Dear Junior League Member, With your help, The Junior League will Welcome continue to make a meaningful impact on On behalf of The Association of Junior communities across four countries and be Leagues International, Inc., welcome to The prepared to adapt to our ever-changing world. Junior League! In 1901, when 19-year-old Mary Harriman founded the first Junior League in Thank you for taking the first step in this New York City, she envisioned an organization journey and for becoming part of The Junior where women could volunteer their time, League team. I encourage you to visit the AJLI develop their skills and improve the lives of website, www.ajli.org, to learn more about those in their communities. One hundred and the exciting developments and programs that from Association our President thirteen years later, Junior Leagues in 292 are taking place both Association-wide at the communities throughout Canada, Mexico, international level and also in individual Junior the United Kingdom and the United States Leagues. continue to provide opportunities for women As you embark on your Junior League career, who are committed to honing their leadership I hope you will explore new opportunities for skills by tackling the issues that confront their growth and embrace our shared commitment communities. to being a major force in the nonprofit sector Every Junior League is a member of The in both the development of women volunteer Association of Junior Leagues International, leaders and community impact. There’s Inc. (AJLI), an organization created to support a reason we’ve been called the Volunteer the Junior Leagues in their fulfillment of the Powerhouse. Mission—to promote voluntarism, develop the Sincerely, potential of women and improve communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Founded in 1921, AJLI Ellen Rose provides consultation, information, resources 2014-2016 President and valuable training opportunities to League members so that every League continues to be a vital force in its community.
By being a part of The Junior League, you are making a journey of lifelong membership in an organization with a long and rich history. Just as our organization has evolved and remained an important force for change over the course of more than a century, your Junior League training and volunteer opportunities will help you understand how to address change—as a community, as an organization, and as an individual. The Junior League provides a strong foundation for civic leadership and also connects women who share a commitment to voluntarism and community transformation. 411
MEMBER 1 Introduction opportunities they’ve been given to reach Facts their potential as effective community and For more than 91 years, The Association of civic leaders. It is a thoroughly networked Junior Leagues International, Inc. has been organization with far-reaching influence that providing support, guidance and leadership both rewards women for their leadership and development opportunities to the 292 Junior voluntarism and also provides the community About the Association of Junior Leagues of International, Inc. Leagues throughout Canada, Mexico, the at large with a level of service, expertise and United Kingdom and the United States. compassion it would be hard pressed to find anywhere else. AJLI is your association, formed in 1921 by your predecessors: forward-looking AJLI marshals a host of resources to provide representatives from more than 30 Leagues support to its member Leagues in their who envisioned an organization that could fulfillment of The Junior League Mission. It unite all Junior Leagues, provide continuity and conducts meetings, provides comprehensive support, and serve as a steward for The Junior training and tools, cultivates collaboration and League Movement in promoting voluntarism, cross-pollination among Leagues, promotes developing the leadership potential of women best practices, offers customized consultations, and improving the quality of life in the and is continually in touch with its member communities they serve. Leagues through All League Emails, All Member Emails, an interactive website, and connected, Today, after an important period of AJLI’s printed and online magazine. AJLI introspection and collaborative self-evaluation, protects the organization’s legal integrity and The Junior League is in the midst of a major financial security, and, as the ambassador of transformation. Inspired by our Vision and our The Junior League to society at large, it shapes enduring Mission, The Junior League is aligning the organization’s public image and crafts its the collective intentions of its members with message through a comprehensive media their actions: endeavoring to develop lasting relations strategy. and high-impact programming that meets a community’s most pressing and under- AJLI is governed by a 19-member Board of served needs and provides a rare and valuable Directors, all of whom are members of the opportunity for members to develop their skills Junior Leagues in their communities. The as best-in-class civic and community leaders. Board is accountable to the Leagues for the development of goals, which enhance Leagues’ Gathering together the diverse experiences ability to fulfill The Junior League Mission. The and perspectives of League leaders, AJLI AJLI Staff then provides services to Leagues has begun to chart a course for the future that support the established goals. in which it takes into account the changing needs and roles of women in modern society—as well as the altered landscape in Community & Civic Leadership the communities they serve. Development On the other end of this transformational Based in New York City, AJLI Staff members process lies a dynamic organization, in step work with League leaders to provide assistance with its times, that is comprised of individual in League governance, financial and business women who’ve capitalized on the many management, communications, strategic 411
MEMBER 2 planning, membership development, members to learn from each other regardless Facts fundraising and community impact. of where they are located geographically in an effort to cultivate a more engaged, Each year, AJLI hosts leadership and impassioned and efficient membership. To that governance meetings including Annual end, we:
Conference, Fall Leadership, and Winter About the Association of Junior Leagues of International, Inc. Leadership, and provides training through • Offer numerous networking opportunities Organizational Development Institute at leadership and training meetings Conferences. Regional Meetings provide training opportunities locally and are organized • Provide important contact information for by the Leagues. In addition, AJLI is in the Leagues and League Boards through our process of developing and providing an online Contact Directory assortment of online learning opportunities including interactive online training, self-paced • Maintain Profile Data, which includes learning modules, webinars, as well as an on- details on League activities such as fund demand Help Desk. development, recruitment, strategy, etc., and what Leagues are doing in their communities to make an impact
Building the Global Junior League • Develop the online content and annual Brand print version of connected magazine. All content is posted on One of AJLI’s most critical responsibilities is http://connected.ajli.org to build the global Junior League brand. It works both internally and externally to increase • Develop web-based tools that enable awareness about the work of Junior Leagues Leagues and League members to share and to tap opportunities to gain recognition resources and network, including Ask for League programs and accomplishments. AJLI, the President/President-Elect AJLI supports the meaningful work being Groups page, the Affinity Groups pages, done by the Leagues and works to promote it which organize Leagues by size, and in a variety of ways including media outreach, individual League pages, which provide features in connected, postings in social essential details on every one of our media forums, and inclusion on the AJLI 292 member Leagues. In addition, each website via features such as the Newsfeed, individual League has its own private Upcoming Events Calendar and Community Groups page where League members Projects. In addition, AJLI strives to cultivate can communicate and share files and maintain synergistic ties with other like- between members of their own League minded organizations in the hope of enhancing in a private setting the organization’s image and adopting best practices. • Offer access to free web meetings platform, Fuze. Members can schedule and host online meetings within Leagues, Connecting 150,000 Movers & Shakers across the Association and they can include external participants such as As your association, AJLI is committed to sponsors and community partners too providing opportunities for Leagues and League 411
MEMBER 3 • Maintain the JL Contact Directory, a Getting In On the Action Facts searchable online User Directory that allows members across the Association The whole is only as great as the sum of its to connect to one another through the parts, and we believe the more robust and frequently updated AJLI website comprehensive our resources become and
the more engaged and active our members About the Association of Junior Leagues of International, Inc. • Develop and maintain an official presence are in sharing information with one another, in the sphere of social media, uploading the better served our communities will be. League news and educational content To access the Member Area of AJLI.org, about League initiatives—and attracting which offers abundant resources designed for members, fans, and followers via members only, members must enroll using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare their AJLI member ID. Members who have yet and Pinterest to create a personal username and password are encouraged to go to www.ajli.org and click Leveraging the Power of Association on member log-in. This will take you to the link to Support League Fundraising for the enrollment page. For questions, email Efforts [email protected] or call the AJLI Help Desk at 800.955.3248. AJLI works with its sponsors and partners to benefit the individual Junior Leagues as well as We encourage you to visit the AJLI website the Association. One such partner is Colgate often for updates and information about the and the company’s Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Association, your sister Leagues and their initiative. See listings in the Benefits section members. for further information or visit our members website: http://www.ajli.org/?nd=benefits_for_you.
Providing Member Benefits and Services
While AJLI works mainly with League leaders, we also seek opportunities to provide benefits and products to individual Junior League members. The Individual Member Benefits and Services section of AJLI.org, Benefits for You!, highlights Junior League member benefits in areas including financial products, hotel accommodations and car rentals. Through the JL Boutique members can purchase JL gift and stationery items sporting The Junior League logo, as well as jewelry and AJLI cookbooks that draw on recipes from numerous Leagues. 411
MEMBER 4 umerous Junior League members have Betty Ford 1918-2011 Famous Nbecome household names through their Humanitarian, woman’s rights and substance professional and personal pursuits. Below is just abuse prevention advocate, former First Lady a sampling of famous Junior League women. of the U.S. (1974-77); founder, Betty Ford Clinic (1982) Shirley Temple Black 1928-2014 Grand Rapids, MI Child actress featured in more than 40 films; U.S. Representative to the United Nations
Margaret Hamilton 1902-1985 Junior League Members (1969-70); U.S. Ambassador to Ghana (1974-76); Actress, best known for her role as the Wicked first woman to serve as White House Chief of Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz Protocol (1976-77) Cleveland, OH Palo Alto • Mid-Peninsula, CA Katharine Hepburn 1907-2003 Barbara Bush 1925- 4-time U.S. Academy Award-winning actress Community service volunteer, literacy activist, (1934, 68, 69, 82); 3-time British Academy author; former First Lady of the United States Award recipient (1969, 83); writer; daughter of (1989-1993); founder of the Barbara Bush suffragette Katharine Houghton Foundation for Family Literacy (1989) Hartford, CT Houston, TX Oveta Culp Hobby 1905-1995 Laura Bush 1946- First Commander of Women’s Auxiliary Army Literacy activist, volunteer, author; former First Corps (1941-45); first U.S. Secretary of Health, Lady of the U.S. (2001-2009); launched Ready to Education & Welfare (1953-55) in President Read, Ready to Learn educational initiative (2001) Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Administration Dallas, TX Houston, TX
Marilyn Carlson Nelson 1939- Mary Pillsbury Lord 1904-1978 Chair and former CEO of Carlson Companies, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations, succeeding the first major North American travel company Eleanor Roosevelt to sign the ECPAT international code of conduct Minneapolis, MN & The City of New York regarding the sexual exploitation of children (2002); Chair by presidential appointment, Ruth Rowlands Nichols 1901-1960 National Women’s Business Council (2002- Female aviation pioneer who held simultaneous 2005); Author: How We Lead Matters: world records for speed, altitude and distance. Reflections on a Life of Leadership(2008) Was an early advocate for including women in Minneapolis, MN the NASA space program. The City of New York Sarah Palfrey Cooke Danzig 1912-1996 Two-time U.S. Tennis Champion (1934, 35) and Sandra Day O’Connor 1930- twice doubles champion at Wimbledon (1930, First female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981- 36), author, activist; lobbied the U.S. Tennis 2006); Assistant Attorney General for Arizona Association to remove the color bar (1950); (1965-69); first woman to serve as the majority voted into the International Tennis Hall of leader of a state Senate (1969-74) in Arizona Fame (1963) Phoenix, AZ The City of New York 411
MEMBER 5 Nancy Reagan 1921- U.S. Congress Famous Actress, author; substance abuse prevention activist; former First Lady of the U.S. (1981-1989) • Judy Biggert Los Angeles, CA Elected U.S. House of Representatives 1998-present Eleanor Roosevelt 1884-1962 Chicago, IL First Lady of the United States (1933-1945); • Frances P. Bolton
social reformer; humanitarian; author; U.S. Elected U.S. House of Representatives Junior League Members Delegate to the United Nations, (1946- 1940-1969 52, 1961-62); Chair of the Human Rights Cleveland, OH Commission overseeing the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) • Jennifer Dunn The City of New York Elected U.S. House of Representatives 1992-2004 Mary Harriman Rumsey 1881-1934 Seattle, WA Founder of The Junior League (1901); first • Anna G. Eshoo defender of consumer rights in President Elected U.S. House of Representatives Franklin Roosevelt’s Administration (1933); 1992-present organizer, Farm Foundation Board (1933-34) Palo Alto • Mid-Peninsula, CA The City of New York • Mary E. Pruett Farrington Eudora Welty 1909-2001 Elected U.S. House of Representatives Pulitzer prize-winning author of The Optimist’s 1954-1956 Daughter (1969); photographer; lecturer Honolulu, HI Jackson, MS • Tillie K. Fowler Elected U.S. House of Representatives Pamela Willeford 1950- 1992-2000 Former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Jacksonville, FL Luxembourg Austin, TX • Isabella Selmes Greenway Elected U.S. House of Representatives 1933-1936 Elected to Government The City of New York • Kay R. Hagan Canadian Parliament Elected to U.S. Senate, 2008-present Greensboro, NC • Florence Bird Elected to Canadian Parliament 1978-1983 • Carolyn Maloney Winnipeg, MB Elected U.S. House of Representatives 1992-present • Margaret McTavish Konantz The City of New York Elected to Canadian Parliament 1964-1968 Winnipeg, MB • Lynn Martin Elected U.S. House of Representatives • Bobbie Sparrow 1981-1985; U.S. Secretary of Labor 1991-93 Elected to Canadian Parliament 1984-1988 Rockford, IL Calgary, AB 411
MEMBER 6 • Doris Matsui • Alyson l. Huber Famous Elected U.S. House of Representatives California State Assemblymember, 2005-present 2008-Present Sacramento, CA Sacramento, CA • Ruth Sears Baker Pratt • Diane Patrick Elected U.S. House of Representatives Texas House of Representatives, 1929-1933 2007-Present
The City of New York Arlington, TX Junior League Members • Margaret Chase Smith • Betty Sims Elected in 1948 to U.S. Senate; elected in Missouri State Senator, 1995-2002 1940 to U.S. House of Representatives; St. Louis, MO first woman to serve in both houses of Congress • Emily Anne Staples Tuttle Minnesota State Senate, 1977-1980 Bangor, ME Minneapolis, MN
Local Government (U.S.) State Government (U.S.) • Pat Evans • Martha Bedell Alexander Mayor of Plano, TX, 2002-2009 North Carolina House of Representatives, Plano, TX 1992-2000 • Margaret Hance Charlotte, NC First woman mayor of Phoenix, AZ, • Betsey Bayless 1976-1983 Arizona 16th Secretary of State, 1997-2002 Phoenix, AZ Phoenix, AZ • Glenda Hood • Roseann Knauer Bentley First woman mayor of Orlando, FL, Missouri State Senator, 1995-2002 1992-2003 Springfield, MO Greater Orlando, FL • Mary O. Donohue • Willie Mount New York State Lt. Governor, 1999-2006 First woman mayor of Lake Charles, LA, Troy, NY 1993-1999 Lake Charles, LA • Beth Halteman Harwell Tennessee General Assembly Member, • Florence Shapiro 1988-present, Speaker of the House, 2011 Mayor of Plano, TX, 1990-1992 Nashville, TN Plano, TX • Kerry Healey • Carole Keeton Strayhorn Massachusetts State Lt. Governor, First woman mayor of Austin, TX, 2003-2007 1977-1983 Boston, MA Austin, TX 411
MEMBER 7 A History A History Critical Milestones In the 1920s-1930s Movement In 1921, approximately 30 Junior Leagues create The Association of Junior Leagues of America 1901- Junior League Founded (AJLA) to provide professional support to the In 1901, Mary Harriman, a 19-year-old New Leagues. Dorothy Whitney Straight becomes York City debutante, forms The Junior League the first Association President. for the Promotion of Settlement Movements. Harriman mobilizes a group of 80 other young During the 1920s, The Junior League of Chicago pioneers children’s theater, an idea
women, hence the name “Junior League,” to of Growth & Community Service work to improve child health, nutrition and that is subsequently taken up by more than 100 literacy among immigrants living on the Lower Leagues across the country. East Side of Manhattan. Inspired by her friend In politics, Ruth Sears Baker Pratt, of the Junior Mary, Eleanor Roosevelt joins the Junior League League of the City of New York, becomes the of the City of New York in 1903, teaching first woman elected to Congress from New calisthenics and dancing to young girls at the York in 1929. Later in 1933, Isabella Selmes College Settlement House. Greenway, friend of the Eleanor Roosevelt and 1907-1920 - The Movement Expands former New York City Junior League member, The second Junior League is formed in Boston, becomes the first woman elected to represent Mass. in 1907 and is soon followed by the Arizona in the U.S. Congress. founding of the Brooklyn, NY and Portland, OR. Junior Leagues respond to the Depression by Junior Leagues in the 1910’s opening nutrition centers and milk stations. In 1912, The Junior League of Montreal becomes They operate baby clinics, day nurseries for the first League in Canada, while five other Junior working mothers, birth control clinics and Leagues are formed in Baltimore; Chicago; training schools for nurses. Junior Leagues Cleveland; Philadelphia and San Francisco. also establish volunteer bureaus to recruit, train and place much-needed volunteers in the During this period, Junior Leagues shift their community. Many Leagues create State Public focus from settlement house work to social, Affairs Committees (SPACs) to influence public health and educational issues that affect the welfare policy. community at large. The Junior League of Brooklyn successfully petitions the Board Junior League of Hartford member, Katherine of Education to provide free lunches in city Hepburn, wins her first of four Academy Awards schools. In 1914, the founders of The Junior in 1933 for Morning Glory. With the 1939 League of St. Louis march for women’s suffrage. release of The Wizard of Oz, Junior League of Cleveland member, Margaret Hamilton, creates During World War I, Junior Leagues play an active one of cinema’s most memorable characters role, selling bonds and working in Army hospitals. with her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the The San Francisco Junior League forms a motor West. The Junior League of Mexico City joins delivery service that serves as a model for the The Association in 1930, further expanding nationwide Red Cross Motor Corps. the international nature of the organization. By 1939, there are 144 Junior Leagues in existence. 411
MEMBER 8 A History A History 1940s partnerships in many cities to establish children’s During World War II, Junior League members museums. The 1950s also marks the growth play a major role in the war effort by chairing of regional Junior League cookbooks as a hundreds of war-related organizations in key fundraising tool, spearheaded by the virtually every city where Junior Leagues Charleston League, which aggressively and operate. Canadian and U.S. League members successfully markets its Charleston Receipts serve overseas. Junior League of Nashville cookbook to food editors and critics around member, Cornelia Fort, becomes the first the U.S. female pilot in American history to die on In 1950, two-time U.S. Tennis Champion and of Growth & Community Service active duty while on a training mission with the New York City Junior League Member, Sarah WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots). Oveta Palfrey Cooke Danzig, lobbies the United State Culp Hobby, a Houston League member, leads Tennis Association to open the sport to all the Women’s Army Corps. athletes by removing the color bar.
Margaret Chase Smith, of the Junior League In 1953, Mary Pillsbury Lord of the Junior of Bangor, becomes the first woman to serve Leagues of Minneapolis and New York, in the both the U.S. House of Representatives succeeds Eleanor Roosevelt as U.S. Delegate to and Senate, in 1940 and 1948 respectively. In the United Nations. Ohio, Frances P. Bolton of the Junior League of Cleveland becomes the first woman to be 1960s elected to Congress from Ohio, going on to In this period of great turbulence and social serve in the U.S. House of Representatives for a change, Junior Leagues rise to meet many total of 15 terms. challenges. As the decade progresses, nearly half the Leagues have health and welfare In 1940, the first Junior League cookbook, a projects, including alcohol programs, adoption compilation of recipes by The Junior League services, clinics, convalescent care and hospital of Augusta entitled Recipes from Southern services, and many Junior Leagues begin to Kitchens, appears and begins a tradition of add environmental issues to their agendas. fundraising through cookbook publishing. The Junior League of Toledo produces the 1950s educational film, Fate of a River, a report on By the 1950s, nearly 150 Junior Leagues are the devastating effects of water pollution. involved in remedial reading centers, diagnostic Leagues also establish programs addressing testing programs and programs for gifted and the education, housing, social services and challenged children. Leagues collaborate in employment needs of urban residents. the development of educational television Meanwhile, in Canada, Margaret McTavish and are in the forefront of promoting quality Konantz of the Junior League of Winnipeg programming for children. In 1952, the becomes the first woman from Manitoba to Mexico City League establishes the Comité serve in the Canadian House of Commons. Internacional Pro Ciegos, a comprehensive, In 1967, fellow Junior League of Winnipeg international center for the blind. member and later Canadian Parliament By the end of the decade, Junior Leagues member, Florence Bird, chairs the Royal support over 300 arts projects and multiple Commission on the Status of Women. The Commission is convened to examine the 411
MEMBER 9 status of women in Canada and develop alcohol abuse on women. Junior League of Los A History recommendations for the government to take Angeles Sustainer, and then First Lady, Nancy to ensure equal opportunities for women in all Reagan, launches the “Just Say No” campaign aspects of society. to address the growing issue of drug abuse.
By now, more than 200 Leagues are part of The Canadian Federation holds its first national the Association, which dedicates itself anew conference focusing on violence against women to building leadership skills and increasing and the negative impact of pornography. The membership diversity. number of Leagues grows to 211. of Growth & Community Service 1970s In 1981, Junior League of Phoenix member, In 1971, the Association changes its name to Sandra Day O’Connor, becomes the first The Association of Junior Leagues Inc. (AJLI). woman to be appointed a Supreme Court Throughout the 1970s, Leagues expand their Justice of the United States. participation in public affairs issues, especially in the areas of child health and juvenile In 1985, the first Junior League outside North justice. In 1973, almost 200 Leagues work America, The Junior League of London, with the National Commission on Crime and becomes a member of the Association. Delinquency and the U.S. Justice Department In 1988, the Association officially becomes The on a four-year program seeking to improve Association of Junior Leagues International, the criminal justice system. In Canada, the Inc. (AJLI), better reflecting the international Canadian Federation is formed to promote scope of member Leagues. In 1989, then First public issues among the Canadian Leagues. Lady and Junior League of Houston Sustainer, During this decade, Junior League women Barbara Bush, establishes the Barbara Bush continue to impact the world of politics with the Foundation for Family Literacy building upon a election of Florence Bird to Canada’s Parliament legacy of promoting literacy. Also in this year, and Carole Keeton Strayhorn as the first woman AJLI is presented with the prestigious U.S. mayor of Austin, TX. Former child actress and President’s Volunteer Action Award. Junior League of Palo Alto • Mid-Peninsula 1990s member, Shirley Temple Black, is appointed by In the early 1990s, 230 Leagues participate in then President Nixon as the U.S. Representative a public awareness campaign to encourage to the United Nations. In 1973, Eudora Welty, early childhood immunization called “Don’t of the Junior League of Jackson MS, wins the Wait to Vaccinate.” In 1998, Clotilde Perez-Bode Pulitzer Prize for The Optimist’s Daughter. Dedecker becomes the first Hispanic President 1980s of The Association. During the 1980s, Junior Leagues in the Junior League members, Lee Clancey, Glenda U.S. gain recognition for advocacy efforts Hood, and Willie Mount become the first to improve the child welfare system. U.S. women mayors of their hometowns, Cedar Leagues also help gain passage of the first Rapids, IA, Orlando, FL and Lake Charles, LA, federal legislation to address domestic respectively. violence. More than 100 Leagues develop the “Woman to Woman” campaign that actively The Junior Leagues renew their dedication to and comprehensively tackles the impact of The Junior League Mission. The Association’s 411
MEMBER 10 Board adopts Goals to guide and position the New Orleans for the “Rebuilding a Better New A History Association for its second century. The Goals Orleans” initiative. In 2006, 228 Junior Leagues stress the importance of the Association in participate in the launch of Junior Leagues’ Kids helping Junior Leagues develop women for in the Kitchen, an AJLI initiative to address the community leadership, achieve a shared, problems associated with childhood obesity positive identity and function as strong, viable and poor nutrition. and healthy organizations, consistent with The Junior League Mission. In 2008, The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. wins a prestigious Summit
2000s - The Junior League’s Second Award from the American Society of of Growth & Community Service Century Association Executives (ASAE) & The Center for In 2001, Deborah Brittain, AJLI’s first African- Leadership, Washington, D.C. for its Kids in the American President, presides over The Kitchen program. Junior League’s centennial celebration. Maya Angelou, Nane Annan, and Gloria Steinem, In 2009, New York City Junior League member, among others, address the members at the Carolyn Maloney, introduces legislation to Association’s Annual Conference in New York establish a National Women’s History Museum City, home of the first Junior League. in Washington, D.C.
AJLI co-chairs the U.S. Steering Committee At Annual Conference 2009 The Association for the United Nations’ International Year of adopts a new Vision Statement to better reflect the Volunteer (IYV) with the Points of Light our aspirations for our future: The Junior Foundation. As part of IYV activities, President League: Women Around the World as Catalysts Vicente Fox recognizes The Junior League of for Lasting Community Change. Also in this Mexico City’s members for their “high level of year, a Steering Committee is appointed to social leadership and human quality.” lead the Association through a comprehensive strategic planning process designed to chart In 2002, AJLI launches The Junior League the future of The Junior League. Dubbed PR/Marketing Campaign, with the first brand the Strategic Roadmap, the plan outlines the logo and tagline, “Women Building Better five strategic questions AJLI must answer Communities.” The Association’s Board of to differentiate The Junior League in an Directors also launches its “Healthy League increasingly crowded marketplace and better Initiative,” a formal self-evaluation process position the organization for success in its designed to ensure that each League continues second century. to achieve its full potential in its community by assessing its strengths and weaknesses. 2010-Present For the past several years AJLI has been Continuing a tradition of “firsts” in politics, Pat engaged in a highly collaborative and strategic Evans of the Junior League of Plano becomes organizational transformation process designed the first woman mayor of her city, going on to to ensure the long-term health, vitality and be re-elected another two terms. viability of The Junior League for generations of civic leaders to come. This undertaking—a In 2006, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, complex and thoughtful process—has over 600 volunteers from Leagues across involved hundreds of thousands of hours and the Association joined The Junior League of thousands of members from Leagues across 411
MEMBER 11 the Association all plotting a deliberate course A History toward relevance and meaning in the 21st century. To learn more about our efforts, please visit the Transformation section in the Member Area of the AJLI website: http://bit.ly/ajlitransformation.
The Junior League of Wilmington’s Elizabeth Redenbaugh is recognized for her efforts against segregation when she is honored with of Growth & Community Service the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award.
Junior League members continue to impact their communities, tackling emerging issues such as human trafficking, cyber bullying and cyber crimes. Junior League Public Affairs Committees in Atlanta, Florida, New Jersey, and New York successfully advocate for legislation to provide support services to victims of human trafficking and The Junior League is honored by The United Nations Association of New York for its work on the issue.
The Association partners with the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, housed at Radcliffe College at Harvard University, to incorporate The Junior League Magazine archives into its collection, thereby making the information they contain available to the general public, both through the new public-facing AJLI website and through the Schlesinger Library’s online database.
To view The History of the Junior League Video visit http://bit.ly/WeAreJL. 411
MEMBER 12 Benefits Benefits provides many programs that Cross-Cultural Solutions MEMBER & LEAGUE AJLIbenefit both Junior League http://www.crossculturalsolutions.org/ajli Members and individual Junior Leagues. The AJLI and Cross-Cultural Solutions have Additional information—including special partnered together to offer Junior Leagues and promotional codes—on all these benefits their members the opportunity to volunteer can be found in the member area of the AJLI internationally with countless opportunities to website—look for Benefits for You! in the connect with and learn from, local people in Services tab. these global communities. Member & League & Member
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MEMBER 13 Benefits Benefits Foundation Center LEAGUE Jitasa LEAGUE Through a special partnership with The Jitasa (formerly Easy Office) provides Association of Junior Leagues International, outsourced accounting and bookkeeping Inc., The Foundation Center is pleased to offer services to nonprofits nationwide. Services exclusive cost savings through a discount include everything from day-to-day purchasing program set up specifically for all bookkeeping, monthly reconciliations, IRS 990 Junior League members. You can now enjoy preparation, and program tracking to chart of
a 25% discount on any and all fee-based League & Member account clean-up and monthly reports—as little training courses, webinars, and publications or as much assistance as you need. Jitasa has the Foundation Center markets to the general special discounts available to Junior Leagues. public. For more information please contact Cassie For available courses and publications, visit Strain at 208-287-4777 ext 153, cassie.strain@ the Foundation Center’s Marketplace http:// jitasa.is or visit www.jitasa.ajli marketplace.foundationcenter.org/. Please use the exclusive Coupon Code AJLI25 and save 25%! Joan Hornig Jewelry MEMBER Joan’s model of giving 100% of the profits on each Joan Hornig piece to the purchaser’s Group Insurance Plans charity of choice challenges women to use Mercer MEMBER & LEAGUE beauty and fashion in a new way… her jewelry www.personal-plans.com/ajli/welcome.do is meant to be noticed and talked about as Personal Coverage—The Junior League Group it carries the all-important message that Insurance Plans are designed to provide philanthropy is beautiful, personal and worth comprehensive and affordable coverage for promoting. League members and their families. To support the Association, please make sure Directors & Officers Liability Insurance LEAGUE to select “Association of Junior Leagues” when Whether there are grounds for a suit or not, shopping on the Joan Hornig site—http://www. defending yourself against accusation of a joanhornig.com/—or when purchasing at luxury wrongful act can cost your Junior League department stores such as Neiman Marcus, money. Lawsuits often name board members, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue. employees, volunteers or the Junior League organization itself. Directors & Officers Don’t forget to check out the signature Junior insurance helps to protect your League in such League Gavel Necklace only available in the JL cases. Boutique and on the Joan Hornig website. Every member should get this wonderful piece to commemorate her membership in The Junior Liberty Mutual MEMBER & LEAGUE League! www.libertymutual.com/lm/ajli Auto and Homeowners Insurance— Membership benefits now include group rates Laura Lively MEMBER & LEAGUE on auto and home insurance. Laura Lively has two great fundraising 411
MEMBER 14 opportunities for your League including the Consulting Associate at 1.800.955.3248 ext. Benefits Referral Program and Boutique in a Box both 309 or [email protected] of which can earn your League up to 20% of sales. Many League leaders have seen Laura Rent the Runway MEMBER & LEAGUE Lively at the AJLI Leadership Conferences in What do you do when get the coveted the past. Laura Lively has a beautiful collection invitation to the black-tie of the season but of necklaces, bracelets and earrings made with haven’t got the time to lose the 20 pounds you genuine freshwater pearls, mother of pearl, need to fit into last year’s “it” dress? And how natural stones, shell and crystals. Their designs League & Member do you handle your best friend from childhood, are modern twists on the classics that endure who, upon becoming engaged, morphs beyond the trends. into Bridezilla and demands you purchase an outrageously priced taffeta-and-tulle For more details, please contact Laura Miniotas monstrosity that looks more like a Lady Gaga at [email protected] or visit their online cast-off? Problem solved. Since February 1, store at mylauralively.com 2011 AJLI has partnered with Rent the Runway, the premier online destination for special National Assembly PurchasingPoint LEAGUE occasion dress and accessory rentals. Rent The PurchasingPoint program is a group the Runway is extending a special 15% discount purchasing opportunity that gives nonprofits to AJLI members and their friends and family access to a level of pricing typically available on the designs of a revolving roster of more only to Fortune 100 companies. Through than 120 top designers, 15,000 of the season’s the collective buying power of an extensive hottest dresses, and 4,000 accessories. Visit network of hospitals, foundation grantees renttherunway.com and enter discount code and nonprofits including the Junior Leagues, AJLI15OFF during checkout and 10% of each savings average 33%. first-time purchase will go to AJLI. See ajli.org Members Area for promotion code. What does this all mean for you? Huge savings for your League and the programs you support. Sweet Charleston Designs MEMBER Visit the AJLI PurchasingPoint portal page by Sweet Charleston Designs and Sweet clicking on the following link: Traditions Jewelry designers’ and Junior http://ajli.purchasingpoint.org Leaguers, Janie Manning and Angie Buxton, are known for their love of Colonial History Nonprofit Risk Management Center LEAGUE and cultural art form appreciation. They are As an Affiliate member of NRMC, AJLI passionate in their pursuit of introducing members have access to practical risk jewelry designs to the retail market that are management resources; as well as discounts reminiscent of the Lowcountry elegance and on programs, services and publications, and other prominent handicrafts from our Colonial conferences. past. Each collection is custom crafted using combinations of Sterling Silver and 18 Karat For more information about the Nonprofit Gold, and Pewter. Sweet Charleston Designs Risk Management Center’s Affiliates Program, and Sweet Traditions illustrate a unique style, visit: http://www.nonprofitrisk.org/affiliates/ elegance and grace which define a new classic default.asp or contact Pamela Mosley, AJLI’s approach to today’s luxury and fashion jewelry 411
MEMBER 15 markets. The collections offer an interpretive in our sales. Benefits tribute to the ancient global art of coiled woven 4. Send your League code and the url to your basketry, commonly referred to as Sweet friends and family Grass Basketry in America. The art form was introduced in America by enslaved rice farmers 5. Support Junior League fundraising efforts who were brought to America beginning the Get Started today! 800.215.0566 or visit: late 1600s. Sweet Grass Baskets are recognized therealreal.com/juniorleague as the oldest African American Art Form in the
U.S. today. League & Member Tiffany & Co. Corporate Gifting Program LEAGUE Your purchase not only supports keeping the The Junior League’s long-standing corporate history of the Sweet Grass tradition alive, but gifting program with Tiffany & Co. affords Junior 10% of your total retail sale made on the Sweet Leagues and their Members access to select Charleston Design website will be donated to Tiffany business gifts etched with The Junior AJLI. League logo.
Members must enter the code AJLI during All questions related to the Junior League/ checkout from the on-line shop: http://www. Tiffany program can be directed to Susan sweetcharlestondesigns.com/Gold-Wire- Lindine, Buyer for the JL Boutique at boutique@ Jewelry-Silver-Wire-Jewelry-Daniel-Island- ajli.org SC.html.
Preferred Rates At Hotels And Resorts MEMBER The RealReal MEMBER & LEAGUE Junior League members are eligible for The RealReal is the leader in authenticated preferred rates at select hotels including, The luxury consignment. We are thrilled to be Ritz Carlton Buckhead in Atlanta, GA; The Ritz partnering with AJLI to support Junior League Carlton Dallas; The Ritz Carlton Denver; The fundraising efforts in 2014. Ritz Carlton Montreal; The Ritz Carlton New Orleans; The Ritz Carlton Philadelphia; The Ritz Benefits to you: Carlton Toronto; The Charleston Place Hotel in • “First Look” status for all AJLI members Charleston, SC; The Mansion at Turtle Creek, A offering 24-hour pre-sale access to all sales Rosewood Hotel and Hotel Crescent Court, A • 20% off select items on The RealReal to Rosewood Hotel in Dallas, TX; The Saint Regis Junior League members, friends and family Houston in Houston, TX; and The Carlyle in • $250 site credit per month to the League New York, NY. with the greatest number of buyers each month Wyndham Hotel Group/Hotel Discount • 7% of sales on TheRealReal.com driven by Offer MEMBER you and your network to AJLI Members can now save on hotel rooms at nearly 7,000 participating hotels worldwide. As We make it easy: 1. Go to therealreal.com/juniorleague a Junior League member you will receive up to 15% off the “Best Available Rate” at participating 2. Copy your League’s promo code. Wyndham Hotel Group locations every time 3. Join and shop! Receive 20% off select items you travel. Call and give an agent your special 411
MEMBER 16 discount ID number at the time of booking to Benefits receive the discount.
Whether you are looking for an upscale hotel, an all-inclusive resort or something more cost- effective, the Wyndham Hotel Group has the right hotel for you…and at the right price. So start saving now. Call their special member benefits hotline1-877-670-7088 and reserve League & Member your room today at one of these fine hotels:
• Wyndham Hotels and Resorts® • Days Inn® • Ramada Worldwide® • Super 8® • Wingate® • By Wyndham • Baymont Inns and Suites® • Hawthorn Suites® • By Wyndham • Microtel Inns and Suites® • Howard Johnson® • Travelodge® • Knights Inn®
* Special codes apply for many of these offers. Be sure to visit the ‘Benefits for You’ section in the Members Area of AJLI.org. 411
MEMBER 17 Mission, Vision, Purpose Vision, Mission, Mission Mission Misión The Association of Junior L’Association des Junior La Asociación de Junior Leagues International, Inc. is Leagues Internationale, Inc. Leagues Internacional, Inc. es an organization of women est un organism réunissant una organización de mujeres committed to promoting des femmes déterminées comprometidas a promover voluntarism, developing the à promouvoir le bénévolat, el voluntariado, desarrollar el potential of women and à développer le potentiel potencial de la mujer y mejorar improving communities des femmes et à améliorer comunidades a través de la through the effective action la société par le travail et acción y el liderazgo efectivos and leadership of trained l’initiative de bénévoles de voluntarias capacitadas. Su volunteers. Its purpose is formées. Elle ouvre à des fins propósito es exclusivamente exclusively educational and strictement éducatives et educativo y altruista. charitable. charitables.
Vision Perspective Visión The Junior League: Women La Junior Leagues: partout La Junior League: las mujeres Around the World as Catalysts dans le monde, les femmes de todo el mundo como for Lasting Community sont des catalyseurs de catalizadoras para generar Change. changements durables au sein un cambio duradero en la des collectivités. comunidad.
Association Purpose Objectif de L’Association Propósito de La The purpose of The L’objectif de l’Association des Asociación Association of Junior Leagues Junior Leagues Internationale, El propósito de la Asociación International, Inc. is to add Inc. est d’ajouter valeur à ses de Junior Leagues value to its member Leagues in membres dans la réalisation de Internacional, Inc. es agregar their fulfillment of The Junior la Mission des Junior Leagues. valor a sus Ligas afiliadas, en el League Mission. cumplimiento de la Misión de la Junior League.
Reaching Out Principe de Recrutement Principio de The Association of Junior L’Association des Junior Incorporación de Socias Leagues International, Inc. Leagues Internationale, La Asociación de Junior reaches out to women of all Inc. s’adresse sans aucune Leagues Internacional, races, religions and national distinction de race, religion Inc. se dirige a mujeres de origins who demonstrate an ou nationalité á des femmes todas las razas, religiones interest in and commitment to qui font prevue d’un intérêt y nacionalidades que voluntarism. particulier et sont prêtes á demuestren interés y s’engager dans des actions compromiso con el bénévoles. voluntariado. 411
MEMBER 18 Contact Contact Headquarters The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. 80 Maiden Lane, Suite 305 New York, NY 10038 Tel: 212.951.8300 / Fax: 212.481.7196
Junior League Help Desk
U.S. and Canada: 1.800.955.3248 Governance and Board List Contact Headquarters, AJLI Mexico: 001.800.955.3248 United Kingdom: 0800-015-4673
AJLI staff are available from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET each weekday.
Website: www.ajli.org Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/JuniorLeague Twitter: twitter.com/JuniorLeague
Note: A member needs her own username and password to access the Member Area of AJLI.org. Members can enroll at any time at the member log-in section of the site. You will need your unique AJLI member ID number to enroll.
To locate your AJLI member ID
• Contact your League office: Twice each year, AJLI sends a roster to each League office with their members’ names and AJLI member ID numbers. Your League office also has online -ac cess to League rosters.
• AJLI Help Desk: Call toll free 800.955.3248 during our office hours from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. If there are any difficulties enrolling, please email [email protected] or call the AJLI helpline at 800.955.3248 for assistance.
• Look at the label on your printed connected newsletter, your ID is printed just above your name. 411
MEMBER 19 Contact Contact The 2014-2015 AJLI Board & Governance Committee For detailed contact information, visit the Member Area of AJLI.org or email: [email protected] Executive Committee Governance Committee • Eileen O. Goodwin • Ellen Rose • Laurel Lee-Alexander
At-Large Director 2012-2015 Governance and Board List Contact Headquarters, AJLI President 2014-2016 Governance Chair San Jose City of New York 2014-2015 • Laurel Lee-Alexander Monterey County • Mary Jo Hunt Governance Chair Vice President 2014-2016 • Dona Ponepinto 2014-2015 Buffalo Governance Vice Chair Monterey County 2014-2015 • Ginny Jarrett • Subha Lembach Tacoma Treasurer 2012-2015 At-Large Director 2013-2016 Roanoke Valley • Anne Marie Colombo Columbus At-Large Member 2014-2016 • Allison Hammond • Jodi Penn Douglas County Secretary 2014-2016 At-Large Director 2012-2015 Kalamazoo • Betsy Conway Shreveport-Bossier At-Large Member 2014-2016
• Dona Ponepinto Charlotte Directors Governance Vice Chair • Gretchen Grace-Kragh 2014-2015 • Deann Cook At-Large Member 2013-2015 Tacoma At-Large Director 2014-2017 San Antonio • Deborah Rubens Des Moines • Gwin Londrigan At-Large Director 2013-2016 At-Large Member 2014-2016 • Kathleen Demro Sacramento At-Large Director 2013-2016 Clearwater-Dunedin • Sylvia Strobel Richmond • Ruth McGuire At-Large Director 2014-2017 At-Large Member 2013-2015 • Cynthia Foster Baltimore Milwaukee At-Large Director 2012-2015 • Darci Swanson San Francisco • Elizabeth Tyminski At-Large Director 2014-2017 At-Large Member 2013-2015 Yakima • Alice Gardner-Boreta Boston International Director • Olivia Thomas • Danielle Wilberg 2012-2015 At-Large Director 2012-2015 At-Large Member 2013-2015 Calgary Sarasota Champaign-Urbana • Cecelia A. Gassner • Anne Townsend • Bett Williams At-Large Director 2013-2016 At-Large Director 2014-2017 At-Large Member 2013-2015 Boise Brooklyn Columbia 411
MEMBER 20 From League to Association to From League Setting the Stage for a Some suggestIons to get you started: Continuum of Leadership 1. Visit AJLI.org to learn as much as you can and Service about what’s going on in the Association. Give special attention to: When you joined your local League you • Strategic Planning Process also became a part of an international http://bit.ly/jlstrategicplan association, The Association of Junior Leagues • Governance Committee International, Inc. Through AJLI, your future in http://bit.ly/jlnomcom community and civic leadership is boundless. 2. Join the AJLI Governance Groups page In your local League you will gain the by clicking the invitation link below and specialized skills and knowledge needed to then subscribing to nightly updates — look create a high level of positive systemic change for the link in the upper left corner of the and community impact. You will also learn groupshare home page. what it means to be a part of an organization http://bit.ly/ajligovgroup comprised of 292 Leagues that is 150,000 women strong and growing. 3. Stay involved in your local League and take advantage of everything it has to offer. The Through the power of Association, the women who serve at the Association level platform for community and civic leadership do NOT leave their local League behind— extends beyond the geographical boundaries they bring it with them and use it in their of a single League. As a member of the larger new role. It is an honor to represent your association, there are additional opportunities League at an international table and while for engagement, which include critical roles to your role in your League may change it will play in AJLI leadership. This is an exciting time certainly not cease when you are elected to to be a member of The Junior League. AJLI the AJLI Board or Governance Committee. has embarked on a major strategic planning 4. Ask Questions. Speak with your President initiative with a goal of positioning The Junior or PE to find out if anyone from your League to thrive for another 100 years. League is serving/has served at the Association level and reach out to her. While you may not be ready to apply just yet, Contact a member of the AJLI Governance we want you to know what’s available so that Committee—they are available to answer all when the time is right you are fully informed of your questions. and ready to take that next big step in your Junior League career. Although there is no set path or specific timeline to follow, we suggest you learn as much as possible now so that you may create your own, unique route to Leadership, which we hope will include an AJLI Governance position. 411
MEMBER 21 From League to Association to From League Spotlight on Association Leadership
AJLI Board of Directors The key responsibility of the AJLI Board of Directors is to govern the Association effectively, assuring the viability and integrity of the organization and providing leadership that inspires the Junior Leagues to achieve the Mission.
AJLI Governance Committee The responsibility of the Association Governance Committee is to match organizational needs and individual strengths to produce a leadership team that will most effectively achieve the Association’s Mission, goals and strategic plan.
In order to ensure geographical diversity, the AJLI Board of Directors and Governance Committee are comprised of individuals representing all League Areas. However, Board and Governance Committee members govern on behalf of all Junior Leagues.
The Association is looking for women who: • Have a broad perspective • Have good interpersonal skills • Demonstrate a commitment to multiculturalism • Demonstrate leadership qualities • Have the courage to dissent • Are risk takers with accountability • Have credibility among peers • Are thoughtful and visionary • Are flexible 411
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