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    Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award

    • October 19, 2015
    A HUMANITARIAN FOR THE AGES Though she committed to donating the entirety of her holdings to charity when she joined the elite Giving Pledge in 2010, Lyda Hill of the Junior League of…
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    Can mentors really make a difference? You bet.

    • January 26, 2015
    In fact, a recent national survey of young people on mentoring relationships called The Mentoring Effect found that young people who are mentored experience significant positive life outcomes related to…
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    How many First Ladies were in The Junior League first?

    • March 14, 2014
    Five. Which is quite a few, when you consider that there have only been 20 First Ladies since Mary Harriman founded The Junior League in 1901. Eleanor Roosevelt had her…
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    Dear New York Times, please call us next time…

    • November 20, 2013
    Old stereotypes die hard. We were reminded of that obvious fact on reading an Op-Ed in The New York Times over the weekend that managed to drag one of our…
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    • Projects That Inspire

    Everyone wants volunteers, right?

    • July 13, 2012
    Definitely. But what are we doing to attract them? To jumpstart the conversation, here’s what six Junior Leagues have done: The Junior League of New Orleans – As a result…
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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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