| 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 Resource Center

The Service Committee invites you to join in a collection of personal care items for the Hygiene Product Pantry at the Buckeye Resource Center. The Buckeye Resource Center will be a one stop shop that supports students in meeting their needs through access to clothing, food, hygiene products and support services provided by campus and community partners. The University Women’s Club has been a generous benefactor of both the Buckeye Food Alliance and the Career Closet portions of this center in the past. This year we have chosen to support the Hygiene Product Pantry.

The collection will occur on MONDAY November 4, 2024 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. Money donations are also welcome; make those through the website or via check (made out to UWC with a “service” note in the memo line) or you can bring cash to the luncheon.

Needed items include:

Bathing items such as shampoo, soap, and body wash
Feminine hygiene products such as menstrual pads, tampons, and body deodorant
Grooming products such as shaver, shaving cream, deodorant, toothpaste, mouthwash and lotions.

Contact Bridget McDaniel or Sally Morgan with any questions. Thanks in advance for your participation!

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