Community Impact

The Junior League of Los Angeles provides the Los Angeles community with over 60,000 volunteer hours each year through its many projects and programs. Learn more about what we do.

Our Mission

The Junior League of Los Angeles is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

The Junior League of Los Angeles reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to voluntarism and to the community.

The Junior League of Los Angeles provides training opportunities and experiences to develop its volunteers through seminars, community service, leadership roles and mentoring in order to achieve its Mission.

How You Can Help

This year’s Annual Giving Campaign, “The Key To Building Better Communities,” enhances our core purpose of Women Building Better Communities.  Last year, the money raised funded six community projects along with 20 Done-In-A-Day events that immediately impacted the lives of underserved women and children in the Los Angeles community.  Learn more.

The Junior League of Los Angeles

The Junior League of Los Angeles (JLLA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization of more than 1,200 women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.  Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

The Junior League sponsors, develops, manages and supports projects with community partners in areas where needs are unmet and existing resources are minimal.  With its 86 year heritage of service in Los Angeles, JLLA contributes over 60,000 volunteer hours per year.

 

Upcoming Events

Casino Night!

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Save the date and purchase your tickets today.

Casino Night!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
at Raleigh Studios

Community Leadership Forum

Thursday, March 22, 2012 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Click here for more details

Provisional Projects

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JLLA News

JLLA Wins Prestigious Women In Film PSA Production Award!

 The Junior League of Los Angeles has just been named the winner of a prestigious 2012 Women In Film Public Service Announcement Production Award for its "Speak Up When You're Down" campaign promoting perinatal depression awareness.  The PSA, which will be developed in both English and Spanish for use in U.S. and international markets, is designed to educate women, their families and health care providers on a major health issue that affects mothers regardless of income or education.  Read more about it in AJLI's Connected.

JLLA Kicks-off Creative Arts Program

The Junior League of Los Angeles is partnering with Mar Vista Family Center to pilot a Creative Arts Program.  The workshops will focus on improving the creativity and self-confidence of children ages 9 to 12 years.  The session topics range from creative to visual and performing arts. 

Annual Giving “Launching Your Legacy” Campaign

This year's Annual Giving campaign, "Key's to Building Better Communities," enhances the Junior League of Los Angeles' 85-year commitment to Women Building Better Communities and celebrates its past, present and future.  This year, JLLA is striving for 100% of membership donating toward the annual campaign.  Any amount will greatly impact the lives of those who JLLA is dedicated to helping and continue the legacy of all those who have given their time, efforts and skills to building better communities.

Thank you to our generous donors for the 2011-2012 campaign!

JLLA Helps Students Get Ready to Attend College

The students at Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) have worked incredibly hard to reach an enormous milestone in their lives: preparing to go to college! Members are collecting comfort items to help them make living away from home easier.

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