Arts

Dorothy Strayer Priemer Music Award / Olive B. O'Connor Music Award
All GFWC-NYSFWC club presidents are asked to contact the music schools and well-known musicians in their area to tell them about these music awards.  The Dorothy Strayer Priemer Music Award is given on odd years, whereas the Olive B. O'Connor Music Award is given on even years.  The amount of each award will be determined on a yearly basis.  Any college junior or senior or any graduate student may apply for this award.

GFWC-NYSFWC Photography Contest
This contest is to promote photography as an artistic expression and a means of preserving special memories and events. Take your camera with you everywhere you go - photograph historic homes and buildings, people, landscapes, vacations, etc. Any GFWC member in good standing with her local club may enter at the state level. (Amateur photographers only.)

Conservation

Education

Adopt a Library
Have you adopted a library through the American Library Association and GFWC?
Contact GFWC Materials Center and request the Adopt-A-Library Project guidelines and reporting forms. There are many ideas you can choose from on the list "100 Ways to Show You Care." The Children's Book Council's website www.cbcbooks.org has a tremendous number of suggestions and resources.
GFWC Materials Center
1734 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-2990
202-347-3168
materialscenter@gfwc.org

Scholarships
GFWC clubs awarded over $1,355,000 in scholarships last year to students to further their education.

Epsilon Sigma Omicron (ESO)
The purpose of ESO is to promote a commitment to life long learning and self-improvement through reading.

Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation (HOBY)

Laura Tamparo
GFWC-NYSFWC Education Department
lauratamps829@hotmail.com

Home Life

International Affairs

Outreach for Children Division

• CARE
• Save the Children
• Operation Smile - Do you have an Operations Smile pin? Share the Operation Smile video with your club and let your members see what miracles can happen with their donations. The most recent video includes a segment on the Philippines mission sponsored by GFWC, contact Cynthia Wilt to borrow the video.
• Childreach - Allows you to sponsor a child for a year or give a one-time donation. Order the free "The Visionaries" video from the resources section in your International Affairs Program Booklet.

Cynthia Wilt
GFWC-NYSFWC Outreach for Children Division Chairman
cinrusw@aol.com

Public Affairs

Special Projects

• Veterans' Affairs
• Citizen Participation
• Historic Preservation

Claire Schmidt
GFWC-NYSFWC Public Affairs Department Chairman

Crime Prevention Division
Although October is Crime Prevention Awareness Month, let us be aware of the issues 365 days of the year. There are so many areas of Crime Prevention. Maybe your club would like to do something in your area to help. Areas of concern:

• Violence Against the Elderly - There are 35 million Americans over the age of 65. Approximately two to five million of these are abused. This includes physical abuse, mental / psychological abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation / fraud and neglect. There are no federal laws protecting the elderly currently.
• Identity Theft - Too many people are being affected by this each year. Please inform your members of the growing concern and maybe run a workshop on how to prevent this complex crime. The crime takes place in thre possible ways: financial, criminal and identity cloning. The increased use of the Internet is a large reason for the increase in this crime. Identity theft walso occurs in low-tech ways including purse or wallet snatching. Please be sensible and do not carry your social security card in your wallet.
• Violence Against Women - In the USA a woman is raped every six minutes and sexually assaulted every 90 seconds. Rape is the least reported type of violent crime with an estimated 16% of rapes reported. Of these, poorly collected evidence is often inadmissible in court because emergency rooms do not have staff adequately trained for rape examinations.

These and many more Crime Prevention matters are very well explained on the GFWC website.

Mary Ann Landolina
GFWC-NYSFWC Crime Prevention Division Chairman
malavl2164@aol.com