NATIONAL AFFILIATION

 

The Cape Canaveral Pen Women is a branch of the Florida State Association of The National League of American Pen Women, Inc. (FSA/NLAPW), a nonprofit umbrella organization that provides support to all Florida Pen Women. We are comprised of professional women who are artists, published writers and musical composers.  By conducting and promoting creative, educational, and charitable activities, the Cape Canaveral Pen Women conduct community outreach to promote all aspects of art, music and writing.    

 

Located on Florida’s Space Coast, the Canaveral branch is governed by a president (or co-presidents), vice president, secretary, and treasurer. This branch also has a membership chairwoman and a newsletter editor who produces the branch’s monthly paper, The Owlet.

 

Prospective members must meet certain professional requirements which may be found on the National web site.

 

The Canaveral Pen Women meet on a monthly basis from January through May and September through December. The May meeting is a banquet honoring the branch’s annual scholarship recipient from Brevard Community College. The December meeting is a non-business get-together to celebrate the end-of-year holidays.

 

Contact co-president Mary Dall (marydall@bellsouth.net) for times and locations of the meetings.

BRANCH HISTORY

 

The Cape Canaveral Pen Women branch is located in Brevard County, Florida, home of the nation’s space program and the Kennedy Space Center.  A membership of professional artists, writers and composers, this organization is one of 21 affiliated braches in Florida.

 

This branch’s by-laws were signed on April 9, 1969 by the branch’s first executive board led by president Elaine Murray Stone.

 

The most important reason for joining is the personal encouragement, contacts and educational benefits gained from association with professional peers.

 

NLAPW has a membership of about 4,000 writers, artists and composers in more than 200 branches throughout the United States and Panama. Members promote development of the creative talents of professional women in one or more of three comprehensive membership classifications: Letters, Art, and Music.