Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Seeking Nominations for Woman of the Year

For the past 8 years the Brentwood Woman’s Club has selected a non-member, to honor as their Woman of the Year.  Nominations are due by February 7 and can be submitted to club via email or mailed to the club at PO Box 964, Brentwood, TN. 37024.  The selected recipient will be honored at our May 2 Step Up:  It's a Charity Affair fund-raising luncheon at the Brentwood County Club.  

The nomination criteria is as follows:

Woman of the Year Award

All nominations must be received by February 7, 2017
All nominees must be residents of Williamson County, Tennessee, or any of the adjacent counties of Davidson, Rutherford, Marshall, Maury, Hickman, Dickson, or Cheatham. You may nominate as many women as you like. Use a separate form for each Nominee.

Submit all nominations via email to brentwoodwomansclub@gmail.com or mail to GFWC Brentwood Woman’s Club, PO Box 964, Brentwood, TN 37024.

Include    
Your Name:
Your phone number : 
Your email address: 
Name of your Nominee: 
Nominee’s phone number: 
Nominee’s email address: 
Nominee’s principal occupation and/or area of volunteerism:


Nomination submission should cover the following questions:
Why you have chosen to nominate this woman?

What significant contributions has your Nominee made to Williamson County, the state of Tennessee, or our country on the national scene during the past year?

Highlight lifetime contributions and their cumulative benefits to communities and individuals.
    
If your Nominee’s community contributions are in conjunction with her occupation, how has she gone beyond what is required in her occupation, so as to contribute altruistically to the community? 

Describe the extent to which your Nominee may have identified an unmet need in the community, met that need, and created new value, or noticeable positive change, as a result of her contributions.
. . .

Prior honorees have been Linda Lynch, City of Brentwood Community Relations Director; Joyce Keistler, Director of the Martin Center; Susan Leathers, prior Editor and Co-Owner Brentwood Home Page, Franklin Home Page and BrentWord Communications; Linda Jackson, Executive Director of BRIDGES; Nancy Osman, community volunteer and Director of Ty2 Foundation, Jennifer Wolcott, community volunteer with the American Red Cross (Natchez Trace Chapter) and the Oasis Center, Vicky Smith, Senior manager, Corporate Social Responsibility for Nissan North America, and Renata Soto, co-founder of Conexion Americas.

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

2017 Programs

The public is invited to the following meetings at the Williamson County Library, 1314 Columbia Ave., in Franklin.  We gather at 9:45am for a brief "meet and greet" followed by a brief club meeting, then a program at 11am:

January 3 - Cathy Holland, Nashville Airport Authority 

February 7 - Kippie Leland of Leland Interiors 

March 7 - Adrienne Lindsey of Mercy Multiplied

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

April 4 will be a members only meeting to handle club business and planning for our "Step Up:  It's a Charity Affair"  to be held in May.

In May we will have our May  "Step Up:  It's a Charity Affair" annual fund-raising luncheon, recognizing a "to be determined" Woman of the Year.  Date/Location/Program to be announced.

In June we will have a Member Recognition event and Installation of New Officers.  Date/Time/Location to be announced.

We do not have scheduled club meetings during July and August, then resume our monthly meetings in September.


Saturday, November 26, 2016

Holiday Luncheon - December 6, 2016

Our Holiday Luncheon will feature guest speaker:  Andrew Maraniss
Author of a New York Times bestseller and the recipient of the 2015 Lillian Smith Book Award, Strong Inside, Andrew studied history at Vanderbilt University.   Earning the school’s Alexander Award for excellence in journalism and graduating in 1992. He then worked for five years in Vanderbilt’s athletic department as the associate director of media relations, dealing primarily with the men’s basketball team.  In 1998, he served as the media relations manager for the Tampa Bay (Devil) Rays during the team’s inaugural season, and then returned to Nashville to join MP&F Public Relations.  The son of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author David Maraniss and trailblazing environmentalist Linda Maraniss, Andrew was born in Madison, Wis., grew up in Washington, D.C. and Austin, Texas and now lives in Brentwood, Tenn., with his wife Alison, and their two young children.  
Luncheon will be at the Brentwood Country Club, December 6,  10 am - 1pm, to include vendors for shopping, a 50/50       Raffle, and entertainment by the Brentwood High School Chorus.
For reservations email:  edkathkc1@att.net     Tickets: $50

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

June Awards Luncheon/Officer Installation

2016 - 2017 Officers:
From left to right, Gail Miles, president; Genma Holmes, historian; Lisa Ward, vice president of programs; Kathy Casey, treasurer; Jean Hagaman, secretary; and Nancy Deal, vice president

New Member of the Year:  Nancy Deal
                  2015 - 2016

ClubWoman of the Year, 2015-2016:  Kathy Casey

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

BWC Recognition and Winners at GFWC of Tennessee state meeeting

In the GFWC Youth Writing contest:
Alyssa Parker, Ravenwood High School, won First Place in Category IV for her poem, "Handel's Messiah".
Ashleigh Tyler, Summit High School, won First Place, Category IV, for her short story:  "Sacre Coeur".
These entries were submitted for further competition in their respective category with all other GFWC state/country winners and an international winner will be announced in late June at the GFWC International Annual Convention in Baltimore.

In the Epsilon Sigma Omicron reading society, members Donna Almond, Mary Marble, and Jean Hairston were recognized for their respective 8th Century, 3rd Century, and 1st Century efforts.

BWC as a whole received recognition for:

  •  its 100% members Participation in the GFWC Tennessee Endowment Fund
  • 1st Place, GFWC Division III for Membership Advancement Area
  • 2nd Place, for the GFWC Signature Project:  Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention
  • 2nd Place, for the GFWC Community Service Program in Conservation
  • 2nd Place, for GFWC's Advancement Area in Women's History & Resource Center.
And, BWC immediate past president Liz Martin was elected GFWC of Tennessee Treasurer for the the 2016 - 2018 administrative term, beginning July 1.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Thanks to "Step Up" Sponsors and Donors



WE APPRECIATE OUR SPONSORS AND SILENT AUCTION DONORS FOR OUR MAY 3RD "STEP UP:  IT'S A CHARITY AFFAIR LUNCHEON.
   



And
Silent Auction Donors:
Brentwood Country Club
Brentwood Interiors
Brentwood Jewelry & Gifts
Carraba's Italian Grill
First Watch Café
Franklin Marriott Cool Springs
Lindell Jewelers
Magic Nails
Moon Wine & Spirits
Nothing Bundt Cakes
Outback Restaurant 
Sewing Machines & Things
Studio Tenn
Sally Tobin, Artist & Andrew Knichfeld, author 

Monday, May 2, 2016

Participating in The Big Payback


Nonprofits play an essential role across the region – in healthcare, the arts, the environment, education, animal welfare and social services, to name just a few causes and needs. In today’s economic environment, these organizations need to accomplish much more with much less.

To celebrate Middle Tennessee’s spirit of generosity and “payback” the work of nonprofits, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is bringing back its initiative The Big Payback for the third straight year.

The Big Payback, a 24-hour online giving event, highlights nonprofit organizations' great work and inspires community-wide giving. Starting at midnight on Tuesday, May 3, 2016 – tonight! – donors have 24 hours to make gifts at TheBigPayback.org to 770 participating nonprofits, including schools and religious institutions, which are located in or provide services in the 40 counties of Middle Tennessee.

 Gifts can be given to multiple nonprofits and be of any size, from $10 and up.

The Brentwood Woman’s Club, one of many clubs in the General Federation of Women’s Clubs International (GFWC) is celebrating its 43rd year of service to the community this year.  A few examples of the ways this club has impacted our community:  built the first public playground on Concord Road; rehabbed a house for the first Brentwood Library; supported youth arts and education with scholarships and writing contests; supported conservation and beautification by “an adopt-a-mile”, installed a butterfly garden at Owens’ Chapel, promoted recycling at Carnton events and in Leipers Fork with a recycling station; promoted an informed electorate with election forums for the Brentwood City Commissioners elections; collaborated with the Rotary Club to finance the building of a convenience trailer for emergency personnel responding to local disasters; promoting domestic violence and sex-trafficking awareness and prevention; and supporting BRIDGES, GraceWorks, CASA, the Davis House, Owls’Hill, and veterans’ groups with monies generated by fund-raisers.