About the Destin Woman's Club

Our Goals

Our goals are simple...enjoy each others company while finding ways to support the needs of a growing community through activities including:

Perpetuating Scholarship Fund at Okaloosa-Walton College for qualifying women who strive to re-enter today’s competitive workforce.
Fisher House, which provides housing facilities for injured soldiers and their family while they are going through the rehabilitation process. This is a non-profit organization and not funded by the military.
Select Charity...members vote every three years for a charity which the club will support. In 2005, the members chose to support the new Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast’s new Women’s Diagnostic and Wellness Center and Birthing Center. This exciting and important new addition to the hospital will house technology to benefit women of all ages.

The Destin Woman's Club has selected Children in Crisis as the charity to support in the 2008-2010, which will begin this upcoming July.
The Family Fund, which offers assistance to area families in need.

Our History

The Destin Woman's Club was formed in 1976 by a small group of women. It was known as the Lakeshore Woman's Club then but soon went through a name change to better identify with the community. Destin was a much smaller town and these women saw there were needs that weren't being met. If they could tap the private resources and funnel them towards community projects everyone would benefit. They also saw an opportunity to bring the people together for social event. This is how it started; a few good women came together with some good ideas and a desire to help others.

Our Meetings

Our luncheon meetings are what keep us connected. We meet on the second Wednesday of the month, September through June. This gives us a chance to keep up with each other as well as the business of the club. We enjoy some of the areas most interesting and entertaining speakers. Our program committee does a wonderful job of presenting informative people that keep us in touch with our community. We have had the privilege of hosting politicians, physicians, writers, artists, archaeologists, scholars as well as fashion shows and local entertainers.

The Destin Woman's Club Governing Board for (2010-2011) consists of all members of the Executive Board and the Chairmen of the following standing committees:

New Executive Board for 2010-2011

President - Kate Callicotte

Vice President - Peggy Herbig

Recording Secretary - Maggi Grogan

Corresponding Secretary - Georgeia Pappas Johnson

Treasurer/Finance - Margie Foutz

Ways & Means - Sherry Sheldon

Parliamentarian - Linda Mendenhall

Advisor - Sandi McClanahan

Committee Chairs for 2010-2011

Budget & Finance - Margie Foutz

Chaplin - Cindy Posey

Newsletter - Wendy Schmutz

Chosen Charity Fundraising - Kathy Lynn

Family Fund - Mabel Prescott and Beth Ann Cox

Fisher House - Rosanne Paintor-Mass and Mary Rose Hidalgo

Friend to Friend - Louisa Matthews, Glenda Jernigan and Joy Segno

Historian - Linda Morton

Hospitality - Dorothy Robinson and Lynn Lake

Membership Booklet - Denise Dobelek

Membership - Denise Dobelek and Katie McPartland

DWC Executive Board-2010 to 2011, Kate Callicotte (President), Peggy Herbig (VP), Maggie Grogan (Recording Secretary), Georgeia Pappas Johnson (Corresponding Sec.), Margie Foutz (Treasurer),
Sherry Sheldon (Ways and Means),
Linda Mendenhall, Parliamentarian (not seen).

Kate Callicotte, DWC incoming President receives gavel from outgoing President Sandi McClanahan

Program - Denise Dobelek

Restaurants/Reservation - Georgeia Pappas Johnson

Publicity/Web Site - Susan Frishman and Stephanie Roessler

Scholarship Fund - Carol Winsett

Telephone - Kathleen Hall

Affiliations

The Destin Woman's Club is a member of affiliate organizations including: