Women’s Westside ImProvement club
WWIC welcomes newcomers!
Tuesday Business Meeting Schedule for 2024-2025
Lunch at 11:30 AM and Meeting at 12:00
First United Methodist Church
201 Martine St.
Richmond, CA 94801
To reserve a space, call Doreen Leighton, President
(510) 316-9238
At National Night Out, 8/1/2023
See the WWIC Minutes in the
Point Richmond History Association’s Newsletter
THIS POINT IN TIME >>
Welcome New Residents
with funding by the Gateway Foundation
Download the Brochure >>
September 10, 2024 – Welcome Back
- Hostesses: WWIC Officers
- Brown bag lunch
October 1, 2024 – Guest Speaker
- Hostesses: Members
- Brown bag lunch
November 5, 2024 – Fall Fundraiser/BINGO
- Luncheon
- Hostesses: Members
December 3, 2024 – Holiday Luncheon
- Advance Reservation required
- Cost TBA
January, 2025 – No Meeting
February 4, 2025 – Guest Speaker
- Hostesses: Members
- Brown bag lunch
March 4, 2025 – Funds Distribution, Nominating Committee
- Nominating Committee
- Hostesses: Members
- Brown bag lunch
April 1, 2025 – Guest Speaker, Nominating Committee
- Nominating Committee
- Hostesses: Members
- Brown bag lunch
May 6, 2025 – Spring Fundraiser/Bunco
- Elections
- Hostesses: Members
- Brown bag lunch
June 3, 2025 – Hat Day/Installation
- Hostesses: WWIC Officers
- Salad Potluck
- $5 with a dish/$15 without
- Nominating Committee
Note: To see larger photos,
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Janice Playlot at Nicholl & Washington
Garden Group
For more information, please call Doreen Leighton (510) 316-9238
WWIC Officers
| President: | Doreen Leighton |
| 1st VP: | Cheryl Willis |
| 2nd VP | Leslie Hicks |
| Secretary: | Kathleen Wimer |
| Treasurer: | Diane Diani |
| This Point in Time Correspondence: | Jules Klotz |
RSVP to reserve a space:
Doreen Leighton, President
(510) 316-9238
For WWIC membership, mail $25 check to:
Diane Diani
101 Santa Fe Ave
Richmond, CA 94801
or bring the $25 to a meeting.
About the Womens Westside
Improvement Club
The Womens Westside Improvement Club (WWIC) was established in 1908 by a group of enterprising women from the West Side of Richmond who wanted to beautify the Point Richmond area and improve the quality of life for local citizens.
With one of the oldest continually active women’s clubs in the State of California, the West Side of Richmond continues to benefit from the club’s first three projects, which date from its early meetings in1908.
Over many decades the club has sustained its signature programs, while responding to changes in local community needs.
Projects: Past and Present
- Indian statue water fountain, which provided water for horses as well as people
- Community reading room that evolved into the West Side Branch of the Richmond Public Library
- Janice playground, Nichol Avenue at Washington Avenue, funded with dances, whist tournaments and tag sales
- Award winning Point Richmond Street Directory and Map, with native plant garden
- Support for Point Richmond History Association, Washington Elementary, The Arts of Point Richmond and 100 years of projects that have improved quality of life for the community
- A Watershed Approach to California Landscapes: Bringing home the benefits of habitat-based, water-sponging, pollution-fighting, carbon-sequestering gardens.
See the Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden Newsletter >>
Indian Statue Water Fountain
Hat Day, June 2016 – On Hat Day, everyone tells a yarn about the hat they’re wearing–could be true or a wild fabrication–they have to reveal which it is at the end of the story. These ladies can make up pretty amazing stories, but many have actual experiences that are stranger than fiction.
WWIC Plaque in Indian Statue Park
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WWIC Map next to the Fire Station
If you have questions or would like to attend our meetings, please call our President, Diane Diani at (510) 685-3762 .
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