Please join us for an afternoon of Tea & Cookies to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore!

Saturday, May 11, 2024

2pm-5pm

JLE-NS Thrift House: 920 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202

Are you the bee’s knees, because our Centennial Anniversary Gala is fast approaching and we’d love to celebrate this incredible event with you!

Join us on Saturday, June 1st, 2024 from 6:00pm to 10:00pm at the Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest, Illinois.

The evening will include dinner, drinks, special surprises, a DJ and dancing and is black tie optional.

Tickets sales are now LIVE!

Deadline to purchase raffle tickets is 5pm CT on Wed 5/29. Raffle prizes can be collected by winners in attendance at the Gala and will be mailed to those winners not in attendance. 

Additionally, there are a limited number of rooms being held at the Deer Path Inn for those who would like to stay overnight.

Don’t miss this opportunity to toast to 100 years of the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore’s mission to give back to our community!

Please join us for a Recruiting Open House at JLE-NS Headquarters:

DATE: Thursday, November 9, 2023

TIME: 6:30pm-8:00pm

LOCATION: JLE-NS, 620 Lincoln Avenue, Suite 209, Winnetka, IL 60093

Prospective New Members, please RSVP for this Open House by emailing jle-ns@sbcglobal.net

Come to Thrift House to shop at the Summer Opening!

Friday, May 24th at 11am-5pm

and

Saturday, May 25th 10am-5pm

JLE-NS is holding a donation drive for the Toys for Tots program this holiday season. Toys for Tots is a program started in 1947 and run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. 97% of the donation goes directly to the mission providing books, toys, and other gifts to less fortunate families.

Please help support this important program by dropping off your donations of new and unwrapped toys to the following locations: Community House Winnetka, 620 Lincoln Avenue in Winnetka, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty, 2934 Central Street in Evanston, or Pure Barre, 910 Church Street in Evanston. We will be collecting donations through December 15th.

If you would prefer to make a monetary donation, please scan the QR code or go to: https://www.jle-ns.org/system/donate_summary and select “JLE-NS Donation” and in the comments section, write “Toys for Tots” and JLE-NS will present the U.S. Marine Corps with a check at the end of our donation drive.

Toys for Tots Video Link: https://content.streamhoster.com/file/vnr/19-067_TFT_2019/TFTDONATE30A_Preview.mp4?dl=1

For more information on the Toys for Tots program: http://www.toysfortots.org

Thank you for your support and please contact Valerie Rowlands valrowlands11@gmail.com or Regina Cartright rcartright@jamesonsir.com with any questions.

We are so grateful to everyone who attended, donated, and planned our 9th Annual Trivia Night Fundraiser, which had a Roaring 20’s theme in honor of our League’s Centennial Anniversary.

With your generous support, we raised over $11,000 to go towards this year’s New Member Project to benefit WINGS Program, Inc., which is a local non-profit organization that provides a pathway to independence for people whose lives have been disrupted by domestic violence.
 

Congratulations to the Groovin’ Gatsbys for winning first place in the Trivia competition, to Allison Marks-Coulter and John Coulter for winning Best Dressed Couple, and to the Fabulous Flappers for winning Best Decorated Table.

Thank you again to this year’s Trivia Night Committee for their dedication and hard work: Melissa Twyman (Chair), Sparkle Bell, Nicki DeVine, Christina Dudek, Audrey Ganschar, Madison Joe, Shannon Kennedy, Valerie Rowlands and Betsy Turovitz.

 

JLE-NS Sustainers – please donate to the 2021-2022 Annual Fund here!

Save the date for Saturday, November 25th (Small Business Saturday), when the store will be stocked with seasonal merchandise for our Holiday Opening from 10am-5pm!

Please note that Thrift House will be closed from Wednesday, 11/22 through Friday, 11/24.

Thanks for shopping local and remember that all proceeds go back to the community through the volunteer work of the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore!

The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore announces poster contest for children in the community:

Winnetka, IL, Updated November 19, 2020– Poster contest for children emphasizes the theme of “Community”

The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore (JLE-NS) is kicking off a poster contest with a theme of “Community”.  The contest is open to children between the ages of 5 and 12 who live in North Shore communities.

Entries must be original hand drawn art and can be created from crayon, marker, watercolor, or paint and should be 8.5” x 11” size and should illustrate how the artwork fits with the theme of “Community”.

The deadline for submitting your artwork has been extended to 5:00 pm Central Time on December 7th.

Submissions can be emailed to COMMUNITYJLENS@gmail.com and must include a JPEG image of your original artwork.  Please keep your original artwork; Winners will be required to send in your original artwork.

Submissions must also include the following information:

Name:

Home Address (street address, city, zip code):

Age:

Male/Female:

School enrolled in:

Phone number:

Student’s Email:

Parent/Guardian Name and Email:

Prizes:

The top three poster submissions will win a prize:

1. First place: $200 check to a North Shore non-profit organization of the winner’s choice that supports children, youth, families or advancing employment and $75 gift card to Blick Art Materials
2. Second place: $50 gift card to Blick Art Materials
3. Third place: $25 gift card to Blick Art Materials

In addition, the winning posters will be printed and posted throughout the North Shore.  Winners will be announced on December 14th, 2020.

About the League:

The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore (JLE-NS) is a women’s organization committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.  Since 1924, JLE-NS has contributed more than $3.2 million to Chicago’s North Shore community and its 275 members serve an area that extends from Evanston and stretches to North Chicago.  With an emphasis on advancing employment and supporting families, the JLE-NS fosters job readiness and promotes positive family development through projects such as their Thrift House resale shop located in Evanston, Job Readiness Day, Fitting Futures, Kitchen Tour, and through partnerships with local organizations, including Fill A Heart 4 Kids, Bernie’s Book Bank, the Northern Illinois Food Bank, Forging Opportunities for Refugees in America, Books and Breakfast, Selah Freedom, and others.  The JLE-NS is a member of the Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI) with 291 Leagues globally.  JLE-NS membership is open to any woman with an interest in and commitment to voluntarism.

For more information about the Junior League of Evanston-North Shore please visit www.jle-ns.org or call 847-441-0995.