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Post by scraphappyinjax on Aug 9, 2014 13:33:29 GMT
I did Junior League in 3 different cities. I think it's great to join especially if you are fresh out college. It can help you make new friendships, networking, etc... Some cities I lived in the Jr. League ladies were great. One city it was very catty. I felt like the ladies checked me out from head to toe, looked to see how big my diamond ring was, asked specifically what neighborhood I lived in. Wanted to ask them if they'd like to know the balance of my bank account?....hahahaha!
Go in to the prospective meeting with an open mind and just know your Provisional year will be busy.
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Post by auntkelly on Aug 9, 2014 14:05:20 GMT
I was in Junior League in Oklahoma City. I learned so much about different charitable organizations in the community. I don't know what the current requirements are, but back when I was active in Junior League, we had to volunteer a minimum of 40 hours per year at our placement (charitable organization).
The Oklahoma City bombing occurred while I was in Jr. League and the Jr. League was asked to provide volunteers to check rescue workers in and out of the Murrah Building. Our Jr. League volunteers worked round the clock for as long as the rescue workers were there.
I made a lot of friends through Jr. League and I keep in touch with many of them even though I don't live in Oklahoma City any longer.
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Post by brina on Aug 9, 2014 14:55:09 GMT
Like any large organization, you will find some great people, some not so great. They do some great work and their social events are a lot of fun. I did two years in the Chicago League. I stopped because I was in graduate school and then had my twins while I was in school and just never got back into it.
I am friendly with a couple of women that I met while a provisional, but some I never need to see again. Specifically the woman who when asked why she was joining responded, "I have just moved to Chicago and I wanted a way to meet quality people." Wow that just sat wrong with me.
My favorite league story, I was also volunteering at The Anti-Cruely Society when I was a provisional. One Saturday morning there was a big meeting at a hotel ballroom downtown and I had very little time to get to the ACS before my shift was starting. I dressed for my job in the dog adoption room so that I could head straight over there when the league meeting was finished. My husband took one look at me and said, "you cannot go to a junior league meeting dressed like that." He was right - there were women there in Chanel suits.
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Post by shanniebananie on Aug 9, 2014 15:05:22 GMT
I have belonged to the Junior League in three different cities and I am so proud to be a part of this organization. We do so much good to promote women and children in our community. I would give it a try if you are on the fence.
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Post by whipea on Aug 9, 2014 15:09:52 GMT
Jr. League in this area appears to be very exclusive. Big BIG money, old BIG money and a pretty much white women of one of the Christian faiths. Members seem to look and dress alike and Chanel suits are the uniform.
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Post by M in Carolina on Aug 9, 2014 15:55:13 GMT
I love their cookbooks. I'd LOVE to buy a Chicago League since I used to live there. I collect Junior League cookbooks because they have the best tried and true recipes.
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Post by naby64 on Aug 9, 2014 16:00:55 GMT
I do think it is different from place to place. I have known of areas that if you didn't have the right pedigree, the time in the League would be miserable. Now that said, I was in the League here until I got to sustaining age. I was an active for 10 yrs. I was also the office manager for the league for 7 yrs.
As a League member, we worked with the community in helping children. This was our mission. All of our fundraisers would go to benefit places that worked with children. This could be the women's shelter, schools, food depots. We were working on a weekend food backpack program when I left.
As a provisional you will be required to work so many hours. You will work events. You have to buy tickets to the events. That was a requirement in our League. Whatever the function was, you had to buy 2 tickets and work certain hours/placements at the events. You have a yearly membership fee. We also had to sell so many cookbooks in a year. We had 2 books in our League. Ours was one the cheaper ones in the nation I believe. It is not a join-up-and-meet-once-a-month-and-have-drinks kind of thing. Also, as a provisional, you will have a provisional meeting and then the member monthly meeting. Or at least we did. A lot of time involved in it.
Did I make friends? Yes!! Met some great ladies! But as with any organization, you will have some bad ones mixed with the good.
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Post by jenettycakes on Aug 9, 2014 17:18:14 GMT
Yes and I will revisit this shortly once I'm on my computer. Still active and my SIL was President of our chapter a few years ago....I'm in So Cal and feel we are more laid back since there isn't too long of a history here to have old money/big money personas.
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Post by utmr on Aug 9, 2014 19:12:03 GMT
Big money, old money, the right "kind" of people. If you don't already know the ins and outs (because your mom and grandmother were in) then you probably won't get in.
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Post by naby64 on Aug 9, 2014 19:28:06 GMT
Big money, old money, the right "kind" of people. If you don't already know the ins and outs (because your mom and grandmother were in) then you probably won't get in. No, this is not the case. In some cases, like the south, it may be that way. I am in the south but neither my mom or my grandmothers were in JL. I got in. No problem. |
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Post by Basket1lady on Aug 9, 2014 20:22:51 GMT
I did in our town near Boston. I'm on my phone, but will write more later. It was a good experience.
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