Who we are
With more than 63,000 members in affiliated clubs in every state, the District of Columbia, and more than a dozen countries, GFWC members work in their own communities to support the arts, preserve natural resources, advance education, promote healthy lifestyles, and encourage civic involvement, issues related to domestic and sexual violence awareness/prevention, and advocating for children.
OUR IMPACT
General Federation of Women’s Clubs members vary in age, talents, location, background, and profession, but are united in their dedication to actively improve the lives of others.
63,000+
members in affiliated clubs in every state
2,600
existing volunteer clubs across the globe
130+
founded in 1890, GFWC has over a century of history
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GFWC International Day of Service
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) is united in its dedication to volunteer community service. The GFWC International Day of Service brings together clubs from around the world to stand united against domestic and sexual violence.
Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention
GFWC creates and leads education, public awareness, and service projects for club members and local citizens at the community level; collaborates with national domestic violence networks and organizations; supports existing activities and established programs; advocates for victims and survivors; and provides educational opportunities to survivors.
GFWC aims to be a powerful voice for victims and survivors.
WHRC: Women’s History and Resource Center
Founded in 1984, the GFWC Women’s History and Resource Center (WHRC) collects, preserves, interprets, and promotes the history of GFWC. The WHRC documents the social and political contributions of GFWC clubwomen from 1890 to the present through the GFWC archives and related special collections.
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2025 GFWC Annual Convention Service Project
This year's sponsor of the GFWC Service Project is Davenport, an investment firm. Inside all attendees' welcome bags is a reusable water bottle. Every time you scan the QR Tag, a donation will be made to "Fill it Forward" for a charitable water and tree conservation project.
By scanning the QR Tag, donations in GFWC's name will be made for up to one year after the Convention.
Please be sure to download the app, and scan every time you refill your green water bottle.
GFWC thanks Davenport for their continued support in living the volunteer spirit!
#GFWC25AC #GFWC #GFWC_HQ #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc25ids #GFWCAdvocacy #WeAreGFWC #Conservation #volunteer #volunteers #volunteering
2025 GFWC Annual Convention, June 6-9, in Atlanta
REGISTRATION & GEORGIA WELCOME STATION HOURS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 5 – Location: Pre-function Lobby on M4, North Tower
8 AM-11 AM & 2 PM-7 PM
MARKETPLACE
8 AM-11 AM & 2 PM-7 PM
EXHIBITOR SHOWCASE
Move-in: 11 AM-4 PM
Open: 4 PM-8:30 PM
Come One, Come All — We're excited to see you!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #GFWCAdvocacy #gfwc25ac #gfwc25ids
2024-2026 GFWC Executive Committee is excited to see everyone in Atlanta for the 2025 Annual Convention, June 6-9!
Bottom Center Counter Clockwise: GFWC International President Suellen B. Brazil, GFWC President-elect Wendy Carriker, GFWC Second Vice President Mary Beth Williams, GFWC Secretary Dr. Susan Gettys, GFWC Treasurer Juliet Casper, GFWC First Vice President Jolie Frankfurth, and GFWC Director of Junior Clubs Shannon Bailey
Remember to scan your GFWC water bottle every time you refill! We’re looking forward to welcoming you all to Atlanta.
#GFWC25AC
En route to Atlanta? Be sure to share your photos on Photo Circle! For ease of participating in the photo swap, see the QR code below! Excited to see you!
It’s WHRC Wednesday! We’re getting very close to Convention, where our members will enjoy GFWC traditions old and new. One of those older customs was the singing of “America the Beautiful,” which was part of our meetings from at least 1918 into the 1970s. In fact, at the 1922 Biennial Meeting in Chautauqua, New York, we resolved to make it our official song – with an added motion to be sure we were crediting the author by name: Katherine Lee Bates (1859-1929).
Bates was an author, journalist, and English professor who was also well-known for her work in various progressive causes. Inspired by the landscapes she saw on a cross-country train trip from Massachusetts to Colorado in 1893, as well as by her hopes for an egalitarian, inclusive America, she wrote four stanzas of “America; A Poem for July 4.” It was published widely, and over the next few years was turned into a song using as many as 75 different tunes. The music that stuck, that we sing today, is a melody written by Samuel A. Ward in 1882; Bates’ words and Ward’s music were combined in 1910.
Though I'm not sure she belonged to any particular woman’s club, Bates was at least in the GFWC orbit; she wrote an article on “Literature in Relation to Life” for our magazine in 1895, and we twice published her first-person account of how she came to write her most famous poem. The second time was shortly after her death, when our magazine editor noted, “The heart of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs is bowed down. It has lost one of its greatest sources of inspiration, Katharine Lee Bates, author of [our] official hymn… Shortly before her passing Miss Bates had given the magazine permission to print her own story of how she came to write this, the most beautiful of all her many exquisite poems.”
What's your favorite GFWC Convention tradition? Let us know in the comments!
#GFWC25AC #clubwomeninhistory #womenshistoryisamericanhistory
Registration & Welcome to Georgia Officially Opens today from 3-7 PM
Please note that the Registration & Georgia Welcome Station are located on floor M4 in the North Tower. There are concierges available in both towers. If you are in the North Tower you press M4 button "in elevator" and turn left as you exit the elevator bank.
If you are in the SOUTH Tower, you still go to M4, but you walk over the hotel's interior bridge and turn right once you enter the north tower and you'll see your GFWC friends and staff waiting to welcome you.
Registration hours for today: 3-7 PM.
Marketplace hours: 3-6:30 PM (located on M4, North Tower)
See you soon!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #gfwc25ac #IamGFWC #WeAreGFWC #GFWC25IDS #
4 More Days till the 2025 Annual Convention in Atlanta!
We can't wait to see everyone! Remember to check each day's itinerary to see the activities and the times for registration, Marketplace and pickup of your conference t-shirts!
See you soon!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #gfwc25ac #IamGFWC #WeAreGFWC #GFWC25IDS #
All 2025 GFWC Annual Convention attendees will receive a reusable water bottle generously sponsored by Tommy McDonald, Davenport Investments.
Each time you fill your bottle, scan the QR code to give back to charitable organizations providing clean water, sustainable food, and reforestation projects.
Continue scanning after convention to #FillItForward for up to one year!
#gfwc25ac
All 2025 GFWC Annual Convention attendees will receive a reusable water bottle generously sponsored by Tommy McDonald, Davenport Investments.
Each time you fill your bottle, scan the QR code to give back to charitable organizations providing clean water, sustainable food, and reforestation projects.
Continue scanning after convention to #FillItForward for up to one year!
#gfwc25ac
Recently, GFWC International President Suellen B. Brazil attended “Not A Fantasy” event in support of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation`s (NCOSE) release of new report titled “Not A Fantasy: How the Pornography Industry Exploits Image-Based Sexual Abuse in Real Life.”
NCOSE’s work directly correlates to GFWC’s advocacy work by way of its "Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention" and the "Juniors’ Special Program: Advocates for Children" as pornography influences domestic, sexual, and child abuse nationally and internationally.
To learn more about GFWC`s advocacy work, visit: www.GFWC.org
United to End Domestic and Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #IamGFWC #GFWCAdvocacy #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #NCOSE #EndDomesticViolence #EndChildAbuse #EndPornography #EndSexualViolence
Recently, GFWC International President Suellen B. Brazil attended “Not A Fantasy” event in support of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation`s (NCOSE) release of new report titled “Not A Fantasy: How the Pornography Industry Exploits Image-Based Sexual Abuse in Real Life.”
NCOSE’s work directly correlates to GFWC’s advocacy work by way of its "Signature Program: Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention" and the "Juniors’ Special Program: Advocates for Children" as pornography influences domestic, sexual, and child abuse nationally and internationally.
To learn more about GFWC`s advocacy work, visit: www.GFWC.org
United to End Domestic and Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #IamGFWC #GFWCAdvocacy #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #NCOSE #EndDomesticViolence #EndChildAbuse #EndPornography #EndSexualViolence
Register Today for 2025 GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS) on Saturday, September 27!
To date more than 500 GFWC clubs have registered to take part. Please consider registering your club to participate to help us raise public awareness about domestic and sexual violence, as well as provide survivors with resources, materials, and support needed to rebuild their lives.
For your convenience, campaign collaterals are available on the GFWC Digital Library within the Member Portal: https://memberportal.gfwc.org/
Also, tomorrow`s issue of "News & Notes" will recognize all those that have registered. Be sure to check it out: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
To register, visit: https://memberportal.gfwc.org
For more information about GFWC IDS, visit: https://www.gfwc.org/gfwc-international-day-of-service/
United to End Domestic and Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
Register Today for 2025 GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS) on Saturday, September 27!
To date more than 500 GFWC clubs have registered to take part. Please consider registering your club to participate to help us raise public awareness about domestic and sexual violence, as well as provide survivors with resources, materials, and support needed to rebuild their lives.
For your convenience, campaign collaterals are available on the GFWC Digital Library within the Member Portal: https://memberportal.gfwc.org/
Also, tomorrow`s issue of "News & Notes" will recognize all those that have registered. Be sure to check it out: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
To register, visit: https://memberportal.gfwc.org
For more information about GFWC IDS, visit: https://www.gfwc.org/gfwc-international-day-of-service/
United to End Domestic and Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
Thinking of all our service members and families for standing strong on the Wall of Democracy! God Bless America!
#gfwc #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #WeAreGFWC #memorialday
Thinking of all our service members and families for standing strong on the Wall of Democracy! God Bless America!
#gfwc #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #WeAreGFWC #memorialday
2025 GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS) Registration On Brink of Surpassing 500 Count
The early tour de force in registration for the 2025 GFWC IDS on Saturday, September 27, is an extraordinary show of members’ commitment—thank you for boosting the campaign to new heights!
For those of you wondering about the total registration breakdown, it is as follows:
19 State Federations
0 Regions
2 National Clubs
1 International Affiliate
11 Districts
457 Clubs
* 490 Grand Total of Registrants
Upon reflection of these numbers, please note that we need 31 more State Federations and all 8 regions to register. Also, the counts for National Clubs, International Affiliates, and Districts could use some bolstering.
Please continue to rally your sister clubs across regions and states to register to participate. The greater the number, the greater GFWC’s collective impact on ending domestic and sexual violence nationally and internationally.
Visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/ for an up-to-date listing of clubs registered in your state.
If your club isn`t listed, please register at https://memberportal.gfwc.org/events
For GFWC IDS project ideas, please read "New & Notes" on the website: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
2025 GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS) Registration On Brink of Surpassing 500 Count
The early tour de force in registration for the 2025 GFWC IDS on Saturday, September 27, is an extraordinary show of members’ commitment—thank you for boosting the campaign to new heights!
For those of you wondering about the total registration breakdown, it is as follows:
19 State Federations
0 Regions
2 National Clubs
1 International Affiliate
11 Districts
457 Clubs
* 490 Grand Total of Registrants
Upon reflection of these numbers, please note that we need 31 more State Federations and all 8 regions to register. Also, the counts for National Clubs, International Affiliates, and Districts could use some bolstering.
Please continue to rally your sister clubs across regions and states to register to participate. The greater the number, the greater GFWC’s collective impact on ending domestic and sexual violence nationally and internationally.
Visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/ for an up-to-date listing of clubs registered in your state.
If your club isn`t listed, please register at https://memberportal.gfwc.org/events
For GFWC IDS project ideas, please read "New & Notes" on the website: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
GFWC International Day of Service Welcomes 36 New Registrants Last Week, (May 16, 2025)
GFWC is delighted to welcome the 36 new registrants listed below, bringing the grand total for that week to 462.
Please continue to rally your sister clubs across regions and states to register to participate.
Visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/ for an up-to-date listing of clubs registered in your state. If your club isn`t listed, please register at https://memberportal.gfwc.org/events
Don`t forget to read "New & Notes" for project ideas: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
GFWC International Day of Service Welcomes 36 New Registrants Last Week, (May 16, 2025)
GFWC is delighted to welcome the 36 new registrants listed below, bringing the grand total for that week to 462.
Please continue to rally your sister clubs across regions and states to register to participate.
Visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/ for an up-to-date listing of clubs registered in your state. If your club isn`t listed, please register at https://memberportal.gfwc.org/events
Don`t forget to read "New & Notes" for project ideas: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
Welcome to the 21 New Registrants for GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS)!
Bringing the total count to 426 registrants for GFWC IDS on Saturday, September 27. Please continue to challenge sister clubs to participate.
For a complete listing of clubs registered visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/
To register, visit: https://memberportal.gfwc.org
Don`t forget to read last week`s "New & Notes" for project ideas: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
Welcome to the 21 New Registrants for GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS)!
Bringing the total count to 426 registrants for GFWC IDS on Saturday, September 27. Please continue to challenge sister clubs to participate.
For a complete listing of clubs registered visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/
To register, visit: https://memberportal.gfwc.org
Don`t forget to read last week`s "New & Notes" for project ideas: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
GFWC Clubwoman Magazine – Spring 2025
Download Your Copy Today!
Inside this issue:
* May is Mental Health Awareness Month – p. 8
* GFWC Junior Club Leadership Certification – p. 9
* 2025 GFWC Annual Convention – p. 11
* GFWC International Day of Service: Register Today! – p. 17
* Advocate & Shape Tomorrow – p. 19
* GFWC Chairmen`s Articles – p. 21-27
To download a PDF, visit: https://www.gfwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-Spring-Clubwoman-Magazine.pdf
* Please note that back issues of the magazine are available via the GFWC Member Portal at the following link: https://memberportal.gfwc.org/users/login
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit
#healthylifestyle #GFWC2025IDS #alzheimersassociation #WHRC #womenshistory #enddomesticviolence #endsexualviolence #DomesticViolenceAwareness #sexualviolenceawareness #gfwc2025ac #MentalHealthAwareness #yellowtulipproject
GFWC Clubwoman Magazine – Spring 2025
Download Your Copy Today!
Inside this issue:
* May is Mental Health Awareness Month – p. 8
* GFWC Junior Club Leadership Certification – p. 9
* 2025 GFWC Annual Convention – p. 11
* GFWC International Day of Service: Register Today! – p. 17
* Advocate & Shape Tomorrow – p. 19
* GFWC Chairmen`s Articles – p. 21-27
To download a PDF, visit: https://www.gfwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-Spring-Clubwoman-Magazine.pdf
* Please note that back issues of the magazine are available via the GFWC Member Portal at the following link: https://memberportal.gfwc.org/users/login
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit
#healthylifestyle #GFWC2025IDS #alzheimersassociation #WHRC #womenshistory #enddomesticviolence #endsexualviolence #DomesticViolenceAwareness #sexualviolenceawareness #gfwc2025ac #MentalHealthAwareness #yellowtulipproject
Welcome to 27 New Registrants for GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS)!
To date, GFWC has 405 registrants! At week eight of the campaign, thanks to you we’re off to a GREAT start. Let’s continue to rally to break the record for total registration count for this year’s GFWC IDS.
Challenge sister clubs, invite friends to participate/join GFWC, and spread the word about this momentous even happening on Saturday, September 27!
Visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/ for an up-to-date listing of clubs registered in your state. If your club isn`t listed, please register!
To register, visit: https://memberportal.gfwc.org/events
Last, be sure to read this week`s "New & Notes" for project ideas: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
Welcome to 27 New Registrants for GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS)!
To date, GFWC has 405 registrants! At week eight of the campaign, thanks to you we’re off to a GREAT start. Let’s continue to rally to break the record for total registration count for this year’s GFWC IDS.
Challenge sister clubs, invite friends to participate/join GFWC, and spread the word about this momentous even happening on Saturday, September 27!
Visit GFWC`s website: www.GFWC.org/ids/ for an up-to-date listing of clubs registered in your state. If your club isn`t listed, please register!
To register, visit: https://memberportal.gfwc.org/events
Last, be sure to read this week`s "New & Notes" for project ideas: https://www.gfwc.org/news-notes/
UNITED to End Domestic & Sexual Violence!
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #gfwc2025ids #endsexualviolence #EndDomesticViolence #endchildabuse
Turn Awareness into Action for Mental Health
Every year since 1949, when Mental Health America founded Mental Health Awareness Month in May, GFWC has been at the forefront promoting public awareness activities to educate the masses on this prevalent and ever evolving health concern.
Mental health affects everyone in one degree or another on a personal level. You may experience a mental health crisis due to any significant life occurrence(s) or maybe you have a family member who has been personally impacted.
Regardless of your personal experience with mental health illnesses, let`s collectively rally to do all we can to educate the public about the importance of taking care of one another and let`s advocate to remove the stigma associated with it.
Visit the @Mental Health America to learn more on this subject and how you too can become an advocate of action. For more information on activities, visit: https://mhanational.org/mental-health-month/action-guide/
Also, don`t forget to checkout The Yellow Tulip Project, founded by Julia Hansen and her mother Suzanne Fox, GFWC Honorary Chairman. The organization`s purpose is to let people know that "Hope Happens" and we need to come together as a community to smash the stigma surrounding mental health disorders. Visit: https://theyellowtulipproject.org/
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #WeAreGFWC #yellowtulipproject #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #MentalHealthMatters #mentalhealthsupport #mentalwellness
Turn Awareness into Action for Mental Health
Every year since 1949, when Mental Health America founded Mental Health Awareness Month in May, GFWC has been at the forefront promoting public awareness activities to educate the masses on this prevalent and ever evolving health concern.
Mental health affects everyone in one degree or another on a personal level. You may experience a mental health crisis due to any significant life occurrence(s) or maybe you have a family member who has been personally impacted.
Regardless of your personal experience with mental health illnesses, let`s collectively rally to do all we can to educate the public about the importance of taking care of one another and let`s advocate to remove the stigma associated with it.
Visit the @Mental Health America to learn more on this subject and how you too can become an advocate of action. For more information on activities, visit: https://mhanational.org/mental-health-month/action-guide/
Also, don`t forget to checkout The Yellow Tulip Project, founded by Julia Hansen and her mother Suzanne Fox, GFWC Honorary Chairman. The organization`s purpose is to let people know that "Hope Happens" and we need to come together as a community to smash the stigma surrounding mental health disorders. Visit: https://theyellowtulipproject.org/
#GFWC #GFWC_HQ #GFWCAdvocacy #IamGFWC #WeAreGFWC #yellowtulipproject #LivingTheVolunteerSpirit #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #MentalHealthMatters #mentalhealthsupport #mentalwellness