Ocean Beach Woman’s Club

Wonderful people to get to know and to volunteer your time to help the community. They sponsor the chili cook-​off every year and help ocean beach stay the tight nit community that they are! Great people !!!

This club has come a long way since I first discovered it. There is a sense of community and philanthropy that’s only just begun to be tapped. There is a monthly general meeting, as well as many activities and events to include: Line Dancing, Wine and Painting classes and today in here to prepare for what is likely to be a great Rummage Sale that will take place Saturday, Mar. 21^st. from 8 am. I’m looking forward to seeing what else this club does in its future.

I think it’s fantastic that there’s a place for women to gather and support each other, especially when there are so many misogynistic men in positions of power! It’s only a matter of time for women to receive equal pay and equal recognition for their accomplishments. I also find it shameful that many women get verbally and/​or sexually harassed throughout their life! If you don’t agree with the above statements, you might as well unfriend me because we are not going to get along! I believe in equal rights for all people regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, social status, and/​or wealth.
Anyway, my first interaction with the OB Woman’s Club was around three years ago when I didn’t have anywhere to go on Thanksgiving. I found out that there was a free Thanksgiving dinner at the OB Woman’s Club, so my girlfriend joined my brother and I to partake of their kindness. I was pleasantly surprised at how welcoming they were to a group of strangers, and our Thanksgiving was made much brighter by the friendly faces and tasty vittles!
It’s cool that they support the neighborhood as well as each other. There’s a sweet community garden around the building where just about anyone can grow food for themselves. I also recently went to a fundraiser with a Roaring 20s theme that was extremely fun. It had a splendid small town friendly vibe that’s not easy to come by in big cities like San Diego. Every neighborhood should have a woman’s club because it’s not just good for women, it’s also good for the community!

An excellent way to get involved in the community and make good friends. There are garden plots to rent and also community gardening. Lots of networking opportunities and learning experiences. Rent is best in town.

I’ve become very civic minded since I moved to OB a few years ago. I’ve joined the OB Historical Society, helped form OB Crime Watch and CSI OB (Clean Streets Initiative) and now I’ve joined the Woman’s Club.
You always think of little old ladies when you hear Woman’s Club, at least I do, and actually, that is what this club used to be like many years ago. Now, it’s filled with woman of all ages. Most just realize how cool it is to live in our little beach community and it’s another way of communing with others and helping your hood out at the same time.
The club has been in OB for almost 80 years, but has struggled as of late, due to lack of membership. But they have a new young VP, Mel, who has fired things up and there have been a lot of new members just in the last few weeks.
The place is rented out for church groups, yoga, wedding receptions, parties… at very reasonable prices. Think about them the next time you need a place for your function. Really reasonable rental prices.
What most don’t know is, they have this awesome community garden that surrounds the place and anyone can pay $ 50 for the year and grow their own veggies in their own little plot! For $ 35 a yr, you can share one! With the whole farm to table movement, it’s very au courant!
They meet twice a month, first and third Mondays and always have a lot of fun things planned. They just had their first annual fundraiser and lots of gifts were donated by local merchants. There was a good turn out and many won lots of cool prizes in their raffle and auction. Bigger and better next year!
They will be helping out at the Halloween Carnival on Oct 26 at the Rec Center on Santa Monica Ave with cupcakes, they will be at all the cool little craft fairs on the Veterans’ Plaza lawn at the end of Newport on Oct 19, and on Dec 7, 14, and the 21, we have our Thanksgiving Pot Luck on Nov 4, and we will be in the OB Christmas Parade which is always a wonderful family night.
All this for only $ 25 a year! LIfetime memberships are $ 1000.
Here is some cool history about the WC… The Ocean Beach Woman’s Club has been a «Hub of Activity» in OB since 1934. We are one of the oldest civic groups in San Diego. We were instrumental in the paving of the OB streets, installation of the sewers, securing street lights and garbage disposal, acquiring a recreation center and public library, secured lifeguards year round, planted the streets with trees, shrubs and flowers, served as a recreation center for servicemen in WWII, helped acquire the Ocean Beach skate park at Robb Field, and our latest project the Ocean Beach Woman’s Club community garden. — See more at: