SEPTEMBER 2023
Dear Members,
I hope everyone has had a good summer and are staying cool.
Our Board members and Chairs have been working hard on plans for our coming year.
We are now in our 61st year of service of volunteering in our community and
surrounding areas. This summer we had two ice cream socials and played games for
all members who stay here year-round. Everyone had a fun time and got to meet some
of our new members.
We have a newly elected Vice President – Linda Raymond. She will be a great help to
me and the Board of Directors, Chairs and Committee persons. Thank you for
stepping up, Linda!
We also have a new Hospitality Director – Kathy Schwartz. Kathy and her team will be
happy to take your reservations for lunches, set up the room, find you a place to sit and
assist you in any way at the General Meetings.
We will be having speakers from the Historical Society and from our Lady of
Guadalupe Food Pantry in September.
The GFWC Service Project is September 30th. – Please help feed America. Please bring
a box of cereal to our September 21st meeting for the Pantry.
Our Health and Wellness this month is to help C.A.H.T. & Selah Freedom by collecting
Backpacks, Duffle bags and small Suitcases for trafficking survivors.
If you wish, come dressed from the past in 1960’s styles and remember the good old
days of Woodstock.
See you soon
MAY 2023
Hello Ladies,
May is here and we have so many things to celebrate. Cinco de Mayo – a party with games, food and drinks.
Mother’s Day when we honor our Mothers and children – shower her with gifts and cards.
Memorial Day – lets never forget our veterans who gave everything to protect our county during War. We have 18 ladies that will be in the Living Flag Tribute at Kings Point Veteran’s Theatre.
Thanks to everyone that made The Garden Party Fundraiser so successful if you didn’t hear we made $5,430.00. We can help many organizations in our community.
Our May 18th General Meeting will be an accessories exchange, where you bring3 or more items like scarf, jewelry, belts, hats, handbags (all gently used). Pick out 3 new things to take home. All left over items will be donated to the Enterprising Latinas Opportunity Center in Wimauma. We will also be collecting gift cards and money for these ladies.
Safe travels for all you snowbirds and we’ll see you next winter. For everyone else, we hope you get to go on vacation and have a fun summer.
The Board Members will be busy planning next year’s program and updating the Directory.
The Bunco Group will meet this summer if we can get enough people to attend, it’s the 4th Wednesday in the Sandpiper Room 9:30 a. m.
Environmental, Arts and Culture, Birthday Lunches will be off for the summer. Yours truly,
Virginia Kimball, President
APRIL 2023
Welcome to Spring. It is season to enjoy flowers, baby birds and a trip to the beach.
We are celebrating the 50th anniversary of our club starting the Meals on Wheels for Sun City Center. We want to thank all 11 organizations and churches that help.
Our first Fundraising event in 2023 will be a Garden Party Comedy Show starring Juanita Lolita and “Talk of the Town” Coupon Book Sale. The show tickets are $25 cash or check for the show which will be held in the Atrium Florida Room.
The coupon book is $15, and the Business Supporters are AAA Auto club, Annette’s Hair Salon, Armett’s Gelato and Caffe, Bella Cucina, CC’s Grill, City Salon, Jack’s Shack Ice Cream, Grease Monkey, Kelly Greene Facial Spa, and Marco’s Pizza. Special thanks to Robin’s Nest Bodywork and Sun City Center Flowers and Gifts. We will be selling tickets at the kiosk April 3rd from 2 pm to 4 pm; April 4th from 10 am to 12 pm, and April 5th from 12 pm to 2 pm.
In March we received a Certificate from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs for 60 years of service to our community as a federation with congratulations and thank you from Debra Strahanoski, GFWC International President.
The April 20th General meeting will include a program relating the story of The Unsinkable Molly Brown. We hope you will come dressed in favorite spring colors, pearls, and hats.
MARCH 2023
We have many fun activities for you to get involved in to help our community and around the world.
The Birthday Lunch will be held at Old Castle Restaurant by Bealls Outlet at 11:30 AM on March 7th.
March 8th Souls4Souls city-wide collection of shoes at the St. Andrews Presbyterian Church 9:00-11:00 AM.
March 11th is FunFest in the Royal Room at the C.A. From 9 AM.- 2:00 PM. Come to play a few games and learn more about the Sun City Center Woman’s Club, Inc.
March 16th is our General Meeting. We are having a baby shower for Newborns in Need.
March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day – the wearing of the green and looking for that pot of gold. It will soon be springtime and time to plant those flowers.
March 21st is our Environmental trip to RRF Hillsboro Recycle Center. Contact Regina McClain 813-419-4742 if you would like to go.
March 22nd is Bunco-have a good time with friends.
Please welcome these new members to our club: Carol Grace, Carol Kock, Mary Kay Johns
FEBRUARY 2023
February is Heart Month, Groundhog Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Valentine’s Day,
Washington’s Birthday, Mardi Gras and it only has 28 days.
Valentines are a way of showing your family and friends how special they are in your heart and thank them for all they do.
You can love the outdoors by taking a walk looking and listening to Mother Nature around you. Love your community by volunteering and helping your neighbors.
Give someone a hug today it can make them and you happy. Call someone up just to say I’m thinking about you.
I’d like to thank everyone that took part in our Arts and Crafts Competition. We had 6 first place ribbons presented by the Sun City Center Art Club.
On February 10th, we will enter the District 8 Competition and if we get a Blue Ribbon there, you will go on to the state competition.
Lots of fun activities to join in February with other club ladies, so mark your calendars when you get the Newsletter.
Until we meet again.
JANUARY 2023
Happy New Year! Can you believe it’s 2023? Red, yellow, and white are the lucky colors for 2023. Believe it or not, luck can be generated by elements as color. The Chinese New Year Feng Shui is The Year of the Rabbit. So, let’s get hopping on that To Do List. Did you make a New Year’s Resolutions? You know the same ones you made last year and broke?
In 2023 The Sun City Center Woman’s Club is looking forward to many great programs, service projects, a spring and fall fundraiser and getting new members to join in on the fun and volunteering to help in the community. Invite a friend to come with you to one of our General Meeting Luncheons, Bunco, Birthday Lunch, Arts and Culture, or Environment Meetings. Can you help by Mentoring, Reading, or Tutoring a child? If so, see our Education Chair, Elaine Tatem.
In April we are celebrating 50 years of service to Meals on Wheels in Sun City Center. Our club started this program, and it is still running.
May 2023 be a happy year for all and peace on earth.
DECEMBER 2022
December is a very busy month for all of us getting ready to celebrate Hanukkah,
Christmas, Kwanzaa, Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and Winter begins.
As women, our jobs are never done, shopping, baking cookies, planning Holiday Parties, family dinners, wrapping presents, picking out that perfect dress, and writing Christmas cards.
Don’t forget to mark your calendars for December 15th- as we are having the SCC Women’s Chorus at 11:30 so come early, lunch and meeting to follow.
2022 has gone so fast, and I have been very busy attending lots of meetings. Starting with this summer – working on the Directory, planning programs and service projects. In September, going to Orlando for Fall Boards – Denim and Diamonds. District 8 had two meetings, a Bingo Party and a workshop for learning Reporting, Temple Terrace had a special New Members and Honoring their longtime members
Luncheon.
We celebrated our 60 Year Diamond Jubilee, as we were the first club in Sun CityCenter! It was a special day with 5 past Presidents attending. Then we had our big fundraiser – BINGO, with 170 people attending.
I’m hoping everyone enjoyed themselves at our Monthly Board and General
Meetings.
Sending blessings to all.
NOVEMBER 2022
Fall has come to Florida, and we can enjoy wearing jeans and sweaters.
I am so proud of our club for all their generous gifts of time, talent, community service and money they gave to help the GFWC Florida Headquarters for the Emergency Disaster Fund to help Hurricane Victims.
We are celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends in November. We are blessed here in Sun City Center to have a nice home, food, clothes, and health. When you are grocery shopping, pick up a few extra cans or boxes of non-perishable food to donate to the local food pantry or church.
Welcome back to the snowbirds and new members. I hope you can join into the fun and activities of the Club. We meet the 3rd Thursday of every month September thru May at the Community Hall. Also, the first Tuesday of each month is the Birthday Lunch,
the 4th Wednesday we meet for Bunco, and 4th Thursday is Arts and Culture. We have five Community Service Programs for you to join and get more involved. These are Arts and Culture, Civic Engagement, Education and Libraries, Environment, and Health and Wellness.
Hope to see you there.
OCTOBER 2022
September was a very busy month with hard work, Celebrations, Fundraising and lots of fun for all. We had
a great turn out for the Diamond Jubilee. 52 attended and 160 plus for Bingo. We enjoyed having
5 past Presidents in attendance for the program and party on September 15th.
2002-2004 and 2015-2015 Rosie Clifton
2006-2008 Jan Bassett
2010-2012 Janet Warren
2016-2017 Angie Maze
2019-2022 Sally Anne Barclay
It is always fun to see them.
A congratulation speech was given by John Mayoka President, Samaritans Service for helping them with
Meals on Wheels, Samaritans Ride Share and Alzheimer Respite Care.
Speakers Susan Muise and Rusty Seiden Historical Society. They gave a program about Del Webb and how
Sun City Center started. Did you know the Sun City Center Woman’s Club was the first club in town,
and Mr. Clark (a developer for Del Webb) invited the first 25 residents to a tea so they could meet their new
neighbors, 23 came and they formed our club that day. Their first project was to help March of Dimes and start a town
data base with everyone’s address and phone numbers.
Our cutest 1960’s outfit was Kathleen Records with her headband and bell bottom pants. She was given a 1960’s record.
Roses were awarded to members that joined back in 2000-2004: Jeanne Naish, Ann Bohachek, Karen Sochon and
Nancy Mercer. These ladies are still very active helping ensuring our general meetings run smoothly.
We are off with a good start for the Bucks for Books Aine Paik reports $33.00 in September.
Thank you to Anne Rankin and her Hospitality Committee for the wonderful food from Banquet Masters.
We had the best Fundraiser – Bingo for everyone in Sun City Center and made $2338.00.
Thank you to Deanna St. John and her team for keeping our books accurate.
A big shout out to Floyd and Brenda Curvin volunteering to call and verify the Bingo games.
See you on October 20th.
SEPTEMBER 2022
Hello Ladies,
I hope everyone has had a good summer and is staying cool. My husband and I
got to take a 15-day road trip thru 7 states to see family in Missouri. and Iowa.
Our Board members and Chairs have been working on plans for the coming
club year Programs, choosing the Community Service Projects, the Directory,
planning our Diamond Jubilee, and our Bingo Fall Fundraiser.
Back on August 12, 1962, S.E. Clark, Activities Director of Del Webb’s
Sun City Center Development, invited every woman living in the new development
to a tea. The tea’s purpose was to acquaint the new neighbors and to form a
Woman’s Club. All 22 tea attendees formed the
Sun City Center Woman’s Club with Day Affleck as president. The club’s first projects
were to raise funds for the March of Dimes and establish an emergency data system
of all residents.
Now, 60 years later, we want to celebrate this special day and thank all the past
Presidents for all their hard work. Come join us at the party on September 15th
and dress up like you’re in the 1960’s or your favorite party attire.
I attended the District 8 Presidents workshop on August 6th, where they always
have helpful ideas.
If anyone loves to work on their computer. we are looking for a WEB person. Our
club has one now, but our Web Site needs to be updated and things added
to it monthly. For any questions about this job
contact: Joanne Principio at valenview@verizon.net.
When you pick up your Directory at the September General Meeting, please
take time to read it, there are changes in Community Service Programs, different
days and times for the Birthday Lunch and Arts and Culture.
See you soon.
May 2022 Final Message from Sally Anne Barclay, President 2019-2022
It has been my privilege and pleasure to serve as your president for the past 3
years, and what a ride it has been! I started my term as president in a wheelchair
with broken bones in my leg. After my installation, I was told by the SCC CA that I
couldn’t be the club president because I lived in Kings Point! My predecessor Sharon Alvarez stormed to the CA board to correctly advise them that GFWC is a national organization, open to anyone and can be led by anyone, no matter where the person lives.
During my convalescence, I was just blown away by the thoughtfulness of each of
you who brought meals and sent flowers and get-well cards and visited. How can I
express my thanks for that?
Autumn came and my fractures were healed. Then – BOOM! – after only a few meet-
ings together we were shut down due to COVID-19. We were all scared and wonder-
ing how can our club go on?? Thanks to our own Angie Maze, we started meeting
with Zoom. Yes, whoever heard of Zoom before COVID hit? Though we could not be
together in person, at least we could still have meetings and see and talk to one
another via our computer screens.
Through the pandemic we persevered. We had drive-through fundraisers to help
Our Lady of Guadalupe food pantry. We raised cash and gift cards for the women of
Haven of Hope. We held a fundraiser called Kicks for Kids that brought in over 300
new shoes and over 800 new socks. The schools who received these items were so
overjoyed by the caring and thoughtfulness of our club. We didn’t stop there. We
provided our hand-made pillows and blankets to many different places including
Florida Cancer Center, Cypress Memory Care. Lifepath Hospice here and Hospice
Home for children in Temple Terrace, Sun Terrace Rehabilitation, South Bay Hospi-
tal cardiac unit, and Brandon Children’s Facility. We all continued to live the vol-
unteer spirit throughout the obstacles of an unprecedented pandemic.
Now, we can finally meet in person again. It was a bit shaky at first, people were
scared to come out and meet in person. I was. But I can now report due to our won-
derful Membership Chair, we’ve come back to having over 100 members. I want to thank each and every member of my Board. You have touched my life both
professionally and personally. There are not enough “thank yous” that I can say or
write to show my deep appreciation for you all. I also want to say a special thank you
to Susan Royal and Virginia Kimball for keeping Meals on Wheels going throughout
this whole ordeal.
As the Board members change, please welcome and embrace your new leadership as
you did me. With that, blessings to you all.
Until we meet again,
Sally Anne Barclay
April 2022
Welcome to Spring! There are lots of signs of Spring all around us here. Many flowers are blooming, the birds are making nests among the treetops. I’ve seen baby owls, sandhill cranes, baby bunnies, and even a couple of little foxes. It’s spring break here in town. It’s so nice to see the extra visitors, children in the pool and in the golf carts.
Our fundraiser is coming on April 8th. I hope to see many of you there to support us and our local charities. Bingo is always a fun game. Please pass the word around to your friends.
Then before we know, it’s going to be Easter. As a child, I always loved this time of year to go to the local Thom McAn shoe store. My parents always got me a new pair of dress shoes and a new pair of play shoes, along with a new dress, play clothes, and an Easter bonnet and gloves. How many of you also have this memory about Easter? Such good times for sure. After church there was always a great Easter egg hunt. And a feast to feed an entire army. Both my Mum and Grandmother were wonderful cooks. I try to carry along the family recipes and traditions.
Enjoy your Springtime ! Until we meet again,
Sally Anne
March 2022
Can you already believe that were in the month of
March? The time just flies by, too fast for me. Does any-
one else feel like there isn’t enough hours in a day? We
have St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th of the month and
Spring starts on the 20th. Hurray!
Ladies, I want to thank all of you who participated in the
Arts & Crafts projects this month. The President’s Pro-
ject was to spread some love in our community. Oh boy,
did we ever live up to the challenge. We made 86 heart
pillows that we delivered to Cypress Creek Memory
Care Facility. Then the 41 extra pillows were delivered to
our Lifepath Hospice Home. We delivered 48 lovely red,
pink, and white flower arrangements to the Sun Terrace
Rehabilitation Facility. And the last things we donated
were 51 crocheted lap blankets to the Florida Cancer
Center here in Sun City Center. Thank you bunches for
all the help to make this possible. You ladies are rock
stars!
As we proceed into the month of March let’s see what
we all can do by embracing “living the volunteer spirit.”
Remember to wear a bit of green at our General Meet-
ing.
Until we meet again,
Sally Anne
February 2022
The month of February is an amazing month. It’s Women’s Heart
Awareness month. Did you know that more women die of heart
disease than all the cancers? Then there’s Ground hog Day. Will
the groundhog see his shadow or not? It’s an old superstition,
that if the groundhog comes out of his burrow and sees his shad-
ow, there will be 6 more weeks of winter. Then of course there’s
Valentine’s Day in the middle of the month. That’s the love holi-
day. We are brought up to love our parents, grandparents, sib-
lings, extended family, and friends. The love of outdoors, a walk
in a lovely forest, a walk on the beach, a hike in the desert. How
about the love of food? (Dessert is always my favorite.) The love
of volunteering? That’s what makes our club so great. Living the
volunteer spirit!
How about the love for our country? Let’s celebrate President’s
Day. Lincoln’s birthday is on February 12th and Washington’s is
on the 22nd. What two very different presidents of our country.
How ever you may enjoy this month, remember to look after your
own heart. Be kind to yourself!
Until we meet again,
Sally Anne
January 2022
Ladies,
Happy New Year!! I really hope that y’all had a lovely holiday season. I know that I enjoyed being with my family and friends. Spending time with the ones you love is better than any present that you may open. During this past year we have seen things in the news that are such tragedies, and this pandemic continues to take lives. Throughout all of this mayhem our club has continued to make a difference. It may seem small to you but the person who receives one of our cards for Meals on Wheels, or a heart pillow to hug while going through cancer treatments is so appreciative of our generosity. We’ve held fundraisers to fill a truck with food and essentials, and helped other charitable organiza-tions. All within our community of Sun City Center. That’s just a few things that we do, living the volunteer spirit.
I wish y’all a very happy 2022 filled with love, kindness, and good health.
Sally Anne
December – 2021
Hello Ladies,
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry almost Christmas. What a year it has been…. the pandemic, the vaccines, and the booster. It’s amazing how last year at this same time we were meeting on Zoom. Yes, many of us became regular ‘Zoomers.’ It is so wonderful that we’re able to be together again to enjoy our friendships, our meetings, our programs.
Speaking of our programs, our upcoming one is being done by the East Bay High Schoolers: A Christmas Cabaret. How exciting! I’m looking forward to seeing something a bit different. I always love watching children perform.
As a friendly reminder, we’re really in need of help with Art’s & Crafts; we make table decorations for our general meetings and special cards for Meals on Wheels.
I also really need a Fundraiser Chairperson. If this is something that you are interested in, please contact me.
I would like to say thank you to all of you that sent me get-well wishes and prayers. It obviously worked. I’m back to myself now.
Here is my Christmas Wish this year: I hope that each one of you enjoys your Holiday Season with family and friends. And I hope that each of you stays safe and healthy.
Until we meet again,
Sally Anne
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