WHEREAS, The Oniera Club was founded in 1919 as an organization of women from Normal Heights, Kensington and Talmadge, interested in the welfare of the less fortunate, and,
WHEREAS, The Oniera Club is the oldest and most distinguished service club in the Adams Avenue area, and,
WHEREAS, the Club’s first major project was to roll bandages to help the World War I effort, and,
WHEREAS, that activity was a forerunner for numerous other community projects such as raising money for homes for the aged, blind and mentally retarded; creating scholarships and aiding veterans in many ways including tree trimming and Holiday parties at the Downtown YMCA, and,
WHEREAS, among other things, the Oniera Club has had a garden club, an orchestra, music club, glee club, an arts group, drama club, civic and English department and worked on historical matters in the San Diego area, and,