A Great Tradition of Community Service

• Operation Teenager reached thousands of junior and high school students for crime prevention.

Mrs C LaFon Lash
1966 - 1967

• Established Translators and Interpreters Bureau, representing 19 languages.

• Roberta (Mrs. Walker J.) Bennett Library at Woman’s Club of Jacksonville dedicated.

• 100th birthday of the Woman’s Club of Jacksonville.

• First Club Gala, “Grande Dame of Riverside,” a fundraiser for the restoration of our historic building.

• Sale of the Riverside Avenue property to the Cummer Museum.

• Donated $25,000 to the Police Athletic League for the purchase of a 12 passenger van to drive children to events.

Donations were made to the following:

• $10,000 to Hubbard House
• $3,000 Firefighters Local 122 for Iris Roberts Fund
• $1,000 to St. Andrews Lighthouse
• 300 pounds of items to the Troops in Iraq
• 30 lap blankets to Taylor Manor Nursing Home
• Personal items for the girls at Hacienda Girls Ranch in Melbourne
• Purchased  Christmas gifts for 25 children of the Salvation Army Angel Tree program

Donations were made to the following

• Jacksonville Historical Society,
• Girl Scouts of Gateway,
• City Rescue Mission,
• Jacksonville Symphony,
• Pace Center for Girls,
• Jacksonville Humane Society,
• Second Harvest Food Bank,
• St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church 
• Hubbard House.

• Special project: Formed “Young Women in Leadership” at Robert E. Lee High School. Mentored ten girls from January through May, gave five college scholarships.
• Awarded the Jacksonville Historical Society a copy machine ($9,000 value).

• Special Project: “Young Women in Leadership” provided one scholarship.
• Contributed to a female veteran who needed home repairs where she lived with two teenage daughters.
• Created a foundation with the Community Foundation for Northeast Florida to continue the Club’s charitable work in perpetuity.

Laura Ward Crooks
2016 - 2018

• Purchased sound system for West Jacksonville Elementary School ($1000),
• purchased a Special Reading Program to help children at risk for West Jacksonville Elementary School ($16,000.). 
•  Sponsors for “Tee Up For Pine Castle ($10,000),
• Gave scholarships to six high school or college women at $2,000. each.
• Awarded a grant of $3,500.00 to Fletcher High School to purchase sheet music for its choral groups and provide transportation to musical events.

• Presented $ 6,000 grant to The Jacksonville to archive papers, photographs and other paraphernalia of The Woman's Club of Jacksonville.
• Purchased All-In-One Touch Screen Classroom Technology Unit Table and Chairs as part of a "Make-over" for the art room at West Riverside Elementary School,($5,100.).
• Granted $2,500 to Duncan U. Fletcher High School towards the purchase of new concert dresses for young women in the Concert Chorus
• Granted the Jacksonville Public Library $500 to purchase books for their Early Literacy Parent/Child Program
• Granted Theater Jacksonville $1,000  toward scholarships for their Summer Theater Camp Program for inner-city children
• Provided a $1,000 grant to "We Care" for medical supplies
• Scholarships were awarded to 9 students totaling  $14,000.

Katherine Schnauss Naugle
2018 - 2021

• Awarded  $ 5,000 grant to The Jacksonville Historical Society  to continue archiving Woman’s Club Collection 
• Awarded $5,000 to Family Promise of Jacksonville in support to their mentoring program for women  who are head of household
• Awarded $5,000 to West Riverside Elementary School to provide musical instruments for the newly created music program
• Awarded $5,000 to Downtown Ecumenical Services Council- for woman's nutrition program; 
• Awarded $2,900 Ortega Elementary School  to be used for kindergarten reading program; 
• Awarded $2,000 to We Care to be used  towards education for women who prepare meals for family members with  chronic illness; 
• Awarded $40,0000 in scholarships to 20 students.
  

  Sheriff Michael Williams
  Guest Speaker
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• Awarded  Scholarships of 2,000 each to 11 students  totaling $22,000
• Donated $1,000 to Theatre Jacksonville in support of their 100 year anniversary fundraising campaign
• Donated $1,000 to North Florida School

• Awarded $5,000 to R.E.S.T.O.R.E in order to furnish 4 bedrooms in their second house.
• Donated $530.45 to West Riverside Elementary School for the purchase of Choir Bowties and Rossettes.
• Donated $820.00 to 24 students from Ruth N Upson Elementary School in the UNF Challenge Course.
• Awarded $1.851.00 to West Riversides Elementary School to purchase Music markerboard.
• Awarded $10,000 to Lend an Ear providing 20 Woman with hearing aids.
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