JLE-NS COVID-19 Fund
Please click here to donate to the JLE-NS COVID-19 Fund!
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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.
JLE-NS Virtual “Cook Along” Fundraiser Event
JLE-NS “Cook Along” Fundraiser Thank You
Thrift House
Thrift House will be reopening on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 ay 11am!
Community Impact
Thrift House
The Thrift House is celebrating 80 years in 2020, a milestone for any merchant. Since opening their doors in 1940, the Thrift House has been 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 Community Assistance Grant Fund is expressly for the purposes of fund disbursement to non-profit, tax-exempt agencies and groups.
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.