Any Junior Leaguers Out There?

Quotia
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:03:44 +0000

I’ve been a Junior League member for 6 years now. It’s a good way to help in the community, and I’ve met some amazing women. Our league has partnerships with a number of social service and cultural organizations throughout the city, and we provide them with large numbers of trained volunteers. We also give grants to nonprofits in our city - serving on the league’s grantmaking committee has been one of my favorite placements.

My league is one of the larger ones, and one of the things we struggle with is keeping members feeling connected when there are 1000+ active members. I’ve found that the easiest way to feel connected is to take on leadership roles (which is suprisingly easy to do). There are also numerous social events organized for league members, although I don’t do many of those.

The structure works for me because I have a busy life - kids, full-time job, church, etc. Being in the league gets me out in the community in a sustained way, which, to be completely honest, I probably would not do if I had to organize it on my own. In my league, you can control the time commitment somewhat - some committees require more than others.