Ms Pymer said COVID-19 majorly impacted the CWA in 2020.

"Many of our major fundraising events couldn't be undertaken," she said.

"It showed we needed to be innovative."

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The West Wimmera CWA group has six branches, Drung South, May, Dimboola, Nhill, Serviceton and Horsham.

Last year the CWA pushed for different ways to fundraise and engage with the community, which ended up being in line with their theme of 2020, which was "grow, connect and improve".

Ms Pymer said the CWA met that theme.

"This year's theme is 'Engage, support and challenge' which follows on very well from last year," she said.

One of the most successful and popular new online events was the scone challenge.

"Every year CWA beat their record for the most scones sold at the Melbourne Royal Show but we couldn't do that last year," Ms Pymer said.

"At rather short notice we put in a scone challenge across the state. Our area did close to 900 scones which were all pre-ordered.

"We didn't break the record; we came 1500 short across the state.

"But many people are looking to do it again."

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The West Wimmera branch also raised $1000 with their Christmas cakes.

Ms Abbey said what she noticed about 2020 was the small ways people would reach out to one another.

"I know many people who are avid readers. So I started a little mobile library for women who I know are avid readers. I would make sure the books were clean and dropped them off at people's doors," Ms Abbey said.

"I knew one woman who didn't open her door for four months. She was terrified."

The Dimboola branch organised Mother's Day where plates of biscuits and flowers were dropped off.

Acts of community were significant during 2020.

"We had one member who lost their husband," Ms Abbey said.

"She struggled to come back and be involved, but by the end of the first meeting, we had her laughing again.

"She said to us she wouldn't know what to do without us."

Ms Pymer said 2020 helped the CWA community develop patience.

"We need to smell the roses and appreciate what we have.

"We need to be there for our family, and we all belong to many families.

"I have my immediate family, my wider community, my farming community and my CWA family."

"We have to make time for each other and support in whatever format that may be."

Ms Abbey said the main point of CWA when it was founded to support the family.

"We're there for a reason," she said.

"We're a support group."

Leading on with the "engage" theme, new members are joining Horsham, Nhill and Dimboola branches.

"To get new members in a pandemic is pretty hard," Ms Abbey said.

"In 2020, we were forced to get out of our little groups and engage with others," Ms Pymer said.

For the West Wimmera area, the branches will continue with various events like barbecues, craft workshops, cake stalls and pop up shops in 2021.

On February 18, the Horsham and May branches will hold food and crafts pop-ups at the Horsham Plaza car park.

The West Wimmera CWA group will hold its annual general meeting on February 18 at Kaniva Hall.