The Westport Woman's Club held their December Luncheon on Monday, December 5th. Their guest speaker was distinguished Art Historian, Fiona Garland, who spoke about Titian's "Venus of Urbino."
The club was beautifully decorated for the holiday season, and the Garden Department held it's annual Holiday Boutique in the living room. (more…)
WWC Nutcracker Tea Party, held November 26, 2016, benefited the Project Love Holiday Meal Campaign.
Sweet treats, tea sandwiches, hot cocoa and tea were served in the Westport Woman’s Club's historic ballroom which included snowflakes, live readings, costumed performers and high tea in a Victorian setting in the heart of Westport. (more…)
The Annual WWC Nutcracker Tea Party will take place on November 26, 2016, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM. Click here for Flyer: Nutcracker Tea Party.
What better way for future prima ballerinas and their mothers, grandmothers, aunts or fairy godmothers to launch the Holiday Season than with snowflakes, live readings, costumed performers and high tea in a Victorian venue at the Westport Woman's Club's “Nutcracker Tea Party.”
This simple but elegant Westport Woman’s Club fundraiser will benefit the Project Love Holiday Meal Campaign.
The Garden Room is preparing beautiful fresh wreaths, swags and boxwood trees for the holidays. To guarantee availability, please submit your order by Friday, November 18, 2016. Click here for: Order Form.
The WWC Garden Department traveled to Old Lyme, CT to the Griswold House. A Faerie Village was set up which included 31 little villages from all over the world.
Team "Westport Woman's Club participates in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk.
Visit Westportnow:
An afternoon of fun was had by all at the Westport Woman's Club Bingo Bonanza.
Come join us at the
Westport Woman’s Club
44 IMPERIAL AVENUE
WESTPORT, CT 06880
(203) 227-4240
for an afternoon of Bingo Bonanza
Sunday, October 16, 2016
DOORS OPEN: 1:00pm
GAMES: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Admission: $2.00
CASH PRIZES – DOOR PRIZES – FOOD & FUN
Westport Woman's Club Team
Audrey Rabinowitz, Captain:
Click here: Join / Donate to Join our team and/or make a donation online.
Donors don't have to participate in the walk.
Sign up today and plan to walk with the Westport Woman's Club Team:
Sherwood Island State Park
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Arrive at 9:30...our group starts promptly at 10 a.m. (more…)
First Selectman, Jim Marpe, was the Guest Speaker at the WWC September Club Day Luncheon. The First Selectman spoke about the state of the Town of Westport. He addressed financial matters, town facility upgrades and improvements; progress on current projects, and implementation of various ongoing projects of interest (i.e., Downtown Master Plan, Compo Beach Site Improvement). (more…)
WWC Members - Mark you calendars and please join the us for the Curio Cottage information Coffee on Friday, September 16, at 10:00 am, at the Woman's Club. For all of our volunteers who don't need any refresher info, please come and enjoy the snacks and see your friends. For our new volunteers, this is a great time to learn exactly how and why we do what we do. For members who are just thinking about volunteering, this is a perfect time to help you make up your mind. It won't be a long meeting and it is always full of energy and fun. Hope to see many of you here.
Curio Cottage Committee
The Westport Woman’s Club Annual Lobsterfest, organized by Jo Fuchs-Luscombe, was held at the Minuteman Yacht Club, Ned Dimes Marina, at Compo Beach this evening. Despite the weather, a wonderful time was had by all. (more…)
The Westport Woman’s Club Curio Cottage will continue its Half-Price Summer Clearance Sale - August 22 - 27.
The Curio Cottage Thrift Shop, at the Westport Woman’s Club, 44 Imperial Avenue, will hold a Half-Price Sale starting Monday, August 22 from 1:00 M to 4:00 PM, Tuesday, August 23 through Friday, August 26 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and the final day, Saturday, August 27 from 11:00 am to 3:00 PM. Rain or Shine. All proceeds go to Fairfield County charities.
Savvy shoppers will get there early, so don’t wait! The shop offers a wide variety of quality items from glassware, cooking equipment, pictures, frames…just about anything. And the inventory is constantly changing.
Our association with the Blues, Views, and BBQ Festival began back in 2008 during its first year and has continued for all 8 years. Since that time, the WWC has received over $14,000 from the Westport Downtown Merchants Association, the sponsor of this town-wide event. Over the last few years, this money was designated for our Food Closet. (more…)
Shirley Mellor, WWC Member and former owner of iconic Max's Art Supplies, donated the cost of framing for 3 Bedford Family portraits now hanging at the WWC.
THANK YOU, Shirley!!!
Click Here: Westportnow.com article. (more…)
THANK YOU!!!
To all our Fairgoers, Sponsors and Volunteers for making Yankee Doodle Fair 2016 a beautiful, memorable and successful event!
2016 YANKEE DOODLE FAIR
JUNE 16TH – JUNE 19th
Sponsored by the WESTPORT WOMAN’S CLUB
44 IMPERIAL AVENUE, WESTPORT, CT
203-227-4240
Click here for YDF Press Release
(Click here for further details)
Yankee Doodle (aka Miggs Burroughs) returns to Westport, tonight, Thursday, through Sunday. (more…)
Happy Memorial Day Weekend from
The Westport Woman's Club!
Fundraising, Grants, Scholarships, Volunteers
Serving the Home Front since 1907
Honoring Our Veterans Now and Forever
Click here for: 06880DanWoog coverage
(more…)
[metaslider id=6278]
MANY THANKS to our WWC 2016 Scholarship Committee for a memorable Awards Program, along with the organizers of the Awards Breakfast: Arlene Thrope, Chair, Mary Attanasio, Barbara Szefc, Barbara Raffel, Sandy Attwood.
Marilyn Killough, the WWC's 2016 Most Active Member, presented the Most Active Member Scholarship. (more…)
On May 19, at the Westport Woman's Club's Bedford Hall, The group presented $30,000 in community services grants to local non-profit organizations. Also awarded were Bedford Hall grants, which allow a one time per year free use of the hall by nonprofits for fundraising or friend-raising purposes. (more…)
The season of weddings, graduations, reunions, anniversaries and parties is upon us. If you NEED to start your party and gift shopping, but also WANT to be thrifty, green, cool and support local charities, then go straight to the Curio Cottage Half-Price Spring Clearance Sale at the Westport Woman’s Club! (more…)
The Westport Woman's Club's Food Closet partners each year--on the second Saturday in May--with the National Assn. of Letter Carriers "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive. Postal workers collect and deliver bags of food to the WWC's Bedford Hall. There, WWC volunteers receive and sort the food according to type, remove and discard expired items and transfer the net donations for storage and future distribution to Westporters in need, through Westport's Dept. of Human Services. (more…)
Everyone was excited in anticipation awaiting the arrival of Marc Chagall’s Granddaughter, Bella Meyer. She is carrying on her life in the art field with a store in Manhattan called, “Fleurs Bella….beautifiers”. Her shop make very large arrangements using flowers and all sorts of materials to make very big and beautiful dramatic arrangements for places like the Metropolitan Opera and other openings and celebrations. (more…)
May Club Day Tea Luncheon Hat winners (Bernadette Stiskal, Bobbie Herman and Mary Attanasio) and judge, Miggs Burroughs: (more…)
(Article and Photos by Phyllis Groener)
The sun was shining brightly which made it a perfect day to have the Annual Westport Woman’s Club Art Show for local artists in the Woman’s Club newly refurbished gallery. Jo Fuchs Luscombe was chair of the show with well-known artist Miggs Burroughs acting as Curator to set up a very wonderful show. He also had some unusual art work in the lenticular style which he is noted for. (more…)
On the evening of April 30 and the afternoon of May 1 only, the Westport Woman’s Club’s Art Show fundraiser, curated by Miggs Burroughs, returns to Bedford Hall. Art Show chair Jo Luscombe notes that this year’s show builds on last year’s success and continues the long WWC tradition of partnering with local artists to generate sales for them and funds for local scholarships. Because this year’s show again features multiple works by 15 artists, across an array of media, and at attractive price points, there’s something for everyone. Some of the media will include: watercolor, oil, lenticular images, abstracts, pen and ink, photography, mixed media and ceramics. (more…)
150th Birthday Bash News from Westportnow.com:
click here for Y's Presentation of Oil Portrait (Mrs. E.T. Bedford) to WWC
click here for honoring our architectural heritage
click here for gallery
We are pleased to announce a joint fund raising effort between the Westport Woman’s Club and the Nina McLemore Collection.
10% of the proceeds from each sale go to support the Westport Woman’s Club!
At April Club Day, Marilyn Killough (left) accepted this year's Most Active Member Award, in appreciation for running Cultural Affairs bus trips to Broadway Shows and museums for over 30 years. A scholarship in her name will be awarded this spring to a graduating Staples HS senior. Standing with Marilyn is Susan Hricik, Director of Membership.
On April 5, 2016, Ruth Loiseau, a Master Floral Designer, created exquisite floral arrangements at the WWC for a very well attended audience of enthusiastic women from The Green's Farms Garden Club, Westport Garden Club and The WWC Garden Dept.
for Bedford Hall
Saturday, April 16th
6 pm to 9 pm
Westport Woman's Club
44 Imperial Avenue
Westport, CT 06880
featuring Comedienne Jane Condon
as Mistress of Ceremonies
Pre-paid reservations are DUE APRIL 8TH!!!
More on the Renovation of Bedford Hall on Dan Woog's overview on his 06880 blog...
Please join us for an evening of live comedy,
historic plaque unveilings, live and silent auctions,
plus wine, hors d'oeuvres and birthday cake
to celebrate the remarkable preservation and transformation
of a Westport landmark!
Advance reservations required by April 8, 2016
RSVP: Tickets $75.
Advance reservations due at the WWC by April 8, 2016
Checks for tickets or donations should be made payable to The Westport Woman's Club, a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization. All net proceeds will benefit the WWC's charitable Program.
For reservations, make checks payable to the "Westport Woman's Club"
Please add "Birthday Bash Reservations" in the memo line, send to 44 Imperial Ave., Westport, CT 06880 and include the names of attendees for check-in at the door, as tickets will not be sent.
"Happy 150th Birthday!"
SAVE THE DATE! 150th BIRTHDAY BASH for our historic (c.1866) BEDFORD HALL on Sat. April 16!
Share your Bedford Hall memory in the 4/16 Commemorative PROGRAM! ADS DUE 3/21! Click here for Commemorative PROGRAM Advertising info.
Do you know Bedford Hall's amazing story? Click here for Dan Woog’s "06880" Article !
"Our Town Crier" Includes Betsy Pollak's Video: Click Here
The February 9th WWC Garden Department Workshop included creating flower arrangements in teacups, and potting and wiring ivy to create a heart-shaped plant. As you can see in the slideshow included, a fun day was had by all and everyone's creativity shined through. (more…)
Article:
Popular Westport writer Dan Woog discusses his "06880" blog at February Club Day. An average of 10,000 readers per day, who live locally and in nearly 40 states and foreign countries, read his blog.
Need a fresh idea for your favorite Valentine? Why not buy a pitcher with character and fill it with roses? Or a unique bowl to fill with chocolates? Or wine glasses, then add champagne?
Heartfelt possibilities for the thrifty abound at the Curio Cottage’s Half-Price-Storewide “Sweetheart of a Sale” on Feb. 8-13, 10 am to 3 pm. Thanks to a recent influx of donations, the tiny shop must clear inventory, just in time for Valentine’s Day. (more…)
Since 1907, the non-profit Westport Woman's Club's long history of local social philanthropy has included providing food, food gift certificates and meals to Westporters in need. Partnering with Westport's Dept. of Human Services, which protects client confidentiality, the WWC runs the Town's Food Closet, collecting both food and funds for gift certificates at holiday time. The value of annual WWC Food Closet distributions of food and certificates exceeds $40,000. Total average value of WWC grants to the community exceeds $100,000. (more…)
Today, Dec. 7th, at the Westport Woman's Club monthly luncheon meeting, a full house heard singer Casey Clark--daughter of Westport National Bank manager and WWC Treasurer, Robin Clark--perform Broadway and seasonal favorites. Pianist Jim Jacoby accompanied.
Family and friends enjoying the concert and festive decor included Rosemary Clooney's son, Westporter Rafael Ferrer and his wife, Ligia Brickus. (See below for Slide Show)
Today, Dec. 7th, at the Westport Woman's Club monthly luncheon meeting, a full house heard singer Casey Clark--daughter of Westport National Bank manager and WWC Treasurer, Robin Clark--perform Broadway and seasonal favorites. Pianist Jim Jacoby accompanied. (more…)
WWC Members and Guests enjoyed FOOD, MUSIC, DANCING and Ballroom Elegance DANCE DEMONSTRATIONS at this delightful WWC DINNER-DANCE FUNDRAISER. (more…)
WWC Garden Room prepared beautiful fresh wreaths, swags and boxwood trees for the holidays and sold them at the Holiday Boutique on December 7th - Club Day Luncheon. (more…)
The Westport Woman’s Club today hosted a Nutcracker Tea Party in partnership with the Westport Academy of Dance for the benefit of Waltersville Elementary School in Bridgeport. The event included a high tea, a “Nutcracker Story” reading by Melody James, set to music, along with vignettes by Westport Academy of Dance’s “Nutcracker” cast. Pictured are WWC volunteers led by Suzan Murphy, event chair.
Visit westportnow.com to view coverage by Larry Untermeyer:
What better way for future prima ballerinas and their mothers, grandmothers, aunts or fairy godmothers to launch the Holiday Season than with snowflakes, live readings, costumed performers and high tea in a Victorian venue at the Westport Woman's Club's “Nutcracker Tea Party” on Sat. Nov. 28 2-4 pm
This simple but elegant Westport Woman’s Club fundraiser will benefit local community grants.
Join us for a wonderful evening of dinner and dancing to the sounds of the Big Band era!
Tables of 8.
BYOB.
Pre-paid reservations ONLY by December 5th
BUY YOUR TICKET for "In the Mood" Dinner/Dance - Saturday December 5, 2015 @ 6:30PM
Special feature: 4 Dance Demos by Ballroom Elegance.
