Volunteers- The heart of the Community
Several members of the Fuquay-Varina Junior Woman’s Club, along with our families, 
volunteered at the Wake County Big Sweep at Carroll Howard Johnson Environmental Education Park in Fuquay-Varina on Saturday, March 25. It was a great day and we enjoyed helping to keep our town litter-free!
Wake County Bug Sweep is a citizen volunteer effort to make our environment litter-free. Learn more here: http://www.centerforhuman-earthrestoration.com/big-sweep.html
Another great evening for our club as we partnered with Lincoln Heights Elementary for Read and Feed at Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church!
The mission of the Read and Feed program is to give elementary school children an appetite for reading by strengthening literacy skills and providing encouragement in a nurturing, neighborhood environment. Using mobile classrooms, the program provides meals to eliminate hunger, mentors to help children read, and books to build home libraries.
To find out more visit: readandfeed.org
The Fuquay-Varina Jr. Woman’s Club held a women’s clothing drive for Dress for Success Triangle NC . The drive was held within a two-week time span and we were absolutely amazed at all of the great items contributed by our club members and community!
Given this drive’s huge success we’ll definitely plan to hold another in the future. Stay tuned!
The mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. Read more about this wonderful organization here: trianglenc.dressforsuccess.org
We had a very busy night at our March meeting! Our Conservation Chair led our club in a project where we began making mats out of plastic grocery bags for the homeless. We will continue working on this project over the next few weeks and cannot wait to see the finished result!
At our club’s October meeting we worked together to complete a project that we look
forward to each year. Together we filled 16 shoeboxes with gifts for Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child, a program that blesses children in need around the world each year.
Read more on the Operation Christmas Child program and see the journey of these shoeboxes here.
On Saturday, October 1 the Fuquay-Varina Junior Woman’s Club teamed up with Military Missions in Action (MMIA) to construct a handicap accessible ramp for a child of an active duty service member in Hope Mills, NC.
Within four short hours 11 club members, two spouses and three children were able to complete the construction of four sections of a ramp to be assembled at the family’s home on a later date. While our club may have questioned our resources (and expertise) initially, together, and with the leadership of Mike Dorman, founder and executive director of MMIA, we accomplished more than we could have imagined!
Military Missions in Action is a local non-profit dedicated to assisting veterans with disabilities, members of the Armed Forces and their families. Learn more about this organization here: militarymissionsinaction.org.
On Sunday, August 28 the Fuquay-Varina Junior Woman’s Club joined the Town of Fuquay-Varina at South Park to celebrate the park’s newest addition- a handicap accessible swing! The ADA accessible swing was a donation from the FVJWC in hopes that it will benefit children with disabilities and allow them to better enjoy the town’s playground for years to come.
Thank you to all who joined the FVJWC in celebrating this new addition as well as for your continued support of special projects that improve the community!
The Town of Fuquay-Varina celebrated National Ice Cream Day by hosting an Ice Cream Social at the town’s Mineral Springs park. The Junior Woman’s Club was happy to participate by serving lemonade and tea to fellow ice cream lovers.
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The Fuquay-Varina Junior Woman’s Club installed their new officers for the 2016-2018 club year and inducted five new members. Congratulations to these ladies.
President: Rebecca Duffy
1st Vice President: Brittany Weathersbee
2nd Vice President: Courtney Williams
3rd Vice President (Ways & Means): Brittany May and Kathleen Honeycutt
Corresponding and Recording Secretary: Wendy Nash
Treasurer: Heather Massengill
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Our club is so proud to be a part of the town’s new splash pad grand opening. The club donated this fully waterproof wheelchair so every child can enjoy the pad! You can check the chair out at the community center to use at the splash pad. Thank you to PJ and his dad, Parker, for being our first wheelchair riders! We hope it serves our community well.
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