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History
Federated since 1960 the Cupertino Federated Women's Club has been serving the Cupertino Community for over 44 years.
The Cupertino Federated women's Club was formed in 1959 when 14 local women met to organize the group, and chose Mrs. Nick Lazaneo as their first president. Of those 14 charter members, Mrs. Winnie Mardesich, who was the first Auditor of the Club, is still an active member. Another of today's active member, Mrs. Mary Marchese, joined the Club at its first formal meeting in 1960.
The Cupertino club was officially accepted by the Executive Board of the California Federation of Women's Clubs in March of 1960.
The purpose of the Club, then and now, is to promote fellowship, self improvement, and work for the community... with both active participation and charitable donations.
Today the Club has 75 members who range in age from the 40's to 80's. Just as there is no limitation on age, there is also no restriction on where a member lives. It is not necessary to be a Cupertino resident.
At one of the Club’s first meetings in 1960, the Cupertino mayor spoke, suggesting that for the Club's first project they could help with the Cupertino Youth Center which, at that time, was run by the City. The mayor also gave a brief sketch of Cupertino's growth,
"grown now to approximately 3500 residents, and boasting a water works, sanitary sewer system and storm drainage."
In the early years, in addition to helping the Youth Center, the members helped furnish the local branch of the County Library, made monthly visits to Agnews with parties and gifts, supported Friends Outside, and Hope for the Retarded, worked at and donated to the USO (donations included a piano), helped with the Clothes Closet.. .a forerunner of Cupertino Community Services, served as hostesses for the first Cupertino Art exhibit in 1962 and for the opening of Palo Alto savings in 1963. The Bank gave them $500 for doing this and they used the money for Hope. They provided high school scholarships and camperships for the Crippled Children's Camp, and were active in the Cupertino Pioneer Day Celebration.
In 1964 Club members worked with the Cupertino Historical Society to secure a State Historical Landmark to commemorate the 1776 encampment to the DeAnza party, near the present site of Monta Vista High School.
To raise money for their projects, members held bridge luncheons, rummage sales, boutiques, and fashion shows. The first really big fashion show was held in 1965 at Lou's Village. Over 350 guests attended and the price was $3.75 a ticket. To have enough money for their first High School scholarships, the women compiled and sold 500 cook books.
In 1969 the Club donated $500 for the preservation and restoration of the Trianon on De Anza Campus.
Today the Club meets the second Wednesday of the month, September through June, each time at a different restaurant. Fund raisers include a No Bake Sale, a Game Day in February, and a Fashion Show in April. Tournaments of Tile Rummy also generate funds for charity.
Cupertino Women's Club donates several thousand dollars each year to philanthropic and educational needs, and members volunteer thousands of hours of community service.
In 1971 club members served as hostesses for the opening of Cupertino's new Library, and in April 1988 members once again had this honor for the dedication of the Library's newly expanded facilities.
We are truly dedicated to Community Service, but we haven't forgotten the Club's other original goals of fellowship and self improvement. Our social events include a day at the Races, the President’s Ball, Mystery trips. Theatre Parties and a June Barbecue. We also find fellowship in all our Club activities from working at Very Special Arts and the student Art Contest, to sharing reading experiences in the Literary group, to going out to lunch with the Gourmet Group, playing Bridge and Tile Rummy, to singing with ,the Cordettes at Convalescent homes. And we receive self-improvement through the messages of our guest speakers and club chairmen at our monthly meetings, Cupertino Federated Women's Club has something for everyone. A person can be involved in many activities or just go the monthly meetings.
Each member finds her own level of club involvement and satisfaction.
WE are a service Club, but also have fun together.
Gourmet Section meets the 3rd Wednesday of Months October, December, February, April & June.
The Tile Rummy Section meets the 1st Wednesdays of Months September to June at 10:00 AM.
Contact Information Telephone 408-252-3954
Mary Lou Lang
Electronic mail marlang@msn.com
Information/Webmaster
Cupertino Federated Women's Club
PO BOX 1103
Cupertino, CA 95015-1103
PAST PRESIDENTS
Viola Lazaneo 1959-60
Barbara Wistrom 1960-62
Arlene Callahan 1962-63
Irma Garlick 1963-64
Bettie Conlin 1964-65
Evelyn Hitchcock 1965-66
Edna Bugg 1966-67
Sally Aparton 1967-68
Lois De More 1968-69
Mary Jane Johnson 1969-70
Dora Bianchini 1970-71
Eleanor Smith 1971-72
Muriel Camarda, Jr. 1972-73
Doris Lyons 1973-74
Jean Lindsay 1974-75
Merrilyn Thompson 1975-76
Mary Maine 1976-77
Florence Farrell 1977-78
Marge Gilbert 1978-79
Elsie Cooper 1979-80
Shelly Daggs 1980-81
Shirley Moti 1981-82
Mary Jayne Moffatt 1982-83
Dorothy Righetti 1983-84
Frances Goodill 1984-85
Frances O’Brien 1985-86
Charlotte Chastain 1986-87
Jane Reed 1987-85
Agnes Locher 1988-89
Fran Kennedy 1989-90
Ellen Bond 1990-91
Carol Rakich 1991-92
Joann Hawkins 1992-93
Marge Gilbert 1993-94
Gerri Gamma 1994-95
Agnes Locher 1995-96
Lily Reutlinger 1996-97
Mary Lou Lang 1997-98
Jane Reed 1998-99
Frances O’Brien 1999-00
Gerri Gamma 2000-01
Jean Myers 2001-02
Maureen Everett 2002-03
Karla Broman 2003-04
Rose Marie Colli 2004-06
Karla Broman 2006-07
Jane Reed 2007-09
Wilma Brisendine 2009-11
Karla Broman 2011-12
Wilma Brisendine 2012-13
Mary Lou Lang 2013-14
Anna Simmons 2014-15
Wilma Brisendine 2015-17
Karla Broman 2017-18
Rosemarie Reichard 2018-2020
Cathy Peglow 2020-23
Electronic mail General Information/Webmaster: Marlang@msn.com
Cupertino Federated Women's Club
PO BOX 1103
Cupertino, CA 95015-1103
Federated since 1960 the Cupertino Federated Women's Club has been serving the Cupertino Community for over 44 years.
The Cupertino Federated women's Club was formed in 1959 when 14 local women met to organize the group, and chose Mrs. Nick Lazaneo as their first president. Of those 14 charter members, Mrs. Winnie Mardesich, who was the first Auditor of the Club, is still an active member. Another of today's active member, Mrs. Mary Marchese, joined the Club at its first formal meeting in 1960.
The Cupertino club was officially accepted by the Executive Board of the California Federation of Women's Clubs in March of 1960.
The purpose of the Club, then and now, is to promote fellowship, self improvement, and work for the community... with both active participation and charitable donations.
Today the Club has 75 members who range in age from the 40's to 80's. Just as there is no limitation on age, there is also no restriction on where a member lives. It is not necessary to be a Cupertino resident.
At one of the Club’s first meetings in 1960, the Cupertino mayor spoke, suggesting that for the Club's first project they could help with the Cupertino Youth Center which, at that time, was run by the City. The mayor also gave a brief sketch of Cupertino's growth,
"grown now to approximately 3500 residents, and boasting a water works, sanitary sewer system and storm drainage."
In the early years, in addition to helping the Youth Center, the members helped furnish the local branch of the County Library, made monthly visits to Agnews with parties and gifts, supported Friends Outside, and Hope for the Retarded, worked at and donated to the USO (donations included a piano), helped with the Clothes Closet.. .a forerunner of Cupertino Community Services, served as hostesses for the first Cupertino Art exhibit in 1962 and for the opening of Palo Alto savings in 1963. The Bank gave them $500 for doing this and they used the money for Hope. They provided high school scholarships and camperships for the Crippled Children's Camp, and were active in the Cupertino Pioneer Day Celebration.
In 1964 Club members worked with the Cupertino Historical Society to secure a State Historical Landmark to commemorate the 1776 encampment to the DeAnza party, near the present site of Monta Vista High School.
To raise money for their projects, members held bridge luncheons, rummage sales, boutiques, and fashion shows. The first really big fashion show was held in 1965 at Lou's Village. Over 350 guests attended and the price was $3.75 a ticket. To have enough money for their first High School scholarships, the women compiled and sold 500 cook books.
In 1969 the Club donated $500 for the preservation and restoration of the Trianon on De Anza Campus.
Today the Club meets the second Wednesday of the month, September through June, each time at a different restaurant. Fund raisers include a No Bake Sale, a Game Day in February, and a Fashion Show in April. Tournaments of Tile Rummy also generate funds for charity.
Cupertino Women's Club donates several thousand dollars each year to philanthropic and educational needs, and members volunteer thousands of hours of community service.
In 1971 club members served as hostesses for the opening of Cupertino's new Library, and in April 1988 members once again had this honor for the dedication of the Library's newly expanded facilities.
We are truly dedicated to Community Service, but we haven't forgotten the Club's other original goals of fellowship and self improvement. Our social events include a day at the Races, the President’s Ball, Mystery trips. Theatre Parties and a June Barbecue. We also find fellowship in all our Club activities from working at Very Special Arts and the student Art Contest, to sharing reading experiences in the Literary group, to going out to lunch with the Gourmet Group, playing Bridge and Tile Rummy, to singing with ,the Cordettes at Convalescent homes. And we receive self-improvement through the messages of our guest speakers and club chairmen at our monthly meetings, Cupertino Federated Women's Club has something for everyone. A person can be involved in many activities or just go the monthly meetings.
Each member finds her own level of club involvement and satisfaction.
WE are a service Club, but also have fun together.
Gourmet Section meets the 3rd Wednesday of Months October, December, February, April & June.
The Tile Rummy Section meets the 1st Wednesdays of Months September to June at 10:00 AM.
Contact Information Telephone 408-252-3954
Mary Lou Lang
Electronic mail marlang@msn.com
Information/Webmaster
Cupertino Federated Women's Club
PO BOX 1103
Cupertino, CA 95015-1103
PAST PRESIDENTS
Viola Lazaneo 1959-60
Barbara Wistrom 1960-62
Arlene Callahan 1962-63
Irma Garlick 1963-64
Bettie Conlin 1964-65
Evelyn Hitchcock 1965-66
Edna Bugg 1966-67
Sally Aparton 1967-68
Lois De More 1968-69
Mary Jane Johnson 1969-70
Dora Bianchini 1970-71
Eleanor Smith 1971-72
Muriel Camarda, Jr. 1972-73
Doris Lyons 1973-74
Jean Lindsay 1974-75
Merrilyn Thompson 1975-76
Mary Maine 1976-77
Florence Farrell 1977-78
Marge Gilbert 1978-79
Elsie Cooper 1979-80
Shelly Daggs 1980-81
Shirley Moti 1981-82
Mary Jayne Moffatt 1982-83
Dorothy Righetti 1983-84
Frances Goodill 1984-85
Frances O’Brien 1985-86
Charlotte Chastain 1986-87
Jane Reed 1987-85
Agnes Locher 1988-89
Fran Kennedy 1989-90
Ellen Bond 1990-91
Carol Rakich 1991-92
Joann Hawkins 1992-93
Marge Gilbert 1993-94
Gerri Gamma 1994-95
Agnes Locher 1995-96
Lily Reutlinger 1996-97
Mary Lou Lang 1997-98
Jane Reed 1998-99
Frances O’Brien 1999-00
Gerri Gamma 2000-01
Jean Myers 2001-02
Maureen Everett 2002-03
Karla Broman 2003-04
Rose Marie Colli 2004-06
Karla Broman 2006-07
Jane Reed 2007-09
Wilma Brisendine 2009-11
Karla Broman 2011-12
Wilma Brisendine 2012-13
Mary Lou Lang 2013-14
Anna Simmons 2014-15
Wilma Brisendine 2015-17
Karla Broman 2017-18
Rosemarie Reichard 2018-2020
Cathy Peglow 2020-23
Electronic mail General Information/Webmaster: Marlang@msn.com
Cupertino Federated Women's Club
PO BOX 1103
Cupertino, CA 95015-1103