
A community-minded organization helping to meet the needs of the Morongo Basin since 1947
A community-minded organization helping to meet the needs of the Morongo Basin since 1947
The Sportsman’s Club of Joshua Tree is pleased to announce a new chapter in the Club’s evolution. As the oldest non-profit in the Morongo Basin, the Sportsman’s Club has provided support to clubs, schools, and graduating seniors in the high desert since 1947. This was accomplished mainly through our weekly BINGO games and annual Gem and Mineral Shows.
Throughout the years, BINGO attendance began to drop off, and we were not able to provide the level of support that we had in the past. As times changed, there were fewer and fewer volunteers to help the club reach its goals.
Last spring, the Club received an offer on the purchase of the campground and hall. The club volunteers met and the decision was made to sell the land. Proceeds from the sale will be put in a trust, and we look forward to returning to providing the level of support we once did, and perhaps even exceeding it. The purchasers of the property look forward to becoming part of the Morongo Basin community.
Located in the heart of the beautiful Morongo Basin since 1947, the Sportsman's Club has raised money through its weekly and annual events to help many worthy causes in our area. In 1945, Commander Jeff Overbay and a group of Legionnaires started building a Legion Hall. Before it was completed, money and donated labor dwindled, and Jeff's health slowed him down.
The Sportsman's Club had started up at around the same time, and the American Legion offered to turn over the unfinished building to the Sportsman's Club for $1.00. The building was to be used for community affairs, and once the building was finished, it was the home of children's Christmas plays and town dances. Johnnie Arch and Elinore Fairbanks played music for the dances. When the elementary school outgrew its campus, the hall was used to house extra classrooms. The Playhouse Guild used also the hall as their Cabaret Theatre.
The Sportsman's Club grounds were also the site of the annual Turtle Days, which included the early days of the Gem Jamboree. The Sportsman's Club hosts the Annual Gem, Mineral, and Craft Show the first weekend in April and the first weekend in October every year, drawing vendors and visitors from around the world.
Sportsman Club, PO Box 696, Joshua Tree, California 92252, United States
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