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Junior League of Dallas
Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award
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…
Can mentors really make a difference? You bet.
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…
How many First Ladies were in The Junior League first?
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…
Dear New York Times, please call us next time…
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…
Everyone wants volunteers, right?
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…