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NYJL’s LIFT Committee Provides Youth With Life Skills, Mentorship, and Much-Needed Fun During the Pandemic
By facilitating a range of activities from dance-offs to crafts to lessons about personal finance and renting an apartment, the NYJL’s LIFT committee achieves its main goal of helping its 12 to 18 year-old mentees discover their strengths and achieve their full potential through the power of mentorship. Specifically, the committee provides mentees with mentorship […]
While a pandemic brings uncertainty, NYJL encourages girls to put their ambitions to work
Working with longtime community partners Union Settlement and SCAN-Harbor, NYJL’s Personal Advancement and Leadership (PAL) committee mentors girls as they explore continuing education opportunities, broad career aspirations, and life skills. Last year, when the pandemic disrupted daily life, the NYJL reached out to community partners to offer immediate help and strategize ways to provide essential […]
Life Through Another Lens: Marion Hedges
“Life Through Another Lens” features stories of NYJL members, in their own words, to shed light on how we experience the world and the NYJL through different lenses informed by our individual cultural identities. Recently appearing on NBC’s TODAY show, NYJL Board Member Marion Hedges announced the launch of a new nonprofit and reflected on […]
NYJL’s 2022 Outstanding Sustainers and Outstanding Volunteers
Please join the New York Junior League in congratulating our 2022 Outstanding Sustainers and Outstanding Volunteers, NYJL’s highest honors!
Abyssinian Development Corporation and Goddard Riverside Chosen As New York Junior League’s 2021–2022 Community Improvement Project Sites
New York, NY – October 18, 2021 The New York Junior League’s (NYJL) Community Improvement Project has selected the Abyssinian Development Corporation and Goddard Riverside as its 2021–2022 community partners. The Community Improvement Project (CIP) creates a one-year partnership with a selected organization to increase the organization’s community impact. This year’s CIP partners will receive […]