OUR PROJECTS
Serving Clayton, Concord and the surrounding areas since 1973
We love to stay busy by helping our community. Check out some of our volunteer opportunities below!
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 2024 GOES TO MARLENE GOMEZ
GFWC Clayton Valley Woman’s Club proudly offers a $2,000.00 scholarship to a graduating, female DVC student transferring to a 4-year college or university to pursue a degree. The applicant must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and demonstrate financial need. We must receive DVC transcripts, 2 letters of recommendation, and an essay.
Marlene attended Diablo Valley College graduating in 2024 with Academics Honors and a GPA of 4, 0. Her field of study was Political Science. She is a first generation college student.
Marlene demonstrated community service that showed not only her commitment to her community but also her leadership skills. She was a peer counselor for the Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project, she led a group of volunteers at the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, was a supplemental student instructor with Dr. Ponce, and helped register people to vote. As a volunteer she found many opportunities to translate for Spanish speaking students and parents.
The Professor that she worked closely with calls her as exceptional student and person. She motivated students to her study sessions with her contagious selflessness. Another Professor describes her intellectual prowess and academic achievement. He also commended her commitment to seeing positive change.
At our interview she was very engaging with a welcoming smile. She readily answered all our questions and talking with her was a joy. Marlene has been accepted at The University of California at Berkeley.
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PENNIES FOR PINES
This is Clayton Valley Woman's Club conservation activity. Every meeting a small container, covered with pine trees, is passed around to collect coins from members and guests.
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Every time we collect $68, one acre of National Forest land in California is planted with about 350 pine, fir, redwood and giant sequoia seedlings. These plantings are most important as every year thousands of acres of forest are lost to fires and/or disease. Last year CVWC sponsored 2 acres of seedlings.
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
Heifer International is a global nonprofit with a proven solution to ending hunger and poverty in a sustainable way. Heifer helps empower millions of families to lift them out of poverty and hunger to self-reliance through gifts of livestock, seeds and trees, and extensive training, which provide a multiplying source of food and income. Corporate sponsors offered to triple our donation once again this year. Thanks again for your generous donations - Kathy Hester.
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WE ALSO COLLECT AT OUR MEETINGS!
We collect:​​
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Items are collected for homeless women's shelter (Friendly Manor)
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We collect dry and canned food for SHARE