The Mabelvale (Pulaski County) Home Demonstration Club, as it is commonly known, has had a long and lively past. Originally organized as the Larkin Club in 1912, 4-H club girls were given tomato seeds to plant, harvest, and can. The members were known as the “Tomato Girls.” In 1914, the club changed its official title to the Mabelvale Community Club and operated independently until 1931. Under the leadership of Emma Archer the club came to be affiliated with the Federal Extension Service. The club sought to teach women citizens how to make clothes, conserve food, and make better homes for their families. Also during this period, due to the fact that the local schools had no political organization, such as Parent-Teacher Associations, the club concerned itself with both school work and community projects. It was tentatively renamed the School Improvement Association. In 1928, a Parent-Teacher Association was formed for Mabelvale Schools and the club changed its name to the Mabelvale Home Demonstration Club (MHDC).

During the 1950s the club built a new clubhouse and dedicated a Memorial Room to the charter members. It was during this period that the club was officially recognized as the oldest Home Demonstration Club in the nation. In 1953, during a ceremony sponsored by the Arkansas Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Phi, a memorial marker was placed in front of the of the MHDC clubhouse commemorating the honor.

In 1965, when the Federal Extension Service released new regulations in compliance with the Civil Rights act of 1964 and 1965, the Club was ordered to integrate. Meetings by club members were held and a vote taken that the Mabelvale Club drop its affiliation with the Extension Service. The club changed its name to the Mabelvale Pioneer Club and is still known by this presently.

The club has had a long history of service to the community. Programs were held on canning, freezing, sewing, home improvement, and landscaping. Members engaged actively in community projects such as the Martin Cemetery of southwest Little Rock clean up, aiding the Red Cross, and establishing a fund for remedying tuberculosis.

The club has held continuous meetings from its inception to the present.