SWCJAX 2023 Garden Party Open House was a Huge Success

Our Club opened our year with a Garden Party filled with fun, food & FLOWERS! We played Garden Bingo, worked on our group quilt, packed 5 bins for First Responders with snacks, enjoyed great food and fellowship with friends. "Thank You" to Theresa C. who brought us information how to stay informed on state legislations that interest or affect GFWC FL. Special thanks to Elizabeth, our D4 Director for calling our Bingo game...AND congratulations, Elizabeth, on your new quilt, raffled off to benefit Camp Boggy Creek (won by our own Terry & generously given to Elizabeth...sisterly LOVE!)

Awards at the State Level are Such an Honor!!!
    Our SWC Website took 1st Place and Healthy & Wellness and Yearbook and President’s Project each took 3rd place across the state!
     (Left to right) Christa Nuckols, GFWC FL Director of Junior Clubs; our own Kim Owens, SWCJAX Publicity Chairman; Debra Strahanoski, GFWC International President; & Linda O’Toole, GFWC FL President.

SWCJAX Learning to Protect Ourselves in a Digital World

We were grateful to have the opportunity to learn to be MORE AWARE when on our computers, cell phones and home phones. We learned what NOT to say, what to look for in questionable emails and how to not be distracted during phone conversations. Thank You Julie B for arranging to have Paul Sollee come and make us more Digital World Savvy.

Watch Us Grow!!!

New Member, Carla Furr, Jac Littlefield

(SWCJAX President), Janice Schwarz

(Membership Chair) and New Member,

Kim Armga. Welcome Ladies!!!

A Tearful Introduction to Boggy Creek, the 2022-24 GFWCFL President's Project.

Special thanks to our guest speaker, Jacqueline Boykin, from Camp Boggy Creek who shared the mission of this wonderful camp.

Our special guest last month was GFWC FL District 4 Lake Butler Woman’s Club’s, Cate Reagan, who came to tell us about the S.A.F.E. program. Cate is the District Director for the State programs in Florida and Georgia. Their program is called “Florida/Georgia S.A.F.E.” It is this area’s S.A.F.E. chapter for the national organization, called “Stuffed Animals for Emergencies.” She has been working with them off and on since 2004. It was started in Jacksonville by Cammie Sanders, to benefit emergency responders, firefighters, and police, etc. to be able to give a stuffed animal to a child or adult who is in a traumatic situation to give them something to hold on to and to help calm them and give them some peace of mind and presence and feel like they are being cared for. These stuffed animals are sanitized and shrink wrapped as a result of COVID and given to the First Responders to carry around with them to give them to anyone in need. She encouraged us to take this project on for our Club. Our very own Christine Flora rose to the challenge and delivered over 60 stuffed animals to Fire Stations in the Beaches area and is ready for more!!!

SWCJAX Follows Their Heart!!!

February Heart Month and our Ladies from SWCJAX was fortunate to have Dr. Connie Buttlar and Yvonne Caldwell, a Cardiac nurse, talk to us about our heart health.  We also used the BP cuffs to read our BP.  

HOW FUN!!!

A Great Success Combining Fund Raising and Fellowship

A group of our SWCJAX ladies came together as a FUN-draiser while painting wine glasses at The Winey Wench this summer. Just look at these amazing works of art. This was a great event to just have some fun while raising $$ for charity our Club supports. Ladies...we raise our glass to you!

GFWC FL D4 Meeting @ ORC! 

Kudos to ALL the ladies who made this event such a festive and organized event. Cathy Stringer and her team and Club volunteers worked tirelessly to make this event such a huge success. SWCJAX came away with 6 First Place and 10 Second Place — a 1st or 2nd place in EVERY category!