The Patrons Club was an organization of parents and friends that aimed to promote the interests of the school through fundraising and input on school policy. The Patrons Club was formerly the Mothers’ Club, which ran from 1923-1931 and is known today as the McDonogh Parents Association. The Club’s Executive Board informed school policy by representing parents on important topics like coeducation, dress code, and college counseling. It also made financial contributions by funding scholarships, faculty fellowships, and classroom equipment that were not covered by the school’s budget. Serving as a fundraiser for the club, this cookbook is a collection of recipes from the McDonogh Family to correspond with the Multicultural Day Celebration that the club hosted for several years. The recipes capture McDonogh’s diversity through food as an expression of the many diverse cultures and ethnicities composing the community, but the recipes also impart a Mid-Atlantic flair such as Maryland crab dip.
McDonogh Patrons Club Cookbook – 2001
