WOMENOFPURPOSE “They decided to change the purpose of the group to — and this is a direct quote: ‘Foster ideals of higher education and contribute to the educational and civic welfare of the community,’” says Carol Constantine, a former club president and 42-year member. The group started fundraising and, in 1921, awarded the first College Club scholarship to a Westmoreland County student headed to higher education. The scholarship check totaled $150. Now, as back then, the scholarships go to students who think critically, demonstrate good character and leadership, and go beyond academics to care for others and the commu- nity at large. Over the last century, the women of the College Club have also been contributing to the ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IN FEBRUARY 1918, 31womengatheredinaGreensburg homeforthefirstmeetingofwhat becametheGreensburgCollegeClub. They were friends and neighbors, and a few were sisters. All of them had been fortunate enough to earn college degrees despite living in the era when women were denied the right to vote. Undaunted, they were committed to leading projects to benefit their communities. In the several years before the club’s found- ing, when World War I was raging and American troops had taken up the fight in Europe, the women made bandages and sold war bonds. By June of that year, the war had ended and the women began searching for a new cause. T H E P I T T S B U R G H F O U N D AT I O N 8 F O R U M AN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTMORELAND COUNTY SUPPORTS SCHOLARSHIPS FROM A HISTORIC WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION