The Northford Women's Club, a member of the GFWC, is an all-volunteer, nonprofit club consisting fiery and determined women who are outspoken, vivacious, and politically and socially active. This is a very lively, fun-loving, and friendly group of career and family women and spry elderly activists who love to socialize, but also are serious in their desire to improve the community in which they live and to make a visible difference.

The activities chosen by the Northford Women's Club are geared toward improving life in Northford and the surrounding areas in a variety of ways. In the past year, the club sponsored community activities including donations of blankets and dolls to Operation Smile, a world-wide organization that provides medical attention and operations for children with facial deformities, The Midnight Run, a volunteer program to feed the hungry in New Haven, The Northford Animal Shelter, Food Baskets for Needy Families, The Annual Student Art Contest, High School Seniors Student Service Award Scholarships, and Club Scholarships for members' college bound graduating high school seniors.

Fundraising activities for charity include the Yankee Candle, a shopping Bus Trip to New York, and the Annual Charity Raffle. Guest speakers in the past have included area business people such as Linda and Joe DeFrancesco of the DeFrancesco Farm in Northford, and Dr. Lisa Sanders, an Emmy award-winning producer for CBS News, a popular newspaper columnist for the New York Times, and an intern faculty member at the Yale University School of Medicine.

The popular Annual Christmas Dinner and Auction is always a festive and lively holiday event. Gift baskets, crafts, and food baskets, many of which are handmade and donated by members and area merchants, are piled high on tables. Sotheby's is no match for this most revered occasion as members and guests engage in friendly and vivacious bidding.

The club, which began in 1963 and became federated in 1965, is growing, with more than forty members who meet once a month at St. Andrew's Church Hall, Middletown Avenue, Northford. Membership is open to all women eighteen and over. New activities are planned each year, so boredom is just not an option and there is sure to be an event to please everyone. So, consider being part of a positive and fun group of vivacious women while being proactive in your community by joining the Northford Women's Club. For more information on the Northford Women's Club, contact Jennifer Mirto at 203.484.1795. http://www.oocities.org/northfordwc