Dixon Women’s Improvement Club members, Ardath Wood, Martha Dukes, and Ashley Alvarez, pictured here at their holiday tea, know how to put the “fun” in fundraising, and are holding their annual Valentine’s Dinner on Monday, February 12, that will benefit their Community Grants and Scholarship programs. Photo by Binky Eason

DIXON, CA (MPG) - Don’t think too hard about a Valentine’s Day Dinner with your sweetie because the Dixon Women’s Improvement Club members have a plan for you! Their Valentine’s Dinner Fundraiser is set for Monday, February 12, at Bud’s Pub & Grill, 100 South First St.

For more than a century, the Dixon Women’s Improvement Club (DWIC) has supported projects that are in the best interests of the Dixon community, beginning with the establishment of the DWIC Park, followed by securing funding for the Dixon Carnegie Library that continues to serve Dixon to this day.

DWIC has provided funds in the past for disaster relief, senior citizen projects, community literacy, and well-baby clinics in addition to the college/training school scholarship program that was initiated in the 1980s for graduates from Dixon and Maine Prairie High Schools.

A community grant program was piloted by DWIC in 2018 which featured a fundraiser dinner at Bud’s Pub & Grill and instantly became a delicious success. Now, in its 7th year, the Community Grants and Scholarship Fundraiser is planned just in time for a Valentine’s Day Dinner at 100 South First St. in downtown Dixon.

Entrée choices are prime rib or tri-tip, chicken, salmon, pasta, or vegetarian dish. They also will include dinner salad, garlic toasted red potatoes, and bread. Dinners can be eaten inside or taken home from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Call to pre-order at (707) 678-4745 after 4 p.m. on Monday, February 12, if you want to pick up.

In addition, club members have donated beautiful gift baskets that participants can purchase during the evening.

Dinner tickets are now on sale and are $35 per person. They can be purchased from any of the DWIC members or at the Dixon Independent Voice newspaper office at (707) 678-8917.

The DWIC was established in 1899. The founders were women from families that had settled in the Dixon area following the Gold Rush of 1849 and were interested in beautifying and improving the town of Dixon. The club is open to anyone who is interested in joining, and guests are welcome. From September through May, the club meets the third Wednesday of the month usually from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall at the Dixon United Methodist Church.