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Farmingbury Woman's Club of Wolcott


Farmingbury Woman's Club of Wolcott is a non-profit organization and a member of General Federated Women's Clubs. The
Farmingbury Woman's Club of Wolcott was organized in January 1978. It is a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Connecticut and the General Federation of Women's Clubs International, which is the largest non political, non partisan volunteer women's organization in the world. The Farmingbury Woman's Club of Wolcott has two fund raisers: Arts & Crafts Fair, the third Saturday of October at Alcott School and a Spring Event. The proceeds are used to support local activities in Conservation, Arts, Home Life, Veterans' Homes, Scholarships and other community projects. The Farmingbury Woman's Club of Wolcott provides the Annual Bowling Banquet for the Handicapped Bowling League, assists with the Fire Marshal Fire Prevetion Poster Contest, and maintains flower barrels on Woodtick Road for the beautification of Wolcott.
Farmingbury Woman's Club of Wolcott, also, provides shirts for Wolcott Special Games participants, donates to Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Wolcott Public Library, provides lap robes and toiletries for Veterans' Home and coordinates Cancer Society Daffodil Sale and Distribution in Wolcott. Farmingbury Woman's Club celebrates October as Breast Cancer Awareness month with a ceremony beginning October and a lighted pink tree in gazebo for people to put pink ribbon on tree all month.Club members also make "comfort pillows" for cancer patients in area hospitals.

 In 1998 in a ceremony to honor its 20 years as a General Federated Woman's Club, Farmingbury Woman's Club donated gazebo to the town of Wolcott. The gazebo is on Wolcott Town Green. Farmingbury  Woman's Club donated at lamp post and a park bench  on green . To celebrate 30 years of service Farmingbury Woman's Club donated $2,000 scholarship to deserving woman going back to school to continue education and $2,000 gift to Wolcott Volunteer Fire Dept for installation of switches on fire engines for traffic lights for safer driving to emergencies..

Women 18 years of age or older may join.