Community Impact
Community Area Overview: Children’s Education
The Children’s Education Council is one of the New York Junior League’s four key community areas. NYJL committees that fall under Children’s Education provide educators and mentors to low-income New York City children to supplement their in-school curriculum. Educational programs include financial literacy, science, and art, and Community and Outreach Partner organizations working with the […]
Children GIVE Back to Their Community
Hosted by the Junior Junior League, “Get Involved Volunteer Early” events promote volunteerism. It’s never too early to teach your child how to give back to the community. In fact, promoting charitable giving within a family is a wonderful way to pass on important values such as generosity, integrity, compassion, community, love and gratitude. The […]
NYJL Receives Kashi and GM Foundation Grants
The New York Junior League is excited to announce that it received two grants during the 2013-14 NYJL year. The Kashi grant, facilitated through AJLI, provides $3,500 in funding for the CHEF committee to expand their healthy eating program for low-income NYC families. Under the direction of the Board Development committee, CHEF committee co-chairs Marissa Vicario […]
CIP Selects Union Settlement Association as Partner Project
After a long and rigorous process that included nearly two dozen grant proposals, the Community Improvement Project (CIP) has selected Union Settlement Association as its 2014-2015 Project Partner. Union Settlement’s mission is to be an on-the-ground resource for East Harlem residents of all ages, and a passionate advocate for the needs of underserved communities by […]
The NYJL Through the Years
In 1985, NYJL volunteer Emma Mai Ewing undertook the task of putting the New York Junior League’s then 88 year history into words. In her book, Through the Years, she takes much of what she had written for a piece in Town & Country in 1951, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the New York Junior […]