Champaign Urbana Junior Woman's Club

11/21/2025

CUJWC had two Club Projects for the month of November. The first one with Cunningham Children's Home and the second one for Feeding Our Kids.

Club members, in attendance for our November Club Dinner Meeting on November 11th, filled out Christmas Tags contain the children of Cunningham Children's Home Christmas gift wishes (I forgot to take pictures😕)!

Another Club project was done Monday, November 17th at Eastern Illinois Foodbank. Seven Club members and one husband (thank you, Craig!) helped pack food for EIF's Feeding Our Kids program and then we helped to inventory food and prepare plastic bags for future food packing.

11/07/2025

Our November Club Dinner Meeting will be this coming Tuesday (Nov. 11th) at Applebee's in Savoy beginning at 6pm for dinner with meeting to follow at approximately 7pm. We will be doing a project for Cunningham Children's Home during our meeting. We will also have another project opportunity, for next month, that members can sign up for. Hope to see you there!😊

10/27/2025

A few Club Members headed to Hardy's Reindeer Ranch in Rantoul for an afternoon of fun. We started things off with a Reindeer Tour. We were able to meet, up close and personal, with 10 of the 20 Reindeer's that live on the Ranch. These animals are beautiful and have lively personalities. We fed them graham crackers and oats. Cheryl was even able to "kiss" one of the Reindeers by feeding them a graham cracker from her mouth! 🦌 We also took a tour of the Ranch grounds via a hayrack ride. 😁 After the hayrack ride, we tackled the corn maze that was called "Reindeer Games" and featured Santa's eight reindeer to "find"; when you located the reindeer, you punched your corn maze card. We successfully found all eight reindeer/completed our punch card and found our way out of the maze. 😊 It was a windy, but sunny and pleasant day to spend with each other exploring the Ranch. 🧡

10/27/2025

Following our October Club Meeting at Manzellas Italian Restaurant, Club members assembled 300 Welcome Bags for children attending the Disability Expo that was held at Market Place Mall recently. The bags and various items were supplied by DSC and their supporters. Our Club members are always eager to help and enjoy working together with local organizations that support our community. ❤️

10/27/2025

The Champaign-Urbana Junior Woman's Club was presented with an Anniversary Scroll Certificate, from the GFWC Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, for recognition of 95 years of distinguished service to our community and nation! What an honor to receive this recognition! Our Club continues to serve and looks forward to many more years of service to our communities and nation.

10/13/2025

Club will meet tomorrow, October 14th, for our Dinner Meeting at Manzella's in Champaign. Dinner begins at 6pm and meeting will begin around 7pm.
We will have Kelli Martin, from DSC (and former Club member), joining us to tell us a bit about DSC and their upcoming Disability Expo.
For our October Project, we will be putting together "Welcome Bags" for DSC's Disability Expo following our meeting.
**Reminder that Club dues are due this month; dues are $50 for the year.**
Friends, guests and those interested in Club are welcome to join us. Should you have questions, please feel free to reach out!

09/28/2025

Champaign Urbana Junior Woman's Club (CUJWC) looks forward to a year of service to our Communities and fellowship with other women who desire to serve as well.

If you are interested in knowing more about CUJWC, please feel free to reach out or join us at one of our Club Dinner Meetings; we meet the second Tuesday of each month from 6-8pm. (Location will be noted here on our page the week prior to our dinner meeting).

Our CUJWC Board Members for the 2025-26 Club year are:

Penny Ames - President
Kadi Oare - Vice President
Deb Janson - Treasurer
Erin Gilligan - Secretary
Kadi Oare - Past President
Cheryl Horne - Federation
Holly Hart - Calendar & Journal
Laurie Johnson - Overall Projects
Penny Ames - Publicity & Social Media
Penny Ames & Laurie Johnson - Social Co-Chairs

Other Club Members are: Corrine Bretz, Penny Broga, Cathy Evans, Rebecca Morgan-Boyd, Karen Stanley, Sue Stundahl and Barb Tangora.

09/28/2025

Club members were at Eastern Illinois Foodbank helping to pack bags for Feeding Our Kids last Monday. This is a project we do several times a year and one which we are passionate about. We had 10 members help this month: Deb Janson, Penny Ames, Penny Broga, Cathy Evans, Laurie Johnson (project Chair), Karen Stanley, Barb Tangora, Cheryl Horne, Kadi Oare & Corrine Bretz.

09/21/2025

09/21/2025

Club members had a fun day at Old Orchard Links playing a round of mini golf then enjoying lunch afterwards. 😄

09/09/2025

Club meets tonight to begin our 2025-26 Club year! Our dinner meeting will be at Denny's beginning at 6pm with our Club meeting starting at 7pm. We are supporting Feeding Our Kids for our charity this month. If you are a non-member, you are welcome to come and see what we are about. For current or new members, our Club dues of $50 are due for the new Club year. Should you have questions, please feel free to contact us!