Service

Service Committee

The purpose of the Service Committee, a standing Committee of UWC, is to coordinate volunteer service activities aligned with the UWC Mission Statement. Along with our major role in funding scholarships for women students, our projects identify relevant needs for OSU and its environs. We seek out opportunities, receive and approve proposals and track outcomes , as well as comply with tax exemption requirements. We also enjoy the fellowship! Service funds are used to support the activities established by the committee for the Club Year. 

Organization

The Service Committee accepts three tiers of volunteer involvement:

Organization-Wide

Our yearly initiatives require the commitment, energy, and involvement of all our members. Below are the programs we have developed for the year

Interest Groups

Create activities appropriate to the members of that group. Three of our groups have yearly volunteer projects: Yarns and Stitches, Toymakers and Music

Individual

Members may select and follow through on an idea alone or with friends. Remember to consult the OSU Volunteer Office Online if your want more ideas

2024-2025 Theme: Be the Change

Our Selected Project For Fall 2024

BUCKEYE FOOD ALLIANCE

The Service Committee invites you to join in a food collection to support the Buckeye Food Alliance (BFA).  The University Women’s Club has been a generous benefactor of both the Buckeye Food Alliance and the Career Closet portions of the Buckeye Resource Center in the past.  BFA works to reduce the impacts of food insecurity through outreach efforts and the operation of a client choice food pantry to ensure that No Buckeye Goes Hungry. 

The collection will occur on MONDAY, March 3, 2025 at the Lunch and Learn event at the Longaberger Alumni House.  You don’t have to attend the luncheon in order to participate; just drive into the parking lot and a Service Committee member will take your contribution right from your car. 

 BFA has updated their donation process and request that we focus on 2 desperately need items:

  • Spices
  • Rice products

Cash donations are most welcome; you can make those check donations on line by clicking the DONATE NOW button at the bottom and sending in your check by choosing the GENERAL SERVICE FUND or write a check (made out to UWC with a “service” note in the memo line) or in cash and bring to the luncheon .

You can make a donation to the GENERAL SERVICE fund by scrolling down to the bottom of the page: DONATE NOW Click on the General Service Fund. Fill in the information as requested and click “Checkout”. This is a secure credit card transaction. You can also send a check to the address listed if you prefer.

Please note:  All checks should be made out to University Women’s Club. 

Contact Bridgette McDaniel or Sally Morgan

  • Thanks in advance for your participation!
The purpose of the Service Committee, a standing Committee of UWC, is to coordinate volunteer service activities aligned with the UWC Mission Statement. Along with our major role in funding scholarships for women students, our projects identify relevant needs for OSU and its environs. We seek out opportunities, receive and approve proposals and track outcomes , as well as comply with tax exemption requirements. We also enjoy the fellowship! Service funds are used to support the activities established by the committee for the Club Year. 
You can make a donation to the general service fund by scrolling down to the bottom of the page : DONATE NOW  Click on the General Service Fund. Fill in the information as requested and click “Checkout” . This is a secure credit card transaction.
You can also send a check to the address listed if you prefer.
Please note:  All checks should be made out to University Women’s Club. 

January 25, 2023 presentation of  $1,600 check to Tammy Wharton, Director of the Girl Scouts of Ohio’s Heartland, in support of their Dream Big STEM Initiative.  Dream Big will add facilities for STEM learning and projects to Camp Ken-Jockety, and those facilities will be open to the larger community as well as the Girl Scouts.  UWC will be honored at the facility with a star recognizing donors at our level of contribution.

Fall “Fashioning Futures” project 2023: UWC members provided over 3 laundry-bins of professional clothing to the Office of Student Life’s Career Closet.

SERVICE COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2024-2026

Merri Blum 2023-2025

Kaye Martin 2023-2025

Bridgette McDaniel (co-chair)2024-2025

Sally Morgan (co-chair) 2023-2025

Betty Giammar (ex-officio) 2024-2026

Gwen Burt 2024-2026

Jackie Nielson 2024-2026

Susan Schraff 2024-2026

Sandy Steele 2024-2026

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