Membership Information

The Nineteenth Century Club Membership Information

"Why stay we on earth, unless to grow?" --Robert Browning
Nineteenth Century Club Motto

 Membership Application (pdf)

The Nineteenth Century Club was established in the last decade of the 19th Century as an organization dedicated to charitable works, intellectual stimulation, self-improvement and fellowship.

In the beginning, the need was to provide educational activities for women; now our focus is to support educational, cultural, social and service efforts for the improvement of our surrounding communities. We provide informative and cultural programs in our convenient, centrally located facility for the enrichment and benefit of the public every Monday, October through April in addition to special programs, such as the 2008 Ella Jenkins' Children's Program, which also offered an opportunity for an intergenerational get-together for lunch (photo at right).

The Scholarship Trust annually funds 16 to 20 college scholarships and a nursing scholarship. The Benevolence Trust makes yearly donations to fund special projects for many social service agencies.

The Social Welfare Committee Sewing Group, meets weekly to produce hundreds of garments for infants and small children for donation to local agencies. They invite you to join in on the fun of making garments and blankets for new born babies while making friends with some of the most amazing ladies in the world.

Is bridge one of your interests? Bridge lovers play Scholarship Bridge to raise funds for the Scholarship Trust.

Membership, suggested donations plus fund raising projects throughout the year supply the funds for these projects.

Weekly Monday programs are open to all. These span a broad range of subjects ranging from music to literature, art, history and social science. Guest lecturers, panels of experts, artists, musicians and musical groups entertain and inform us. Visitors are asked to consider a donation to help defray the cost of the programs.

Come for a Visit

We invite you to "grow" with us. We welcome members who have an interest in life-long learning and service to the community. Anyone desiring to become a member of The Nineteenth Century Club is cordially invited to attend one or more  programs on Mondays from October through April. You are also welcome to join us for lunch at 12 Noon by making a reservation. Contact the Club and indicate that you are a prospective member.

Visit the Programs page for lunch prices. Lunch reservations must be made by the Wednesday before the Monday you plan to attend.

If you are interested in joining us, after attending one or more programs, you are invited to make a membership application.

You may stop at the Club office to pick up an application, call to have one mailed to you, or download one here by clicking on the Application link below to open up the file; you can then save to your computer or print it out.

Be sure to visit our Gallery!

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