You are invited and welcome to our monthly general meetings!
Come and see who we are and what we do.
Come as a guest and leave as a friend!
Our next meeting is:
February 13, 2025
The featured speaker will be
Andrea Crowder, Way Free Medical Center, Executive Director
we are excited to hear what is new at their location and how individuals might be able to help.
Please support the center by bringing in baby diapers (size 4 and 5) and baby wipes.
Join us for some healthy snacks as we celebrate February as Heart Month
Highlights from our February 13th, 2025 Meeting
Members wore red in honor of Go Red for Women and February as Heart month. Featured speaker was Andrea Crowder, Way Free Medical Center, Executive Director. Club members contributed 1606 wipes and 423 diapers.
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Highlights from our January 9, 2025 meeting
This meeting included celebrating the 140-year impact of the VIA with a viewing of
the 150th Green Cove Springs history YouTube video.
Watch the 150th anniversary video here: https://youtu.be/9LPlX7zhdxA
Highlights from our December 12th Holiday Celebration Meeting
This meeting included election of Officers for 2025-2027,
a Holiday gathering, and Installation of Officers
Highlights from our November 14th meeting
Hosted by the Civic Engagement and Outreach Committee our
guest speaker was Timothy Collins, Retired Clay County Judge with a presentation of the work of Empowered to Achieve, Inc. We also heard a beautiful tribute featuring the Missing Man Table. Members were encouraged to write what they were thankful for on thankfulness tags which were hung for all to see.
Highlights from our October 17th Meeting
Hosted by the Education and Libraries Committee our featured speakers were Tiffani Pearson and Anika Savage from the GCS Library. We also had a chili cook-off and a silent cake auction to raise money for our Women’s History Month scholarships.
Highlights from our September 12th Meeting
Our Annual Open House
This “get-to-know-you” night featured the Special Program and Community Service Program Chairmen’s displays.
Highlights from our May 9th Meeting:
We had fun visiting, playing games, and celebrating the successes of our VIA Community Service Programs (CSP).
The VIA had a great meeting which included awarding our $1000 scholarship to Clay High School senior Addison H. Addison plans to attend St. John’s River State College to pursue a career in Criminal Justice. Congrats Addison!
Highlights from our April 11th Meeting
We featured speaker Christina Wermouth from Cystic Fibrosis, which is the GFWC Florida Director of the Junior Club’s Project. Please consider donating to our Great Strides Walk at the Jacksonville Zoo on May 18th.
Highlights from our March 14th Meeting
Hosted by the Environment Committee
Joe McCarthy from Reparation Earth, located in Northeast Florida, talked about skipping the dirt!
Using a self-contained aquaponics process, they grow vegetable crops and fish together in a re-circulating system. All of their all-natural vegetables are free from GMO’s, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers. His sidekick Jenny also answered our questions.