Annual Fund
JLE-NS Sustainers – please donate to the 2021-2022 Annual Fund here!
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Our Mission
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
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JLE-NS provides women a unique forum to develop personally and professionally while making a difference to individual lives and transforming communities.
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JLE-NS fosters job readiness and promotes positive family development.
Thrift House
We will reopen with regular hours starting on Saturday, December 18th through Thursday, December 23rd. The store will be closed for the holidays from 12/24-1/2 and will reopen for regular business on Monday, January 3rd.
Community Impact
Thrift House
Thrift House celebrated our 80 year anniversary in 2020, a milestone for any merchant. Since opening their doors in 1940, the Thrift House has been the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore’s oldest, ongoing project and continues to be a major source of revenue, raising approximately $25,000 per year to support JLE-NS’s operations and community projects.
Grants
The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore’s Community Grant Assistance Fund is expressly for the purposes of fund disbursement to non-profit, tax-exempt agencies and groups in our community.
Scholarships
The Outstanding Volunteer Community Service Scholarship is awarded by the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore, to honor a graduating Senior Student who exemplifies an outstanding volunteer spirit by contributing significantly in the areas of community service and leadership during his or her high school years. Several scholarships will be awarded between $500 and $1,000 each.
Baby Steps
Baby Steps Educational Shower is a program that positively impacts the lives of expectant mothers in need and their children.
Fitting Futures
Started in 2009, the goal of Fitting Futures is to increase the potential for low-income women to achieve economic self-sufficiency.
Membership
We are currently recruiting New Members to join our 2021-2022 New Member Class!