Sweetwater Woman's Club

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Sweetwater Woman's Club in Bonita traces to March 1911, when the organization formed as a sewing circle with 25-cent annual dues along Sweetwater Road. The current clubhouse, designed by hacienda architect Cliff May and completed in 1934, seats up to 120 guests beneath open-beam ceilings and beside a distinctive kiva-shaped fireplace — a venue where weddings and quinceañeras run alongside catered menus from South Bay kitchens, Baja Tacos & Gourmet Catering among them. A 501(c)(3) charity and member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs since 1911, the club directs fundraising revenue toward local education, community enrichment, and high-school scholarships. In 2025, the scholarship committee awarded thirteen Sweetwater Union High School District seniors $1,500 each, continuing a philanthropic tradition shaped alongside Bonita civic anchors, Bonita Valley Community Church among them on the same Sweetwater Road corridor. The original 1913 clubhouse was swept away when the Sweetwater Dam broke in 1916; the Sweetwater Valley Fruit Company donated the current eucalyptus-grove site in 1933. The 1934 structure retains French doors, a hardwood dance floor, a full commercial kitchen, and a dedicated bridal dressing room — all original to May's hacienda-vernacular design specifications.