Slipper Club History

Slipper Club is an organization dedicated to serving women, serving the community and making a difference. Founded in 1934, Slipper Club is the oldest women's social club in Dallas and today boasts more than 400 active members. The club was founded in 1934 by Mrs. Mary Blankeney Mallon, Mrs. Lavonne "Bonnie" Compton Crawford, Mrs. Lucy Jo Davis Burnett and Mrs. Sally Dunlap Tetreau who were four Idlewild débutantes, and was designed as a social organization that would promote friendships among future women leaders in the Dallas community.

Slipper Club offers a unique network of friendship and opportunities for professional women throughout Dallas. While still committed to its founders' vision of fostering lasting relationships, Slipper Club has expanded its mission to include community service and charitable giving programs.

In 1995, Slipper Club became a certified 501(c)3 non-profit organization. To date, Slipper Club has raised more than $145,600 for local nonprofit organizations and charitable agencies. Each year the club researches and selects a different charity to support, always an organization that serves women or children in the Dallas area.

In 2006, Slipper Club donated over $45,000 to Child Abuse Prevention Center. The money was used for the education program of expecting parents about Shaken Baby Syndrome and proper vaccination of babies.
In 2005 Slipper Club donated $ 30,100 Buckner Children and Family Services, a multi-service agency dedicated to the restoration and healing of individuals and the family throughout the state of Texas.
In 2004 Slipper Club donated over $18,500 to the Family Place, an agency founded to eliminate family violence through intervention and proactive prevention, extensive community education, advocacy and assistance for victims and their families.
In 2003 Slipper Club donated over $11,000 to the Heart House of Dallas, a free after-school program offering a safe haven and academic support to low-income children in the Richardson school district.
In 2002 Slipper Club donated $13,000 to the Genesis Women's Shelter, an agency providing safety, shelter and services to battered women and their children.
In 2001 Slipper Club donated $11,000 to the Salvation Army's Gene and Jerry Jones Family Center for Children, which offers high quality, affordable and safe childcare for children of the working poor.
In 1999, Slipper Club donated over $17,000 to the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, a facility providing treatment to underprivileged children with orthopedic conditions, neurological disorders and learning differences.