History

The MOMS Club(R) began in 1983 when Mary James, an at-home mother from Simi Valley, 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 organizations that met during the day and allowed her to come with her baby and preschooler, she decided to start a new organization just for at-home mothers, and the MOMS Club(R) was born.

The chapter she started was so successful that she thought other mothers would also enjoy the benefits of the MOMS Club(R). Soon she and other volunteers where helping mothers start MOMS Clubs(R) across the country and around the world. Now there are over 2,000 chapters with more than 100,000 members in eight countries.