#TBT to when the Junior League of Los Angeles partnered with 9Dots on 10/15 to put on a Fall Science Extravaganza. Students boarded the Magic School Bus with JLLA volunteers to Get Planted and explore the biology of the Fall season. Students read the “Pumpkin Jack” and “From Seed to Pumpkin” and participated in 3 fall/science themed activity… Read More
“…My favorite projects are the ones where we work with women and children…” This WCW goes out to JLLA Member, Allison Norton. Read her featured interview on bungalow1.com HERE!
This year JLLA is sharing personal stories from our members about why they have joined, why they continue their membership and what being a member means to them. Thank you Sydney Johnson for sharing! Several years ago I chaired an incubated project called College Admissions Program (CAP) where we partnered with different organizations around Los Angeles and… Read More
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Join us & Alo Yoga for a private yoga class followed by a juice/kombucha/coffee hangout on Sunday, October 23rd from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Also enjoy 30% off your entire purchase! Tickets are $20 in advance/ $25 at the door. *Yoga mats & towels will be provided. Tickets can be purchased here: http://bit.ly/1xYDTqW
It was one of those dreary Saturday mornings, lightly misting and cold, that screamed – Just stay home, put on some sweats and curl up under a warm blanket watching Sex In The City reruns. Instead, I was grumpily driving to one of my first Done In A Day (DIAD) projects. We were working with… Read More
Last Friday the Junior League of Los Angeles donated a bookshelf to one of our current projects, Daybreak. Daybreak is in association with OPCC and Lamp, who JLLA has been working with for the past fourteen years. Daybreak is the only program on the westside of Los Angeles designed for homeless women suffering from long-term debilitating mental illness’. The… Read More
We had 305 attendees at our first General Meeting! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ATTENDED! PRESIDENTS WELCOME Ness Okonkwo delivered the President’s Message to begin the meeting, where she welcomed all of the new members and highlighted the Board Of Directors’ goals and plans for the upcoming year. She discussed member engagement and connection, and… Read More
This year JLLA is sharing personal stories from our members about why they have joined, why they continue their membership and what being a member means to them. Thank you Jenn Shulman for sharing! In January 2014 I attended an awesome Public Policy Institute training on government boards. I shared with the speaker that I was interested in… Read More
“After my bunion surgery—I’m 49 and wore heels for years—I told my physical therapist I had to be able to return to my hip-hop dance career.” (She managed to keep a straight face.) This #wcw we are shouting out to JLLA sustainer, former board member and author Kris Crenwelge who was recently featured in O, The Oprah… Read More