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About: Junior League

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The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Junior League or JL) is a private, nonprofit educational women's volunteer organization aimed at improving communities and the social, cultural, and political fabric of civil society. With 295 Junior League chapters in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, it is one of the oldest and largest of its kind. Members engage in developing civic leadership skills, fundraising, and volunteering on JL committees to support partner community organizations related to foster children, domestic violence, human trafficking, illiteracy, city beautification, and other issues. Its Mission is to advance women's leadership through meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.

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  • The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Junior League or JL) is a private, nonprofit educational women's volunteer organization aimed at improving communities and the social, cultural, and political fabric of civil society. With 295 Junior League chapters in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, it is one of the oldest and largest of its kind. Members engage in developing civic leadership skills, fundraising, and volunteering on JL committees to support partner community organizations related to foster children, domestic violence, human trafficking, illiteracy, city beautification, and other issues. Its Mission is to advance women's leadership through meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. It was founded in 1901 in New York City by Barnard College debutante Mary Harriman Rumsey. (en)
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  • 140,000 women (en)
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  • Junior League members sell flowers during WWI. New York City? (en)
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  • November 2021 (en)
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  • $7,035,466 (inc. direct program support as all members serve as unpaid volunteers) (en)
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  • New York, NY, U.S. (en)
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  • New York, NY 10038 (en)
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  • Junior League (en)
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  • New York Junior League (en)
  • Junior League for the Promotion of the Settlement Movement, (en)
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  • [[#Chartered Leagues (en)
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  • its kind. (en)
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  • Private, 501 nonprofit (en)
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  • The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Junior League or JL) is a private, nonprofit educational women's volunteer organization aimed at improving communities and the social, cultural, and political fabric of civil society. With 295 Junior League chapters in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, it is one of the oldest and largest of its kind. Members engage in developing civic leadership skills, fundraising, and volunteering on JL committees to support partner community organizations related to foster children, domestic violence, human trafficking, illiteracy, city beautification, and other issues. Its Mission is to advance women's leadership through meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training. (en)
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