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Chadwick Bay Chapter is Celebrating 75 Years

Author: Communications Committee/Monday, June 26, 2017/Categories: General, Chapter News

The Chadwick Bay Chapter of NYS Women Inc. is celebrating our 75th year as an organization that is instrumental in the Dunkirk – Fredonia community. In 1942, twenty-two women banded together to form Business and Professional Women of Dunkirk Fredonia. These visionaries encouraged local business and professional women to join the organization for personal and professional growth. Their mission was to achieve equity for all women in the workplace through advocacy, education and information.

Although BPW was an active group during the early years, records were missing from 1942 until after World War II. In 1944, BPW worked feverishly to provide equipment and furnishing for the Coast Guard home at Point Gratiot. With that completed, members contributed time to the United War Fund Drive, working jointly with Dunkirk’s Lion Club. Through combined efforts $40,000 was collected.

Our first scrap book of 1946, detailed their donation of a typewriter along with various farm equipment, ambulance, medical supplies, and furnishings sent to Dunkerque, France in the Dunkirk to Dunkerque Days. Later that year a donation was made to the sisters and children of St. Mary’s for Christmas gifts and party. In 1947, BPW worked with Brooks Hospital on the polio campaign followed by American Heart Association campaign of 1948.

In 1955, the objective of the club was to clarify thinking and become more articulate on social, economic and political questioning and to participate actively in affairs promoting the welfare of the community. A scholarship was established this year for Dunkirk or Fredonia senior girl who was continuing her education to become a teacher or business professional. This same year Dunkirk Fredonia BPW sent flowers to Silver Creek to celebrate their charter establishment. In 1956, the organization became involved with Civil Defense.

In 2009, we changed our name to New York State Women Inc. Chadwick Bay Chapter. The group strives to make a difference in the lives of working women personally, professionally and politically, as per the slogan of New York State Women Inc. as a whole.  We offer networking for the empowerment and growth of women, insight into the balance of work and family, and build leadership skills to further careers. Currently, we offer two scholarships for nontraditional women students returning to college to further their careers, which is something we strongly encourage.

Chadwick Bay Chapter established a perpetual scholarship through the Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation. Currently two scholarships are offered each year to non-traditional female students returning or currently enrolled in college and are residents of northern Chautauqua County. The group strives to make a difference in the lives of working women personally, professionally and politically, as per the slogan of New York State Women Inc. as a whole.  We offer networking for the empowerment and growth of women, insight into the balance of work and family, and build leadership skills to further careers. Currently, we offer two scholarships for nontraditional women students returning to college to further their careers, which is something we strongly encourage.

Chadwick Bay Chapter has made monetary donations to Meals on Wheels, Dunkirk Library, Food Pantry, Boys and Girls Club of Northern Chautauqua County, Hospice, and flowers for the City of Dunkirk and the Village of Fredonia for their beautification program. The Chadwick Bay women have walked and donated money to the American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Our group also donated a chair to the dialysis unit at Brooks Hospital. We donate to the Teen Homeless shelter and Battered Women Shelter. We visit the WCA Home in Fredonia to play bingo with the residents at Christmas and again in the spring. This event provides the organization an opportunity to socialize with the residents resulting in lasting friendships. Working with the local Center for Peace and Justice, Chadwick Bay Chapter supports the yearly request for the Nicaraguan poor.

For excitement we offer the Getaway Weekend during late February or early March. This event provides fun workshops, networking, and pampering for women. The club offers younger women an opportunity to make a difference in the community. The women of the club have experience in the business community and share that with the next generation.  The state offers endowments and scholarships for women in advanced educational programs. Considering the economic climate we have been in for the past couple years, we are more than happy to offer such a scholarship.

For more information about the Chadwick Bay Chapter and what they’re up to, please go to http://nyswomeninc.org/Chapters/Chadwick-Bay. For more information about NYS Women Inc. as a whole and how to join, go to http://nyswomeninc.org/

 
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