OUR MISSION
The Junior League of Minneapolis is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Junior League of Minneapolis reaches out to women of all races, religions, and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism.
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 | We are Celebrating 85 Years of Service during the 2008-2009 year. Throughout the year, we will feature the stories of 85 Leaguers to Celebrate the Women of the JLM. Click here to learn about our featured members. Please visit often, as we regularly add new stories.
How the Junior League impacted my life: “Community contacts, life long friends, and confidence in my own abilities.” ~ Betty Eastman Peyton, Leaguer since 1946
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| Kids In The Kitchen
The JLM provides lessons and demonstrations related to preparation of healthy meals and snacks in partnership with local community organizations, chefs and nutritionists. With a goal to help youth make healthy lifestyle choices and reverse the growth of childhood obesity. | 
| Breakfast Buddies
JLM volunteer mentors, along with community mentors, serve the St. Louis Park Junior High School as role models for adolescent girls. | 
| Helping Hands
Work gloves, not white gloves, is the motto of this JLM service designed to support community agencies and JLM projects past and present with “done-in-a-day” projects. | 
| Books 4 Kids
Books 4 Kids has a book drive and reading program to give at-risk children in Minneapolis books to keep and opportunities to come together and read. | 
| LeagueAires
The LeagueAires are trained in music therapy and bring the joy of music to children, the elderly and the physically and mentally disabled. |
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Current Junior League of Minneapolis Projects
