We are a volunteer organization providing services and programs in Arts & Culture, Civic Engagement & Outreach, Education & Libraries, Environment, and Health & Wellness
We are an amazing group of women of all ages, talents, and interests unified by our common desire to serve our community.
Membership is open to any woman over 18 years old, living in Wilbraham or any other community that doesn't have its own GFWC of Massachusetts Junior Club.
A local church partnered with Haiti Health Promise of Holy Name and planned a meal packaging event with Feed the Hunger. GFWC Wilbraham Junior Women’s Club members Kathy Fuss and Katy Reed co-chaired the event and 150 individuals from the community volunteered during the two day event to help with the assembly of the meal packages. Teams of volunteers filled bags with rice, dehydrated pinto beans, dehydrated vegetables and vitamin powder. 47,760 bags were packaged and each bag provides a completely nutritious meal with six-servings. The meals from this packathon are going directly to Haiti to be distributed by the Haiti Health Promise of Holy Name facility located in Milot, Haiti.
The GFWC Massachusetts Junior Membership named us the Best Small Club for Programs & Activities in 2021.
After two years, the Bunny Breakfast was back on April 9th. We did have a great Drive-thru Bunny Breakfast last year, but it wasn't quite the same as pancakes and sausages in the church hall. We served over 250 people this year. The craft table was a big hit with the kids as were visits with the Bunny. The Raffle table looked spectacular and received a lot of participation.
A big Thank-you to LUSO Federal Credit Union for their sponsorship and St. Cecilia Parish for hosting us. It was so nice to see friends and families all coming together again in such a fun way. (see photos below)
On March 4th Brenda Willard organized a collection of items for Ukraine. Here are her words about the event:
A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to the collection of items for the benefit of those in need in Ukraine. Your kindness and generosity is overwhelming! Everything has been dropped of at the church in Westfield and will be sorted, boxed up and transported to Lviv, Ukraine for distribution to those in need within a few days! I must share that I was amazed at the enormity and organized structure of this project! They have only been collecting items for one week! (see photos below)