Local GOP Women earn IFRW Diamond Award

(From left) IFRW 1st Vice President Sovilla Mennen, HCRWC Treasurer Lisa Everling, and IFRW President Jodi Smith and at the recent IFRW Spring Training and Awards Program. (Reporter photo by Denise Moe)

By DENISE MOE

The Hamilton County Republican Women’s Club (HCRWC) was one of the few clubs in Indiana to win the prestigious Diamond Award for 2021 – the highest reward. Way to go ladies!

Over the course of 2021, the HCRWC Board and Club members worked to bring attention to local Republican women and supported the local GOP. HCRWC submitted the achieved points in January to the Indiana Federation of Republican Women (IFRW) and the Club easily met the Diamond Award requirements.

The Diamond Award recognizes clubs that have well exceeded expectations for what they have done to advance Republican principles and what they have done for their respective communities. The HCRWC and its members have devoted countless hours, talents and treasures to the political process and Hamilton County.

Lisa Everling represented the Club and accepted the award at the IFRW Spring Training and Awards Program. She is the Hamilton County Republican Party Secretary and the Hamilton County Republican Women’s Club Treasurer.

The Diamond Award calculates: volunteer hours, working on campaigns, working for the county and local parties, canvasing for candidates, raising money for candidates, contributing to the IFRW scholarship fund, hosting community meetings and socials, having a large membership count and recruiting new members, having positive media attention, newsletters, emails, social media and public outreach, having multiple service projects, collecting items and donating time to several local charities … the list goes on.

For more information visit facebook.com/hcrepublicanwomen or hamcogopwomen.org.