85th History Booklet - Junior League of Minneapolis

Celebrating the past; celebrating the present;
celebrating the future; celebrating our women
1954
Support for the Minneapolis Society
for the Blind continues (starting
in 1926) with a gift of $4,000 to
remodel the Field Hotel for the
Blind. JLM also has a new project
with Opportunity Workshop for
mentally disabled young people.
The JLM gives $5,000 to help open
the Workshop and pledges $2,000
annually for the next three years.
1966-Present
The LeagueAires are
started as the JLM
Chorus. They practice
for four months and
then perform for
four months in local
nursing homes.
1954-74
The Puppetry Committee is
organized to give shows to
hospitals, schools and via
TV. Highlights include: a
special project with WCCO-
TV that evolves in 1965-
66; “Danger: Stranger!,”
a safety series alerting
the public to the dangers
of strangers talking to
children; an original play
called “Gerald and the
Witch”; and in 1960, the
televising to more than
100,000 children via KTCA.
1955 1960 1965 1970 1975
1961
$10,000 is pledged
to the Tyrone Guthrie
Theater Foundation.
1967-68
Efforts are put into media
coverage of how to reduce
juvenile delinquency and
vandalism using billboards
and spot TV ads.
1971
The fi rst fundraiser
in 16 years, a
Holiday Ball, nets
$30,000.
1953-54
JLM joins in the formation of a Children’s Hospital and votes to pledge
$21,000 to the Free Bed Fund, payable over three years. However, the
December 1954 Follies (the fi rst of these fundraisers was held in 1926)
raises almost the entire amount of the pledge. JLM then pledges an
additional $20,000 for two play rooms.
1973-74
JLM celebrates 50 years by
organizing the First Conference
on Voluntarism and a gala that
raises $75,000 for its Community
Trust Fund.
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