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Getting creative with literacy efforts!
According to data from Yale University, approximately one in five people struggle with dyslexia – a general term for disorders that involve difficulty in learning to read or interpret words,…
Sustainable Assets: Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker
FROM SANTA CLARA, CUBA TO BUFFALO, N.Y.: A LONG ROAD TO ADVOCACY Junior League of Buffalo member and former AJLI President Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker journeyed from Cuban refugee to naturalized…
So what about numerical literacy?
Because reading and children’s literacy programs are the cornerstone of many Leagues’ community outreach initiatives, we try to give a shout out every March to National Reading Month. This year…
It’s back-to-school time!
Only a few weeks ago we wrote about a variety of summer projects by Junior Leagues; but, with the first day of school only weeks or even days away for most kids,…
Let’s bring back the old-fashioned school field trip!
Back-to-school programs have long been a favorite end-of-summer member initiative for many Junior Leagues (see here and here). And they provide a valuable service for many families who may not…
Back-to-school time already?
For families with young children, shopping for school supplies is a bittersweet ritual that states clearly that summer vacation is almost over. For too many families with young children, however,…
Oveta Culp Hobby – trailblazer
At a time when women “do” many things, it’s easy to forget the trailblazers who were unusual precisely because they were women who reached high positions despite their gender at…
Does what we do really make a difference?
That’s a question many people who volunteer their time and talent have asked, at one time for another. In answering that question, at least at The Junior League, you need…
Yes, We Did Do More than ‘Just Play Bridge’ Back Then
One of this year’s hottest summer movies looks to be The Help, the entertaining screen version of the best-seller of the same name. Because The Junior League—or at least a…
School Isn’t Free
As families begin to think about back-to-school shopping, some naturally have anxiety – economic anxiety. It’s no secret that the economy is still in a rough patch. But for families…