Sharon Pulcinella
The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) celebrated a significant milestone on March 18: our 20th anniversary!
We remember with gratitude founders Joy O’Farrell, Joann Street, Carolyn Ireland, Suellen Vatter, and Jan Howard who held their first meeting of the organization they simply called “The Women of Quail Creek” in March of 2004. Forty women were in attendance. As of today, our membership stands at 344.
Our founders’ vision of an organization that would provide opportunities for women residing in Quail Creek to socialize, to support each other, and to learn has expanded over the years to include a variety of philanthropic endeavors in Green Valley, Sahuarita, and Santa Cruz Valley. Our members enjoy many opportunities to engage in social and charitable events.
With 20 years of growth has come change, and we have been very fortunate to have had strong leadership and dedicated volunteers to guide us as we have evolved. New ideas, technologies, and opportunities constantly challenge an organization both to learn from its experiences and to cultivate the flexibility necessary to adapt to the changing dynamics of its membership.
We have always been an organization run entirely by member volunteers willing to donate their time, talents, and energy year after year because they have found in TWOQC something that provides them with friendship, joy, and purpose. Each brings her own unique life experiences and expertise.
Without our volunteers, we would not be able to offer the tremendous variety of programs and activities we all enjoy or to have as great a positive impact in our community as we do. Without them, we wouldn’t exist. We value every single one of them.
On this special anniversary milestone, we salute all who came before us, those who are actively involved today, and those who will be our leaders and volunteers in the years to come. May we always keep the values upon which we were founded foremost in our minds in all that we do. May the greater good of the organization be the primary consideration in any decisions that must be made, and may we always work together with purpose, kindness, and respect.