WCIC 75th Anniversary Celebration – Do you know any relative of the visionary WCIC founders? In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Board of Directors of the Women’s Civic Improvement Club of Sacramento, Inc., are proud to announce Women’s Civic Improvement Club’s 75th Anniversary Celebration, August 1-6, 2011.

The week-long celebration will feature fun and educational activities for all ages, as well as, a gala banquet and reception. As we embark on this historic anniversary project, we at WCIC need your help.  We want to recognize living relatives of the visionary WCIC Founders. A book written by Grace Carter-Douglas, THE GRIOT, has the 1st Board of Directors that signed the incorporation papers as: Elizabeth Jones, Netta White (Sparks), Viola M. Brooks, Jessie B. Robinson, Louise Anderson, Mattie Moore, Ethel Robinson, Lillian English, Jessie Crawford, YES, THERE WERE MORE. WCIC was a merger of 3 arts and social women’s groups active in Sacramento before 1936, which made it a collaborative organizing effort. If you know and are related to any of these women, please come to the WCIC Open House on April 30, 2011, noon to 4 pm, to add their names and the names of living relatives for recognition during this historic 75th year celebration.

For more information, contact Ms. Davis or Mrs. Acorda at WCIC, (916) 451-8870.