Recent History of the Coral Gables Woman's Club

Pam Schaefer 2006-2007
Pam Schaefer continued her theme of “Giving the Gift of a Healthy Smile” for the Juniors. This year I was also elected President of the Coral Gables Woman’s Club. The theme I chose for the Woman’s Club was “It is Time To Get Involved!” My goal was to combine the two clubs into one. With a lot of hard work and dedication from her board she was able to accomplish this task.

We had 11 members go to Spring convention. Barbara Lapsley was installed as the new District 11 Director and Michele Collier was installed as the Junior District Director for District 11 2006-2008 years.

Woman’s Club

• Donated $1,000 to the May Van Sickle Children’s Dental Clinic
• Donated $500 to the Merrick Festival
• Donated $500 to the Cancer Research Foundation Children’s Project
• Donated $250 to Pelican Harbor Seabird Station
• Donated $500 to Operation Lookout
• Participated in Breast Cancer Walk
• Made baby bonnets for newborn babies for project Caps to the Capitol
• Donated $500 to the UM Frost School of Music
• Participated in the Souper Bowl to feed the homeless
• Hosted the Student Achievement Luncheon for the Coral Gables Community Foundation
• Provided $1000 Vera Cox Scholarship to Emmanuela Angela Privolis from Coral Gables High School.
• Received a $17,701.08 check from Janet M. Wayne Trust towards building fund.
• Some Woman’s Club members participated in the John Martin’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival by helping to serve food and beer.
• We sponsored a table for the Coral Gables Crime Watch Luncheon.

Junior’s Club

• Participated in Chili’s event all proceeds of the day went to St. Jude’s hospital..
• The Juniors hosted a Wine and Cheese new member event and we signed up 10 new members!
• Participated in making the Thanksgiving Baskets for the Dental Clinic.
• The Dental Clinic Christmas party was a success. The Giving Tree donated stuffed animals and the chidren were given electric toothbrushes and there were a large number of gifts for each of the children.
• We participated in the March of Dimes Walk America and collected for the Souper Bowl for the homeless.
• Juniors participated in JohnMartin’s St Patrick’s Day Festival who, in turn donated $5,000 to the May Van Sickle Children’s Dental Clinic.
• Juniors participated in Smart Ride for Aids. Their theme was Hawaiian.
• Juniors held their Annual Casino Night “Casino Carnevale” and raised $72,000.
• Lastly we participated in the Relay for Life.

On Pam’s official last day of her presidency the Woman’s Club and the Junior Woman’s Club officially merged and became one club and are now known as the GFWC Coral Gables Woman’s Club, Inc.

Pam Schaefer 2005-2006
Pam Schaefer’s theme for 2005-2006 was “Giving the Gift of a Healthy Smile.” Pam Schaefer represented the Juniors by winning a lottery ticket for the Operation Smile Mission to Fortaleza, Brazil. The mission was a success! We collected so many toys, coloring books, bubbles, crayons, stickers, lollipops and more. It was a very humbling, unforgettable experience. My job was to take photographs of before and after pictures of the children for their records. I even went into the operating room and took pictures after certain procedures were done. To see all the children along with their parents hoping desperately to be picked was very heart wrenching. But needless to say those that did get picked and had their successful surgeries are so grateful and happy. The children are just precious. It was an experience I will never forget.

We started off our 2005-2006 year by bringing in 9 new members, we participated in Help Keep America Warm Project, we helped with the Coral Gables Community Foundation auction, we collected school supplies and other things for Hacienda Girls ranch, we participated in the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Walk, we contributed to Hurricane Katrina victims, we collected items for our soldiers in Iraq, we collected for World Food Day, we held an Operation Bunko Party, we prepared 15 Thanksgiving Baskets (with the help of the Woman’s Club) for our Dental Clinic families, we collected toiletries from our travels and made over 50 bags for the Agape Women’s Center, we delivered “Books for Babies” to new mothers of North Shore Hospital and Jackson Memorial Hospital, we cleaned our Adopted Highway project (on LeJeune Road from Valencia to SW 8 Street a few times this year, we adopted a manatee, we had a wonderful Christmas party for our dental clinic children, we participated in Smart Ride for Aids, we hosted the Annual District 11 Arts Festival, we collected soup cans for “Souper Bowl” for the Miami Rescue Mission and also collected men’s sweaters for them, we helped to make women aware about their hearts by helping with Sister to Sister project, we collected business suits for Suited for Success, we collected prom gowns for Becca’s Closet, we collected cell phones, our Casino Night netted $78,000! We were given a “Proclamation from the City of Coral Gables” that every March 4th will now be known as “Give the Gift of a Healthy Smile Day”, we participated in the March of Dimes walk, and we helped the National Kidney Foundation with their auction and golf tournament. We donated over $7,000 to various charities. We provided (2) $500.00 scholarships to needful recipients from Miami Christian School.

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