The women of GFWC-OK The Fortnightly Club of Durant hosted a thank you luncheon for outgoing Club President Sharon Robinson and installed 2026-2028 Officers at their last meeting of the 2025-2026 club year. The luncheon was held on Friday, May 7 in the Hallie McKinney Ballroom on the Southeastern Oklahoma State University campus in Durant….
Anadarko, OK, March 16, 2026 — The GFWC Philomathic Club of Anadarko is preparing the American Heritage Museum for its 90th Anniversary Celebration. The Club began the Museum in August of 1936. In preparation for the event this August, the club planted wildflower seeds as part of the Celebrate America 250 With Wildflowers program with…
March 17,2026 — The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Monica Bartling as GFWC President of Oklahoma; Miriam Costilow as President of the South Central Region; and Charlene Ridgway as the Membership Chair representing the South Central Region to the 2026-2028 GFWC Board of Directors officially on July…
GFWC-OK Executive Officers are pleased to announce that GFWC International First Vice President Jolie Frankfurth (Tampa, FL) will be attending our 127th GFWC-OK Annual State Convention in Oklahoma City on April 24-25. First Vice President Frankfurth will bring a brief GFWC welcome and will be presenting a program on “Connecting GFWC to Communities” during our…
GFWC McAlester Fortnightly members spread Color Oklahoma native wildflower seeds at Chadick Park in conjunction with Color Oklahoma and Oklahoma Native Plant Society. GFWC-OK McAlester Fortnightly club members shown above with Oklahoma Native Plant Society’s Lynn Michaels (holding the Pollinator Planting sign to the right.) by Angie Sellmeyer, Club Historian and past club…
Submitted photo: GFWC McAlester Fortnightly Literary Members L-R: Angie Sellmeyer, Vice Director; Ellen Wilson, Vicky Bolte, Cynthia Henrichs, Linda Navratil and Megan Ciolli, Director. Members not shown: Carla Austin, June Doyle, Jan Jobey, Ellie Merwitz, Jayna Santine, and Terry Yates By Angie Sellmeyer, Fortnightly Past President and current Historian McAlester, OK, January 2026 – GFWC-OK…
GFWC Oklahoma Southeast District President, Megan Ciolli, welcomed the Southeast District Clubs to McAlester and presided over the meeting held Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 at the historic Puterbaugh Center in McAlester, Oklahoma. Clubs attending were the GFWC-OK Hugo Inter Se Club, The Fortnightly Club of Durant, The Fortnightly Club of McAlester, Tishomingo’s Daughters Club and…
GFWC Oklahoma Northeast District held their annual meeting on Saturday, Nov. 1. The meeting, held in Pryor, was hosted by the GFWC-OK Monday Forum Club of Pryor. The GFWC Oklahoma Northeast District is made up of five clubs: La-Kee-Kon of Nowata; Heeko Club of Pawhuska; Monday Forum Club of Pryor, Pa-A-Linn Club of Haskell and…
The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) is united in its dedication to volunteer community service. For the third consecutive year, the 2025 GFWC International Day of Service (GFWC IDS), formerly the GFWC National Day of Service, was held on Saturday, September 27, to help end domestic and sexual violence across the United States and…
GFWC Oklahoma’s Southwest/Central District’s annual meeting was held in Duncan on Saturday, September 20, 2025. The meeting was hosted by the GFWC-OK Duncan Owl Club and the GFWC-OK Duncan Philomathic Club. Patty Wininger, GFWC-OK Duncan Philomathic Club member and former Ward 3 Duncan City Councilwoman, welcomed the group to Duncan. Each Club President presented a…
