Women's Club

The Garrett Park Women's Club (P.O. Box 494) welcomes all Garrett Park women who wish to take an active role in support of Town social events and to enhance and celebrate our connections as women in the community. Members meet the second Thursday of every month, typically at a members home, from 7:30 until 9 p.m. At each meeting, members share refreshments, catch up on news about members, neighbors and Town activities; we discuss budget status, fundraising opportunities, and updates on Women's Club events. New members are always welcome it's a great way to get to know your neighbors and to connect with other women in town. Inevitably, an interesting aspect of Town history or amusing local lore is brought up. 

The club sponsors the Progressive Dinner, the Attic in the Street sale, the Christmas Sing Along, the New Year's Day reception, and a variety of other functions such as the Octogenarian Celebration. News about these events and upcoming meetings of the membership appear in the Bugle and are usually posted on the bulletin board at Penn Place.

The Women's Club was founded in 1913 as the Civic Study Club, by Mrs. J. Ross Thompson (11018 Kenilworth), who was a strong-minded feminist and used the Club, which she ran until 1925, to induce and prepare women to take a more active part in civic affairs. By the late 1940s the Women's Club was providing impetus, monetary donations, and labor for the construction of the Garrett Park Community Center, later for our first-in-the-county community swimming pool, and eventually to the updating, decorating, and maintenance of the Town Hall. The club is currently guided by a group of elected officers:

Acting President:                        Lillian Del Priore  

Vice President:                           Tara Smith  

Treasurer:                                   Kathy Hedge  

Special Events Coordinator:      Jean Horan

Secretary:                                   Caroline Turner   

2012 Event dates