They should have a website you can go into which will provide contact info. :)

ETA: The Washington, DC League's website is here :http://www.jlw.org/jlw/index.htm

thanks!

i was in jr. league when we lived in tulsa, ok and had a fabulous time. if you are intersted in jr. league at all, check it out and go for it. it is a great way to meet new people, serve your community and the networking can be terrific too. good luck.

I just received my issue of Connected, the Junior League publication. There was information on the AJLI boutique in it. I didn't realize it existed. Is it something new?

I got that Connected too - it is the first one I've gotten from Nationals...maybe it is something new!

Oh yeah, I got it too.

But I thought it was because I transferred Leagues (Miami to Seattle) and that Seattle was more "on it" - lol!

What do you ladies think of the AJLI boutique? I can see some younger women who MAY want JL t-shirts or lavaliers and things like that, but how many 70 year old sustainers would?

Hey! Not all sustainers are 70 years old! ;)

The JL of Miami has been selling t-shirts for years. My sister bought me one when I joined (she joined the year before).

The t-shirts are nice to wear when you're doing a group activity in within the community.

I wear tee shirts for community events...but we always have our own shirts made. I did not pay much attention to the boutique stuff - I don't see myself getting that stuff! We have a gift shop here and all the profits go back into our league. We have to spend X amount of dollars in there every year. I bet they will start carrying some of the boutique items in there. Maybe the provisionals will buy it all up!

Is it a really big time commitment? I'm interested in joining but I already do too much so I'm a little wary!

The bare minimum is managable if you have a busy schedule, but I think anyone who can't give a real committment to the Junior League is doing both herself and the organization a disservice.

If you're not sure, I would recommend going to an interest session to learn more. There are optional social events, etc., but there mandatory meetings once a month or so and mandatory service requirements.

The Junior League is a beautifully structured organization. There are membership requirements, and new members (called provisional) have their own set of requirements that you are walked through by a provisional adviser.

I was a provisional last year and dropped out. I didn't care for it at all.

As for being snobbish, that kind of made me laugh, because our league is so desperate for members, they set up recruiting tables in front of our local Shop Rite! If you're female, over age 18, can afford the $150 yearly dues, and are breathing in and out, you're in! :)

JLT's minimum age is 18 (though I don't think anyone under 22 has joined since the 50s or 60s) too, but I've seen some leagues with older minimum ages. Why is that? Maturity? I know that the JL in NYC has a minimum age of 16, though I doubt anyone that young has ever signed up.

I recently moved back to NC (Henderson County) after living in Washington DC. In June of 2005, I was accepted (by application) into the provisional member class of the Junior League of Washington DC. Because I had akready amde the decision to move, I wrote the League a very nice letter thanking them for the invitation and explaining why I couldn't accept it. When I moved back, I sent an e-mail to the Junior League of Asheville asking about provisional membership but I never got any response. In December of 2005, I called The Junior League of Asheville (located in Buncombe County) and inquired if I was eligible because I lived in Henderson County and they said yes because it was the closest league to my residence. They also said they would send me more information. They never did. About four weeks ago, I discovered that they had the provisional application on their website, so I printed it, filled it out and sent it in. I called last Friday just to make sure they had gotten it, they had and I was told that the person in charge of the applications had been out of the office due to a death in the family and that she would be in contact sometime this week. I'm unfortunitly not the most patient person, and when I applied for provisional membership in DC, I didn't hear anything for almost 4 months. But I don't know a lot of people in Asheville/Hendersonville yet even though I've been here for almost a year so I am not sure how The Junior League of Asheville operates in terms of a timeline. Any advice? Besides being patient;)

Thank you,

Did you sit back and wait when you wanted to join a sorority? No, you took the active steps. You need to continue to do that - maybe drop an email to the chapter president.

I too had a similar experience. We had just moved to the area and I met the JL women at a townwide fair. The person who took my name was one of my husbands co-workers. She never put my sheet in the binder so I was not signed up in time for that year's provisional class. It wound up working out ok because the follwing year, I got a job closer to home and had more volunteer time. This is my first active year and I have been asked to consider chairing one of our fundraising committee next year.

I have met wonderful people. I hope you have a smilar experience!