Organizations
American Legion Auxiliary Post 257
- The auxiliary meets the second Monday of each month at the American Legion
building.
Cainsville Community Betterment - A board
of concerned local citizens established to preserve and improve our community
for now and future generations in a progressive and friendly manner. Check
out their brochure.
Cainsville Brownie Girl Scout Troop 259 (Mid-land Empire Girl Scout
Counsel) Organized in November of 1996, meetings are held the second
and fourth Mondays of each month at the Christian Church Cottage. St. Joseph
contact: 816.279.7438.
GFWC of Missouri, Inc. Twentieth Century Club - The GFWC
Twentieth Century Club of Cainsville was organized in 1914, state federated in
1918, and general federated in 1921. Each year a local sophomore is sponsored to
attend the Sophomore Pilgrimage Day at Jefferson City, Missouri. Twentieth
Century hosts the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony for the community that is held
every year on the first Saturday in December. Over 250 paperback books are kept
in the Cainsville Community Room by the club for the public to read. The club
helps support Girls' Town of Missouri. National headquarters address: GFWC
Headquarters, 1734 North Street N.W., Washington, DC 22036-2990 (email: gfwc@gfwc.org).
Grand River 4-H Club meets the third Thursday of each month. We
participate in the local Cainsville Fair annually and perform community
projects. Point of Contact: Glenda Mercer, Club Leader, 33206 East 222 Street,
Ridgeway, MO 64481.
The P.E.O. Sisterhood - founded January 21, 1869 at Iowa
Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa - is a philanthropic and educational
organization interested in bringing to women increased opportunities for higher
education. There are more than 5,783 local chapters in the United States and
Canada with 251,985 active members. The educational and philanthropic purposes
of P.E.O. are accomplished through international, state and local projects. The
five projects of the Sisterhood are: P.E.O. Educational Loan Fund, Cottey
College, P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship Fund, P.E.O. Program for
Continuing Education, and P.E.O. Scholar Awards. The headquarters of the P.E.O.
Sisterhood and the P.E.O. Record (the official publication of the P.E.O.
Sisterhood) are located in the P.E.O. Executive Office, 3700 Grand Avenue, Des
Moines, Iowa 50312-2899. Chapter BX P.E.O, Cainsville was organized May 27,
1914. www.peointernational.org
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