The local League of Women Voters, provided the original impetus for the organization in 1978, when a member became ill and it was found that there were no resources available to assist her.

The League formed a committee, headed by Edith Mayerson and Tres Mennes, to study what services were needed and where they could be found. A questionnaire was then prepared, with input from one hundred and twenty volunteers from the League, the Co-coordinating Council, AAUW, and CAP.

A professional survey writer then re-did the questionnaire and trained the volunteers to take a survey of homes on the peninsula. Those volunteers went to one thousand homes and if a person living there was over sixty years of age they were asked to participate in the survey. Two hundred and eighty-five interviews were recorded; indicating that one home in nine was occupied by a senior.

Many organizations on the Peninsula gave time and effort to assist the newly forming organization. American Savings Bank donated use of a desk and telephone.

Through all this activity, the League of Women Voters was providing both financing and office space. On September 20, 1982 , Peninsula Seniors was incorporated as a non-profit, tax-exempt 501 (c)-3 organization. We then moved to an office provided by the Grayslake School and were partially funded by CAP for one year. Since that time the Peninsula Seniors has been on its own, financially. Financial needs have been met through membership dues, trip revenues, grants and donations. We are not a department of or funded by any government or other public agency

During our twenty-five year existence, we have occupied twelve donated locations and two rented locations, including the present site. Our membership began with an initial one hundred and eighty and has grown to the two thousand level. It includes members from many surrounding cities, who are attracted by our programs. The size of our current facilities severely limits what programs we can provide. We have no kitchen facilities and our largest room is restricted by fire regulations to occupancy by no more than forty-five persons.