The MOMS Club began in 1983 when Mary James, an at-home mother in California decided she was tired of being alone at home. She wanted to meet other at-home mothers and she wanted to find other at-home children for her children to play with.
When she discovered there were no other organizations that met during the day and allowed her to come with her baby and preschooler, she decided to start a brand new organization just for at-home mothers, and the MOMS Club was born.
The chapter she started was so successful, she knew mothers in other areas must need the MOMS Club, too. Soon she and other volunteers were helping mothers start MOMS Clubs across the country and around the world!
Now there are over 2,000 chapters and over 100,000 members! New chapters are starting all the time. To reach the International MOMS Club just email them at [email protected] or visit their website at www.momsclub.org
Our chapter is made up of a diverse group of mothers from the Oswego area.. Our members include moms to be, first time moms and moms with two or more children. In addition to moms who have chosen motherhood as their career, other moms in our chapter have left a professional career to become full-time moms or are managing professional careers on a part-time basis in order to be at home with their children.
As a group, we have several things in common: we want to enrich our lives and the lives of our children by coming together, sharing our experiences, and pooling our resources; we want to play an active role in our community, and, finally, we strive to support all mothers regardless of their decision to stay at home or work.