News and updates from the Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County.
Myra Smith, Agnes Lightfoot, and Barbara Murphy went to Tallahassee to represent the Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County. We arrived in the evening of January 26, Sunday, and the daylong conference began early the next day, on Monday morning. The first speaker, John E. Daley, mayor of Tallahassee, was a terrific speaker, getting…
Three DWC of Flagler members attended the 63rd Annual Convention, September 12-15, at the Rosen Centre, Orlando, FL. We arrived on Friday, one of us as the convention began, and the other two after lunch. Friday morning started with a somewhat tedious business meeting. However, we did a great exercise called “Stand Up…
Friday, March 8, the Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County, with some help some friends, redesigned and replanted the garden for the Family Life Center at the emergency shelter home. The mission of the Family Life Center is to provide essential support services to individuals and families to end Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence in…
The Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County attended the 3rd Annual PerSisters Rally in Deland, Florida on Saturday, May 4, celebrating Democratic Women’s month. DWC Groups from around the state came for a weekend of activities. Six members of our local DWC Flagler attended on Saturday. After a kick-off with an all-female color guard from…
Members of the Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler, the Coquina Coast Progressive Democratic Caucus, the Flagler Beach Democratic Club, and a friend or two, helped clean up our section of Belle Terre Parkway, north of the intersection with Palm Coast Parkway, Saturday, April 20. We met at the Public Library at 8:00 a.m., and we…
Three members of the Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County attended Tally Days this year, on March 11th and 12th in Tallahassee, Florida. Tally Days is an annual event during which the Democratic Women’s Club of Florida (DWCF) visits the Florida Legislature to advocate for our platform. We lobby (and rally) as a group, and…
The Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler held its monthly general meeting on February 9, 2019, at the Fair Trade Café in Palm Coast. After a lively business meeting, featuring the upcoming Tally Days, we heard from our guest speakers. Ellen Kincaid and Martin Collins told us about the Sheltering Tree, the completely volunteer cold-weather shelter…
The Democratic Women’ Club was delighted to hear from Caryn Prather on Saturday, January 12, 2019. Caryn has worked for Flagler County Fire Rescue for over 20 years as a paramedic. Almost a year ago, Caryn convinced her boss, Don Petito, Flagler County Fire Chief, to allow her to start a community outreach program called Community…
The Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County received a special thank you from Dr. Pamela Jackson Smith and Flagler County Schools at the School Board Meeting held on November 20th at the Flagler County Government Services Building. Barbara Murphy and Deb Brogran represented the DWCF at the event. We were among approximately two dozen organizations and/or…
Local DWC members Katherine Logan, Joan Buback, and Barbara Murphy attended the Democratic Women’s Club of Florida’s Annual Convention September 13-16. The event was held at the Orlando Marriott in Lake Mary, Florida. Business meetings were held on Friday and Saturday mornings, and our members, along with the other 250 plus DWCF members from…
