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    Looking for another way to celebrate Mother’s Day?

    • May 22, 2017
    It’s celebrated every year on the second Sunday in May and recognizes mothers and motherhood in general as well as the positive contributions that they make to society. But it’s…
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      A celebration of women’s health.

      • May 16, 2017
      Working to enhance women’s health – particularly women in at-risk populations – is part of the DNA of The Junior League, going back to our founding by Mary Harriman some…
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        What does it mean to ‘work together’?

        • May 15, 2017
        It’s no secret that Junior League members can accomplish more together than they can as individuals. And the same goes for their Junior Leagues when they band together as powerful…
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          Sustainable Assets: What do you do after 15 years as a NCIS special agent?

          • May 8, 2017
          Meet Cheri Boyle. Wife. Mother. Junior League member. And retired special agent in the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. That’s NCIS, as in the award-winning TV show. If you’re not a…
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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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              Let’s talk about something we don’t talk about much. Period.

              • April 21, 2017
              April 7th was the World Health Organization’s World Health Day; what better time to talk about menstrual health and hygiene? The traditionally taboo nature of this topic is changing. One…
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                What does climate change have to do with food security?

                • April 13, 2017
                Well over one third of our 292 Junior Leagues work in their communities to fight food insecurity, addressing inequities in our food system using a wide range of strategies and…
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                  How Was Your National Women’s History Month?

                  • March 31, 2017
                  National Women’s History Month is over…and I’m exhausted. So many events, so many conversations, so little time. So what’s the impact? What I find most interesting about participating in the…
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                    The New Face Of Hunger

                    • March 17, 2017
                    This guest post is authored by Kelly Runzel, Director of Corporate Partnerships and Rhonda Watson, Director of Workplace Giving at Feed the Children. It is exhausting to try to pinpoint…
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                      Building a Community in Kenya

                      • March 13, 2017
                      Today’s guest post is from Jen Sapitro, founder and Executive Director of Uweza Foundation, who talks about how a scholarship from a Junior League in Illinois led to a life change…
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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.

                      The Association of Junior Leagues International supports individual Leagues in their fulfillment of The Junior League mission.

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