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Welcome to the Vibrant Women’s Community! 🌞🌺🍀
We are a group of women connecting, creating friendships, navigating life after 50, and enjoying life together. Most of our events are currently focused on the Westside, with gatherings in Tigard, Tualatin, Sherwood, Lake Oswego, Beaverton, Hillsboro, Aloha, and beyond.

Why Vibrant?
Vibrant (adj.):
1. Full of energy and enthusiasm – lively, spirited, dynamic.
🌞 “A vibrant group of women who bring joy and connection wherever they go.”
2. Bright and striking – vivid, glowing, warm.
🌺 “A vibrant community filled with color and warmth.”
3. Pulsing with life – resonant, thriving, animated.
🍀 “A vibrant culture that continues to grow and evolve.”

The Vibrant Women’s Community Model

Our name highlights exactly what we’re building: a welcoming, connected, and thriving community of women here on the Westside and beyond — with the potential for us to create a model that other cities and communities can follow in our footsteps.

What We Do
We gather for:
🍝 Lunches — “Vibrant Women Who Lunch Together” at local restaurants
☕ Coffee Chats in neighborhood cafés
🚶‍♀️ Walks in local parks and trails
🧶🎨 Creative workshops and crafting sessions
🍴🥧 Potlucks and 🎄🎃🎈🎉 holiday celebrations
🌸 Field trips to local flower farms in spring, vineyards in summer, and cultural events year-round
🚆 MAX ride adventures into Portland to explore museums, theater, and more
*This is a place to meet new friends, laugh often, and celebrate the good things in life. *There’s simply no limit to the scope of meaningful events we can dream up together!

Our Mission
Our mission is simple but powerful: to create friendships, celebrate life, and build meaningful connections through a wide variety of shared social and community experiences.

We are committed to making our events a Political Discussion Free Zone (PDFZ). We come together to celebrate what we share and to learn from our differences, creating a welcoming space for growth, connection, and inclusion with minimal drama.

We strive to be welcoming to all women over 50 in the Portland metro area  -Westside, Eastside, and beyond. Members may be retired, still working, long-time locals, or new arrivals to the greater PDX area. What unites us is our shared desire to connect, contribute, and have fun together.

Please be mindful when signing up for events. If you’ve RSVP’d “Going” and your plans change, please update your reservation as soon as possible so another member can attend. Many of our gatherings have waitlists, and this small courtesy helps keep things running smoothly for everyone.

To keep our community thriving, we do keep track of attendance. If a member has three “no-shows,” their membership may be paused to make space for others who are actively participating.

Looking Ahead
Since our launch on September 1, 2025, membership has grown rapidly — proof of how deeply women are craving vibrant community connections. In just the first week, over 130 women joined.

We look forward to our calendar being filled with a robust selection of events for you to chose from!

Some of you have mentioned disappointment that events aren’t yet posted for evenings or weekends. This group is set up so that it belongs to all of us. The first events posted have been mostly weekday daytime gatherings, but anyone interested in curating evening or weekend events is warmly encouraged to step up and post them. If you’d like to try but aren’t familiar with the platform, I’ll work with you one-on-one or in a small group to show you how.
Please be patient as our community builds momentum; new hosts will emerge organically, and our calendar will soon reflect the variety of both daytime, weekend, and evening events we’re all craving and excited to be a part of.

As we continue to build momentum, we’ll create a shared Google Doc File - filled with templates and step-by-step guides to help you—covering how to post a lunch event, organize a walk or hike, and much more.

I’ll be traveling Sept 20–Oct 4 and again Nov 1–Dec 6. Before then, we’ll have two October gatherings:
a potluck and a sack lunch to connect and share ideas. These events will help us refine our vision for how Meetup can be a powerful tool for building community and start building momentum together.

Over the past week, your feedback — both in person and through private messages — has sharpened my vision. Long-term, I see the Westside Vibrant Women’s Community as the beginning of a Vibrant Women’s Community model: a turnkey system that women in other cities can replicate to build thriving, inclusive communities of their own, eventually connecting all of us as a nationwide movement.

Travel opportunities:
I’ve guided history and art tours in Europe and explored the world, from hiking in the Himalayas, traveling throughout India, scuba diving diving in the tropics, living in Japan to experiencing the beauty of Costa Rica. The Vibrant Women’s Community has an opportunity to one day create travel and adventure experiences together locally, nationally, and internationally.

Above All
This group is an unfolding experiment in what’s possible when women come together to create shared experiences. Whether you want to simply participate in events or step into hosting and leadership, you are welcome and your presence is valued here. Together we are shaping something vibrant, meaningful, and creating a template to share with Vibrant Women everywhere! 🌞🌺🍀
Amy H,  - Westside Vibrant Women’s Community Organizer, You are welcome to text me: 503.680.4090 or email me: meetupah@gmail.com

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