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here
for the GFWC Arts Community Service Program from the GFWC Club Manual.
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for the GFWC of Massachusetts
American Mural Project form.
OBJECTIVES:
1.
To enable members to create and contribute to art education activities
in their communities as participation in the arts helps raise public
consciousness and connects members and clubs with their communities.
2.
To encourage GFWC members to further their own artistic expression and
to recognize their artistic expression
through several
contests in the area of photography and writing; i.e., GFWC Volunteers
in
Action and A Year in
Pictures.
3. To
recognize the talents of women in the areas of research and exhibition.
4. To
promote programs in music, dance, drama and visual arts for individuals
with
mental and physical disabilities.
CALL
TO
ACTION
Educate yourself
Inform others
Create
change
Celebrate dates ---- February–Library
Lover Month
March–Youth
Art Month
May–National
Photography Month
THE NEW
TERMINOLOGIES
- from Departments to Community Service Programs
Collaboration
– programs and
projects that clubs initiate independent of any GFWC relationship,
meeting the needs in their own communities.
i.e., Art Exhibit at a High School
Partnerships
– programs or
projects that a club carries out on behalf of the national or
international organization specifically designed to work with GFWC clubs
i.e., American Mural Project
GFWC
Partners assist in monitoring the donations generated by GFWC
members. To ensure that your donation, at the individual,
club, district or state level is included in the GFWC total, please be
sure to:
1. Write on your check that you are a GFWC member
or club.
2. Submit your check to the GFWC Partner Contact
listed in the GFWC
Manual, even
if it has a local or
state
representative.
3. Notify GFWC of your donation by calling or
e-mailing GFWC Programs Director at
202-347-3168 or
GFWC@GFWC.org
Partner Contact
American
Mural Project
Box 538 100 Whiting Street, Winsted, CT
06098
Ellen
Griesedieck,
President
e.
Info@American Mural Project.org
p
860-379-3006
1300 Connecticut Ave. NW Washington DC
20036
Suite 700
Stephanie Litvak, Contact
e. Info@VSArts.org
p. 800-933-8721
Check
the new Club
Manual for other governmental and non-governmental resources
AWARDS
CLUB
--- A $50.00 award will be given annually
to one club in the nation
demonstrating creativity in
implementing an effective Arts
Community Service
Collaboration Program.
The award is based on narrative
reports. State chairmen should forward the winning state
entries to the
national GFWC Arts Community Service Program Collaboration
Chairman by March 15 of each
year.
A $50.00 award will be given, following the
same procedure, for an effective Arts Community
Service Partnership Program.
Entries are sent to the national GFWC Arts Community Service
Program Partnership Chairman by March 15 of each year
STATE
--- Awards will be presented annually to
one state federation in each GFWC membership
category to recognize outstanding Achievement in both the Arts
Community Service Collaboration Program
and the Arts
Community Service Partnership Program.
GRANTS
No grants
are currently offered through GFWC at this time.
GFWC
Chairmen
Jeanne
Waseleski, Arts Community Service Program Collaboration Chairman
1 Queens Peak Road Canton
CT 06019
E: Auction46@comcast.net
P: 860-693-1541
Carol White, Arts Community Service Program Partnership
Chairman
8871 Aurora Light
Way Las Vegas, NV 89123
E: FWHT@cox.net
W:
701-731-1024
H: 702-361-1006
CONTESTS
-- Please refer to Contests Section of the GFWC Club Manual
or the Contests, Awards, and Grantgs>Art and
Photography section
under Programs
on this website.
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