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.
JLE-NS provides women a unique forum to develop personally and professionally while making a difference to individual lives and transforming communities.
JLE-NS fosters job readiness and promotes positive family development.
The 7th annual Baby Steps shower is an event that positively impacts the lives of 15 underprivileged families and their newborn babies. In effort to provide for these families, join us in raising funds at the 2nd Annual Baby Steps Charity Trivia Night on March 7.
Celebrating 75 yrs. in 2015, the Thrift House is the league’s oldest, ongoing project that provides quality, used merchandise at affordable prices while raising funds for our operations and community projects.
Tickets available now for the 2015 Designer Kitchens of the North Shore Kitchen Tour on Friday, May 1, 2015. In its Fifth year, the Kitchen Tour raises significant revenue to fund important programs of the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore.
Since 2010 the JLE-NS Diaper Drive has helped address the diaper need in our community with over 15,000 diapers collected last year alone.
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.
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.
Started in 2009, the goal of Fitting Futures is to increase the potential for low-income women to achieve economic self-sufficiency.