2026-2027 Event Calendar

This year’s fashion show will be presented by “COMPASS ROSE,” a boutique located in Tollgate Shopping Center on South Queen Street in York. WCY members will model Fall/Winter fashions, with items available for purchase after lunch. Enjoy lovely raffle baskets, a 50/30/20 raffle, door prizes, and prizes for card winners. This is the Club’s only fundraiser of the year, so invite your friends for lunch, the fashion show, and games of your choice afterward. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

PLEASE NOTE: this event is on a THURSDAY at the OUTDOOR COUNTRY CLUB, 1175 DETWEILER DR, YORK, PA

Reservation is due by October 6. Luncheon: $55.00 members, $60.00 guests. Make checks payable to Woman’s Club of York and mail to Audra Johns, 500 Country Club Road, York, PA.

Luncheon Chair: Audra Johns

Raffle Baskets: Valerie Creeden (chair), Audra Johns, Barbara Conforti, Sharon Becker, Donna Golden

Raffle Basket Tickets: Donna Golden, Burma Weber

50/30/20 Raffle Tickets: Janice Taylor, Ann Shemo

Hospitality: Tammi Matylewicz, Sharon Becker, Ruth Frank, Tracey Oberdorf

Invocation: Valerie Sprenkle

Greeters: Lorraine Anderson, Susan Wennerstrom

Jen Hitz, President and CEO of Leg Up Farm, will share the organization’s beginnings, history, and current services, along with insight into its future goals.

Learn how this community organization has grown and how it serves diverse populations to help them reach their full potential and live purposeful lives, including the range of therapeutic services available to our community.

In 2025 alone, Leg Up Farm served over 800 individuals and provided 14,000 therapy appointments.

(Note the Day of the Week Change)

The Woman’s Club of York welcomes the Distinguished Young Women participants of 2026, who will share their talents in a Christmas showcase for our enjoyment.

Distinguished Young Women is a nationwide scholarship program that recognizes the leadership, talent, and accomplishments of high school girls. Young women in their junior year of high school may apply for this scholarship opportunity.

Join us to listen to this extraordinary group of young, talented women!

Let’s gather to brighten a January day. Please bring your favorite board or card game, and we’ll have bingo planned as well. Invite your friends to join us.

As a thank-you to our members, the Woman’s Club of York will sponsor a free luncheon for members; guests are asked to pay the lunch price. Join us for good food, great fun, and enjoyable conversation to help chase away the winter blues.

This event will be held at the Odd Fellows Hall, 525 Greenwood Dr, York PA 17404.

Tammi Bortner, past chairperson of the Katallasso Board of Directors, will share the history, mission, and current services of Katallasso Family Health Center, which serves community members who are uninsured or underinsured.

Learn how faith has brought reconciliation to those in need, how individuals, churches, health organizations, and businesses have formed behind-the-scenes partnerships, what services volunteers provide, and how medical and nursing students gain hands-on experience with the social determinants of health that affect our community.

WCY is pleased to welcome two speakers at today’s luncheon.

Pam Scott, WCY member and owner and designer of Thread Chicken Designs, will share how the passion for sewing she learned from her grandmothers many years ago inspired her business. As she says, “There is something special about turning fabric into a useful and beautiful product.” She has been asked to bring items for purchase.

Allison Kierce, President and CEO of Junior Achievement of South-Central PA (JASCPA), will discuss how the organization reaches more than 113,000 students each year through programs in financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship, ranging from elementary classroom lessons to hands-on experiences at JA BizTown in York, BizTown Mobile, YES! STEM, and REAL Life.

Kathy Gingerich, Chair of Birds, Bees and Butterflies for the Garden Club of York, taught high school astronomy, geology, and earth science for 28 years. She has received grants from the National Audubon Society and National Geographic, served as a National Geographic teacher consultant, and earned distinguished teaching awards for her work in environmental programs and geographic education.

“The structure of the eye determines what you see.” How do human eyes differ from pollinators’ eyes, and what can pollinators see that we cannot? View the world through the eyes of a pollinator and be amazed!

Woman’s Club of York Annual Spring Luncheon
Friday, May 21, 2027 at the Country Club of York

The Woman’s Club of York Annual Spring Luncheon will be held in the “Paris Cafe” Terrace Room.

A very special event you won’t want to miss!
Theme: French Cuisine

Join us for a delightful afternoon as we enjoy a three-course French cuisine luncheon prepared by Country Club Chef Robert Parker.

Timeline for the Afternoon
Registration: 11:30 AM
Welcome: President Jan Lehman
Installation of Officers: 11:40 AM
Invocation
Lunch: 12:15 PM
Scholarship Presentation: Willie Foster
Cards and games to follow the luncheon

Deadline for reservations: Friday, May 14, 2027. Make checks payable to the Woman’s Club of York and mail to Bernadette Free, 1995 Elm Street, York, PA 17408.

Cost will be determined after we meet with Chef Parker to select our special menu.

Chair: Bernadette Free
Committee: Sharon Becker, Ruth Frank, Willie Foster, Tammy Matylewicz, Tracey Oberdorf