Kara Kelly, Education Chairman - babs013@comcast.net
Debra A Sigismondo, Scholarship Chairman - squad7@aol.com
Betsy Bouchard, ESO Chairman - betsybou@yahoo.com
GFWC Rotonda West Woman’s Club annually awards 3 scholarships to graduating seniors from Lemon Bay High School pursuing university degrees or technical training, each worth $1,500.00. We sponsor 3 sophomores from LBHS to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth Scholarship Program (HOBY) teaching Volunteerism, Integrity, Excellence, Diversity and Community Partnership.Our committee selected students who live into “Love, Respect and Kindness”, as well as exemplifying perseverance and excellence. In addition we selected two deserving local women for our Bella Williams Continuing Education Scholarship of $1500.00 each.
In the last two years we have successfully delivered Diversity & Kindness Libraries to our local public schools. We have provided books that support comfort, stability, understanding, patience and kindness. We delivered books about tolerance and empathy to each of our two neighborhood elementary schools from the best of children’s literature available, and a class set to our high school scholars.
We further support education and educators with Back to School Supplies and Teacher Appreciation gifts.
Our CSP partners with our local public library to sponsor youth programs. We have a history of volunteering and activism that makes us very proud.
Education in the Community
A supplement to the May 2022 Chatter highlighting the recent scholarship recipients is available by clicking here. Congratulations to all the winners.
Education & Libraries
Used Book Trunk Sale at our March 12, 2021 meeting. proceeds will fund our Diversity & Kindness Libraries for local Myakka and Vineland Elementary Schools.
January 2022 School Supply Collection
Congratulations!
GFWC Rotonda West Woman’s Club Library
The GFWC Rotonda West Woman’s club has maintained a library in the Community of Rotonda West since 1977. In 2017 a new Community Center was built and the Rotonda West Association included a room for the club to continue maintaining the library. It is an honor system library allowing residents to pick out the book of their choice, sign it out and simply cross off their name when they return it. The books are all donated by club members and residents. Several ladies of the club act as librarians and shelve the books when they arrive.
The club is grateful to the Rotonda West Association and honored to have maintained this library for the benefit of the residents for the past forty years.
HOBY LEADERSHIP
With more than 50 years of service, the Hugh O’Brian Youth (HOBY) Leadership Program lets young people make a difference and become positive catalysts for change in the home, in the school, in the workplace, and in the community. As the nation’s foremost youth leadership development organization and with more than 335,000 alumni, HOBY is respected worldwide. Our club is dedicating HOBY scholarships through our newly formed Bonnie Wine Leadership Legacy Memorial Fund. Bonnie is our beloved former club president as well as GFWCFL District 12 Director.