North Carolina Women – Celebrating our Blessings!

December 2024

For behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy

We are joyful that NCFRW's efforts this year to elect President Trump were truly blessed. May God's plan for America be fulfilled through a patriotic and conservative administration.

May you and your loved ones have a blessed and Merry Christmas, a holy celebration of Hanukkah and a healthy, Happy New Year.

Reflection by Margeaux Holland

Helping Western North Carolina

Our friends and neighbors in western North Carolina continue the backbreaking work of digging out and rebuilding after Hurricane Helene. The devastation and the human tragedy are beyond belief.

Yet many groups and individuals have donated thousands of hours of effort and supplies to aid in the recovery, and they bring hope and relief. Churches are at the forefront of those helping, and counties and towns have "adopted" mountain communities.

For those who wish to make monetary donations, two outstanding North Carolina volunteer organizations working tirelessly are Samaritan's Purse and NC Baptists on Mission.

Samaritan’s Purse (Link)

NC Baptists on Mission (Link)

Fall Board of Directors Meeting

Everyone was in a great mood, thanks to the Presidential election, for the Fall Board of Directors Meeting in Greensboro, November 15-17.

Many thanks to Heidi Parker Martin, Secretary of the NFRW, for being our keynote speaker at our leading ladies luncheon. Heidi, who is from Louisiana, is a voice for women in leadership, and she inspired us to be involved more and to do more.

Kyshia Brassington, NC's RNC Committeewoman, thanked our members for their incredible work with Strike Forces and for our successful letter campaign with My Faith Votes in which we wrote to over 140,000 NC Republicans who do not vote. And we are thankful to have contributed to President Trump's win in NC by just over 191,000 votes.

The workshop on Saturday included presentations by Mary Frances Forrester on minutes; Pat C. Smith on the new club Bylaws; and Lorena Castillo-Ritz on the new Literacy Award. Feedback from participants was very positive.

On Saturday night, we hosted the 2024 Tribute to Women - see below for more about that wonderful event.

Thanks to Gay Dillard, VP of the Central Region, and her clubs for hosting the event and for the welcome bags and excellent hospitality room.

Representative Neal Jackson (NC-78), pastor of the Beulah Baptist Church in Bennett, led us in an inspirational prayer breakfast that ended the weekend.

 Many many thanks to all the volunteers who made the weekend so exceptional.

In addition, we observed that the waitstaff at the hotel put their hands over their hearts and recited the pledge along with us at our events. They asked us if we were Republican women. Then they proudly told us that they had voted for President Trump. Winning!

Happy attendees enjoyed a "YMCA" victory dance.

Tribute to Women

Twenty-nine women were honored at the Tribute to Women for the outstanding and inspiring work they have accomplished on behalf of their respective Clubs. The evening also featured keynote speaker, Sidney Powell, and Jason Simmons, Chair of the North Carolina GOP.

Stephanie Broughton, VP of the Coastal region and president of Crystal Coast RW, chaired the Tribute to Women. Stephanie designed the program and beautiful table decorations. Thank you, Stephanie, for an outstanding event. 

Thanks to Anita Moody, president of Forsyth RW for photos and for her idea to video our thanks to RNC Co-Chair Michael Whatley, our former NC GOP Chairman.

Thank you to our sponsors whose support made this beautiful event possible.

"It was great to be with all you amazing Tarheels last week. I enjoyed everyone I met, and I’m so impressed with everything you all did to help turn this country around. We must not let up.

The next big battle needs to be paper ballots hand counted, and we need to start now! The website where everyone should sign up for our newsletter is DefendingTheRepublic.org.

Everyone should also check out all our videos: 

https://defendingtherepublic.org/videos/. Definitely watch HACKING DEMOCRACY and KILL CHAIN and listen to Clint Curtis' testimony." 

Sidney Powell, President of DefendingTheRepublic.org

Attorney and Author of LICENSED TO LIE: Exposing Corruption in the Department of Justice available at SidneyPowell.com

Do you "Care for America?" What is YOUR passion? Or, the passion of your club's members? Then share the talents of your club by completing a "Caring for America" project!  

Caring for America projects are judged based on the size of your club and can be just about any activity that shows your care for our great nation and her citizens. Be creative. Forsyth County, for example, chose the "My Faith Votes Write Now" project.  

Here are a few ideas from the NFRW's website:

• Helping at food banks and soup kitchens. 
• Teaching citizenship classes to future American citizens. 
• Helping underprivileged children with food, homework, hygiene, and children leaving foster care at 18.
• Creating a thank you program for firefighters, police officers and other first responders.

Need more inspiration? Go to www.nfrw.org > Programs > "Caring for America."  

To be considered for an award, the club’s project must be submitted by June 1, 2025, but the project’s work may continue until the end of 2025 or longer.

Forsyth RW

Joan Fleming and Anita Moody organized the 24,000 letters sent by Forsyth County in the "My Faith Votes" initiative. They were honored at the NCFRW Fall Board Meeting for their truly amazing work. Laurel Brooks of My Faith Votes came to the luncheon to thank them for their superb efforts.

Save these dates

• February 7-8, 2025 NCFRW Winter Board Meeting, Holiday Inn Greenville
• March 7-8, 2025: NFRW Board Meeting in Alexandria
• 2025 NCFRW Legislative Day TBA
• September 26 - 28, 2025: NFRW Convention, Orlando, Florida

Military anniversaries and observances by Betsy Miller

Dec. 7, 2024 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 

Dec. 13, 2024 – National Guard Birthday

Dec. 20, 2024- Space Force birthday

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