I founded the Saturday Club in 2006 to connect working parents of
infants, toddlers and preschoolers to form playgroups in their
community. I also wanted to provide helpful information about products
and services, so other working parents could spend more time with their
children and less time researching.
Trying to find a playgroup when you are a working parent can be challenging, because many playgroups schedule their playdates for weekdays. After my son was born, I tried to find a playgroup for working parents on the weekends, but I couldn't find one where I lived. I tried to do join a regular playgroup that sometimes did activities on the weekends in addition to their regular weekday playdate, but my membership fee was returned when the organizers found out I was a working parent. I decided that there had to be other working parents experiencing the same problem, so I decided to do something about it. The Saturday Club was born.
I also discovered that as working parents, my husband and I were at a disadvantage in discovering products, services and programs for our children. The best tips we received were from other parents, but we rarely had an opportunity to interact with other local parents due to our work schedule. I realized that hoping for periodic tidbits from other parents was not the most effective way to share information, so I decided to take the Saturday Club online.
When the first playgroup started, I began to receive emails from other parents in different communities who wanted me to help them start a Saturday Club playgroup in their hometown. I realized a network of playgroups would be able to obtain greater benefits and discounts from businesses that offered products and services to working parents, so I decided to expand the Saturday Club to new communities. The Saturday Club continues to grow every day. We are a secular organization, unaffiliated with any religious group. We welcome parents from all faiths, races, national origins and orientations. As long as you are a working parent who loves your children, you may join. We do, however, reserve the right to ask any member to leave the group if they or their children conduct themselves in a fashion that endangers or makes uncomfortable other members or their children.
I founded the Saturday Club in 2006 to connect working parents of
infants, toddlers and preschoolers to form playgroups in their
community. I also wanted to provide helpful information about products
and services, so other working parents could spend more time with their
children and less time researching. 
