The Westerly College Club
About the Westerly College Club
Lois Hamilton, founder
The Westerly College Club was founded in 1910 to
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promote fellowship among women in the Westerly area with a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
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make worthwhile contributions to the cultural and civic life of the community
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award scholarships to applicants who meet the qualifications established by the members
The Westerly College Club is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
WCC Programs
The Club's programs consider a broad range of interests to the community at large, as well as to the membership. For instance, past meetings have addressed such diverse topics as:
Gardening: A Window on Our Soul
The Old & New Life of the Westerly Library
Quantitative World: The Ability to Think
A Modem Viewpoint to an Ancient Country: China Teaching in China
The Eloquence of Abraham Lincoln
Dispelling Myths about Bees & Honey
The Art of Living the Good Life
The Revitalization of Downtown Westerly,
Women Breaking Occupational Barriers
The Story of the Ocean House
The U.S. Foreign Service
Can We Afford to Retire?
Ida Lewis, Lighthouse Keeper
The Narragansett Indians in Rhode Island
We also hold a "Meet the Scholars" event every January to which we invite current scholarship winners to share their stories.
Field trips have included visits to Blithewold Mansion for Christmas Holiday Teas & Daffodil Days (Bristol), The Rhode Island State House, Culinary Arts Museum of Johnson & Wales (Providence), Museum of Work & Culture (Woonsocket), Florence Griswold House (Old Lyme, CT), RISD Museum (Providence), Yale Center for British Art (New Haven), Slater Museum (Norwich, CT), Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT), and the Doris Duke House (Newport, RI).
Every December members gather for the Club's traditional Holiday Gala.
Gallery
Photos from some of our programs and field trips.
If you have photos from any of the club's April trips or other meetings or events that you are willing to share please contact us.