Laytonsville Woman’s Club Fund Raising Summary

Charities/organizations we support financially (current list only, there have been others in past)

  • Charity of Choice – changes each year, 2023-2024 went to Montecino House Fire
  • County Fair Award
  • Hospice Caring Gaithersburg
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Montgomery College Foundation
  • Laytonsville Historical Center
  • Feed the Bulldogs (Laytonsville Elementary School)
  • Treemendous Maryland
  • Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation
  • Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Foundation
  • Laytonville Volunteer Fire Department
  • The Family Tree – Child Abuse Prevention America Maryland Chapter (Sale of pinwheels)

Charities/organizations we support through in-kind donations or service (current list only, there have been others in past, or some that come up throughout the year):

  • Interfaith Works – monthly lunches (third Tuesday each month), and clothing/goods (as needed)
  • Gaithersburg HELP – monthly food donations
  • Betty Ann Krahnke Center – women’s domestic abuse center, provide toiletries, socks
  • Shady Grove Pregnancy Center
  • Go Purple Project – Mont County WC President Key Project https://www.purpleproject.org/
  • Montgomery County Parks – monthly litter clean up (second Saturday March-November).
  • Town of Laytonsville – Annual Picnic Set Up & Dottie Tessier Memorial Cake Walk
  • Bottle cap collection for Joan Donavan’s teacher’s kits.

**Highlighted Items are also supported by GFWC Maryland. We do strive to keep our donations and service local.

How we raise funds:

  • Member dues – $40.00 each, however only $18.00 goes back to the club.  (20.5 to GFWC $1.5 MD GFWC)
  • Selling items to public
    • Corn Stalk Brooms – Sale for $25 / $10-12 per broom profit (depends on shipping)
    • Nut Orders from Terry Lynn online store – very small profit margin.
    • Rada Knife Fund Raiser – we earn 40% profit, but this is a hard item to continually sell.
    • Basket Raffles at public functions and district meetings
    • 50/50 Raffles – buy a ticket for a chance to win half of the pot.
    • Laytonsville Coverlettes – three remaining $50 each, will not order more at this time.
    • White Elephant Auction in May
    • Sneaker Recycling – small amount of profit (less than $20) but keeps them out of landfills.
  • Member Fundraising Opt Out – not every member wants to sell items or raise funds during the year.  You can opt out for a $100 monetary donation (on top of dues). To be collected in September/October each year.

If you have any questions or fundraising ideas, please reach out!