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    Supporting Women Through Year-End Giving

    • December 17, 2019
    What if money wasn’t measured by its ability to purchase, but by its potential to change lives? For charities serving women and girls, the impact of funding simply cannot be…
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    Photo Grid - Portraits of Lyda Hill
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      On National Philanthropy Day 2019, The Junior League Honors Lyda Hill – A Philanthropist Making A Difference

      • November 7, 2019
      An Interview with Lyda Hill, Founder of Lyda Hill Philanthropies, conducted by Susan Danish, AJLI’s CEO/Executive Director. It’s not often that one meets a person who is focused on creating…
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        @SussexRoyal Names Junior League one of 15 “Forces for Change” in October

        • October 25, 2019
        Unexpected news has a way of leaving us speechless, but no amount of astonishment could keep us from sharing the reason why our October has been so special! As summer…
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          4 Tips for Getting Financially Healthy in 2018

          • April 10, 2018
          This guest post is authored by Shannon McLay, a financial planner who left a “traditional” financial services firm to start her own company, The Financial Gym , because she felt traditional…
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          Why Do We Volunteer
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            Why Do We Volunteer?

            • April 25, 2017
            In the U.S., April has the distinction of celebrating voluntarism twice, and in two ways. National Volunteer Month honors the function itself while National Volunteer Week, celebrated in the last…
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              More than just a bright smile.

              • February 6, 2017
              It’s easy to take going to the dentist for granted…unless you lack access to professional dental care. It’s no secret that oral health is essential to both general health and…
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                Improving the Lives of Women From Two Different Sides

                • April 15, 2016
                Years ago Joni Mitchell sang about looking “at life from both sides now.” With apologies to Mitchell, that’s exactly how I felt recently in a 24-hour period…I saw two sides…
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                  Devastation in Nepal

                  • May 1, 2015
                  Our thoughts are with the people of Nepal. Reports of the impact of Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake continue to be sobering. The death toll now exceeds 6,000, many more people…
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                    How was your Valentine’s Day?

                    • February 19, 2015
                    (The following appeared on The Huffington Post on Feb. 17, 2015) I received my Valentine’s Day gift in Guatemala City from an elderly woman living in a nursing home in…
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                      The leaders we lost in 2014

                      • January 28, 2015
                      Sometimes leadership happens quietly, behind the scenes. Sometimes it’s big and bold. In 2014, we lost powerful women of both kinds. Some were blazing stars of the stage and screen…
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                      Founded in 1901 by New Yorker and social activism pioneer Mary Harriman, The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

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