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Volume 3, Issue 2 TennesSEE Volunteers Using Our Infinite Potential December 2004
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GFWC JACKSON WOMAN’S CLUB sponsored a White Bean Luncheon at St. Andrew’s Methodist Church to benefit the Dianne Odell Foundation. Dianne has been confined to an iron lung for 53 years. She had polio as a child, and has been at home all of these years being cared for by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Odell, and an around the clock nursing staff. The cost for Dianne to be at home is around $1000.00 per week. In spite of all her problems, Dianne is a ray of sunshine for everyone who visits. The citizens of Jackson have rallied around Dianne when needed and she has been designated as a community child. She has very little financial aid and is dependent upon the foundation. Our president Carolyn Blurton has adopted the Foundation as her presidential project. The JWC is also proud to be a sponsor of the Gary Morris Concert and Gala to be held at Freed Hardeman University on December 7, 2004 as a $10,000.00 foundation donor. Please send cards to Dianne Odell, 133 Odell Road, Jackson TN 38301. She loves visitors and getting mail is the highlight of her day. Thank God for the Salk vaccine so that other children of that era did not suffer the fate of Dianne.
The events included a silent auction, bake sale and golf event as well as a donation of $750.00 from the GFWC Jackson Woman’s Club. The proceeds of around $7000.00 will help Bailey and her family to meet expenses. Early next year Bailey will undergo her first of two or three surgical procedures at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. Submitted by Pat Mingledorff HOME LIFE—NEW HORIZONS IN HEALTH The information on identifying a Stroke was given out at the Home Life Department at Fall Conference. This advice is so important that Linda Raley, Chairman, wants to share it with all members of GF of TN and hopes they will spread the word in their Churches and other clubs. Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are hard to identify. The stroke victims may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms. Doctors recommend asking 3 simple questions: IF the person has trouble with any of these tasks, call 911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher. |
GFWC JACKSON WOMAN’S CLUB, in partnership with Rafferty’s Restaurant of Jackson, sponsored several fund raising events for 3-year-old Bailey Hopper, who is in need of reconstructive surgery to correct frontal nasal displasia. She has already had surgery for a kidney condition.