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The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an
international women’s organization dedicated to community
improvement by enhancing the lives of others through volunteer
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GFWC Virginia State Project:
Take Time To Save A Child
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LEGISLATIVE ALERT...WOMEN'S HEALTH
LEGISLATION HAS
BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WHICH NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE ACTION - SENATE BILL 544
Legislative Update:
Thanks to your diligence, HB83 has passed!!! It is
in the Senate as SB 544. Please let your Senator
hear from you in support of SB 544. Also contact
Senators Newman, Northam, Miller, J.B. Black and
Gamble.
This bill has been
introduced in the Virginia General Assembly which
will require that women whose mammograms indicate
dense breast tissue be notified so that they may
seek further examinations for possible breast
tumors. SB 544 deals with Dense Breast.
Many women have suffered terrible results because
their breast cancers were not diagnosed until late
stages of the illness.
"Cancer is 4 to 6 times more likely in women with
extremely dense breast. Mammograms miss 40% or more
of tumors, eluding early detection in these women.
Women need to have the choice to have a stronger
imaging screening technology, such as sonograms
or MRI. Adding supplemental screening modalities to
mammography for women with dense breasts will find
cancers that are half the size of cancers detectible
by mammography alone... and can increase cancer
detection by up to 100%."
For more information go to www.AreYouDenseAdvocacy.org.
Women are dying everyday without the knowledge that
they have dense breast tissue. Earlier detection
will save women's lives.
Virginia Assembly Tracking Bill
Thanks for your attention to this matter! The GFWC
Virginia Legislation and Public Policy Committee:
Lynne Wherry, Chairman
legislation@gfwcvirginia.org, Tricia Dalton, and
Linda Robinson |
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News From GFWC . . . |
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Generations of
Service: A GFWC Legacy Event
Federation membership
is often a gift that is passed on from generation to
generation. GFWC is honoring all GFWC families—both
traditional and nontraditional (i.e., friends as
close as sisters)—at the Generations of Service: A
GFWC Legacy Event. The event will take place on
Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at GFWC Headquarters in
Washington, D.C. GFWC is looking for members with a
Federation family legacy to feature in the May+June
issue of GFWC Clubwoman Magazine. Contact the GFWC
Communications department at
PR@GFWC.org or
202-347-3168 ext. 149 to share your story.
Reserve Your Room for Convention
Today
Double-bedded rooms are still
available at the specially-priced GFWC Convention
rate of $133 per night.
Click here to
reserve your room today or call 704-375-2600 and reference
the 2012 GFWC Annual Convention. Visit the
GFWC
Convention page
for Convention information, including a preliminary
schedule of events. Look for the Call to Convention
in the March+April issue of GFWC Clubwoman Magazine.
Contact Convention and Meetings Coordinator Mary
Louks at
MLouks@GFWC.org or 202-347-3168 ext. 117 with any
questions.
Annual GFWC Women's History
Month Event
GFWC will welcome Jon Schmitz, Archivist and
Historian at the Chautauqua Institution in New York,
at our annual Women’s History Month event at GFWC
Headquarters. On Thursday, March 15, 2012, from 2 to
4 p.m., Jon will discuss the 19th century origins of
the American Chautauqua Idea, which was a movement
to help prepare new immigrants for American
citizenship. He will discuss the important role
women played in the movement, and why it remains
important today. For more information, contact
GFWC@GFWC.org.
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Buy a Take Time To Play
Raffle Ticket.
Benefits Prevent Child Abuse Virginia.
TICKETS & MORE INFO
Drawing April 22, 2012
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GFWC Virginia's
2012 Jennie Candidate,
Virginia Darnell, is one of two Finalists from
the GFWC
Southeastern Region.

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Check the Calendar for More Events,
Details and Deadlines.
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The Virginia Clubwoman Pilot Study Committee is
in the process of implementing the Pilot Study recommendations.
Do you like the online version? Pictures? Ad? How can it be
improved? What would you like to see in the magazine?
Contact Lynn Osborne
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GFWC Members create global change working on a local level—They
select projects and programs by determining the specific needs
of the communities in which they live and work every day.
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