The Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest is an annual juried art contest
for 7th and 8th grade students. The contest was begun in 1927 to honor the memory of this great Oshkosh born sculptor to encourage artistic talent.
SIS Digital Art will be judged on March 6.
GFWC SHOREWOOD WOMAN’S CLUB, founded in 1936,
serves Shorewood and the greater Milwaukee community through focused projects .
Due to the Covid-19 Crisis, Club meetings will be held via ZOOM until further notice.
Please email us if you'd like an invitation to our next meeting .
Every month a speaker from a local organization presents an informative and entertaining program.
Annually we provide:
Academic scholarships for Shorewood High School women and women at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee
School supplies for Meta House in Riverwest or Sojourner Peace Center
Donations to the GFWC Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Program
Contributions to numerous local organizations
We support:
Heifer International - Accelerating the path to living incomes worldwide
Operation Smile - Global Cleft palate repair surgery sponsorship
And the GFWC-WI maintains ...
Wisconsin’s Own Library – A library of books by native Wisconsin Authors housed at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin
George Washington Memorial Forest – 80 Acre GFWC Wisconsin-owned nature preserve