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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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    New children’s book spreads the message of charity to the next generation

    • November 15, 2011
    Participating Junior Leagues are eligible for 70 percent of proceeds Stunned by the U.S. Census Bureau statistic showing that in 2010 one in five U.S. children was living below the…
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    In case you missed it, Nov. 15th is National Philanthropy Day!

    • November 14, 2011
    Junior Leaguers may not typically think of themselves as philanthropists, although what we do here meets Wikipedia’s etymological definition of the term as “the love of humanity” as well as…
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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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