Kassandra
Sep 23, 2026
What a wonderful evening with the Indian Land Women’s Club last Wednesday! We had so much fun learning how to make our very own sugar scrubs—creating a little self-care to take home and enjoy.
A big thank you to all the wonderful women who came out and joined us! Huge thank you for your donations to the Life House Women’s Shelter.
Updates
October Events
Community Update
ILWC Committees
Upcoming Events
1. October Events
We will need all hands on deck for our largest fundraising event of the year!
October 13: Candle Making Workshop
Time/Location: 5:30pm, Waxhaw Candle Company
Action: Bring nonperishable food for the Belair Food Pantry
Sign up information to come shortly, watch our social media and your email!
October 24: Carolina’s Chili Championship **
This is our major fundraiser of the year, the big kahuna, the main event! Our voted-upon charity of the fall season is Belair Food Pantry. They serve over 90 families in the area, and they have always been so grateful for our assistance! For the chili championship, we will have a booth for the entire day serving chili (Trinity's husband is already planning his recipe!) and more importantly we're raffling multiple gift baskets - we'll have a men's basket, women's basket, and family basket. We will need all hands on deck for this - people to gather donations, build the baskets, create ridiculous balloon arches in my living room, and of course help serve chili and push raffle tickets day-of. Take a look at this post on Facebook to see what we've done in the past. Consider working as a team to build each individual basket to avoid duplicates.
Sign-Up for Raffle Basket Donations
Bring your raffle donations to the October 13th meeting
Sign-Up for Booth Volunteers on October 24
2. Community Update
The Life House meal was delivered along with all of your donations. Thank you to everyone who participated in our call to action this month and donated non-perishable breakfast and snack foods. If you'd like to volunteer before our November 18th meal delivery, you can learn more here.
In addition to SOAK, our members were able to learn about another local nonprofit named "Kangaroo Kids". Kangaroo Kids CLT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing The Pouch, a one-stop medical notebook that helps parents organize and keep track of their child's important medication information, from medications and appointments to insurance details. Their mission is simple: Help families feel a little more prepared when navigating their child's medical journey. Learn more & get involved: https://kangarookidsclt.org
3. ILWC Committees
We are also still looking for enthusiastic members to lead and join our committees! If you are interested, please email us.
Social Media - This committee focuses on getting the word out via social media and assists in taking photos and videos at our events. You'll learn from Queen Vatsana herself!
Chair: Vatsana Schultz
Members needed!
Hospitality - This committee helps set up, break down, and check people in at our meetings. They also help with obtaining food and decorations and dropping off donations as needed. You help the board stay sane!
Chair Needed
Members: Angela Kozianowski, Dawn Alway, Dana Maki
Education - This committee is dedicated to establishing a connection with our local schools and finding ways to help via volunteer and/or donation opportunities. If you're a teacher, this is your spot!
Chair TBD and members needed!
4. Upcoming Events & Meetings
October 13: Candle Making Workshop
October 24: Carolina’s Chili Championship
November 12: Hygiene Bag Assembly
Time/Location: 6:30pm, Helen Adams Realty, Fort Mill.
Event: Assembly night and raffle winner announcements. All materials provided; no action needed. Hygiene bags will be donated to HOPE in Lancaster, more specifically to their Ward Faulkenberry Christmas Program benefitting around 250 of their senior adult clients.
November 18: The Life House Dinner
The Life House Women's Shelter is located in Rock Hill, and we've signed up to provide dinner to their 10 adult and 4 youth residents. You will need to work as a team to make the meal and organize delivery, so best to sign up with people you know! The signup link is HERE.
December 8: Holiday Party
Time/Location: 6:30pm, Kinsdale Neighborhood Clubhouse
Event: Join us for a white elephant towel exchange and holiday party to celebrate the season!
Action: Bring Angel Tree donations - more detail on this charity to come