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The Angle Lake Shore Club was a social club for families who lived around Angle Lake near SeaTac, Washington. The club was founded in 1948, and the Boulangers were founding members.

The Seattle Area Council on Aging (now Area Agency on Aging for Seattle and King County) was formed in 1973. The organization coordinates and advocates for services and resources that benefit older adults, people with disabilities, and caretakers in the Seattle area.

Epsilon Sigma Alpha (ESA) is a community organization supporting educational and service programs. It was founded in 1929 by Adelia Prichard, a national president of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The Washington State Council of ESA was established in 1934.

The Federal Way Athletic Club was established in 1965 in Federal Way, Washington. It was part of the larger Federal Shopping Way complex, developed by John Raymond Cissna in 1955 and expanded in 1965. The athletic club provided recreational programming for individuals and families in the area.

The Highline Business and Professional Women's Club was chartered in 1952, with Zelda Boulanger as a charter member. The chapter, which served the south Seattle area, was part of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, which was founded by Doctor Lena Madesin Phillips in 1919.

International Toastmistress Clubs was founded in 1938 by Ernestine White and provided its members with training in public speaking. The organization was renamed International Training in Communication in 1985, and in 2007 its name changed again to POWERtalk International. The Siwanu Chapter was founded in 1952 and was one of several Toastmistress clubs in the Seattle area. The international organization was divided into geographic regions, and the Northwest Region included clubs in northern California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia. Regions were further subdivided into councils, and the Seattle clubs comprised Council One of the Northwest Region.

The International Reading Association (now the International Literacy Association) is a professional organization, founded in 1956, which publishes materials dedicated to improving literacy.

The National Association of Parliamentarians, founded in 1930, is an organization that promotes the study and use of parliamentary procedure in meetings to ensure efficiency in the democratic process.

The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan and other activists for women's rights. The organization is dedicated to securing equal rights for women in America. The Seattle Chapter of NOW was chartered on May 8, 1970, as the 36th chapter in the United States. In addition to the chapter's first president Zelda Boulanger, the thirteen founding members included Judge Evangeline Starr, Esther Campbell, Constance Hoffman, Patricia Artz, Charlene Callahan, Mary Underwood, Joy Belle Conrad-Rice, Claire Gorman, Margaret Coster, Martha Westen, and Mary Pool. The Seattle chapter of NOW lobbied local politicians for equal rights legislation, gave speeches promoting gender equality to other community organizations, and advocated for women who had experienced discrimination as a result of their gender.

The Presidents' Forum was a Seattle-area group comprised of the current presidents of women's organizations in the region. The forum was organized in 1934, and it provided educational programming on organizational administration.

The Past Presidents' Assembly was organized in 1945 and was comprised of the past presidents of Seattle-area women's organizations. It provided a forum for these women to work for the advancement of women and serve the community. Zelda Boulanger served as president of the Past Presidents' Assembly from 1983-1985.

Santa Fair was a year-round amusement park located on the grounds of the Federal Shopping Way in Federal Way, Washington. Like the shopping center itself, Santa Fair was developed by John Raymond Cissna. Santa Fair operated from the mid-1950s until the early 1980s. The amusement park included roller coasters, carnival rides, the Old World Square (a replica of a medieval European town), the Magic City Theater, the Muckleshoot Mission, and the Space Fair.

The Seattle Handicapped Club was a community organization, active between 1940 and 1975 that provided recreational opportunities for the city's disabled residents and advocated for increased accessibility. The club was instrumental in the creation of Center Park for the Handicapped, a public housing project constructed between 1963 and 1969 which was designed to meet the needs of physically disabled residents so that they could live independently.

Seattle/King County Civil Defense was a program run by the City of Seattle's Department of Public Safety in the mid-twentieth century. It coordinated municipal efforts to provide shelter in the event of a nuclear attack. Boulanger served as the Welfare Coordinator for South King County for the Civil Defense program.

Travelers Aid Society is an international organization, founded in 1851, that provides funding and assistance for travelers and indigent populations. The Seattle chapter was founded in 1921, and it also served as an adoption agency after 1974. Boulanger was a board member during the 1970s and 1980s.

The United Service Organization Military Lounge is a service at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport provided by an alliance of service organizations. The lounge provides services for traveling members of the military.

The Women's Division of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce provided educational programming through the "Know Your Seattle" program and the Speaker's Bureau program. The Chamber of Commerce also published reports on women's organizations in Seattle and lobbied for business-friendly legislation.