Placentia Round Table
Women's Club

Serving the Community for Over 100 Years

HISTORY

In 1902, the club began with an invitation from Mrs. Laura Parkins to a group of interested women. Sitting at her "round table", they soon formulated a constitution that declared the organization's purpose, "to cultivate literary pursuits". Members arrived at their monthly meetings by horse and buggy, dressed in their Gibson Girl fashions complete with boned corsets. During the initial years, club programs centered on serious topics such as "ancient and modern Greece". Members were assigned to researched and present the information to other members.

When the original membership outgrew the "round table" in Mrs. Parkins' home, they had a new one built, with the help and support of A. S. Bradford and other husbands, on the corner of Bradford and Chapman Avenues.

TODAY

A recently modern refurbished Round Table's clubhouse is now located at 901 N. Bradford Ave. in Placentia. The Clubhouse also serves as an important rental venue in our city for other clubs and individuals to hold special events.

The purpose of the Round Table has also changed. Today’s Round Table is a nonprofit philanthropic organization whose main focus is on service to the community. The club sponsors three main fundraising events each year. Beginning in October, the club sells soup packages. Right after Thanksgiving, the Club has their annual holiday luncheon and fashion show, the Festival of the Trees. Winners of the event's raffle receive one of the many beautifully decorated trees displayed at the luncheon. In the spring is the Hop to It Bunco Bash!

Some of the local groups that receive gifts, money, or grants from these fundraisers are Christmas Clearing Bureau (which we founded); Boys and Girls Club; Homeless Intervention Shelter (H.I.S. House), and The Women’s Transitional Center. In addition, the Placentia Round Table supports other community organizations such as the library, local fire and police departments, the Chamber of Commerce, and Founders Society with grants, equipment, and volunteer hours. They also have a jackets and shoes program which supplies needy children and a scholarship program for average high school students.

Some of the money raised is given to other service organizations such as the Red Cross, Veterans, Canine Companions, Salvation Army, MADD, Ronald McDonald House, to name just a few.

However, there is a fun side to the Round Table, too. The Club offers a variety of Sections that provide activities for the modern woman from Bridge to Computer Classes. The Placentia Round Table Women’s Club is affiliated with the worldwide Federation of Women's Clubs as well as the California and Orange District organization.

Please contact us if you are interested in learning more about the Placentia Round Table Women’s Club.

Proud member of
Orange District Women's Clubs
Placentia Chamber of Commerce
Park Place Catering
California Federation of Women's Clubs
General Federation of Women's Clubs
City of Placentia