The San Diego Woman's Club has been an active member of the community for over 100 years. As part of the California Federation of Women's Clubs and our parent organization the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Int'l, we participate in one of the worlds oldest and largest service organizations, dedicated to community improvement through volunteer service.
Our Club is a philanthropic, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization and members of all ages have an opportunity for personal growth and enrichment through leadership and development.
Over the last 118 years, our club has donated, developed, worked to accomplish or supported these and many other activities:
Developed San Diego Scenic Drive
Rest Area, Landscaping, bench, drinking fountain, Balboa Park
Rooms at Children’s Hospital, Door of Hope, Big Sisters
Downtown sidewalks
Ban downtown “Red Light District”
Street signs
KPBS-first receiver for the handicapped
Uptown Oktoberfest, 1990
A matron at the County Jail
Civic Art Gallery
Scholarships-Nursing, Art Music, Re-entry women, high school seniors
Flagpole in front of Space Center, Balboa Park
Planted poppies
Memorial trail and viewfinder, Inaja Fire Victims
Child and Family Abuse Projects
Burn Center
Spanish Landing Park, Harbor Drive
Penny Pines Plantations in Laguna Mountains (wildfire reforestation)
Free school textbooks
Woman doctor in every mental hospital
TB testing for milk
Well baby clinics
Separate prison facilities for women
Juvenile Court System
State Park System and Redwood Forest preservation
Driver Education Programs
Motorcycle Helmet Law
Pure Food and Drug Law
Free public Libraries
Army Nurse Corps
Half Day Saturday for clerks
Equal Rights for Women, Equal pay for women
Child and Minimum Wage Laws
Brown Bag Campaign for paper vs. Plastic in grocery stores
First University Chair, for Consumer Affairs
Testing for Marriage Licenses
Contributed to Meals on Wheels, Make-A-Wish, Hospice, Union Shoe
Fund, Project Concern, Projected & Large Print Books at Library, Organizations working with homeless and abused, health and welfare.
Sponsored Seminars on Wills, Trusts, Investments, also on Personal Safety in the home and on the streets
Sponsored evening programs honoring Consular Corps, exchange Students
Provided Leadership to District, State, National levels of our parent organization.