Okemo Valley Women’s Club March meeting

LUDLOW, Vt. ­– The Okemo Valley Women’s Club met for their March meeting on Monday, March 13. The club met at 6:30 p.m. at the Black River Valley Senior Center. Thirteen women were present, despite the winter weather. The members held a business meeting to discuss upcoming volunteer and fundraising projects, including the recently successful annual fundraising bake sale, which was held Feb. 17, and the months-long Tree of Remembrance project. The club’s fundraising events help to support their scholarship programs, local community assistance, and volunteerism. Future projects will include the annual Garden Project at Mountainside House and the Gill Home in Ludlow, Kind News distribution in local elementary schools, and Dress A Girl, an important dressmaking project which helps to protect young girls in African nations.

The club also supports the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) statewide Barbara Jean Barker scholarship, which helps to return displaced women to the workforce through a scholarship to assist with their continuing education. This scholarship is in its 29th year in Vermont.

The club also discussed the upcoming State meeting to be held in Castleton, Vt. on April 15. The state meeting will feature speakers from New Story, a Vermont battered women’s shelter. The club voted to donate funds to the shelter, and members who attend the state meeting will bring kitchen, bath and personal items to donate to the shelter.

The next meeting of the Okemo Valley Women’s Club will be held Monday, April 10 at the Black River Valley Senior Center in Ludlow. Anyone wishing to attend may contact President Penny Trick at 802-975-0313, Membership Chairwoman Suzanne Garvey at 802-236-4341, or any member.

Back To Top