you know, i thought JL was this volunteer activity where you serve as an elementary school teacher for a day and interact with children in low-income communities (i definitely remember doing this in HS my junior year. someone help me out if this sounds familiar)

anyway, this sounds interesting, i may consider it (though im on the young side). i will say that had i not become greek, i'd be way less inclined to join.

is JL similar to The Links?

It is similar, except Junior League does not have any specific race-based interests.

For more Junior League info check out the international site: www.ajli.org

The projects are all different, depending on which community you live in, and their needs. Our Jr. League does projects like "Baby Basics" -- where necessities such as diapers, baby food, etc are collected and given to needy families.

Another on-going program is a girls teen-age half-way home. The women who worked on that one painted and redecorated the house. They are also giving the girls guidance in filling out college applications, raising money for prom dresses for them, teaching them how to use makeup... things that we took for granted, but these girls never learned.

There are many more, but this just gives you some examples of the diverse things the Jr. League does.

Any good done by a group as The Jr. League should be applauded!:)

tld221, Junior Achievment also does similar to what you are thinking. http://www.ja.org/

Our League season is starting again soon. This year I will be one of the members helping with the new member educational classes. We have an apartment complex we assist with that has an after school program and mentoring program as well as a mother mentoring program for a local womens' center. There are also "Done in a Day" projects we support. A couple of weeks ago League volunteers worked on the school house project where kids in the community were given school supplies and donated clothes. We helped over 1700 kids. It was really fun but a lot of hard work that day.

The League seems to bring in members here on word of mouth. Our membership fees aren't too bad at $120/year. We have a requirement of 6 General Meetings/year and one shift at both the spring and winter fundraiser projects. The spring Gift and Garden event is very popular.

As my kids get bigger and away from league sports, going onto select teams, I am hoping to become more active with the League. I think I will really enjoy my assignment this year in membership.

JL Question
 

Are any of you on the Cookbook committee for your League? I need some direction/suggestions/how you set your book up, etc., etc. Anything you can offer will certainly be appreciated!

I was in the past. Feel free to shoot a PM with your specific questions. I will help with what I can.

:) Will do! Are you still an Active?

Technically yes, but I'm a non-resident active.

Our league had a wonderful new member education program. We have a "road rally" where the provisionals are driven some of the sites of the projects. There are also guest speakers... and then a new member project to work on. My class helped redecorate and spruce up a home for displaced children.

I'm wondering with me being 23, would it be too young for me to join? But I would really want to help out and do some volunteering work :) all they listed was to be at least 22

I would say you would be fine. The majority of members will probably be a little older, but I never found a problem relating with the women in my league.

I'm confused...you said you dropped out of the Junior League in your area, yet you keep talking about your wonderful experiences and the projects "your" league works on. Did you transfer your provisional membership? Is a provisional able to transfer during their class? As I read this thread, I was under the impression you weren't a member of a League.

The "road rally" is a great idea! I am actually going to suggest that for our spring provisional classes. We already have the schedule set for our fall classes coming up. We have some very neat ladies looking to join The League. I am excited!!