The Junior League of Orange County, CA
Foster care has long been an important focus for the Junior League of Orange County, as it has been for many other Leagues.
But what JLOCC has achieved over the last decade demonstrates what can happen when a League thinks long term…and big.
Find out more about this year's recipient >The Junior League of Tulsa
The Department of Justice says that Oklahoma incarcerates more women, per capita, than any other state in the nation. Alarmed by that statistic, the Junior League of Tulsa took action.
The Junior League of Collin County
Juvenile crime is a problem with far reaching effects for the youth, family and communities where they live. The JLCC has partnered with the Collin County Juvenile Probation Services (Juvenile Probation Services) to provide selected first time, nonviolent youth a structured mentoring program that specifically addresses behavior that will equip them with the tools to be successful after they are released from probation.
The Junior League of Phoenix
In 2011, Arizona was named the 35th most obese state, with an obesity rate that has doubled over the last 15 years. This led the Junior League of Phoenix to believe that something needed to be done with regards to obesity prevention and nutrition education. As a result, the Junior League of Phoenix's Kids in the Kitchen initiative was born.
The Junior League of Boca Raton
A few years ago, the League was moved by the finding that one in three families nationally are unable to provide diapers for their children and that more than two hundred thousand families living in their very own community needed them on a regular basis.
The Junior League of Fort Worth
The Junior League of Fort Worth found a partner in a nonprofit called Opening Doors for Women in Need whose central mission is to empower women to become independent providers for their families.
The Junior League of Phoenix
The Junior League of Phoenix won this year’s Award for Community Impact for taking on the dire state of early childhood education in Maricopa County, Arizona.
The Junior League of Napa-Sonoma
For its efforts to ease the burdens of youth aging out of foster care, an issue it’s been working on since 2006, The Junior League of Napa-Sonoma won the 2013 Community Impact Award.
The Junior League of New Orleans
The Junior League of New Orleans serves as a model of civic leadership after the disaster of Katrina, filling the pipeline of not-for-profit leaders with qualified women through its signature program Get on Board.