GFWC of NC SWC 2023 June Meeting & Officer Installation

The General Federation of Women’s Club of North Carolina (GFWC of NC) Statesville Woman’s Club officers for 2023-2025 were appointed, installed and confirmed at their June meeting.

Front row from left: Karen Throckmorton, GFWC-NC President-elect and Installing Officer; Dana White, President; Shelley Arthur, First Vice President; Wanda Rushton, Second Vice President; Deena Chambers, Secretary; and Kim Turner, Treasurer. Back row from left: Yolanda Myers-Johnson and Joanna Gaither, Membership Committee; Jennifer Griffith, Immediate Past President, Buildings and Grounds Committee and Parliamentarian; Kim Mulrey, Chaplain and Courtesy Chairman; Valerie Oliphant, Webmaster; Lee Ann Sherrill, Publicity/Social Media Chairman; and Stephanie Gill, Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship Co-Chairman.

Not pictured are: Linda Lavinder, Historian/Newsletter; Carol Trahan, Membership Committee; Barb Thorson, Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship Co-Chairman; and Sandra Landry, Ways and Means.

Title: GFWC of NC Statesville Woman’s Club Installs New Officers During June Meeting

The General Federation of Women’s Club of North Carolina (GFWC of NC) Statesville Woman’s Club installed 2023-2025 officers at their recent June meeting.

Special guests were welcomed and recognized. Past Presidents in attendance, Joanna Gaither, Sandra Ball Poole and Jennifer Griffith were acknowledged. Past Presidents unable to attend were Fran Baker, Janet Hall, Linda Lavinder and Pat Smith.

Club President Dana White presented membership recognition of two “Special Gems” within the club and for June. The “Gem of the month” was Wanda Ruston and “Hidden Gem” was Barb Thorson.

GFWC-NC President-elect Karen Throckmorton was the installing officer and used seashells as her basis for installing the officers. Officers Installed were: Dana White, President; Shelley Arthur, First Vice President;

Wanda Rushton, Second Vice President; Deena Chambers, Secretary; Kim Turner, Treasurer; and Jennifer Griffith, as Immediate Past President.

Also appointed and confirmed were those serving on the Standing Committees which included: Jennifer Griffith, Buildings and Grounds Committee and Parliamentarian; Kim Mulrey, Chaplain and Courtesy Chairman; Linda Lavinder, Historian/Newsletter; Lee Ann Sherrill, Publicity/Social Media Chairman; Carol Trahan, Yolanda Myers-Johnson and Joanna Gaither, Membership Committee; Stephanie Gill and Barb Thorson, Sallie Southall Cotten Scholarship Co-Chairmen; Valerie Oliphant, Webmaster; and Sandra Landry, Ways and Means.

Reinstalled Club President Dana White gave a brief summary of the club’s year-end report recapping major club projects. She then presented her theme for the 2023-2025 term “Service with a Heart, women making a difference.”

The next club meeting will be held on Thursday, September 7, 2023 at Your Coffee Place Troutman (YCP) located at 403 Main Street in Troutman. There will be a time of fellowship at 11:30 a.m. and meeting will start at 12:00 p.m.

Upcoming summer activities include…

· “Wine Down Saturday” on Saturday, June 24 at Wine Maestro in downtown Statesville from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

· “Let’s Chat” on Monday, July 10 at Your Coffee Place in Troutman from 4:30 p.m. -6:30 p.m.

· “Wine Down Thursday” on August 10 at Wine Maestro in downtown Statesville from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

For club information or about renting the GFWC of NC Statesville Woman’s Club’s Clubhouse for your meeting or event, inquiries may be emailed to the club at Statesvillewomansclub@gmail.com or by calling 704-761-8208. The club website is www.statesvillewomansclub.org. For details on joining the GFWC of NC Statesville Woman’s Club, please contact Membership Committee member Joanna Gaither at 704-873-2684.