Celebrating 122 Years!
IT'S NOT JUST THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE LAKE FOREST WOMAN'S CLUB;
IT'S THE HISTORY AND LEGACY LEFT FOR US TO CARRY ON.
The Lake Forest Woman's Club was an organization founded in 1902, focused on intellectual, cultural and social improvement and charitable work in the Lake Forest community. The torch has passed through the decades with more emphasis on education.
the lake forest woman's club in Pictures: A Visual Journey
2024-2025 Projects & Donations
American Indian Center of Chicago
Citadel Theatre Educational Scholarship
Dare2Tri
Fill a Heart 4 Kids
Iraq/Afghanistan Soldiers Project
History Center of Lake Forest/Bluff
Lake Forest Library
Midwest Veterans Closet - Food Tech Sponsorship
North Chicago Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Random Act of Flowers
Reading Power Scholarship
Tunnels to Towers
Citadel Theatre offers a wide variety of theatre classes for students from 3 through 18 years old. They are committed to teaching basic to advanced skills for the young actor through working on productions throughout the year.
LFWC Gifted $1500
Northern Illinois Food Bank
Ensuring all our neighbors have access to the food they need to thrive is a community-wide effort. LFWC has given time, and resources to assist with over 900 food pantries, mobile food truck markets, and soup kitchens who distribute perishable and non perishable foods.
Snapshots of the lake forest womans club: Our Community in Photos
Midwest Veteran Closet is a unique opportunity to invest into the lives of a group of heroes that are often overlooked. LFWC has donated the following:
1. Monetary Donation to help operate this program.
2. Donations of money, housewares,
furniture, food, new and gently used clothing, toiletries, etc.
3. Volunteer.
4.Hosted program luncheons to raise awareness
Spreading hope,
one bouquet at a time.
Random Acts of Flowers improves the emotional health and well-being of individuals in healthcare facilities by delivering recycled flowers.
"Tunnel to Towers" refers to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a charity established to honor FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who died on 9/11 while running with 60 pounds of equipment from the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World Trade Center. The foundation supports first responders and military heroes and their families through programs that provide mortgage-free homes.