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Welcome to GFWC/Connecticut
For over 100 years, the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Connecticut (GFWC/CT) has been part of an international organization with a mission to provide volunteer services, respond to challenges, and to seize a crisis as an opportunity for moving forward. Our mission encompasses being an innovative leader in education, growth, and development of women to benefit their children, their community and their government. Our goal is to be of service to others, improve our social, cultural and physical environment and promote appreciation of the arts. We strive to become responsible leaders in our communities. GFWC/CT is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.

What's happening around GFWC/CT...


 


Women's Policy Day training
courtesy PCSW

 

GFWC/CT volunteers fundraise for CPTV during the UCONN Husky Basketball Game.


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Domestic Violence Purple RibbonGFWC Sock project: "Step Away from Abuse"
Help domestic violence survivors "Step Away From Abuse" by working with domestic violence shelters in your local community and the GFWC Sock Project. Place a pair of new socks in a quart-size, clear plastic baggie. Click to affix a personalized label with a message of support and encouragement that reads, "As you begin your new life and Step Away from Abuse, we hope you will find comfort and warmth as you walk into your newly found freedom."

See information on other GFWC Domestic Violence Awareness projects here...
2010 - 2012 State Project: CT Foodbank/Foodshare
Connecticut Food Bank, the largest centralized source of emergency food in Connecticut, serves 650 food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters and low-income child and adult day programs in six of Connecticut’s eight counties: Fairfield, Litchfield, Middlesex, New Haven, New London and Windham. Foodshare is the heart of greater Hartford’s fight against hunger, bringing together individuals and organizations to end hunger in all forty two towns of Hartford and Tolland counties.  Both are members  ...more


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