Our club partners with three dynamic North Valley organizations, the Arts Council of the North Valley, Promusica Arizona Chorale and Orchestra, and AZ Dance Group. During the course of the year, our members provide thousands of hours of support for arts related events held in our community. Our members do everything from selling tickets, and performing usher duties, to helping in the initial planning and execution of the events. Our support allows our partner organizations to more fully focus on the artistic elements of the events and our community as a whole reaps the rich rewards.

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Wild West Night
The GFWC North Valley Women’s Club presents… Wild West Night! Please join us at Poor Red’s Station on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 6:00pm for a fun evening of…. Chuck Wagon Supper, Cash Bar, Line Dancing, Two-Bit Auction. Drawings for a four day stay at the Sedona Summit Resort in Sedona and a seven day stay at the Kauhale Makai Resort on Maui! Event tickets are $20.00 per person. Drawing tickets for the trips are $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00. (You need not be present to win.) For event and/or drawing tickets call (623)255-5454 or (623)262-2168 All proceeds from the event will go to support the projects and charities of the GFWC North Valley Women’s Club, a charter member of the General Federation of Women’s Club, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit entity.

Relay for Life 2009
Our club participated in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life held in Anthem, in October 2009 The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life is an overnight event that mobilizes communities to celebrate survivors (anyone who has ever been diagnosed with cancer), remember loved ones and raise money for the fight against cancer. Our team, along with over thirty others, spent the night at the Boulder Creek High School track. We stayed in tents and slept in sleeping bags while keeping one person from our team on the track at all times. That night was an amazing experience for all of us. It was an emotional journey that brought together many people from our community to make a stand against this horrible disease. That night, more than any other, we learned what community and making a difference is truly about. The event began with all the cancer survivors taking the track for the first lap. It was then, as we watched, family, friends and some of our own club members file past that the staggering toll this disease has taken on a community even as small as ours became apparent. That very emotional opening drove home how critically important each of ours ongoing commitment to fight this disease is. The highlight of the evening was the luminaria Ceremony of Hope. It was held after dark to honor cancer survivors and to remember loved ones lost to cancer. The luminaries, bearing the names of those honored, were placed around the track and left burning throughout the night, to remind all of us of the incredible importance of why we were there. Through the sale of luminaria and donations solicited by our members, our club was able to contribute over $,3000.00 to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life.

2006-2007 Leadership Scholarship
Congratulations to our first GFWC North Valley Leadership Scholarship winner- Brianna Ward, a 2007 graduate of Boulder Creek High School! Ms. Ward has a 4.2 GPA average and has been involved with several key clubs to include Student Government, Key Club, DECA, National Honor Society, V Dance team Captain, Track & Field, and Varsity Golf. She also gives her time to community service projects. Ms. Ward has been accepted to Arizona State University, where her $1000 award will go towards tuition, room & board and books.

2006 Volunteer of the Year Announced
Congratulations to Donna Kublin- an outstanding community leader that has been chosen as our 2006 Volunteer of the Year! Ms. Kublin has selected the Arts Council of the North Valley for the Creative Arts Awards and Scholarship fund as the recipient of her $250 award.

Outlets at Anthem Extravaganza
To fund our new GFWC Anthem Leadership Scholarship, the club participated in the 2nd Annual Outlets at Anthem Extravaganza, raising $1000!

Habitat for Humanity Women Build
Club members have been on hand for the ground breaking and wall raising ceremonies for the Women Build house in Cave Creek. We have also taken part in the filming of a Public Service Announcement for Habitat. Thru fundraising efforts, we were able to donate more than $3000 to this wonderful cause. The completion of the final four homes will make four families very happy! We wish them great luck in their new adventure as proud homeowners.

Community Needs Assessment Survey
Survey Results are IN! We designed a survey to provide a baseline for assessing community needs and for facilitating planning and program development. Input will help us identify concerns, expectation and ideas for the future direction of the GFWC Anthem Women’s Club. Please go to www.gfwcanthem.org/2006surveyresults to see what the community had to say.

Volunteer of the Year Awards
The 2004 Volunteer of the Year award winners were Jack & Judy Maltby. The 2005 Volunteer of the Year award winners were Juereta Smith and Eric Kilstrom. The 2006 Volunteer of the year award winner was Donna Kublin. Congratulations to all of hard-working volunteers that ARE making a difference in our community.

Taste of Anthem Community Cookbook
We compiled recipes from the community and created a cookbook full of tasty meals & treats! From the sales we were able to donate needed funds to the Habitat for Humanity and Pioneer Living History Museum.

Anthem's Art Festival
Club members coordinated a Black Tie Gala for 190 guests. (Jan 2006) We helped sell raffle tickets to benefit an art scholarship fund and children's art programs. (Jan 2005)

North Regional Maricopa County Library
We raised over $17,000 for the library by selling engraved bricks for outside the entrance. (Spring-Fall 2004)

Salvation Army Angel trees
We have collected over 340 toys and other Christmas wishes and delivered them to Salvation Army for children, teens, and senior citizens in the last four years. Dec 2003-2006.

Anthem Days PT Cruiser Car Show and Raffle
The GFWC along with the Anthem Rotary, Anthem Sheriff's Posse, and the Arizona Highland PT Cruiser Club raised over $23,000 by selling raffle tickets for a new PT Cruiser at this year's Anthem Days. All proceeds were used for a second patrol car for the Posse. (Jan-Apr 2005)

DVD/Book/Magazine Drive for Soldiers
Along with Packages from Home we sponsored a DVD/Book/Magazine drive for the soldiers in Iraq (April/May 2005)