GFWC Signature Projects – This area is designed to actively connect members with specific projects, either local or those supporting the GFWC Florida President’s Project.
Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention: GFWC Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention goals are to increase awareness and help prevent the widespread occurrence of violence against women and children in communities across the nation. Areas of focus can include Campus Sexual Assault, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence, Military Sexual Assault, Teen Dating Violence, and Violence Against Native American Women.
Activities:
Birthday Bags for children in Harmony House (the local emergency and long-term shelter for women and their children) in recognition of Child Abuse Awareness Month (April) – Upon delivery, we learned they needed infant and young children's clothes, so we donated $80 from club funds plus donations from club members to Harmony House.
New Pajamas for children in 3 local shelters, including Harmony House, Grandma’s Place (a shelter and loving care for children who have been removed from their home due to abuse or neglect), and Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse (AVDA). Record number of pajamas donated: more than 120.
“Purses for a Purpose” in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October), another record donation of more than 100 new or slightly used purses was made to Harmony House.
Support for Grandma’s Place with a donation of food, drink pops, snacks, paper supplies, a $25 gift card, etc., for their summer program, along with 30 new pajamas.
Donated $50 to Hands and Feet, a local non-profit organization that supports kids in
Foster Care. The committee hopes to work more with this organization in 2025
Donated $50 to Hope for Justice, a national organization fighting abuse
We welcome new members and new ideas to support organizations helping victims of violence, women, children, and older people.
Epsilon Sigma Omicron (ESO) - The purpose of ESO is to provide club women with a structured reading program to promote individual educational pursuits and stimulate a desire for self-improvement. ESO can take the form of a reading group or through an individual’s personal reading activities. The goals of ESO, which is developed primarily for the personal benefit of clubwomen, are as follows:
To encourage clubwomen’s continuing pursuit of self-education
To create an additional means to unite women in volunteerism
To stimulate systematic home reading and study with minimum supervision
To encourage the establishment of home libraries and greater use of public libraries
To encourage the formation of reading/study/discussion groups
GFWC Florida President’s Project: Flight to Honor: During each GFWC Florida administration, the President has the excellent opportunity to choose a President’s Project. For this term, GFWC Florida President Sara Dessureau has chosen to honor our GFWC Florida Women Veterans through a Flight To Honor. Veterans are an essential part not only of our history but also of the ongoing sacrifices they make for our country. While we honor all the veterans, Sara wanted to pay special tribute to female veterans in the GFWC Florida organization. GFWC Florida is sponsoring an all-inclusive flight to Washington, D.C. for approximately 172 GFWC Florida veterans in early 2026. This will be the first all-female veterans Flight to Honor in Florida. Sara’s goal is to raise $150k to cover the costs of the flight, hotel the night before, and food expenses for both the veteran and their guardian.
GFWC Greater West Palm Beach Women's Club has made over 180 Patriotic bears, which will be given to each of the Flight of Honor veterans on their return from D.C.
The bears are individually sponsored by both GFWC Club members across Florida, as well as non-members alike. Sponsorship monies helped fund this wonderful project.
