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In Mexico City, a passionate voice for voluntarism!
Dr. Jacqueline Butcher de Rivas has had many professional roles, but all are grounded in one key element of her resume: her role as a Junior League volunteer. A Past…
The Junior League of Richmond Locker
This summer, Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ), hired a new football coach. There was a short article in the paper, and it mentioned that TJ had very few resources and…
Sustainable Assets: A Global Force
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MEXICO CITY’S JACKIE RIVAS SPREADS THE WORD ON THE BENEFITS OF VOLUNTARISM AROUND THE WORLD Jacqueline Butcher de Rivas, or Jackie Rivas as she’s known among…
When are you too young to volunteer?
Good question. It’s no secret that what we call voluntarism is at the heart of what it means to be a Junior League member. We volunteer our time to create…
Tweet this: Tell us why you joined #JuniorLeague!
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.…
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…
National Volunteer Week 2011 – a time to honor our own
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…
Why not do something different this Valentine’s Day?
Maybe it’s worth taking a minute on Monday to think about the flip side of Valentine’s Day cards, flowers, and pink teddy bears. The flip side is domestic violence. Everyone…
So how do you make an impact?
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…
So who was Mary Harriman’s best-known friend?
It’s a good bet that she was Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. While credit for the founding of The Junior League rightly belongs to Mary Harriman, she was supported in its early…