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What’s the value of ‘volunteer experience’?

  • January 12, 2012
Just ask Olivia Thomas. Corporate finance executive, single mother, legislative insider, and life-long volunteer, Olivia Thomas has played a variety of impactful roles. Now serving as the executive director of…
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  • Projects That Inspire

If at first you don’t succeed, try it a different way

  • December 2, 2011
Launched in 2008, the Junior League of Philadelphia‘s (JLP) Project GREEN: Using Nature to Nurture was focused on the intersection of children’s health and wellness and the natural environment. Project…
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  • Women

Q&A: Marion Goard and ‘Voluntarism’ in Canada

  • November 3, 2011
Voluntarism – and The Junior League—is doing well in Canada, thank you. That’s the message from Marion Goard, the Canadian Federation of Junior Leagues’ new National Coordinator. AJLI: What do…
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  • Civic Leadership

Tweet this: Tell us why you joined #JuniorLeague!

  • August 30, 2011
The Junior League of Napa-Sonoma sent out that Tweet at a little after 1:30 p.m. PDT on August 17. Within minutes, retweets started coming in from all over The Association.…
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  • Projects That Inspire

Do you plan to study ‘voluntarism’ next year?

  • August 18, 2011
Like many community-focused nonprofit organizations, many Junior Leagues around the country offer graduating seniors a chance to apply for a merit-based scholarship. While students typically need high academic credentials to…
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  • Projects That Inspire

National Volunteer Week 2011 – a time to honor our own

  • April 8, 2011
With National Volunteer Week 2011 upon us, AJLI would like to take time to honor the more than 155,000 women volunteers across four countries who have worked tirelessly and often…
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  • Projects That Inspire

So how do you make an impact?

  • February 10, 2011
Good question.  Like many Leagues, the Junior League of Oakland-East Bay (JLOEB) has wrestled with it for decades.  And the answer, at least in the past, has been: Start something…
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  • Projects That Inspire

How strong is the power of association?

  • November 5, 2010
Call it the multiplier effect.  Sure, one League out of 292 can make a difference in its own community, but harness the power of 292 Junior Leagues and you can…
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  • Projects That Inspire

So you think college is expensive?

  • October 15, 2010
Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest.  First, start with what we all know – that babies are expensive.  Second, understand that a single component of that cost – diapers…
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  • Civic Leadership

Five Years After Katrina: Lessons from New Orleans

  • September 13, 2010
One of the great attributes of a successful Junior League is the extent to which members take their Junior League training and experience outside into the community and do great…
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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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