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Trumbull Community Women’s membership covers a wide spectrum of ages, lifestyles, occupations, and different stages of life. But we come together with a mutual goal: to reach beyond ourselves and find the time to give back to this town we all love. The friendships that have developed among our members because of this spirit is one of the best things about belonging to the club.
Trumbull Community Women is actively seeking volunteers 18 and over who reside in Trumbull or a nearby community. The non-profit organization sponsors and participates in numerous local events including; the Children’s Creative Center tent at Trumbull’s Arts Festival; a Veteran’s Day celebration breakfast; Tidy-Up Trumbull, free document shredding, food drives and more. Community involvement also includes holiday baskets for a local family in need. For more information, contact us at trumbullcommunitywomen@gmail.com.
If you have ever wondered what it might be like to be a member of Trumbull Community Women, nothing says it better than this video of our past club year.
We have a lot of fun with our friends new and old while improving our community and living up to our motto “be the reason someone believes in the goodness of others.
What We Do
In the past year Trumbull Community Women has donated in cash or in kind to the Trumbull Food Pantry, Mercy Learning Center (mercylearningcenter.org), and Trumbull Nature and Arts Center
In past years we have run programs to improve our environment (Tidy-Up Trumbull, free shredding event) support children and their education (Creative Arts Tent at the Trumbull Arts Festival, annual scholarship to a graduating senior) support veterans in our community, and support those in need (adopt-a-family, food drives, diaper drives.)
We have creative and fun events for the community such as the Halloween house decorating contest and the Holiday House decorating contest. We have instituted a delivery of flamingo flocks on the lawns of our residents.
And we have fun within our group. We have an active book club, monthly lunches, summer picnic, holiday party and annual banquet.
Upcoming Projects
Sheila Hayes Memorial Scholarship
Here is the link for the application TCW Sheila Hayes Memorial Scholarship 2024
On-Going Project
Giving Tree in the lobby of the Trumbull Library (just before the inside entrance
The Giving Tree received 155 sock, glove, and hat donations from October to February, approximately $450 worth of items. Mary H and Tina delivered the items to the Bridgeport Rescue Mission. The Staff was most appreciative of this large donation on one of the coldest days of the season! Thank you to our community for making this possible through their very generous donations.
Recently Completed Projects
Document Shredding
We enjoyed a fantastic, sunny day during our Shred-It event! Taking place on Saturday, April 27th, from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Trumbull Nature Center, it was a resounding success. Approximately 100 vehicles participated, contributing to a total fundraising of around $1400!
We thank RWS for underwriting this event once again.
Tidy-Up Trumbull
Our 23rd annual Tidy-up Trumbull was a success despite the rain! Approximately 19 club members were involved and helped make the event happen! What had to happen… ? There was the overall organization, correspondence with participants, purchase and delivery of supplies, baking or purchasing breakfast items, lending tables and assisting with set-up and break-down. This was an “all-hands on deck” event!! And then on top of that, several of these same members helped to clean up the dirty spots around town and two others drove around and photographed the participants. Dirty spots were: commuter lots and busy roads for the most part but some of the parks needed attention too! For helpers, we had THS high students, a cub scout troop, the Democratic Town Committee, IMPACTrumbull, Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints, Sustainable Trumbull, Trumbull Mamas (Mom’s Club) and several individuals/ small groups. Thank you to all of the members who put in so much time and effort into this event!
Food Drive
Trumbull Community Women held a food drive on Saturday, April 6, 2024 at the Trumbull Stop & Shop to benefit the Trumbull Food Pantry. We collected approximately $2900 in donated food, toiletries, and paper goods. We also collected $575.00 in cash that we converted into $25 Stop & Shop gift cards. The Trumbull community continues to be very generous for which we are grateful. The donations were delivered to the Food Pantry on Monday, April 8.
Food Drive
A great team of volunteers from Trumbull Community Women held a food drive at the Bridgeport Stop & Shop to benefit Mercy Learning Center. We collected $3200 in donated food, toiletries and paper goods and $525 in cash that we converted into $25 Stop & Shop gift cards to give out to the needy for fresh fruit, meat and other needed items. A heartfelt thank you to the Bridgeport community for their continued support and generosity.
Adopt-A-Classroom
The team of Tina, Michelle, Bernadette and Barb chose the Skane School in Bridgeport. The Skane School serves about 200 pre-k through k students with a variety of needs.We bought play equipment for the children which could accommodate children with different needs. As you can see from the photos the kids loved the new play items.
Diaper Drive
Trumbull Community Women club member Kim Vartulli delivered diapers valued at approximately $500 to Mercy Learning Center on Friday, April 5th. Mercy Learning Center was very grateful for our generous and much needed supply of diapers for all the little ones at Mercy.
Recycle, Reuse, Kazoo
In cooperation with Sustainable Trumbull and the Trumbull Nature and Arts Center, we had a fun time teaching kids about recycling – it seems no matter how much you think you know there is always more to learn. In addition we had several activities for the kids including sorting recyclables, coloring, and making a kazoo. We had the maximum capacity of 20 today and thank everyone who came but especially our partners in this event.
Valentine’s Day Recognition
TCW shared Valentines Day love and recognition with school nurses this year. The 18 school nurses in Trumbull each were given sturdy totes highlighting aspects of their work and filled with goodies. Each nurse received a red heart shaped stress ball, heart healthy popcorn, pens shaped like a syringe, a heart shaped linzer cookie from Mariannas and a gift card to Mariannas. They also got 2 Godiva chocolate ganache hearts for something sweet.
For the town librarians 6 members of TCW baked up three platters of sweet treats to show them how much we appreciate them for all they do for our town. The platters were received by Stefan Lyhne-Nielsen and Judy Prusak on behalf of the entire staff.
Holiday House Decorating Contest
The contest is closed and the winners are:
6033 Mail Street
15 Sport Hill Road
45 Lynwood Road
Thank you to all that entered.
Personalized Letters from Santa
Adopt-A-Family Holiday Gift Basket
Trumbull Community Women delivered to social services on December 13th a bountiful Christmas basket for our club’s adopt a family that consist of Mother and 3 children. Due to the generosity of our club members and Julie’s friend Eva, we were able to give a bounty of food, cleaning products, paper goods and toiletries along with a $125 Target gift card to purchase other needed items. We were also able to donate to the Trumbull food pantry approximately $200 in food. Thank you to everyone who participated in some way to help make a family’s holiday a little happier.
Adopt-A-Family Thanksgiving Gift Basket
Trumbull Community Women delivered a Thanksgiving Gift Basket for our club’s adopted family on November 15th. The family consists of a single Mom and three children. This year club members donated non-perishable food items for the basket. Our basket contained a variety of food items, a Stop & Shop gift card for perishables, and a Target gift card for the Mom to purchase Christmas gifts.
Veteran’s Day Annual Breakfast
On Nov. 10 Trumbull Community Women again provided a breakfast buffet for the veterans in our community before the assembly at the high school. A number of members baked pastries for the event and there was enough to also give to the Trumbull High School teachers, the Trumbull Police and Trumbull EMS. It is such a rewarding experience to do this every year.
Halloween House Decorating Contest
The contest entry window closed on October 24th and the winners are 9 Raynor Avenue, 15 Sport Hill Road and 678 Edison Road. We had our best year for entries ever – 14 houses entered! We gave the Roldans, who organize the Sterling Road displays, a sign thanking the entire street for their efforts.
Trumbull Arts Festival
Despite the rainy weather, Trumbull Community Women had lots of smiles from children who came to our tent to make some crafts at the Trumbull Arts Festival. Thank you to Strong Start for supporting us at the event, and to the volunteers from Trumbull High School!
Giving Tree for Mercy Learning
Approximately $350 of baby toiletries were collected and delivered to Mercy Learning on August 18th to help those in need. Many thanks to our generous donors!
Sheila Hays Memorial Scholarship
The scholarship was awarded to Elizabeth Steeves. She is graduating Trumbull High School and going off to Yale University and planning to major in History.
Who Are Our Officers?
Elections for officers are held in April. Click here to see our current slate. Visit our calendar and see what we’ve done and what we plan for this year’s schedule. Trumbull Community Women is affiliated with the Connecticut Junior Women’s Club. To learn more about the state club and other Junior Women’s clubs throughout Connecticut, visit the CJW website at www.cjw.org.
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