Join the Junior League of Phoenix (JLP) and recognize community members who have made a difference in the Valley! The JLP is seeking nominations for the 7th Annual Junior League of Phoenix Valley Impact Award. The Valley Impact Award recognizes a community member for his/her leadership and commitment to the betterment of the community. In… Read More
The Junior League of Phoenix (JLP) partnered with the Phoenix Rescue Mission’s Changing Lives Center for Women & Children (the Center) from 2012 to 2015, sunsetting this partnership at the May 6, 2015 General Membership Meeting. The Center improves our community as a recovery program in the region offering long-term, comprehensive services to women and… Read More
The Junior League of Phoenix is shaking things up! The Annual Valley Impact Luncheon is NOW a Premiere Cocktail Social. Saturday, October 24, 2015 JW Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa 6 p.m. Social and Celebration Buy Your Tickets Now! Nominate online for this year’s Valley Impact Award Recipients! We invite you to nominate… Read More
Community Outreach, Leadership and Advocacy (COLA) was a new committee for the 2014-2015 year and was tasked with creating a plan around (3) areas. Promoting opportunities for Junior League of Phoenix (JLP) members to be involved in other organizations, including boards and employment. Creating an Advocacy Plan Providing Training in partnership with the JLP Leadership… Read More
The Junior League of Phoenix’s own Kelly Kaysonepheth, Development Manager, has been named a Top 40 under 40 recipient by the Phoenix Business Journal! Each year the Phoenix Business Journal recognizes dynamic leaders in the community that excel in the for-profit and non-profit sectors who lead as change agents, bettering the community and striving to… Read More
It’s a crisis that goes by many different names…pervasive hunger…food access…food deprivation…and food poverty. Maybe the best way to describe it, however, is food insecurity. Food insecurity is a term defined by the United States Department of Agriculture that indicates that the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food, or the ability to acquire such… Read More
The Junior League of Phoenix Foundation is proud to announce its decision to fund the following: League-wide training for active, provisional and sustaining members facilitated by a national professional facilitator for a total of $5,000. Funding to send on JLP member to the AJLI Organizational Development Institute Funding to sending one JLP member to Southwest… Read More
My favorite Junior League of Phoenix memory: Most of my friends know that I love celebrating the Kentucky Derby. Any excuse to don a beautiful hat and drink some fun mint juleps is a party to me! The last few years since joining the Junior League of Phoenix, I’ve managed to grab my girlfriends and… Read More
When Margaret Hance became mayor of Phoenix in 1975, she was a member of a very small club of women elected to run a major city in the U.S. But her rise in politics (and ultimately a career in public service at the national level) was grounded in a commitment to voluntarism at the local… Read More
Jennifer is chair of our Web & Social Media Committee and is a seven-year Active member with the JLP. Outside of Junior League what else keeps you busy (work, or school, and hobbies, etc.)? I currently work for the University of Phoenix in Student Services Leadership and also as an Adjunct Faculty for their school… Read More