Women Volunteers, a GFWC-NC Podcast

Learn about GFWC-NC President, Crystal O'Neal's special project to support the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum. The museum links Dr. Brown and Palmer Memorial Institute to the larger themes of African American history, women's history, social history, and education, emphasizing African Americans' contributions in North Carolina.

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In this episode I chat with Pam Foertsche and Cindy Lee to learn how the GFWC of Holden Beach supported Sea Biscuit Wildlife Shelter in the rescuing and rehabilitation of injured birds and animals in coastal North Carolina area.  

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In this episode I chat with Marie Bokor and Jan Collins of the Greensboro Woman’s Club about how their club made Sensory Quilts for residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. You’ll learn what they put into these quilts and how they created these items as a group of sewers and non-sewers.

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Did you know you can recycle plastic bags into a bench via Trex? Join me as I chat with Janet Barker and Jo Williams of the Outer Banks Woman’s Club to learn how they initiated this highly successful environmental project in their community.

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Join me as I chat with Vickie Marcone and Pam Grimm of the Greensboro Woman's Club about their Cork Recycling project #CollectTheCorks, an ongoing project of their Environment Committee.

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In this episode we chat with Stephanie Gootnick of the Women’s Club of Raleigh about their book project and fundraiser, Gleaning: Living the Covid Experience. She shares with us how clubwomen contributed poetry, photography, recipes and face masks to this interesting and emotionally compelling project.

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Learn how Statesville Woman’s Club President, Dana White, planned and implemented an impactful reverse advent calendar, Angels for Advent. As part of this community impact effort, club women collected food to donate to Yokefellow Food Pantry.

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Some people think big, and the Woman's Club of Clayton certainly did when they created a life-sized version of the board game Candy Land in the Main Street Garden in Clayton, North Carolina. I hit the road and visited the Woman's Club of Clayton's historic clubhouse to talk with Melissa Francis, Trish Perna, and Rachel Masimore to learn how they brought this amazing project to life.

In this week’s episode I read the first chapter from the History of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs 1901-1925, by Sallie Southall Cotton. She writes about the “…call for emergence from selfish individuality into broader service to the world.”

We speak with Shereá Denise Burnett of the Burlington Junior Woman’s Club about how she started a Virtual Reading Series that focused on authors of color that wrote about children of color or had illustrations that were children of color.

In this episode we speak with Crystal O’Neal, the president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of North Carolina (GFWC-NC). She shares with us information about the organization, why she became a member, some of her favorite projects and the impact they’ve had, skills women develop through volunteer service, and the support her administration is providing to the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum. 

A brief overview of the purpose of the Women Volunteers podcast.

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