VOLUME 90 NO 3 JANUARY 2011

GFWC
FLORIDA
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GFWC FLORIDA FEDERATION OF WOMEN’S CLUBS gfwcflorida.org

The new doors at Headquarters. Thanks to all who donated

to the Door Fund and Paving the Way.
Inside this issue:

Holiday Open House Page 2

President’s Message Page 3

Women’s Club News Page 4

Artful Bra Page 6

Member Spotlight Page 7

Junior Club News Page 8

Juniorette Club News Page 11

Tech Edge Page 12

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Holiday Open House

On December 10 and 11, GFWC Florida held it’s first Holiday Open House. The Executive
Committee was on board as members had the opportunity to see the new doors and cel-
ebrate the holidays. Plan ahead, this years celebration will be December 9th and 10th.

GFWC Central Florida Women’s Service

GFWC North Pinellas Members League, one of our newest clubs attended!
with Presidents Dennis and Hulse

The GFWC Florida Clubwoman President-elect Director of Junior Clubs

Pat Zazzarino, 1895 Hickory Lane, Jolie Frankfurth, 17529 Edinburgh Drive
Official Publication of GFWC Florida
Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 Tampa, FL 33647
Federation of Women’s Clubs,
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First Vice President Treasurer
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e-mail [email protected] website gfwcflorida.org Trinity, FL 34655 Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

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Editorial Staff Second Vice President Finance Officer

Barbara Mehaffey, 1517 County Road 309 Karen-Lee Donohue, 10271 Brookville Lane
Editor in Chief Teddy Hulse, 402 Coply Terrace, Sebastian, FL 32958
Georgetown, FL 32139 Boca Raton, FL 33428
President 772-589-2929, [email protected]
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Managing Editor Beth Cammarota, 952 US 1, Sebastian, FL 32958 Corresponding Secretary Parliamentarian

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Assistant Editor Kathy Messersmith, 767 Glencove Street, Sebastian, FL 772-589-8611, [email protected] 321-773-6388, [email protected]

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Judith Mineo, 1134 Isle of Palms Path Alice Rodriguez, 1650 Tyner Road

Junior Editor Joy Wright, 1927 Kimball Court South, Lakeland, FL 33813 The Villages, FL 32162 Haines City, FL 33844

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President’s Message Teddy Hulse

Happy New Year. Hopefully you had a great Holiday season. Personally, with a two and
a five year old grandson, Christmas was a day to remember. To anyone who knows me, I
am a last minute person when it comes to Christmas, it is not uncommon for me to be put-
ting up decorations as I leave for the Candlelight Service. So this year I wanted to be
done early and I didn’t want to be cooking Christmas dinner while everybody was party-
ing. I finished decorating the house on Wednesday night, went to Publix and bought all
the fixins for the Christmas Eve Dinner Party and Christmas Dinner on Thursday and even
Friday finished up Christmas Shopping by 9:30 that morning. I came home and made la-
sagna for the next day and wrapped all the gifts and then was totally bored until it was
time to get ready for Church. Again not normal, this should have been my first clue I was
in for an different Christmas. As I put everything in the oven for the Christmas Eve party, I
got this strange smell, kind of like food burning in the oven, but figured it was something
that had spilled, (after all I am not a Martha Stewart), this was another big clue but still
didn’t get it. Christmas morning, I got up at 6:30 and put the hams in the oven and made
the potatoes, (my club provides food for the senior dinners and meals on wheels), again
that strange smell, whatever! I then loaded the food, met with club members for a small
celebration and then took the food up for the meal. Next was the grandkids and a minia-
ture toy’r’us. What a ball. When I got home I put the lasagna in the oven to start warm it
up, again the smell, hello stupid. Friends and family arrived and we started to make appe-
tizers. Then it happened! As I turned the oven up, and the element caught fire. I immedi-
ately grabbed the extinguisher, what was I thinking, if let that go I would be cleaning the
mess up for a week. Second action, get the food out, it was an arc not an big flame, don’t
panic, next stunt, try salt, oops problem, I don’t use salt, then I remembered a small con-
tainer of salt for pop corn, (of course it was as hard as a rock), that didn't work either, not
enough salt. (Thank God, my nephew had by that time flipped the breaker) Now the whole
element was white hot and the flame was working it’s way around to the back of the oven.
OK now what, how about a wet rag. It burnt right through it!. So being the ever “Tim the
Toolman” mentality, I grabbed a pair of pliers and tried to jerk the element out, but part
came out in my hands. As we pondered our next move, the unit burnt itself out.
After everybody left that night, I thought about the stove. How much it was like our clubs
and clubwomen. How when we get clues that a problem exists, we blow it off and don’t
look for a solution before the fire. How after the fire starts, we have a tendency for knee
jerk reactions which can cause a huge mess, or we try to put the fire out with salt when it’s
too little or too late. We even try to attack the problem by pulling the club apart and only
part comes with you. In the end, the element (the club) will burn out. All I can say is, if
you smell a problem, deal with it well before it becomes a fire. Just remember all ele-
ments are not the same. If you need help, just call GFWC Florida’s Ex-
ecutive Committee or the Leadership Liaison Committee. We will be
more than happy to help control the elements.
PS, Dinner was on time and hot. Lesson learned from the
Hurricanes, grills work wonders!
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Woman’s Club News

WOMEN HELPING WOMEN
It is terrifying to be a victim of domestic abuse. Imagine sneaking out of your house in the middle
of the night with nothing but the clothes on your back. Places like Safehouse of Seminole County
are there to help victims get back on their feet in a safe environment. But they can’t do it alone.
They rely on the help of the community and many non-profit organizations that commit to helping
Safehouse get their job done.
The GFWC Lake Mary Woman’s Club is one of those
organizations that has supported Safehouse since
it’s founding. Kathy Harris, President of the Lake
Mary Woman's Club, represented the GFWC Florida
Federation of Woman’s Clubs at Victoria's Secret Hol-
iday Regional meeting. At the meeting, Kathy collect-
ed 1,250 brand new bras for Safehouse. Kathy per-
sonally delivered the bras to Safehouse much to the
delight Executive Director Jeanne Gold and Commu-
nity Relations Manager Melissa Winstead. Some of
the new bras will be distributed to the women and
teenage girls currently on site. Others will be saved
for future residents of Safehouse.

The Hacienda Girls Ranch’s Christmas

Party was held December 12. Members
of the Viera Woman’s Club and the Sun-
shine Juniorettes provided the refresh-
ments. Clubwomen from around the
state attended and brought or sent spe-
cial gifts. Thanks to all for your support.

GFWC WOMEN’S CLUB OF WEST BROWARD has partnered with The Davie Women’s
Club to create a memorial wall hanging quilt. After learning of this project at our last con-
vention, we have picked up the ball and have been rolling with it.
Members met in September to cut and sew 6 x 6 fabric squares that have a section in the
middle where for a small donation, a dedication can be written in honor or in memory of
someone. Members have taken these squares to a local Craft show, a Gretchen Wilson
Concert and even one member took them to a tailgating party. Squares will continue to be
available until April 2011, after which, the squares will be put together by a local quilting club
that is donating and volunteering their time and material to put the quilt together.

The Clubs will donate this wall hanging quilt a to a new Women’s Cancer Center at Memori-
al Regional West Hospital. The hope is that this quilt will be an inspiration to the patients
who are at the hospital to have their chemotherapy treatments.
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Annual Christmas Party for Children

The GFWC Woman’s Club of Macclenny made Christmas hap-

pen for those less fortunate. The legacy of clubwoman Marjorie
Lord, founder of the Marjorie Lord Christmas Party, continued this
December through her daughters, Frances Frost and Marilyn
Hodges, and GFWC Woman’s Club of Macclenny. The tradition
that began in 1995 with a collection of stuffed animals being given
to local churches served more than a hundred fifty children this
year. The children walked around with bags in hands and made
their selections of Christmas toys, shoes, outfits, candies and
fruits.

“Diapers for Darlings”

Last year I encountered a young couple

with small child on a cold, rainy day who
were seeking help from any source. They
had obtained food from Salvation Army and
local Sharing Center, but were sent beach-
side to a church in hopes of getting some
money for gas and diapers. The husband
had lost his job. My immediate thoughts
were that our great country had just recent-
ly sent millions of dollars in aid to Haiti, and
this poor couple were literally begging for a
small donation. I gave the mother $20
Left to Right--Jeanne Roach, Michael Hubler, Execu-
tive Director, South Brevard Sharing Center, and
(that's all I had to spare in cash at the mo-
Sadie Baker ment). When I got home, I contacted the
Salvation Army and the Sharing Center to
verify the need for pampers. It was critical. At the next SBWC General Meeting (with Presi-
dent's approval), I related what happened and requested permission to implement a Diapers
for Darlings project. Members have been very supportive with monetary and in-kind dona-
tions for what will be a continuing project as long as possible. All pampers are donated to
the Salvation Army and the South Brevard Sharing Center in Melbourne. I'm sometimes
called the "Diaper Angel" when I make deliveries for the club. The need for sizes 5 and 6
pampers is on-going; I look for sales and coupons to save as much as possi-
ble. It is another personally rewarding experience for me. Sadie Baker

“Diaper backwards spells REPAID,

Think about it!”
Marshall McLuhan
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Artful Bra Upcoming Fund Raisers

GFWC Florida
Federation of
Woman’s Clubs
Federation
Fashionistas in
Pink Saturday,
October 1, 2011
11:30am Brunch
and
Fashion Show

Golf Scramble
Friday, October 28, 2011 1:00 pm tee off
Hole Sponsors
Timacuan Country Club Lake Mary Florida
Needed
Sponsored by: GFWC Lake Mary Woman’s Club
GFWC Florida Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Proceeds to: Breast Cancer Research to Find the Cure
$100 per golfer
18 holes – 144 spaces available
Awards Banquet 7:00 pm
Guests welcome for $25 per person
Prizes and Entertainment
All Reservations due to
Lynn Cline by August 1, 2011
home 407-695-3724
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A Member Spotlight….. Page 7
Aloha Fellow Federated Women,
Words cannot express how grateful I am to have been able to participate in
the Ironman Triathlon World Championships AND EXCEED my charity
goal of $15,000. On the day before the race, I turned in a number to the
Janus Charity Challenge that far exceeded my original thoughts coming
into this race. The final total was $17,000 and this will send 17 children to
Camp Hopetake Burn Camp in June, 2011. When I originally began to
think of raising funds, it was the support of my husband, John and my good
friend Jolie Frankfurth that prompted me to “Reach for the Stars”. How
glad I am that with their encouragement I was able to raise so much mon-
ey.
I am so blessed to have had your support, both financially and with your
thoughts and prayers, that I can put October 9 th, 2010 down as one of my
most memorable days in my life. As I spent the day moving forward
through Hawaii, many thoughts went through my mind and “not finishing”
was never one. Finishing, and Finishing strong was my mantra. I was so
well prepared for the day that my body just knew what it had to do, and it
cooperated.
As I started the swim with 1900 other people, I was able to seed myself in
a great place to get off to a smooth start. I remained calm and had a beautiful swim, and I had to remind myself not
to look too long at all the colorful fish below me. Coming out of the water into transition 1 and on to the bike was
steady; I was ready to move on. Everything went smoothly except for the flat rear tire I had at mile 3.5 of the bike,
but with calmness and steady hands, I made a quick change of the tube and got back on the road in record time.
With the winds on the bike I had to reach a little deeper for strength and prayers that all would go well and it did. As
I arrived into transition 2, I was ready to get off my bike and use my running legs. The beginning of the run course
was packed with people and I saw my family, John, Emily, mom and dad and friends Thea and Jim. I also saw my
friend/training buddy, Gail, as we passed each other. After the fan fare, we headed out for the rest of the run where
the only spectators were at the drink aid stations. I saw the most beautiful sunset as I ran down hill into the Natural
Energy Lab. There, I would emerge back out on the Queen K with my glow stick necklace as the sun had gone
down and the moon was the only thing in the sky. I ran in darkness for a while but I just kept running to the lights
and crowd noise. As I descended the hill coming in, I could hear people being declared an Ironman. With what I
had left, I crossed the finish line feeling strong and elated. I reached my finishing time goal for the Ironman that day
and can honestly say that I had a Personal Record in Kona, HI, with a 12:41:04 finish. It was amazing, I lived my
dream.
This was a day that I was able to just relish in the fact that this was bigger than me, and that my part with the Janus
Charity Challenge will make a difference in so many other lives. Each one of you has contributed to the goal of
$17,000, and you should be proud of stepping out and helping these children. Without your help, this would have
not have happened. I thank you again for your prayers, donations and well wishes. I could not have done it without
you.
Mahalo, Michele Small
Philippians 4:13- I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
P.S. I have turned in the total donation amount to the Tampa Firefighters, and I was told that this was the largest
donation that they have ever received. They are very excited and thrilled to be the recipients of your generous
gifts. Thank you.
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GFWC Florida Juniors

Orlando Junior Woman's Club 2010 Cheers To

Charities, "Flashback to the 80s: Big Hair, Big
Earrings, Big Support"

The Orlando Junior Woman's Club held

their 8th Annual Cheers To Charities event on
October 9, 2010. The annual silent auction has
always been focused on having fun while support-
ing the local community. This year, the club's
theme was "Flashback to the 80's: Big Hair, Big
Earrings, Big Success". And a big success it
was! More than 120 attendees rocked their way
through the 80's in music and costume! The club
was able to solicit over 70 donations from local left to right: Lea Blackerby, Tabitha Townsend,
businesses including hotel stays, massages, res- Brooke Randa, Graziella Hedidger
taurant gift certificates, gift baskets, tickets to local
sporting events, and so much more. The donation tables were so full, club members
were setting chairs around the perimeter of the room to hold all of the donations. When the
club gives it's annual philanthropic donations, many Central Florida organizations will benefit
from the over $3000 raised at Cheers to Charities!

Seminole Heights Community Gardens

Get a Hand From New Tampa Junior
Woman’s Club

With the fate of community gardens in the

hands of the Tampa City Council, mem-
bers of the Seminole Heights Community
Gardens have been living in fear. Howev-
er, they now have new hope after receiv-
ing a check in the amount of five hundred
dollars from the GFWC New Tampa Jun-
ior Woman’s Club in honor of World Food
Day.
GFWC New Tampa Junior Woman’s Club presents check to
Seminole Heights Community Gardens

World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the
founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945
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Pictured is Jessica Throckmorton, Junior

District Director for District 4 in the Wom-
en’s History and Resource Center at
GFWC Headquarters. This is why we
report! Reporting is a part of our GFWC
history but also our National history.

Juniors Give Helping Hands to Lakeland Fundraising Walks

The GFWC Junior Woman’s Club of Lakeland were busy in the month of October supporting
a variety of different walks in the Lakeland area.
The Polk County Heart Walk was held in Bartow on October 2nd. Lakeland Juniors were on
hand to help with the children’s activities that were available before and after the walk. Jun-
ior’s showed their community support for the important cause of heart disease, which is the
number one killer of women.
On October 9th, Junior members and three prospective members worked at the Heather’s
Hope Domestic Violence Walk around Lake
Hollingsworth. The walk benefitted the chil-
dren of a domestic violence victim, Heather
Rimmer. Heather was killed by her hus-
band in Lakeland two years ago. Her chil-
dren are being raised by her parents. Our
members handed out water and Crystal
Light packets and also worked the registra-
tion table.
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness
month, our club helped out the American
Cancer Society’s Making Strides Breast
Cancer Walk. Members
wore their “Help Save Se-
cond Base Shirt” and manned a water table. The group handed out over 700
water bottles in under an hour while cheering on the 2,500 walkers participat-
ing in the event. The walk raised over $130,000 and the Lakeland Juniors
were very proud to be a part of the event.
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GFWC Sebastian River Junior Woman’s

Club won the “Best Outside Traditional
Decorations” from the Sebastian Chamber
of Commerce's Light Up Night. With the
GFWC Sebastian Woman’s Club they
hosted an Open House on Friday, Decem-
ber 3. Then the next night the marching
band escorted Santa and sleigh in the
city’s parade to his Santa House in the
Park, which they build and host Santa
each Saturday in December.

Dine For a Cause

On Thursday, September 30th, patrons of the one of

the newest restaurants in Jupiter, FL helped GFWC
Jupiter Tequesta Junior Woman’s Club raise funds
towards building a schoolroom in Barranquilla, Atlánti-
co Colombia.
The members of the International Outreach CSP
partnered with Spiro’s Taverna in Jupiter. They
used word of mouth, flyers posted around town, Fa-
cebook and emails to encourage friends, family & co-
workers to come and dine on some delicious Greek food, enjoy belly dancing and take
chances on a 50-50.
In return, Spiro’s donated 10% of their receipts for the night. Over $400 was raised from the
restaurant, other donations and the 50-50 receipts and a good time was had by all.

The gals from the GFWC NORTH COLLIER JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB know how to
shop! A social event was held at CHARMING CHARLIE, a local "fun" fashion" Jewelry
chain here in Naples. This store has it all, and the Jr. Shopper Gals all received 20% off
too! On the community side of the club, the members filled Christmas stockings for the
Salvation Army and they will be given to local needy children in time for Christmas. The
members will become artists soon and start painting ceramics bowls for the
HARRY CHAPIN FOOD BANK fundraiser, EMPTY BOWL. The bowls filled with soup,
donated from local restaurants, are sold for $ 10.00 and this helps build the food bank
back up. Over 1200 bowls are sold in one hour and half!!! SUPER
FUNDRAISER! TASTY TOO!
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Juniorettes
GFWC SUNSHINE JUNIORETTES

At their meeting on October 3rd,

the GFWC Sunshine Juniorettes
made 91 Halloween goodie bags
they distributed to local chil-
dren’s shelters. On the third Sat-
urday of every month, the Sun-
shine Juniorettes hold a
“workday.” October’s workday
was designated for Operation
Smile, and in four hours the girls
made 12 hospital gowns and 10
smile dolls to donate. For Na-
tional “Make a Difference Day,
October 25” the GFWC Viera
Woman’s Club and the Sunshine Juniorettes teamed up for a bake sale to benefit the
Friends of the Suntree-Viera Library. Together they made $442 to help fund the Library’s
youth programs. What a great group of young women our Juniorettes are!

The GFWC Temple Terrace

Juniorettes recently hosted a Bin-
go Party and Ice Cream Social for
the residents of Hope Lodge. The
Juniorettes treated everyone to ice
cream sundaes and brownies, and
then everyone gathered for an en-
thusiastic bingo party with mystery
prizes. The American Cancer Soci-
ety sponsors the Hope Lodge,
which is a temporary residence for
people undergoing treatment at
the Moffitt Cancer Center. The res-
idents said this was a fun activity,
and they enjoyed meeting the Jun-
iorettes.
L-R Brooke Jones, Brooke Hunter, Sara Wortman, Sydney Levine,
Miranda Otto, Kendall Griffey
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Tech Edge E mail Oversized Pictures

If you've ever received photos through e-mail, you may have run into this weird phenomenon where the picture
is so incredibly big all you see is the top left hand corner of the picture and to see the rest you have to scroll left
and then down. That's great if you want to look at a close up of someone's nose (just scroll around until you find
it), but how do you "zoom out" so you can see the whole picture? In order to do that, you have to take steps to
save the picture then re-open it with another program. When you open an e-mail and the picture is so big, it's
important to keep in mind that it's not your fault. You aren't doing anything wrong at all. Your e-mail program is
working properly, it's just a matter of "what you see is what you get." So what does that mean exactly? Well,
quite simply that means whoever sent you the picture didn't take the steps (or didn't know how to take the steps)
to "optimize the picture for e-mail." (In English that means whoever sent the e-mail didn't take the time to shrink
the picture first before sending it. They likely just attached the picture as is to the e-mail and sent it off.)
What you have to do first is save the picture to a folder on your hard drive and then open it with some type of
picture viewer to see it in its entirety. To do that , click on the little paper clip that represents the picture that's
attached to the e-mail and click "save as." That opens a standard "save as dialogue box" where you select the
folder you want to save in and either change the name of the file or at least make a note of what it's called. I rec-
ommend saving pictures in the my pictures folder in your my documents folder. Once saved, either close out of
(or minimize) your e-mail program, double click your my documents folder and then double click your my pic-
tures folder. Then find the picture you just saved and double click it.
Pictures will typically open with the Windows picture and fax viewer. This is a great utility that lets you step
through each picture in a folder and, no matter how big they are, keeps them centered in the screen and resized
to fit, ending the headache of having to scroll left and right and up and down to see everything.
But, what happens if your picture doesn't open with the Windows picture and fax viewer? Easy. Try again, but
this time, instead of double clicking the picture, click it once with the right mouse button, move your pointer down
to "open with" and then (with the left mouse button) click "Windows picture and fax viewer." That should give you
the same results.