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 (2008-2009) consists of all members of the Executive Board and the Chairmen of the following standing committees:

New Executive Board for 2008-2009

President - Susan Polley

Vice President - Julie Foll

Recording Secretary - Kate Callicotte

Corresponding Secretary - Cindy Posey

Treasurer/Finance - Maggi Grogan

Ways & Means - Sherry Sheldon

Parliamentarian - Linda Mendenhall

Advisor - Peggy Herbig

Committee Chairs for 2008-2009

Corporate Sponsorship Task Force - Dawn Dean

Chaplin - Cindy Posey

Newsletter - Wendy Schmutz

Family Fund - Beth-Ann Cox and Pam Sibley

Friend to Friend - Helen McMillan

Historian - Linda Morton

Hospitality - Betty Malloy and Trish Hopson

Membership Booklet - Denise Dobelek

Membership - Diane Crowell and Margie Foutz (Co-Chairs)

Program - Denise Dobelek

Restaurants/Reservation - Georgia Johnson

Publicity - Peggy Herbig

The names of the new Governing Board for 2008-09 are (L-R) Linda Mendenhall (Parliamentarian), Maggie Grogan (Treasurer), Cindy Posey (Corresponding Secretary), Kate Callicotte (Recording Secretary), Julie Foll (Vice President), Susan Polley (President), Sherry Sheldon (Ways and Means) and Peggy Herbig (Board Advisor).

New President Susan Polley and outgoing President
Linda Mendenhall at last meeting of the year.

Scholarship Fund - Carol Winsett

Fisher House - Sandy McClanahan and Lynn Lake

Telephone - Mabel Prescott

Spring Fundraiser - Kate Callicotte

Fall Fashion Show - Terri McCall

DWC Supports Sacred Heart on the Emerald Coast

The Destin Woman's Club held it's final meeting for the fiscal year June 11, 2008. At this meeting the Club who has been raising funds to support the Women's Diagnostic and Birthing Center of Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast, presented a check for $23,150.00. Accepting the check from Linda Mendenhall, 2007-08 President.

(L-R) Dr. Henry Roberts, President of the Sacred Heart Foundation and Nina Jeffords, VP Patient Care/CNO for Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast. The Destin Women's Club has supported Sacred Heart on the Emerald Coast as their chosen charity for the past 3 years and has raised over $71,000.00 as a total contribution.

Affiliations

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