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Dear Reader On behalf of The Junior League of Tampa and our 1,600 women volunteers, I am pleased to introduce our second Junior League of Tampa Annual Profile. The photos and project profiles show our League volunteers working in a charter elementary school serving the needs of children with disabilities, giving a child his very own book to keep, delivering hurricane supplies to the homebound, preparing for a youth summit for foster care children, and much more. Across Hillsborough County, we continue to focus our project efforts in three areas: •Improving the lives of children in the foster care system •Enriching children’s lives through literacy and education •Providing basic needs for disadvantaged children We are proud to commit 100% of the net fundraising proceeds to our programs and projects. Fiscal year 2008 was a landmark year for our major fundraiser, Holiday Gift Market. The event was attended by a record 7,000 shoppers. In May, we received the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. 2008 JL Award for Marketing & Communication for our outstanding Holiday Gift Market marketing and public relations campaigns. And, as you’ll read in this profile, our efforts go far beyond traditional voluntarism. We help our members move to higher levels of leadership so that they can better serve the Tampa Bay community within the League and outside organizations. Here are just a couple of examples: •The Junior League of Tampa conducts an annual Leadership Development Seminar to increase the leadership capabilities of its volunteers. Speakers include Past League Presidents, elected officials, CEOs, and professional trainers. •We continue to train our new volunteers, whom we call Provisionals, utilizing an eight month learning program where they are educated about the history of the League and its evolution to the highly impactful nonprofit organization it is today. During this past year, our 100+ Provisionals engaged in hands-on-learning by planning, designing and executing a community project that provided real impact for PACE Center for Girls, Inc. Our Board of Directors is proud of how inspired, enthusiastic League volunteers use their leadership skills, creativity and can-do attitude to strengthen the Tampa Bay community where we live and work. Jennifer L. Johnson President 2008-2009
Fiscal Year 2008 at a Glance More than 60,000 Hours of Volunteer Service Given by The Junior League of Tampa volunteers More than 25,000 Books Distributed to 960 children in 44 kindergarten classrooms in 9 Hillsborough County Title I schools $100,000 per Invested capital in Mary Lee’s House and in DACCO More than 1,500 Backpacks Filled with essential items given to children removed from their homes due to neglect or abuse 10 Tampa Nonprofit Agencies Received volunteers and funds for one day projects or events Over 120 Pediatric Love Bundles Provided to children newly diagnosed with cancer $35,000 in Grants Awarded to 16 nonprofit agencies in Tampa More than 100 Youth Aging Out of Foster Care Received a move-in kit for their transition to their first residence $250,000 Committed to the construction of the Glazer Children’s Museum Community Building In Action Through our 14 community projects, we arm nonprofits and civic organizations with the power of our trained volunteers while providing the financial assistance they need to better achieve their missions. What does this mean When The Junior League of Tampa teams with Connected by 25, foster care children aging out have the essential household items to move into their own apartment. By helping the Children’s Cancer Center, families touched by pediatric cancer experience a day of respite at the Fall Festival and the Spring Carnival. Research & Evaluation Prior to implementation, each community project undergoes a thorough research, analysis, design and testing process to ensure that our volunteers, our donors, and our clients receive the maximum impact. For existing community projects, we collaborate with and survey our current nonprofit partners and seek guidance from our Community Advisory Board to make the projects more effective and ultimately better able to serve our Tampa Bay community. New for Fiscal Year 2009 The Junior League of Tampa is pleased to launch a new community project focused on addressing food insecurity experienced by children at the Wilbert Davis-Belmont Heights Boys & Girls Club. The League has officially incorporated the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc.’s Kids in the Kitchen event as a community project. This project provides health and nutrition education to disadvantaged children. Last year, the project was expanded to include two public schools in Hillsborough County reaching over 300 children. We also seek to provide disadvantaged children access to the future Glazer Children’s Museum by pledging funds to the new museum and committing future volunteers to the project.
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