Wish List

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Help Us With Our Wish List

The Woman’s Club of Red Bank welcomes support from adults, teens, and children. Want to volunteer? Tell us how you’d like to help. From school service projects and donation drives to fundraising, internships, and clubhouse cleanups—we appreciate your ideas and your time.

Wish List Ideas & Projects in Progress

  • New Jersey Historic Trust (IN-PROGRESS) application in progress for air conditioning. The next step includes Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT). (Sue Kevra, Preservation Chair)
  • ARCHIVE Room (2nd floor) IN-PROGRESS (Kate Rafferty, Tech Chair and Sue Kevra, Preservation Chair)- the old Project Write Now room has been slated for file cabinets and storage of historical files. File organization is in progress. Completed: filing cabinet installed and the grant paperwork filed (MAY 2026).
  • Info Signs: (IN-PROGRESS) We need WCRB signs on how to lock the front door, how to manage the thermostate, and event kitchen/garbage clean-up. + sell. use Eleanor graphic. (Jennifer Noonan, Kate Rafferty, and Carol Ingaro)
  • 2nd Floor Signs: (IN-PROGRESS) Jennifer Noonan and Jennie Sherman are working on door signs for the upstairs rooms.
  • Art Room – The south west bedroom has been slated as an art room.
  • Potential CRAFT/MEETING Room (2nd floor)– Cleanup and re-purpose this room. Originally Anthony Reckless’ bedroom. Then in 2022 Bill Asay renovated for his non-profit STEMP program. The room has wooden tables appropriate for crafting and chairs from Project Write Now.
  • Information Office Area – Create a designated information area in the library or near the front entrance, with bulletin boards for community partners, member information, and Club announcements.
  • Stove: Assess the electrical capacity, then sell or donate the gas stove and replace it with an electric stove or microwave.
  • Electrical Upgrade for the 3rd floor.
  • Front door & back door cameras and a method of checking the cameras online.
  • Move the slate slabs (on side) to the backyard to reduce weeds/mowing needs
  • Replace toilet (repeated toilet issues)
  • 2nd Floor bathroom – potentially functional
  • 3rd Floor renovations: all rooms need a lot of work.

PROCESSES NEEDED

  • Community Partners and Non-Profit Partners. Offer discounted reservations through Communal. Membership (Joanne Farina) approves. Need to implement a submission/request form. And promote.
  • Improve communications –
    • We currently send a monthly Mailchimp newsletter before each meeting, plus post events on Facebook, Instagram, and occasionally YouTube.
    • Challenges: Some members don’t receive or check email. Some not on social media.
    • Updates (May 2026): Carol Ingaro upgraded Mailchimp and authenticated the domain.
    • Next Steps:
      • Create segmented lists (Members, Board, General)
      • Integrate Communal with Mailchimp
      • Add SMS/text messaging for members
  • Committees: Many committees do not have a CHAIR or do not have volunteers. Either committees should be defunct or a process should be created entice people to sign up/follow-up. Committees are currently listed: https://womansclubofredbank.org/committees/

Successfully Completed Wishes:

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Thank you to everyone who helped grant these wishes and the many other things it takes to run and maintain a historic landmark!

  • Clean out kitchen cabinets –  JUNE 2026 Jennifer Noonan, Carol Ingaro, and Kate Rafferty. Phase I and II included all the kitchen cabinets and the library closet.
  • Library Room (1st floor) MAY 2026 Jami Josephson Chace. – Convert into a functional, reusable space for small table gatherings, such as Mahjong.
  • Monmouth County Historical Commission – Historic Preservation Grant Award $10,000.00. awarded FEB 2026. 2nd Floor Bedroom Renovation Complete MAY 2026 – With the assistance from the matching grant from the Monmouth County Historical Commission (managed by Sue Kevra) we were able to address a soffit damage and resulting damage to the walls, ceiling, and floor of the south east bedroom – now the “yellow-room”. Soon, this room will be used for the Art Committee. 
    A portion of the grant was used to restore the second floor hallway. read about the project here.
  • FACILITY Reservation System – The club reservation phase of the Communal software was installed, the calendar created and tested, and training for Facility Managers completed MAY 2026.
  • FUNDRAISING & MERCH – With the new Communal software were able to replace the Authorize.net systems and accept one-time donations. We’re utilizing this system for the online payment of MERCH. All merch resides in the club, we do NOT mail merch. APRIL 2026
  • GRANT DEC 2025: $10,000.00 received from The Solder Though Life Foundation, which supported the second floor room and hallway restoration. We are grateful to member Jami Josephson Chace for facilitating this partnership between our organizations
  • MEMBERSHIP Renewal System – The membership phase of the Communal software was installed in DEC 2025.
  • FUNDRAISER + DONATION: In addition to the $___ raised at the annual breakfast fundraiser, Thomas Zapcic donated $25,000.00 in memory of his wife Donnalyn Geigerich. 2025.  The Club applied for a grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust to install air conditioning in the building. The money that was donated will be used as part of the matching funds. Installing air conditioning in this historic house is a critical preservation measure that will protect the structure from further damage caused by extreme heat and high humidity. 
  • Replace the front door lock. 2024
  • Electrical Upgrade for the 2nd floor. Coordinated by Bill Asay 2023.
  • Door Video – Bill Asay installed a back door camera. 2023.
  • Grant Deck: Renovation of back deck with grant and Bill Asay fixed the base of the back deck off of the living room. 2023
  • Grant Art Work ReFraming – ReHung: Thanks to Carmella and her husband in January 2023.
  • New Stove: Thanks to our Community partner the Wesleyan (Senior Space) January 2023.
  • Project Write Now Renovation of small room on second floor. 2023
  • Jersey Shore Jazz & Blues Foundation renovation of tiny room on second floor. 2023
  • Monmouth Arts mini grant: PHASE 3 Display/Event: (Jill Merriman, Kate Rafferty). 1st presentation to Senior Space 11/30/2022. 2nd presentation open to the public – schedule on Dec. 13, 2022.
  • Events Podium: Built new podium thanks to Candice and Ken Snyder. Oct 10, 2022
  • Building/Grounds: Replace stove (thanks to our Community Partner Weslyan)
  • ADA entry ramp, toilet
  • Building/Grounds: Remove/recycle dishwasher. October 2022.
  • Beautification: Folding chair covers (Carmela) October 2022.
  • Renovation: Remove the closet in the piano room. Get rid of the piano (untunable). (Pastor Bill Asay) October 2022.
  • Living Room Tables Sanded & Refinished: A joint effort by Carmella, her husband, and Jennifer Noonan. Oct 2022.
  • 2nd/3rd Floor Inspection: for potential electrical work and painting. October 2022
  • The 2nd floor “Reckless Bedroom” renovated by Bill Asay for Mind Gardens. 2022
  • Office Phase 3: Wood floors refinished and walls painted.  Nov 15 2022
  • Office Phase 2 – Ocean First Community Day Oct 6th: volunteers helped us with the upstairs office by removing the carpet and then the linoleum and painting the ceiling and trim. Oct 6, 2022
  • Merch – MERCH with #WomanInMotion. Mugs created and available for sale at the house.
  • Flag/Banners “WELCOME” for outside the house. New visitors can not see the house from the street. We want a flag or banner to put on the front lawn when we have events. (Carol) COMPLETE 9/27/2022
  • “A Woman in Motion” artwork PHASE 2 – Print large piece for over the parlor fireplace. Use for MERCH (bags/shirts). (Carol, Kate) PENDING receipt of digital files. COMPLETE: 9/27/2022
  • Office Phase 1 – CLEANUP: Before Oct 6th we need to clear out the room and begin organizing historic photos, historic documents, current house docs, and event/craft supplies. (cleanup: Kate and Jill) 3 cleanup days COMPLETE 9/22/2022
  • Monmouth Arts mini grant: PHASE 2 Restore/Preserve Photos: (Jill Merriman, Kate Rafferty). Pending approval. Photos digitized, restored, and framed – complete 11/21/2022
  • Monmouth Arts mini grant: PHASE 1 Apply for Mini-Grant: (Peggy Masse, Jill Merriman, Kate Rafferty). Submitted application 8/2022. COMPLETE 9/2022
  • Reconfigure the CLOSET to store tables/chairs. And replace door knob and lock. (Pastor Bill Asay of North Shore Fellowship and Audrey Tesora our Organizing Committee Chair)  COMPLETE 9/2022
  • “A Woman in Motion” artwork PHASE 1 – consider acquiring some rights to use/reprint artists’ work for print art in the clubhouse and/or use in MERCH. (Irina, Christina, Jill, Kate) Complete: 9/2022
  • Sell 70 restaurant chairs and replace with folding chairs. Complete 9/1/2022
  • Fix the dining room table. Thank you Sherilyn and Ray Przelomski! Aug 2022
  • Re-do website and social media with new logo and color changes (Kate Rafferty) 8/19/2022
  • Logo (Carol Ingaro) Complete 8/2022 updated to our “colors” of green and white 9/2022 (found out about our colors during the sifting through the boxes of files in our office).
  • Replace 3 broken folding tables. Summer 2022
  • Fix front door lock. Summer 2022
  • Make art display easels. Thank you Candice and Ken Snyder! Summer 2022
  • Install solar light in the walkway to reduce slip and fall incidents. Completed Summer 2022.
  • Calendar – a new website calendar was implemented. June 2022. 
  • Fix front porch lights. Completed Spring 2022. 
  • Replace broken slate path with pavers. Completed Spring 2022. 
  • Living Room painted – thank you Pastor Bill and your crew Spring 2022. 
  • Financial Literacy – a monthly financial literacy program was created 2022. 
  • Cleaning – The house is cleaned by those using the house. But it would be nice to have some extra help for seasonal cleaning. As of Fall 2021 we now have a cleaner twice a month with Caroline Ribeiro. 
  • Floors refurbished in living room, library, and dining room Spring 2020

We are very flexible and appreciative of any support in our committees or independent service projects.

If you have other ideas, let us know! Contact us.