Who We Are
Mission Statement
The objectives of this club shall be a common goal of caring for others, concern for the community, to promote friendship among members, to engage in philanthropic and educational endeavors and to participate in Federation activities.
Executive Committee
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Joanne Mattingly
PRESIDENT
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Mary Schaal
1st VICE PRESIDENT
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Kerry Eshleman
2nd VICE PRESIDENT
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Sue Kreichelt
3rd VICE PRESIDENT
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Heidi Iselin
RECORDING SECRETARY
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Lassie Lee
CORRESPONDENCE SECRETARY
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Renee Favo
TREASURER
Standing Rules
1. The club will meet on the first Tuesday of each month from October through June.
2. The club shall send a gift or a donation of up to $50 to the family of a deceased member according to their wishes. In addition, a $50 donation will be made on the occasion of a death of someone living in a member’s home, such as a spouse.
3. Annual dues shall be due June 1 and delinquent after October 1. Nonpayment of dues by December 15 automatically forfeits membership in the club.
4. All incoming officers must pay dues for the coming year prior to installation.
5. Dues shall be $25 in local club dues plus the amount remitted to GFWC Florida for state and international dues. As of May 2015 the total amount of annual dues is $50. Members joining the club from January through April shall pay pro-rated dues of $5 per month until the new club year begins in June, at which time they will pay the annual fee.
6. Each officer of the organization shall make monthly reports at the regular meetings and a written annual report shall be presented to her successor at the end of the club year.
7. No announcements of outside organizations’ commercial activities may be made from the floor at regular meetings. All other announcements must be submitted in writing to the president prior to the meeting.
8. Eligible non-members may attend 2 (two) meetings or socials and then must join the organization before attending another function.
9. All board members must have internet access.
Standing Rules Revised:
February 2015, October 2015, January 2017, November 2018, September 2020
Mary Stewart’s Collect
Keep us, Oh God, from pettiness; let us be large in thought, in word, in deed. Let us be done with fault-finding and leave off self-seeking. May we put away all pretenses and meet each other face to face, without self-pity and without prejudice. May we never be hasty in judgment and always generous. Let us take time for all things; make us grow calm, serene and gentle. Teach us to put into action our better impulses, straightforward and unafraid. Grant that we may realize it is the little things that create differences, that in the big things in life we are at one. And may we strive to touch and to know the great, human heart of us all, and O Lord God, let us forget not to be kind!
Members of the Jacksonville Beaches Woman’s Club say a Collect at the beginning of every meeting. This Collect, or morning prayer, was written as a private prayer by Mary Stewart in 1904 while she was a member of the Longmont Fortnightly Woman’s Club of Colorado. She offered it as a prayer in 1906 at a convention of Women’s Clubs in 1916 held I Kansas City and since that time, it has been a part of our ritual.
Mary was born in Utica, Ohio, but grew up in Colorado. Mary received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado, did post-graduate work at Columbia University and the University of Illinois. She was awarded an honorary degree of Master of Literature in 1927 for her work in Education.
Her professional life was successful. Her first job was as principal of Longmont High School. Next, she joined the staff as Dean of Women at the University of Montana for eight years and taught Latin and English. During World War I she served on a staff of the New York World newspaper. In 1919, Mary helped to organize the National Federation of Business and
Professional Women’s Clubs. For years, Mary represented this organization in Congress and supported the woman’s suffrage movement.
In 1921 Mary was appointed as Assistant Director of Education, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of Interior. She served in this position until her death in 1943.
As a person, Mary was a well-known educator, writer, lecturer and an authority on vocational guidance. She was intellectually gifted and had a blending of personal charm, sympathy, reverence and justice, Mary was a natural leader who inspired everyone around her. Mary died April 1, 1943, and was buried in Loveland Cemetery, Loveland, Colorado.