85th History Booklet - Junior League of Minneapolis

Celebrating the Future
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.”
Junior League of Minneapolis
~ Antoine de Saint Exupery
Every year, we welcome new members into the League. Why join? The New Member Committee of 2009-2010 put
this Top 10 List Together. And it must have worked: 115 new members joined us, a new record for the 21st century.
(One that we hope to break right away!)
Join Us
Top 10 reasons to join Junior League TEN: Being part of an all-women’s organization that actively
supports women NINE: Discovering more about Minneapolis EIGHT: Exposure to great new volunteer
opportunities SEVEN: Learning about area nonprofits SIX: Gaining valuable leadership experience
FIVE: Finding ample opportunities to network & make new friends FOUR: Realizing a greater sense
of community THREE: Growing as a woman & leader with strong women TWO: Being able to pay it
forward ONE: Connecting with civic-minded organizations & people in our community
The Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI)
simplifies the answer to “why join” to a simple sentence:
Junior League women volunteer together to meet urgent
Learn more about the Junior League of Minneapolis!
The needs information their sessions communities. will include a year in the
life As of a one JLM of more member, than a 293 panel Leagues of current throughout members, Mexico,
and a chance for you to ask questions.
Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States, the
Junior League of Minneapolis shares the same mission
and vision: “The Junior League: Women around the world
as catalysts for lasting community change.”
We invite you to join us and see what we can do together.
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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