2007-2008 Annual Report - Junior League of Baton Rouge

Community Projects
This year our members worked more than 37,000
volunteer hours to enhance the physical health,
education and cultural development of our community.
According to the Independent Sector (a coalition of
organizations working to strengthen America’s nonprofits),
Junior League of Baton Rouge is making an additional
investment in our community totaling more than $721,500.
This year Junior League of Baton Rouge championed 13
community projects. With funding of $114,098, we were
able to impact the lives of 58,110 men, women, children,
friends and neighbors this year and nearly 200,000 over the
lifetime of these community projects.
8
37,000
Volunteer hours
13
Community
Projects
58,110
Lives impacted
this year
New Projects for 2007-2008
Marketing Mania
For this one-year project, our committee members
went to work for Hospice of Baton Rouge. This
amazing organization needed our support to determine
how to better market itself throughout the Baton
Rouge area. The Junior League Committee assisted in
the production of a mailing list and distributed printed
publications for Hospice at Hollydays and at the
Volunteer Fair to raise awareness of these services.
Opening Doors for Autism
Today, 1 in 150 individuals are diagnosed with autism,
making it more common than pediatric cancer,
diabetes, and AIDS combined. It occurs in all racial,
ethnic, and social groups and is four times more likely
to strike boys than girls. Junior League’s focused think
tank is working to determine the best ways we can help
children and parents in our community impacted by
autism. In our first year, we gathered approximately 30
parents and 20 professionals for focus groups, and then
produced a comprehensive Resource Guide for Autism,
which will hopefully help many more families locate
schools, medical and legal resources to aid in the cause.