Grace Willing Workers Extension Homemakers Club has a new name and a new purpose.
Organized several years ago as a traditional Extension Homemakers Club, it was reorganized recently as a project club with a new name: Grace Willing Workers – Traveling With Grace.
The restructured club will provide members an opportunity to expand their horizons in ventures ranging from dining out to out-of-town trips, lasting from one day to several. These are activities that might have been unavailable to individual members on their own, according to a news release.
Unlike a traditional club, a project club is not required to have officers, hold regular meetings or participate in service projects, and has only three educational programs a year. But it must uphold the purposes of Extension Homemakers, to empower individuals and families to improve their quality of living through continuing education, leadership development and community service, according to the release.
During the organizational meeting held recently at Pursuit Church at White Hall, the Traveling Grace members decided to participate in all the traditional club activities, and chose its three educational program topics: “Arkansas Waterfalls,” “Quick Breads” and “Consumer Skills and Resource Management.”
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The club will meet regularly on the first Thursday of each month at the Pursuit Church unless otherwise noted.
The members also decided that the November meeting/outing would be the Crafts Retreat, sponsored by the Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council at the Ozark Folk Center at Mountain View.
The charter members of Traveling Grace are: Patsy Brown, Nancy Cannon, Jo Ann Carr, Kay Cromwell, Liz Crosby, Paula Dailey, Vivian Gerlach, Pat Hall, Dot Hart, Carol Hastings, Allison Herrin, Connie Herrin, Debbie James, Joyce Johnson, Kay Lynn Johnston, Delores Kelly, Mary Ann Kizer, Linda Murray, Sarah Payton, Eva Marie Pearson, Marnette Reed, Kaye Richardson, Brenda Robinson, Nancy Rosen, Jo Segars, Sandy Smith, Jodie Stout, Lynda Toler and Elizabeth Woodham.
Many of the members hold membership in traditional Extension Homemakers clubs.
Officers of the club are: James, president; Richardson, vice president and club representative to the Jefferson County Extension Homemakers Council; Woodham, secretary; Johnson, treasurer; and Pearson, parliamentarian.
Stout will be chairman of the community service project. The group has chosen “Sharing Hearts” as the year’s project. The members will become a part of the community known on its website as “I Found a Quilted Heart.” The members will make quilted hearts and place them anonymously in public places for people to find. It is hoped that the people who find them take this as a random act of kindness to brighten their day.
Dailey was named the education/fellowship tours chairman. She will be in charge of planning the group’s outings.
Allison Herrin was named the scrapbook chairman.
Pearson will serve as the publicity chairman.
After the organizational meeting, the group adjourned to Colton’s at White Hall for a Dutch-treat lunch.
The first out-of-town venture was to the Grumpy Rabbit at Lonoke in early August.