GFWC Sunshine Juniorettes Donate Blue Bears to Viera Fire Department

Oct. 16, 2009 - PRLog -- The GFWC Sunshine Juniorette Club recently put together stuffed blue bears as one of their community projects. The Blue Bear Project is a national project where service organizations sew blue bears for emergency service workers to take with them on calls. The emergency personnel give the bears to children who are facing trauma, either from an emergency or domestic dispute, in an attempt to calm them.

After the Juniorettes’ October meeting (and loaded with homemade cookies for the firemen), the girls took their first dozen Blue Bears to the Viera Fire Department on Murrell Road.  The firemen enjoyed the cookies as they toured the girls through their facility and showed off their emergency vehicles.

The Juniorettes will be holding a bake sale at the Suntree-Viera Library on Saturday Oct 24 in conjunction with the Friends of the Library semi-annual book sale.  Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Suntree-Viera youth library.

The Sunshine Juniorette Club is sponsored by the GFWC Viera Woman’s Club to assist middle and high school girls in the performance of community service.  Monthly meetings are held on the first Sunday of the month from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at various locations. The November meeting will be held November 1 at the Viera East Golf Community’s Resident Clubhouse.  Contact the Club’s advisor, Mrs. Lee Thompson, at 507-4460 or at gthompson53@cfl.rr.com for further information.

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The GFWC Viera Woman's Club and the GFWC Sunshine Juniorettes are a part of an international women's organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing lives of others through community service. The GFWC Viera Woman's Club and the GFWC Sunshine Juniorettes are 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.