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Why I Serve- Literacy Labs
The Washington Post recently highlighted the plight of homeless families living in the DC General Family Emergency Shelter, which is located in the old DC General Hospital. You can find the articles here and here. The Post articles noted that 900 people are currently living in the shelter. This number includes 600 children who are […]
Why I Serve: Bringing Smiles
My colleague, friends and family have long since accepted that many nights I have a “Junior League thing”—especially when they see the spark that the Junior League of Washington (JLW) has added to my life since moving to D.C. nearly 8 years ago. Raised by a mother who brings new meaning to the term ‘do […]
How To Help JLW With Just A Few Clicks of Your Mouse
With just a few clicks of your mouse, you can help the Junior League of Washington (JLW) tremendously. As you may know, the JLW just launched the 2013 Membership Survey. Taking this Survey is one of the most important things that you can do to help JLW. And, it only takes a few minutes to […]
JLW Chair Extraordinaire- Amy Shuart
“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 Amy Shuart, chair of Resolution Read, as JLW Chair Extraordinaire. A fourth-year Active, Amy has risen to the challenge of managing a committee that is fully immersed […]
The Espirit Tour and Brunch at the Corcoran Was a Rousing Success!
On Sunday, January 27, JLW members and their guests experienced guided tours and a delicious brunch at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Ann Sun and Johanna Dubay, along with other members of the Esprit Committee, did an excellent job organizing the event. Brennan Hogan, Meredith Mathis, and Heather Tierney, JLW volunteers at the Corcoran, provided […]
Why I Serve – Allison Herron, Chair of Teen Life Club
Serving as chair of the Teen Life Club (TLC) committee is an incredibly rewarding and enjoyable experience. Around this time last year, when I thought about serving in a leadership role, I thought doing so would allow me to play a more active role in giving back to the community and the Junior League of […]
A Reading Celebration!
Across the District of Columbia this year, the Junior League of Washington’s Resolution Read is helping to put 100,000 books in the hands of kids. This past Tuesday at Neval Thomas Elementary, JLW members were on hand to celebrate with fourth and fifth graders at a book distribution with Reading is Fundamental, and I was […]
Why I serve: Elizabeth Keys
Why JLW? My grandmother always says that you can tell what a person values by her checkbook and her calendar. If I look at mine, I see a board meeting here, a Resolution Read shift there; I see a Centennial Frame Shop contribution here, a Tossed & Found Community Cash Card donation there. But of […]
Giving the Gift of a Lifelong Love of Reading
As part of the Junior League of Washington’s Resolution Read initiative, JLW is once again partnering with Reading is Fundamental (RIF) to put over 13,000 books in the hands of DC children in Wards 1, 5, 7, and 8. The students at Neval Thomas Elementary are in for a special treat, as the spotlight school for this distribution. February marks Black […]
Why I Volunteer: Clare Richardson-Barlow
I originally joined the Junior League to serve in my community—at the time, that was a new community for me, in Monterey, CA. I had spare time, I wanted to get to know where I was living, and I was feeling ambitious, just out of graduate school and starting my career. Now, three years later […]