GFWC Pasco Junior Woman's Club

GFWC Pasco Junior Woman's Club GFWC Pasco Junior Woman's Club is an IRS recognized 501 (c) (3) Not for Profit, connecting Woman volunteers with the organizations who need them.

General Meetings at the 1st Tuesday of each Month starting at 6:30pm at Heritage Park in Land O Lakes. We are a group of women volunteers helping to make Pasco County a great place to live. Founded in 2010, the GFWC Pasco Junior Woman's Club, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteer service, developing the potential of women, and improving our community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively charitable.

It only took close to 100 miles of driving, no thanks to my car’s GPS apparently going on a drunken bender and routing m...
06/23/2026

It only took close to 100 miles of driving, no thanks to my car’s GPS apparently going on a drunken bender and routing me through Ybor City, to get a whole bunch of things delivered and out of my car. 🤦🏻‍♀️

First it was off to Clearwater to meet Rosie and her husband from I Support the Girls - Tampa Bay to give them all of the feminine hygiene goodies that were donated at our Bingo fundraiser last week.

Then it was off to drop off the last three of the seven Hero boxes that were done for the Small But Mighty Heroes organization in Valrico for children going through cancer treatment.

Missions accomplished!

Now to work on our Chari-tea event where we will be celebrating 250 years of amazing American women, while enjoying teas, finger foods, games of Bingo, and chances on opportunity baskets.

PLEASE NOTE - the flyer says Saturday BUT the event date is correct for the event that is being held on Sunday, the 26th, from 1-3pm.

Get your tickets now by clicking on the event link and wear your favorite fancy hat or fascinator. If you don’t have one, we will have some for sale. 👒

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A great night was had tonight thanks to our hosts at SouthernEaze Bar & Grill. Bingo, raffle prizes, good food, and hund...
06/18/2026

A great night was had tonight thanks to our hosts at SouthernEaze Bar & Grill. Bingo, raffle prizes, good food, and hundreds of dollars in donated feminine hygiene products that were dropped off by attendees. Thank you to all who attended for helping us do what we do for those in need here in Pasco County.

GFWC Florida District 8

On June 12th celebrate National Women Veterans Recognition Day. Before there was a country—she was there.She served when...
06/11/2026

On June 12th celebrate National Women Veterans Recognition Day.

Before there was a country—she was there.
She served when she wasn’t allowed to.
She stepped forward when others said no.
She carried the mission, broke barriers, and built a legacy that continues to shape our Nation today.

This Women Veterans Recognition Day also commemorates the 78th anniversary of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act—the moment women earned a permanent place in the U.S. military. But her story didn’t begin there—and it doesn’t end there.

Each generation has stood on the shoulders of those who came before—pushing further, reaching higher. Because of them, the next generation stands taller, prouder, and more inspired to serve.

Celebrate Her Service. Share Her Legacy. Inspire the Next Generation.

We honor the women who served over the past 250 years, along with the GFWC veterans who served in our state, and our nation.

I am sorely suffering from brain fog and must apologize to my fellow clubmembers. I had all of the information laid out ...
06/03/2026

I am sorely suffering from brain fog and must apologize to my fellow clubmembers. I had all of the information laid out and then neglected to actually make the post about my attendance as club president to the GFWC-FL Annual Convention that took place in May in Orlando.

I am so proud of the work done by our club, our District, our State, and of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) around the world.

Our state convention is a time to celebrate with the GFWC clubwomen from all across the state of Florida. We were also honored to have the GFWC International President Suellen Brazil join us from the national Headquarters in DC.

Speakers, programs, activities and awards were a part of the convention throughout the weekend. Through attendance at these state meetings I have been connected to women from Lake Placid, Temple Terrace, Plant City, Bradenton, Ruskin, and many other locations outside and within the district our club is in. (District 8 is GREAT!)

A great time was had, lots of fun projects ideas shared, lots of chicken eaten, and recognition presented, for all of the volunter hours spent and funds donated by clubwomen across our state.

Our club received the following awards, given by club size groupings, for work in the various community service programs, state projects, and our GFWC national project which is Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention:

Fourth Place - Arts & Culture

Second place - Director’s Project-Building Families; Education & Libraries; Civic Engagement & Outreach; GFWC Signature Program-Domestic Violence; Environment; and Health & Wellness

FIRST PLACE - Membership; Fundraising & Development; Communication & Public Relations; Leadership

Special Recognition - Prospective Member Recruitment via Networking Groups; and Honor Score of 149 points; Certificate for Robyn Lindsey as our nominee for Junior Volunteer of the Year.

We also were award $800 for our grant application from the GFWC Florida One Voice for Children Fund to be used to fill the boxes for our project for the Small But Mighty Heroes nonprofit for children being treated for cancer and other life threatening illnesses. This grant, along with an additional sponsorship we received, will allow us to fill 5 Hero boxes for ill children, and 2 sibling boxes with items to help them through their treatments.

We are a small but very determined group of women doing our part to help in Pasco County. We welcome any women interested in joining us to leave a comment and we can be in touch about our next monthly meeting.

Submitted by proud GFWC cheerleader - Dawn Behen, Club president, and yes I actually do have GFWC pom poms now. lol

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As if it wasn't enough to fill 100 Blessings bags at our meeting last night, members also help to decorate "Hero" boxes ...
06/03/2026

As if it wasn't enough to fill 100 Blessings bags at our meeting last night, members also help to decorate "Hero" boxes for the Small But Mighty Heroes (SBMH) organization.

The SBMH group is also a nonprofit organization smallbutmightyheroes.org They work with 6 different Florida hospitals to coordinate services for children undergoing treatment for cancer and serious long-term illnesses. The "Hero" boxes are filled with items from a list they obtain from the parents and child involved. They also do "Sidekick" boxes for the young siblings of the ill children to help them cope with all the time their parents and siblings are away at the hospitals for treatments and care.

Our club submitted a grant request to the GFWC-FL One Voice for Children Fund and were awarded an $800 grant at our Annual Convention to use to obtain items to fill the boxes on the list we were provided. We also received a donation to cover filling one Hero box from Chelsea Hoagland who works at Equity Advisors in Tampa.

Last night we decorated three filled Hero boxes and one Sidekick box that will get delivered this Friday to SBMH.

Round two is in process with two more Hero boxes and one Sidekick box currently being decorated and readied.

If you'd like to help us support this project and sponsor a box, please contact us in the comments here and we can coordinate things. The sponsorship is $175 for the Hero boxes and $90 for the Sidekick boxes.

They are currently working with the families of hundreds of children and this is just one project that we can help them with.

GFWC Florida District 8

At last night's monthly meeting we held our annual Blessings bag filling project. The project Chairman Vickie Hrifko, an...
06/03/2026

At last night's monthly meeting we held our annual Blessings bag filling project.

The project Chairman Vickie Hrifko, and her partner in crime Rita Triola, had everything set up in a very efficient assembly line for clubwomen to walk along filling the bags.

The bags are filled with items like deodorant, toothbrushes & paste, socks, bottles of water, koozies, hats, combs, body wash/soap, tissues, bandaids, granola/cereal bars, etc. These various items are collected by clubwomen and this year we also received help in obtaining the deodorants we were short from Mike Gross at Outplay Marketing.

These items were assembled into reuseable bags that were collected or donated by various groups like Madi's Movement and MidFlorida Credit Union. The filled bags are then delivered to Metropolitan Ministries who deliver them to local homeless in their Homeless Brigade. In attendance last night was Sheri Masters-Delaney from Metropolitan Ministries who spoke briefly about all the various things they do for families in need and the homeless at their main campus in Holiday. Upon completion of filling the bags, clubwomen helped get them loaded into Sheri's car.

We may be a small group but, members worked very fast to get all 100 bags filled and packed up. Not quite as fast as the video in the post shows but quite fast. lol

We were also very excited to welcome two new members to our club who not only attended their first meeting but jumped right into to fill bags. Welcome to Abby Brown and Lisa Paine!

GFWC Florida District 8

Do you have your ticket for our Day at the Races Charitea Bingo? Do you have your hat/fascinator ready?We decorated hat...
05/10/2026

Do you have your ticket for our Day at the Races Charitea Bingo? Do you have your hat/fascinator ready?

We decorated hats today that will be available for purchase at our tea. We also have several beautiful fascinators.

Get your tickets while they’re still available as seating is limited.

Delicious teas, finger foods & desserts, opportunity baskets, Bingo game & door prizes, and a 50/50 raffle.

Come join us for a fun afternoon. See our pinned event post and click to order your tickets.

GFWC Florida District 8

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Heritage Park Community Center, 5401 Land O'Lakes Boulevard
Land O' Lakes, FL
34639

Telephone

+18134613131

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