International Outreach  

 

         

                                                                                                                   Reaching Out Internationally

            “The needs for more people must be served;                                                                                                                                                 

the issues of our world must be addressed;                                                                                                                                                   Objective:  educate members and communities about global topics

            the difference between people must be resolved.”                                                                                                                                        and provide opportunities to support and contribute to world issues

--1976-1978 GFWC International President Jerri Wagner                    

 

Projects:

 

World Food Day, Oct. 16                                           Trick or Treat for UNICEF   

We collect food for a local pantry.                                                Today, after 60 years, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF has raised nearly $160 million dollars for UNICEF's

lifesaving programs around the world.

     

                                               

The Bookshelf Benefit is a local event                                    Join us in sewing hospital gowns for patients.

with donations going to various causes.

Last year over $500 was donated to literacy.

Look for it in the spring.

      From its founding in 1944

as the War Relief Commission until today,

their work helps churches help the poor and hungry.

  Heifer Project

Heifer’s mission is to work with communities

to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth.