Our Service to the Community
Just a Glimpse at Our Civic and Community Involvement
- Endorsement and financial support of the Three Rivers Promise.
- Sponsors college scholarships for over 100 young people to date.
- Supports the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services (DASAS) and Keystone Place through donations and the Afghan Project to date over 1000 afghans have been donated.
- Hosts the Historic Three Rivers Labor Day Bridge Walk raising money to improve the trails.
- Three Rivers Food Site with volunteers on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the months of February and August, working 9 to noon, assembling boxes of food for clients of the TRFS. The TRFS is located under the back door of Lowry’s Books downtown.
- Donates “Kind News” subscriptions over 56 classrooms in area elementary schools, teaching children respect and care for animals for more than 20 years.
- Worked with local school children to raise funds for the original Carnegie Library in the early 20th century.
- Sponsored and financially supported the Visiting Nurse Program in Three Rivers for over 50 years.
- For 60 years provided free milk to school children who could not afford it.
- Provided the leadership for the establishment of a Family Service Center in the community which evolved into the Community Mental Health Center.
Many of our members are volunteers in other places in town, Red Cross, Hospital Auxiliary, Community Players, Church, Boy Scouts, Girls Scotts, Garden Club, Southwest Michigan Black Historical Society, Recycling, World Faire, Animal Rescue Fund, St. Joseph County 4-H and many others.
Timeline of Community Service
Three Rivers Woman’s Club from 1891 to Now
1915
1915-1985: Visiting Nurses
Visiting Nurses, $50 a year to support the position and gained support from public and private organizations to keep the program going.
1917
1917-1918: WWI War Effort
Contributions to WWI war effort, including purchased $100 Liberty Bond; donated $40 to Furlough Homes in France, $292 to Near East Relief; during 1918 suspended meetings and rolled bandages and other work for Red Cross.
1930
1930: Daisy Dishcloths
Began selling Daisy Dishcloths to establish a building fund for a club house.
1930’s: Childcare at TR Hospital
Provided childcare at Three Rivers Hospital for children while parents visited patients; this effort evolved into the Hospital Service League and today’s Hospital Auxiliary
1934
1934-40: Providing Milk and Crackers
Provided milk and crackers for needy children under age 12.
1941
1941-1945: War Bonds for WWII
Focused on the WWII effort and purchased War Bonds.
