Club Departments

SJFC maintains three departments—Education, Art, and Literature; Health and Public Affairs; and Home Life and Conservation.  Because each department comprises a third of the general club membership, department meetings provide an exceptional opportunity for club members to get to know one another in a smaller setting.

Department chairs try to balance department meeting topics among charitable projects, informative speakers and social events.  During the course of the year, each department devotes one evening to volunteer for (SHIP) Summit Helping Its People. At that meeting, department members gather to cook lasagna at the Calvary Episcopal Church. The dinners are later delivered by SHIP volunteers to area churches for distribution to the homeless.

Education, Art, and Literature Department

  • Partnered with the Health Department to put together 200 school supply bags for children attending the Fourteenth Avenue School in Newark
  • Hosted the annual Fourth and Fifth Grade Spelling Bee, held every January at the Lawton C. Johnson Middle School for Summit's five public and two private elementary schools
  • Hosted the District Spelling Bee, which brought together the winners of junior women’s club spelling bees at the district level
  • Social events included a French-themed progressive dinner and a wine tasting conducted by a wine expert from the Wine Library in Springfield
  • Created beaded jewelry at BeadLuxe in Summit

Health and Public Affairs Department

  • Partnered with the Education Department to put together school bags for children attending the Fourteenth Avenue School in Newark
  • Hosted the Pumpkin Patch, a clubwide event for members’ children
  • Toured the new SAGE facility, a senior center serving Summit and the surrounding area, and wrapped holiday gifts donated by club members for local seniors in need
  • Prepared and delivered May Day gift baskets for local homebound seniors
  • Enjoyed a cooking demonstration by the chef of What a Dish caterers
  • Hosted a landscaping presentation by In Full Bloom

Home Life and Conservation Department

  • Participated in a host training class with the New Jersey All Stars, a youth development initiative for poor and minority students in Newark; conducted mock interviews with students to prepare them for corporate internships, social functions, and fundraisers
  • Hosted Breakfast with Santa, a clubwide event for members’ children
  • Assembled and delivered Valentine’s Day baskets for local homebound seniors in partnership with SAGE
  • Collected duffle bags for donation to the NJ Foster Their Hearts, which serves foster children throughout the state
  • Social events such as a martini and dessert tasting, spa night, and an evening at BeadLuxe

 

Summit Junior Fortnightly ClubTwin Maples214 Springfield AvenueSummit, NJ 07901

 

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