Bessemer Womans Club

12/29/2025

Christmas cards were distributed to residents of Westgate, Skyview, Villa Maria, and the Gogebic Medical Care Facility by Bessemer Woman’s Club members Marlene Zaleski and Christine Forslund.

12/16/2025

Annie, Judy, and Mary Lou at Bessemer’s St Vincent DePaul accepted the Bessemer Woman’s Club Christmas collection donation.

12/16/2025

The Bessemer Woman’s Club held their Christmas gathering Sunday, hosting local author Mary Beth Hoffner Trudgeon who talked about the writing and illustrating of her book, “Saturday on the Farm”.
Non perishable items were collected for the Bessemer St Vincent DePaul and Christmas cards were collected for the BWC card project.

12/09/2025

The Bessemer Woman’s Club will be holding their Christmas celebration on Sunday, December 14 from 1:30 to 3:30 at 802 E Gold Street, Bessemer. Hostesses are Lynn Ormes and Joanne Pihlaja. We are excited to announce our special guest will be author Mary Beth Hoffner Trudgeon who will be presenting and doing a signing of her newly released children’s book, “Saturday on the Farm”.
Members are reminded that we will be collecting non perishable items for St Vincent DePaul and members who have Christmas cards for our annual card distribution project should bring them in.

11/07/2025

Our November Meeting was well attended this past Wednesday. Our featured program speaker was Bessemer alumni Jennifer Philaja discussing her professional journey and her contribution in the recently published book, Leading from Within. Thank you, Jennifer, for taking time to share your story with our group! 👏🏻

11/05/2025

Just a reminder about our Bessemer Woman’s Club meeting tonight at 7 pm in the Bessemer City Hall DDA room.

10/21/2025

The November 5th meeting of the BWC will be held at the Bessemer City Hall EDC room at 7 pm. The program will feature Jennifer Pihlaja, CEO of Rowan Stategies discussing her contribution to the newly published “A Conscious Leadership Collective: Leading From Within”. Everyone is welcome.

10/12/2025

Our November Club activity event will take our members to Theatre North on Sunday November 9th. Plan to arrive by 1:30pm the latest for the 2pm performance. Then join us for dinner after the show at a local eatery. Tickets are available online, Leather and Gift and Hitts. Contact Kathy if you plan on attending.
https://www.theatrenorth.org/show/spoon-river-anthology/?fbclid=IwdGRjcANY9-9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpFjG8nVF2D9-yzEFeVUkJx1kI3H_Wzd7EW7Nk4T8uFEx-a0pX6AxH3yMrG7_aem__De3Iq3TnMNp1yopsQcZYQ

This production is an adaptation of Edgar Lee Masters’ collection of poems exploring the lives and deaths of the residents of the fictional town of Spoon River, Illinois in late 19th Century. Conceived and arranged by Charles Aidman.

10/02/2025

Last night, we were delighted to welcome Maggie Hill, President of the Theatre North Board, as our featured speaker. She shared the exciting new 2026 TN productions coming to our community. The theatre has made many improvements over the years to their building as well as big strides in providing digital ticketing options. Plus their season pass is great value! Learn more at www.theatrenorth.org 👏🏻 Thank you, Maggie, for sharing your time with our group.

09/27/2025

A big “Thank You” for everyone who supported our BWC Pumpkinfest dessert social this afternoon at the VFW. It was a pleasure to see so many people - the Gogebic Range Band gave an exceptional concert- thank you for sharing your talents with the community.
Thanks, too, to the hard working BWC members who worked hard to make the social successful .

09/27/2025

We are all ready for the Pumpkinfest Dessert Docial- 12 to 3 at the VFW. The desserts look delicious!!

09/26/2025

Our desserts are beyond scrumptious 🍁 here’s just a few to tease your tastebuds at the Bessemer Pumpkinfest Dessert Social this Saturday from 12-3pm at the VFW Post 3673 Bessemer, MI Double Fudge Chocolate Cupcakes 🎃 Cinnamon Apple Cupcake 🍎 Apple Dapple Cake with Cinnamon Drizzle