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Did you know that our Woman’s Club has been active for over 100 years? 

 In 1918, a group of neighbors created a Community Club to serve as a Woman’s Auxiliary to the Allendale Board of Trade. The Community Club was renamed the Woman’s Club of Allendale and entered the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1922. The initial twenty members were vital in the creation of Memorial Park as a memorial to the soldiers who fought in World War I and lobbied for the installation of public street signs and streetlights in town. They were also instrumental in the creation of the library. 

In 1933, the Junior Woman’s Club of Allendale was founded, which was established as a community service organization for women aged 18-35 years old. Their initial 26 members chose the Iris as the club flower, which is still our symbol today. This club actively supported the war efforts during World War II by selling bonds, knitting for soldiers, and assisting the Red Cross.

By the 1960s there were three established women’s clubs in Allendale: The Junior Woman’s Club of Allendale, The Allendale Woman’s Club, and the Woman’s Evening Club of Allendale. Each of these clubs promoted service and made significant contributions to the Allendale community. The Woman’s Club sponsored a Girl Scout troop in 1927, donated chairs to the library in 1928, made drapes for the library in 1954, donated the funds for a kitchen for the Allendale Borough Hall in 1960, and sponsored a well-baby clinic. The Junior Woman’s Club organized a quilt project illustrating historic sites, which was gifted to the Borough of Allendale on July 4, 1976, and still hangs in the municipal building today. In a joint effort, all clubs fundraised to reconstruct the local swimming pool after it was damaged by a flash flood in 1945 and worked on the writing of A History of Allendale in 1964. 

In 1989, the Woman’s Club of Allendale was dissolved. Four years later, the Junior Woman’s Club was renamed the Allendale Woman’s Club and the age cap requirement was eliminated. Today, the Allendale Woman’s Club continues to promote service to Allendale and its neighboring communities by spearheading many of the worthwhile projects initiated by our predecessor clubs such as the annual Geranium sale, which was started in 1964, and continues to sponsor the annual Bookmark contest and the Busy Book project for elementary school students, the library activities program and host Breakfast with Santa, which was all initiated by the Junior Woman’s Club. The current club also supports a wider range of endeavors including donating funds for the building of a playground at Crestwood Park, providing bulletproof vests to the Allendale police officers, and supporting Boy Scout Eagle projects. 

Moreover, as a 501(C)3 nonprofit organization, the club supports our neighboring communities by donating to The Center for Food Action, Center for Hope & Safety (formerly Shelter Our Sisters), The Center for Women’s Heart Health at Valley Hospital, Eva’s Village, Oasis a Haven for Women and Children, the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge, Rebuilding Together, the West Bergen Mental Healthcare, YCS Holley Center, preservation initiatives and many others. 

We are committed to serving the needs of our communities and are proud to continue the traditions and objectives of our predecessor clubs while bringing women together for friendship and service. 

For more than 100 years, the women of Allendale have been working together in sisterhood and friendship to strengthening our communities. We invite women over the age of 18 who live in the area to join our club by emailing us at: awc07401@gmail.com.