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Ousamequin Woman's Club Members bring such creativity: displayed are vintage valentine cards of a bygone era. Also displayed is a plaque on the piano in the Bridgewater Town Library Flora T. Little Room, indicating that the piano was a gift to our town, back in 1974----another good deed of our Club!

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We learned simple techniques to relieve stress. We also took up a collection for the American Heart Association and our very generous members donated $76.00.

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Our Club had a warm & friendly meeting, welcoming our newest members with a "heart-healthy" program, such as collecting funds for the American Heart Assoc., and undertaking other civic good deeds, such as planning for college/ trade-school scholarships:

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JoanneWoodsYoung presented simple & effective techniques to stress less & live more, and followed it with an Affirmation Walk with our Club membership: our Club Members were positively affected by what they learned today. Check out: www.joannewoodsyoung.com for YOUR organization!

Ousamequin Club

Many people have asked me" what is the Ousamequin Club" Below is a brief history and what we do..... In our college town of Bridgewater in 1898, a movement for a Women’s’ Club began simultaneously with two separate groups…one of ”town” ladies and one of Normal School teachers. Joint meetings of the two groups resulted in the formation of the Ousamequin club with ninety-one charter members. Ousamequin was the name Massasoit took when he became a Chieftain of the Wampanoag Indians. He was the Indian with who the pilgrims negotiated the purchase of land including that portion that became Bridgewater. The name was an appropriate choice for the club for, just as Ousamequin was a leader of his people, so was the Ousamequin club a leading force in the community. The object of our club is to broaden and strengthen the moral, social and cultural life of its members and to awaken in clubwomen the realization of their responsibilities and opportunities in the field of education, legislation and volunteer service and to develop an awareness of their heritage and responsibility as American citizens. Today we have 36 members and among the charities we support are: Bridgewater 4th of July, Heart Association, Bridgewater Senior Center, Veterans’ Hospital, the food bank, Bridgewater Library, literacy program, CARE, Operation Santa,Hagashi School in Randolph, Heifer Project; UNICEF, Distinguished Young Women Scholarships, Mass STAR, Music and Art Scholarships; GFWC Presidents Projects and 2 Bridgewater/Raynham Scholarships and any other projects recommended by the Board of Directors. Interesting fact is that during World War 2 a small building was donated and placed in front of the Academy Building. The Ousamequin Club took the lead in July 11, 1942, of establishing a weekend canteen service for the purpose of dispensing food and comfort to servicemen traveling through town. That building was later moved to Legion Field and today houses the Recreation and Water Departments. They were instrumental in establishing the Bridgewater Improvement Association. The Ousamequin Club joined the State Federation in 1899 and the General Federation in 1920. We meet the first Monday of the month, October-May....1:oo at the Senior Center....( meeting this month is at the Library due to renovations at the Senior Center) All are welcome.

Confidence is Contagious. Empowering Young Women

The Ousamequin Women's Club will be meeting on Monday, Feb. 6th at the Bridgewater Public Library at 1:00. Our guest speaker will be Joanne Woods Young who is an intuitive and empowerment coach who will give us simple techniques to relieve stress...all are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served.

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The Scholarship Committee hard at work! Joyce Middleton, Alicia Boucher, Sharon Graves, Lorraine Carrozza.

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Barbara Perkins, Les Dorr and Sandy Higgins attended the GFWCMA mid-winter meeting in Westford on Saturday. Guest speakers were The Honorable Niki Tsongas-MA 3rd Congressional District and Paul Fanning from the Higashi School in Randolph...school for Austin children.

Jane Cunningham Croly also known as Jennie June Jane Croly was a woman before her time, a woman who managed to juggle career, marriage and motherhood and write about it in several books and a newspaper column under the pseudonym Jennie June. After having been denied membership in the all male organization of Journalists, as well as entry to a lecture to that group by Charles Dickens, she spearheaded an all female organization called Sorosis. Later, she invited other women’s clubs which were springing up all across the United States to join together in a federation of women’s clubs. Thus was formed the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, our GFWC, which claims Ms. Croly as its founder. Since that coming together of women’s clubs in federation, women have carried on in effors to provide education, improved working conditions, health care, scholarship and other reforms. History may not have produced another Jennie June, but many women have served in large and small ways in service to others. Each biennium, GFWC International is proud to honor women who have walked in Jane Croly’s virtual footsteps in ways that deserve recognition. One woman from each of the GFWC regions is honored at the summer convention with the Jennie Award. Those women are chosen from among nominees from state federations, who have been chosen from among outstanding women nominated from their local clubs. That means that every club has the opportunity to honor a member who has served their community well.

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Our Club was delighted to welcome New Members: (in alphabetical order): Margaret Dunford, Barbara Kaplan, Natalie Mackinaw, Gloria Raymond, Beatrice Reicher, and Elaine Sweetman ! Let the fun begin!