Any Junior Leaguers Out There?

Classof2015
Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:53:21 +0000

I joined the Junior League in '96 when we moved to the town we still live in. I was cleaning out closets and donating a bunch of clothes to the local thrift shop that was run by the Junior League, and I got to talking with a nice older woman who was volunteering there. I told her we had just moved to town, and she said “you should join the Junior League!”

It was a great way to meet people I normally wouldn’t meet otherwise. Since I work full time, it was hard to meet other moms. I knew a few who were mothers of my kid’s friends, but by volunteering, I met women with younger children, women with older children, single women, women with no kids – more of a mix. And it was so easy to talk to each other – there’s something levelling about folding used clothing or making meatloaf for the soup kitchen – no one had an agenda or was criticizing everything you said. It was a great way to make life long friendships.

Having said all that, there were definitely some powertripping blond girls in my area who typified every negative stereotype of the Junior League. But they exist in the larger community too – you just figure out who they are and avoid them.

Overall, I would definitely recommend it.