Program Area News
Arts and Culture
Education and Libraries
Arts and Culture
Summer Concerts at Fountain Park
We support the Wilbraham Nature and Cultural Center by supplying and staffing the Snack Shack at the Summer Concerts.
Concerts are 6:30 - 8:00 on Thursday nights. July 8, 2021 - August 12, 2021. Visit ExploreFountainPark.com for more information
Book Club
Education and Libraries
Arts and Culture
First Thursday of the month at 7:00pm
2021/2022 Book List
November - The Island of Sea Women
by Lisa See
December - The Mother in Law
by Sally Hepworth
January - Book of Lost Names
by Kristen Harmel
February - This Tender Land
by William Kent Krueger
March - The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
April - The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
May - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
Education and Libraries
Education and Libraries
Education and Libraries
Read Across America - March 2, 2021
We held an interactive ZOOM reading of a Dr. Seuss book with elementary school students. Six classrooms and 190 students participated. And through a partnership with Links-to-Libraries each child was also given book of their own to keep.
Environment
Civic Engagement and Outreach
Education and Libraries
We collected 745 cards or card fronts for
St. Jude’s Ranch for Children in Nevada.
Health and Wellness
Civic Engagement and Outreach
Civic Engagement and Outreach
- Walking Together - on good weather Saturday mornings we take a walk together
- We made 37 blankets and 10 hats for the GFWC/March of Dimes 2021 Blanket Challenge - providing baby blankets to Military families.
- We sew Comfort Pillows for breast cancer patients at Baystate Hospital.
Civic Engagement and Outreach
Civic Engagement and Outreach
Civic Engagement and Outreach
- Pack-a-thon for Haiti - we helped pack 58,900 meals for Haiti
- We provide microloans to 4 women entrepreneurs around the world through Kiva.org.
Advocates for Children
Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
2021 GFWC Juniors' Special Program
We made masks for special needs students. The masks were attached to lanyards so the children wouldn't lose them at recess!
After learning of the need for soap and shampoo for students experiencing transition due to crises, members collected hygiene items and sewed cloth bags to make portable kits. Each kit contains travel size soap, shampoo, deodorant, toothbrush and toothpaste and a comb. Kits are distributed by middle school nurses to students reporting a need.
Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
2021 GFWC Signature Program
We are working with local organizations to apply for grants to support their efforts to address domestic and sexual violence.
We are also working with GFWC Massachusetts to raise money to support the grant program.
In January 2022 we were awarded the grant we applied for on behalf of the local YWCA.