GFWC Woman's Club of Vista

2026 Donation Day
2026-05-13 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Alta Vista Botanical Gardens, 1270 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
Donation Day is a special day for The Woman’s Club of Vista. It’s a celebration of the culmination of a year’s work of philanthropy, where donations and scholarships are awarded to deserving students and nonprofits in Vista, CA. Representatives from the nonprofits, students earning scholarships and their advisors, WCV members, and guests attend this event.
Each recipient has a chance to introduce themselves and let club members know how their donation or scholarship will be spent. Donation checks are presented by the Presidents and Treasurer to each recipient.
Earlier in the year, WCV members nominated a 501(c)(3) organization in North San Diego County, with priority is given to organizations that provide meals, shelter and clothing for the needy, disadvantaged or homeless. Funds are also available for field trips, books, animals, and community, education, and recreation. Board approval determined the final list of donation recipients. Scholarships were determined first by selecting eligible Vista schools; then, nominations were made solely by school counselors. The Scholarship Committee guides participants through this process.
Donation Day is truly one of the most rewarding days for WCV members. There is no cost to attend this event, which is held at Alta Vista Botanical Gardens. There is no lunch meeting in May due to this event, and regular lunch meetings will resume in June. Please use the blue button to RSVP your attendance yes or no.

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May 2026 Book Club
2026-05-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
May Book – Educated by Tara Westover
Educated is a 2018 memoir by American author Tara Westover. Westover recounts overcoming her survivalist Mormon family in order to go to college and emphasizes the importance of education in enlarging her world. She details her journey from her isolated life in the rural mountains of Clifton, Idaho to completing a PhD program in history at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. She started college at 17 having had no formal education. She explores her struggle to reconcile her desire to learn with the world she inhabited with her father.
On September 13, 2020, The New York Times reported that the book had spent 132 consecutive weeks on the Hardcover Non-Fiction Best Seller list.[2] It won a 2019 Alex Award and was shortlisted for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, PEN America‘s Jean Stein Book Award, and two awards from the National Book Critics Circle Award.[3]

May 2026 WCV at Night
2026-05-27 18:00 - 19:30 | Shadowridge Golf Club, 1980 Gateway Drive, Vista, CA, 92081, United States
Pickleball began in the summer of 1965 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, when Joel Pritchard, Bill Bell, and Barney McCallum set out to entertain their families with a simple backyard game. Using a badminton court, ping-pong paddles, and a perforated plastic ball, they created something entirely new. What started as a casual afternoon experiment quickly grew into one of the fastest-growing sports in America.
The beauty of pickleball is that truly anyone can play. The court is smaller than tennis, the paddle is easy to handle, and the rules are simple to learn—making it perfect for beginners, older adults, and families alike. You don’t need years of experience or peak athletic ability to step onto the court and start having fun.
But what really makes pickleball special is the laughter. It’s the quick rallies, the friendly competition, and the way people naturally connect across generations. Whether you’re playing your very first game or you’ve been on the court for years, pickleball invites everyone in.
So, for our next meeting, May 27th, 6pm, Shadowridge Golf Club, bring your friends and hear from an expert how Pickleball can become your next activity of friendship and laughter!

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June 2026 Friendraisers
2026-06-05 11:30 - 13:00 | Texas Roadhouse, 2735 Vista Way, Oceanside, CA, 92054, United States

June 2026 General Day Meeting
2026-06-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Shadowridge Golf Club, 1980 Gateway Drive, Vista, CA, 92081, United States
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June 2026 Book Club
2026-06-17 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
June 2026 Lisette’s List by Susan Vreeland
In this story we follow the life of Lisette, a young Parisian woman who is forced torelocate to a small Provence village when her husband’s only living relative, an oldgrandfather who reared him, writes to tell them he is failing and needs Andre to care forhim. This is a blow to Lisette who had been about to follow her passion for art by gettinga job in a gallery. She consoles herself with the knowledge that Pascal owns seven
paintings by famous artists since he used to work in the ochre mines of his town, laterselling the pigments produced by the ochres, which put him in touch with artists. Thisinitial part of the book, concentrates on painting.
Then WW2 comes along Andre goes off to fight, hides the paintings before he goesand, does not tell his wife where they are hidden. After the war Lisette goes looking forthe paintings and has some unfortunate losses. She and Andrè lived an inspiring lovestory, and Lisette was just simply a good soul (she was raised by a nun after all).

June 2026 WCV at Night
2026-06-24 18:00 - 19:30 | Shadowridge Golf Club, 1980 Gateway Drive, Vista, CA, 92081, United States
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San Diego County Fair Excursion By Train
2026-06-25 09:00 - 17:00
Social Chairman Kati M has organized a trip by train to the San Diego County Fair. We will leave from the Carlsbad Village Coaster Station at 9:23 am; Tickets are $23 for Coaster and Fair Admission. See flyer below.
Click here to RSVP to KatiM@thewomansclubofvista.org

Annual Planning Meeting for 2026-2027
2026-07-01 10:00 - 14:00 | Alta Vista Botanical Gardens, 1270 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
RSVP LizF@thewomansclubofvista.org

July 2026 Friendraisers
2026-07-03 11:30 - 13:00 | Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza, 121 So. Las Posas Road, San Marcos, CA, 92078, United States

July 2026 Book Club
2026-07-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
July 2026 Crying in “H” Mart by Michelle Zauner.
In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner provesherself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart,she tells of growing up one of the few Asian American kids at her school in Eugene,Oregon; of struggling with her mother’s particular, high expectations of her; of a painfuladolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother’s tiny apartment in Seoul,where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food.

2026 Membership Orientation
2026-07-26 14:00 - 16:00

National Night Out - 2026
2026-08-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Vista Civic Center, 200 Civic Center Drive, Vista, CA, 92084, United States

August 2026 Friendraisers
2026-08-07 11:30 - 13:00

Girls Night Out - New Village Arts Theater
2026-08-13 19:00 - 22:00 | New Village Arts Theater, 2787 State Street, Carlsbad, CA, 92008, United States

Online Auction
2026-08-15 00:00 - 2026-08-22 00:00 | Online, Your computer
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August 2026 Book Club
2026-08-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
August 2026 Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
In Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos tomake it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience with severedepression and a host of other conditions, and explains how it has led her to live life tothe fullest. Furiously Happy is about depression and mental illness, but deep down it’sabout joy―and who doesn’t want a bit more of that?

Summer 2026 Party
2026-08-22 15:00 - 17:00

August 2026 Evening Meeting
2026-08-26 18:00 - 19:30 | Vista Elks Lodge, 1947 E. Vista Way, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
Cancelled

September 2026 Day Meeting
2026-09-09 13:00 - 15:00 | United Methodist Church of Vista, 490 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA, 92081, United States
IN HONOR OF GFWC International Day of Service supporting “Children In Crisis” we are having a Baby Shower
at our September 9th Day meeting.
Gently Hugged is a non profit organization that distributes blankets and new/gently used baby clothes (premie to 12 mos) to mothers and babies in need within the San Diego area.
Needed items are sleepers, short and long-sleeved bodysuits (onesies), pants, socks, hats, bibs, blankets and extra items such
as overalls, jackets, dresses and board books in good condition.
Please bring your items to any WCV event through September 9th.

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September 2026 Book Club
2026-09-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
Sept, 2026 James by Percival Everett
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowingand darkly humorous, told from the enslaved Jim’s point of view, soon to be a featurefilm by Steven Spielberg.
When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separatedfrom his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan.Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers ofAmerican literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raftdown the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free Statesand beyond.
Brimming with the electrifying humor and lacerating observations that have madeEverett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim’s agency,intelligence, and compassion as never before.

September 23, 2026
2026-09-23 18:00 - 19:30 | Vista Elks Lodge, 1947 E. Vista Way, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
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WCV at Night September 2026
2026-09-23 18:00 - 20:00

October 2026 Day Meeting
2026-10-14 10:00 - 13:00 | United Methodist Church of Vista, 490 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA, 92081, United States

October 2026 Book Club
2026-10-21 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
October 2026 The Southern Book Clubs Guide to Vampire Slaying by GradyHendrix
Steel Magnolias meets Dracula in this New York Times best-selling horror novel about awomen's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their smallSouthern town. Patricia Campbell’s life has never felt smaller, her husband is aworkaholic, her teenage kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needsconstant care, and she’s always a step behind on her endless to-do list. The only thingkeeping her sane is her book club, a close-knit group of Charleston women united bytheir love of true crime. At these meetings they’re as likely to talk about the Mansonfamily as they are about their own families.
One evening after book club, Patricia is viciously attacked by an elderly neighbor,bringing the neighbor’s handsome nephew, James Harris, into her life. James is welltraveled and well read, and he makes Patricia feel things she hasn’t felt in years.But when children on the other side of town go missing, their deaths written off by localpolice, Patricia has reason to believe James Harris is more of a Bundy than a Brad Pitt.The real problem? James is a monster of a different kind—and Patricia has alreadyinvited him in.
Little by little, James will insinuate himself into Patricia’s life and try to take everythingshe took for granted—including the book club—but she won’t surrender without a fightin this blood-soaked tale of neighborly kindness gone wrong.

November 2026 Day Meeting
2026-11-11 10:00 - 13:00 | United Methodist Church of Vista, 490 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA, 92081, United States

November 2026 Book Club
2026-11-18 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
Nov 2026 Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. HaydenAnderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmyLittle Crescent Island for the same reason: to write the biography of a woman no onehas seen in years—or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims tobe the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of themost storied (and scandalous) families of the twentieth century.
When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choosethe person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she hasa whole month to win the legendary woman over. Two: She’s ready for this job and thechance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication.Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing thisbook, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her ascompetition.
But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces theycan’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearningpulsing between them every time they’re in the same room. And it’s becomingabundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be amystery, tragedy, or love ballad . . . depending on who’s telling it.

December 2026 Day Meeting
2026-12-09 10:00 - 13:00 | United Methodist Church of Vista, 490 S. Melrose Dr., Vista, CA, 92081, United States

December 2026 Book Club
2026-12-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Rancho Grande El Toro Mexican Cuisine, 825 Williamston Street, Vista, CA, 92084, United States
Dec 2026 The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife
“A funny, heartfelt story about found family and seeing the silver lining in life. Fans of AMan Called Ove and Remarkably Bright Creatures will especially enjoy this newnovel.”—Library Journal. A zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man onelast chance to be part of a family in this warm, life-affirming debut novel.Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowedyour car, he’d return it washed with a full tank of gas. The problem is, at age eighty-two,there’s nobody left in Fred’s life to borrow from, and he’s broke and on the brink ofeviction. But Fred’s luck changes when he’s mistaken for Bernard Greer, a missingresident at the local nursing home, and takes his place. Now Fred has warm meals inhis belly and a roof over his head—as long as his look-alike Bernard never turns up. Denise Simms is stuck breathing the same disappointing air again and again. A middle-aged mom and caregiver at Bernard’s facility, her crumbling marriage and daughter’shealth concerns are suffocating her joy for life. Wounded by her two-faced husband, shevows never to let a man betray her again.
As Fred walks in Bernard’s shoes and learns about his past, Denise uncovers clues thatthreaten to reveal his identity. Will she expose the truth before Fred can return a brokenlife to mint condition? Bittersweet and remarkably perceptive, The Borrowed Life ofFrederick Fife is a hilarious, feel-good, clever novel about forgiveness, redemption,second chances and finding family.
