Member Clubs of the General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) work in six main community service programs. GFWC programs and projects focus on the major issues of our time - supporting women's health, preserving natural resources, promoting literacy and equality, and encouraging volunteer service - and fall into the following areas of focus:
Arts
The GFWC Arts Community Service Program encourages members to promote and support arts activities in their clubs, schools, and communities. It is designed to inspire clubwomen. As Pablo Picasso once said, “Every child is an artist, the problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” The goal is to create programs and projects that include music, literature, dance, drama, theatre, and other arts-related areas, both traditional and innovative.
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Conservation
Our natural resources are among our most precious treasures. The GFWC Conservation Community Service Program is designed for members to gain an appreciation for our environment. Members are encouraged to increase awareness of conservation issues, work to preserve, maintain and restore our natural resources, preserve habitats for plants and animals, and participate in endeavors to beautify and sustain the world around us. Our natural resources include, but are not limited to, water, trees, plants, air, land, and wildlife.
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Education
For more than a century, education has been a cornerstone of GFWC beliefs and practices. The GFWC Education Community Service Program works to improve literacy and education awareness in communities at home and around the world.
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Home Life
The GFWC Home Life Community Service Program is designed to inform members of issues that affect the well-being of individuals, families, and communities, by providing opportunities and resources to meet and address needs through volunteering. Through this program clubs may develop and implement creative projects that promote a healthy lifestyle; increase awareness, prevention, research, and treatment of disease; target personal development; address the issues of hunger, inadequate housing, and homelessness; and/or prevent or correct financial difficulties.
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International Outreach
n a world where half of the population – over three billion people – lives on less than $2.50 a day, and 21,000 children die each day due to poverty, GFWC encourages clubs to reach beyond their own communities and consider how they can make a global impact. The GFWC International Outreach Community Service Program is designed to enable members to become better world citizens through advocacy, education, and action, which will, in turn, affect change in and for our global friends and their communities.
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Public Issues
The GFWC Public Issues Community Service Program is designed to actively connect members with effective projects and activities relating to civic engagement. This area focuses on: citizenship, veteran’s affairs, emergency preparedness, and safety.
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