Clarissa Hu Andersen

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 
 
Federation of American Women's Club (FAWCO)

 

“FAWCO is a network of independent American and international volunteer organizations representing private-sector American citizens overseas. It serves as a resource and channel of information for its member clubs, contributes actively to the global community and represents the interests of all Americans abroad. Founded in 1931, FAWCO is a non-partisan and not-for-profit U.S. corporation, with over 75 Member Clubs representing more than 15,000 individuals throughout the world. A recognized non-governmental organization (NGO) since 1995, FAWCO was granted special consultative status to the Economic and Social Council of the UN in 1997. "

AWC Denmark is a very active entity in FAWCO. Despite both their active lives with work, daily activities and devotion to the club, AWC Denmark is proud to have 2 of our members as appointees for 2009 – 2011:

ACE American Culture Education Task Force:  Clarice Scott (AWC Denmark)

Voting Overseas Committee:  Mary Stewart Burgher (AWC Denmark)

FAWCO Highlights

FAWCO Donations
Summer is here and the sun is finally shining and things are looking better... apparently so are the donations being made to FAWCO. The result of donations and fundraising just in first quarter has gone up 20% from last year! The downfall of the economy had quite an impact on more than just the businesses around us. We have experienced this firsthand ourselves with lower results from the Bazaar than in the previous years (even with just as much effort and maybe even more)…so hopefully, this new club year will bring on better success in our own results.

Classified Ads now available on FAWCO website
This is a new initiative, just launched May 1 of this year. It is available to members and friends with services to offer or things to sell or rent that would be of interest to our 15,000 members worldwide. (Think of the vacation possibilities with house exchange, or moving to a new country and saving money buying new furniture or appliances). The rates are low at $30 per quarter or $100 per year. For people who sign up within one month from today, we offer a further 10% discount. So send your ad to My-Linh: VP-Communications@fawco.org.

Job Openings with FAWCO

Like our own club, FAWCO is also made up of dedicated volunteers.  Currently there are positions available with FAWCO. I urge you all to take a look to see if you are interested. If you need some assistance, please do not hesitate to contact any of us on the Board.

FAWCO Target Program (WATER)
With the announcement of the Target program being made at the conference, (described in last month’s chronicle) FAWCO is now ready to accept nominations that any individual member, group or club may want to propose for a specific Bull's Eye project dealing with "water". So, if you have any ideas or know of any great projects going on, please let us know. We have until June 30 to submit our proposals. Remember that Clarice Scott can also be of assistance to anyone that has questions. She has joined the task force. For more information about the Target Program, go to: www.fawco.org.

 

 

 

  
 
 

FAWCO Target Programs

Nine Target proposal submissions were received. The Submissions were received from Global Issue task forces, FAWCO member clubs and by individuals on behalf of their clubs… this truly shows the dedication to change things for the better.

All of the proposals are posted on the FAWCO website, so please go and learn more about them:

http://www.fawcofoundation.org/