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General Federation of Woman’s Clubs - Illinois

“ U N I T Y  I N  D I V E R S I T Y ”

GFWCIL Woman’s Club

of Cullom

Contact Person:   Judy Ehlers

32884 E 1600 North Road

Cullom, IL  60929

Ph:  815-689-2778 /  Cell:  815-848-1538

Email:  judye@frontiernet.net

 

We meet:  September--December / February--June

3rd Thursday of said months…..7:00pm

Cullom Community Building (under the water tower)

 

 

Officers

President:  Meri Knapp  

Co-Vice Presidents: Diana Taylor & Teresa Stark

Secretary: Phyllis Moritz

Treasurer:  Judy Ehlers

 

HISTORY

 

Woman’s Club of Cullom was organized in September 1954.  The Saunemin Woman’s Club was our sponsor.  Our first president was Grace Ginter (1954-1956) and at that time there were 61 members. There has been 28 presidents over the past 54 years.  We celebrated our 50th Anniversary in November of 2004 with State President Martha Bein as our guest along with several Past Club Presidents and three members of our sponsoring club.   Two of our Charter members, Farol Jean Haag and Natalie (Nat) Koehler, are still dues paying members. We are a small club with 14 members at present.     We use the Hot Air Balloon as our logo since Cullom is known for holding the record for the longest Hot Air Balloon ascensions at their Annual Cullom Homecoming celebration and Junior Fair in August.  We adopted  “GFWC IL” in our name in 2005.

 

Club Committees:

 

Domestic Violence

Our Promise, A Safe Place for Every Child

Arts

Conservation

Education

Health

Home Life

International Affairs

Public Affairs (Veterans Affairs & Native American)

Empowering Women One by One

Fundraising

Legislation

Leadership

The World of GFWC

Public Relations

Membership

Exploring our Heritage “Women’s History Resource Center”

 

Special Committees

Bloodmobile (November)

United Fund (Fall)  

Community Beautification

Membership & Calling

Publicity

Historian

Flower & Fair Committee (August)

 

Club Projects

We have had:  House Walks; Garden Walks; Luncheon/Antique Fair; Style Shows; sponsor of the Town Butterfly Garden

 

Our Funds Benefit:

Education-Reading; Kind News for two classrooms; Local Library; Prevent Child Abuse and Domestic Violence; Local Food Pantry; Veterans;  Our Community Ash Urns and Community Beautification.    We are presently preparing a Butterfly Garden  for the enjoyment and education of the community.

 

General Federation of Women’s Clubs

General Federation of Women’s Clubs Illinois

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