The La Crescenta Woman’s Club will hold an open house from 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 19 at the clubhouse, 4004 La Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta.

Community members can tour both the dining and meeting facilities and the newly landscaped garden. Light refreshments will be available. The Club was recently renovated with funds from a generous grant from the County of Los Angeles, promoted and sponsored by former Supervisor Mike Antonovich, and is disability accessible. The Club is a philanthropic organization, devoted to community improvement. For more information, email info@lacrescentawomansclub.org.

On May 18, 1911, a small group of women calling themselves The Crescent Circle met at a local home to form a club. Their goals were the development of social contacts and the improvement of community affairs. Dues were $.25 and the approximately 35 members met at the local school. They held teas, dinners, card parties and other events to raise money to carry out philanthropic projects. One of the first civic projects was the purchase of maps for the classrooms, and improvement of the grounds and interior of the school.

In 1916 the name was changed to La Crescenta Woman’s Club. During the war years, the Club adopted for three years a French war orphan, worked for the Red Cross, sold Liberty Bonds and sewed and sent clothing overseas.

In 1924, the Club received donated land, built its clubhouse and incorporated as the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, joining the State and General Federations of Women’s Clubs.

The first meeting in the new Clubhouse was on Oct. 14, 1925. Initial projects included improvements to the La Crescenta School and offering aid during the Big Tujunga Fire of 1925.

Throughout the years, the members have kept true to their objectives of enhancing the community. The Woman’s Clubhouse served for months as a first aid station in the aftermath of the flood of 1934. In 1961, the facility was enlarged for its 50thanniversary; in 1966 it was repaired after an arson fire and remodeled in 2017. For more than 100 years, the club members have been supporting local schools and community in an association that formed friendships and withstood the test of time.