CLEARWATER, FL – June 20, 2022
General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) North Pinellas Woman’s Club received the Lois B. Perkins Award, which was awarded to the 2021 Most Outstanding Club of the Year in the state of Florida at the GFWC Florida Convention held May 20-23 in Orlando.
The Most Outstanding Club of the Year award is granted annually to the club with the best overall record in enhancing its community through service projects. This is the tenth year that GFWC North Pinellas Woman’s Club, founded nineteen years ago, has bested nearly 200 GFWC clubs in the state to receive this prestigious honor.
Paula Juvinall, 2021 club president, attributes the club’s success to the extraordinary volunteer spirit of its 170-plus membership base. “Our club motto is ‘living the volunteer spirit’ and we have some of the most remarkable women dedicated to positively impacting lives in Pinellas County.”
GFWC North Pinellas Woman’s Club members work tirelessly to positively impact the community through an impressive array of hands-on service projects. In any given week, volunteers are preparing dinner for the homeless at Peace Café in Clearwater, sewing blankets for kids in foster care, cooking meals for the Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch, cleaning the Pinellas Trail, greeting veterans on Honor Flights, and collecting and distributing children’s books to new Habitat for Humanity homeowners, after-school programs, and foster care agencies.
“GFWC North Pinellas Woman’s Club is distinguished from other service organizations by the breadth of our outreach,” Juvinall said. “Our community service programs span all areas of the lives of our members, their families, and Pinellas County including the arts, civic engagement and outreach, education, environment, and health and wellness.”
Club members volunteered over 22,000 hours in 2021 and donated over $97,000 in community grants, scholarships, cash, and in-kind donations. To benefit even more local charities each year, the club hosts two fundraisers. Net proceeds are redirected to the community.