The New Member Potluck on August 3 was a rousing success. Over one hundred women attended the kick-off event for the new member year. Advisors and new members shared their favorite dishes, drinks, and desserts while getting to know each other.   This event highlights the enthusiasm that both our new members and our advisors […]

The Junior League of Washington (JLW) is proud to award a $12,500 grant to a longstanding community partner, Children’s National Medical Center, in support of its Teen Life Clubs (TLC) program. JLW’s grant will provide just under half of the fiscal year’s needed funding for the TLC program, with a grant from the D.C. Office […]

The Junior League of Washington is pleased to announce Katherine Thomas-Canfield as the recipient of the 2013 Meg Graham Scholarship…Celebrating Service and Leadership. Katie Thomas- Canfield is pictured here at the JLW 2013 Awards ceremony with JLW’s 2013- 2013 President Wendy Cumberland. Katie is a senior at School Without Walls and will be matriculating in […]

The Washington Jesuit Academy is a tuition-free, extended-day / extended-year, academically demanding private middle school for Washington, DC’s most vulnerable children – under-served, adolescent males. WJA empowers these youth to break the cycle of failure and poverty through their own education.  With their 12-hour school day, 11-month school year and aggressive academic curriculum, WJA is […]

The SEED School of Washington, D.C. (SEED DC) is a public, college-preparatory boarding school whose primary mission is to provide an outstanding, intensive educational program that prepares children, both academically and socially, for success in college and life beyond. SEED Schools are more than simply schools — SEED is an integrated program that brings, under […]

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”– John Quincy Adams We are proud to honor Laura Bonavita, chair of Membership Outreach, as JLW Chair Extraordinaire. A fourth-year Active, Laura jumped into leadership this year and didn’t look back. With her team, she worked […]

We held the first annual CPC (Community Placement Council) Scavenger Hunt on Wednesday, April 3. The CPC Scavenger Hunt was a great chance for the ladies within our community placement committees to come together and meet people in other community committees that they might not have met before. About 30 ladies from all community placement […]

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”  – John Quincy Adams We are proud to honor Bailey Hopple, chair of Literacy Lab, as JLW Chair Extraordinaire. A second-year Active, Bailey has taken the reigns and run with one of the JLW’s newest partners […]

Not surprising for an organization that focuses on literacy, the ladies on the JLW Board of Directors enjoy reading. They read monthly Board Reports, meeting minutes, agenda, motions, budgets and email correspondence, but they also have some surprising favorites! Wendy Cumberland’s favorite children’s book is Peter Pan (though Good Night Gorilla is fast becoming a […]