to Chris Estey and family, Lindsey Munson, Wendy Graffam, Rebecca Minkoff, Nancy Cartwright, Lee Anne Gillotte, Denice Duff, and Joy Gendusa! Their contributions are very significant to the success and excitement of this Holiday Gala.
Thank you to our dear friends at the Clearwater Community Volunteer Center.
Thank you to Lisa Malm, President and Co Founder of Women’s Auxiliary in Los Angeles and who are celebrating their 25th year! Congratulations!
We would like to thank everyone who has contributed with their time, their products, or their funds. We can’t do this without your attention and support!
We love and appreciate you all very much!
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If you are interested in joining the Women's Auxiliary Church of Scientology Clearwater, Inc., please contact Kate Davis at:
WACSCWmembership@gmail.com
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Newsletter by Cheryl D'Arezzo and Shannon Magnie | | | | |
