Our mission
Over the decades, Chums, Inc. has committed itself to fostering social, civic, and cultural growth in the communities it serves. The organizations’ national theme, Listen to the Children... enrich their lives, guides each chapter in identifying and addressing local needs. Chums’ members dedicate their time and resources to fundraising efforts, scholarships, and volunteer initiatives aimed at improving the lives of children and the community.
Our vision
New York Chapter Chums Inc, supports the national initiative Listen to the Children... enrich their lives because children are the cornerstone of our future embracing their essence and helping them to realize their talents, helps our communities to grow and flourish. All chapters of Chums Incorporated have a creative way to support our communities through the building up of our children. By establishing relationships, with schools, churches, childcare services and mentorship programs and healthy eating initiatives.
Get to know us
What Is CHUMS?
Chums, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides opportunities for women to meet in friendship and fun, to encourage a spirit of helpfulness, and to use their many talents in service to the community.
What Do We Do?
The organization promotes civic, cultural, educational, and social improvement. An ancillary focus of the organization is to enrich the lives of children by helping them to develop to their fullest intellectual, moral, emotional, physical, and social potential.
Our National Theme
The national theme is "Listen to the Children…enrich their lives".
Through the years, the group has devoted itself to the betterment of social, civic and cultural relationships in their communities.
The national theme "Listen to the Children... enrich their lives" guides each chapter in determining its community's needs.
Then the Chums develop fund-raisers and scholarships to help fulfill those needs. Many hours of volunteer work is dedicated to the success of the national theme.
Although the name is not an acronym in later years each of letters has been given its own meaning.
C - Character and charm we strive to attain.
H - Honesty and humility are always our aim.
U - Understanding and unselfishness we exhibit each day.
M - Modesty and moderation light our pathway.
Chums Incorporated has adopted the yellow tea rose as its official flower, because for Chums the yellow symbolizes "brightness" and the green symbolizes "awakening." As Chum members work in their communities to improve the lives of children, we remember our motto "A good archer is not known by his arrow but by his aim." The official logo captures both of these concepts and links them with the handshake symbol of fellowship in a shield surrounded by a sunburst.