GFWC Departments
Arts Department
Arts in the Community
Objective: Encourage members to foster and support arts activities in all communities.
Action Plan includes:
VSA arts
Art for Youth
Fostering Community Art
Short Story and Poetry Contests
Objective: Encourage members and youth to develop creative writing skills and to recognize their achievements.
Action Plan includes:
GFWC Member Contests
Youth Contests
Photography Contests
Objective: Encourage members’ artistic expression and recognize members’ achievements in photography.
Action Plan includes:
The World in Pictures
GFWC Volunteers in Action
A Year in Pictures (Calendar Contest)
Conservation Department
Beautification Program
Objective: Educate members and others about the importance of community beautification and stimulate citizen action to address these concerns.
Action Plan includes:
Participate in Community Beautification Projects
Research and Implement Tree-planting/preservation Projects
Resource Conservation
Objective: Educate members and communities about the importance of preserving natural resources and stimulate citizen action to address these concerns.
Action Plan includes:
Education, Awareness and Practice
Participate in and/or Organize Litter Prevention Projects
Education Department
Literacy Program
Objective: Educate members and others about low literacy among adult, family and youth and encourage citizen action to address literacy concerns.
Action Plan includes:
Adult Literacy:Club/Community Education and Awareness Identification, Recruitment, and Training of Volunteer Tutors, andIdentification and Recruitment of Students
Family Literacy
Youth Literacy
Tutoring
Lifelong Learning
Objective: Promote a commitment to lifelong learning by encouraging members and others to foster and support educational opportunities in their communities.
Action Plan includes:
Epsilon Sigma Omicron
Support Libraries
Scholarships
Home Life Department
Helping Hands Program
Objective: Educate members and others about organizations that improve the lives of those in need; provide opportunities to offer support.
Action Plan includes:
Easter Seals
Heavenly Hats
Canine Companions for Independence
Habitat for Humanity International
March of Dimes
National Organization on Disability
Dollars and Sense Program
Objective: Educate members and others about the value of and need for retirement planning and to provide valuable financial information regarding checking credit, giving wisely, identity theft and social security.
Action Plan includes:
Planning Ahead: Building Retirement Income
Checking Your Credit
Wise Giving
Avoid Online Identity Theft – Don’t Go Phishing!
Preventing Identity Theft
Social Security and You
Women’s Health Program
Objective: Educate members and others about the most prevalent medical problems affecting women today, and encourage women to adopt proven methods for optimizing their own physical health and quality of life.
Action Plan includes:
Healthy Lifestyle
Shingles
Stroke
Heart Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease
Women and Cancer
Diabetes
International Affairs Department
Reaching Out Internationally
Objective: Educate members about world needs and provide opportunities to offer support.
Action Plan includes:
Care
Plan USA (formerly Childreach)
Clowns Without Borders
Cure International
Heifer Project International
Global Volunteers
Operation Smile
Save the Children
World Food Day
Cultural Exchange
United Nations Program
Objective: Educate members and others about United Nations programs concerning women and children, and support GFWC’s presence as a UN Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Observer.
Action Plan includes:
United Nations
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Public Affairs Department
Citizenship Program
Objective: Educate members and others about the importance of active citizenship, veteran’s affairs and historic preservation, and encourage participation in related activities.
Action Plan includes:
Veterans Affairs
Citizenship Participation
Historic Preservation
Safety Program
Objective: Educate members and others about community, home and vehicle safety issues, and encourage citizen action on these issues.
Action Plan includes:
Community Safety
Home Safety
Vehicle Safety