Media Room

To request a press kit or for other press-related information, please contact Brooke Horiuchi by calling 202-337-2001, extension 50, or by emailing communications@jlw.org.

JLW in the Media:

May 21, 2013- Centennial Event Brings Books to Kids in Roll Call

May 20, 2013 - JLW Resolution Read blog post on Roll Call's Heard On The Hill Blog        

April 12, 2013 - JLW Kitchen Tour on meridianhilldc.org site.

April 12, 2013 - Columbia Heights Kitchen Tour on Prince of Petworth Blog

April 2, 2013 - Story Time with the Junior League of Washington by Little Lights Urban Ministries

January 22, 2013 - JLW Celebrates Its 100 year History with a Centennial Fête in Ask Miss A by JLW Member, Carly Rockstroh

December 4, 2012 - Reading is Fundamental (RIF) Blog reference to JLW Resolution Read.

November 2012 - Palmettos and Pearls Blog reference to Holiday Shops.

October 2012 - JLW's Holiday Shops at the Sphinx Club in Ask Miss A by JLW Member, Elizabeth Lauten

October 2012 - Washington Post DC Scout reference to Holiday Shops

September 2012 - Capitol File mention of the JLW Centennial Celebration Luncheon

September 22-23, 2012 - National Book Festival - Library of Congress Blog

September 2012 - JLW Centennial Celebration Luncheon - Washingtonian Events Calendar

September 2012 - JLW Centennial Luncheon - askmissa.com

September 2012 - National Book Festival - kidswilltravel.com (by Kirstie Waugh Tucker)

September 2012 - National Book Festival Podcast - Library of Congress

Fall 2012 Capitol File Magazine - JLW Luncheon in Not to be Missed

September 2012 - JLW Back to Beauty Event - localkicks.com (by JLW sustainer Alison Priebe Brooks)

September 2012 - Prince George's County Kids and Teens Drop Everything and Read - Xtreme Teens Blog

July 2012 - Literacy Lab - Mid-Year Update

May 2012 - JLW Past President Maria Estefanis and Bright Beginnings Joan Woods Interviewed about Annual 5k Race

News and Press Releases:

06-07-13 Junior League of Washington Announces 100,000 Books for DC Students (Press Release)

05-31-13 Junior League of Washington Announces 2013 Grant and Scholarship Recipients (Press Release)

05-29-13 CNCS Kicks Off Summer Let’s Read. Let’s Move. Agency joins Junior League of Washington to make donation of 15,000 books to DC students (Press Release)

05-28-13  CNCS to kick off Let’s Read. Let’s Move. for the Summer Agency joins Junior League of Washington in event marking donation of 15,000 books to DC students (Media Advisory)

05-09-13 Junior League of Washington, Reading Is Fundamental Celebrate Reading with 6,500 D.C. Children, Award-Winning Author (Media Release)

04-09-13 JLW Opportunity Grant Awarded (Press Release)

02-27-13 21st Annual Tossed & Found (Press Release)

01-11-13 JLW Awards "Opportunity Grants" to Local Community Organizations (Press Release)

12-13-12 Reading is Fundamental and JLW Bring 33,000 Free Books to DC Public School Children (Press Release)

12-06-12 JLW & Reading is Fundamental Bring 6,500 Books to DC Public Public School Children (Media Alert)

05-08-12 JLW Announces $50,000 in Grants to Boost Literacy in Washington, DC (Press Release)

04-27-12 Bright Beginnings to hold Annual 5K Race (Press Release)

02-28-12 DC Area Kids Learn Healthy Habits from Celebrity Chefs and Hands-on Cooking Activities (Media Advisory)

11-20-11 The Junior League of Washington Presents the 53rd Annual "A Capital Collection of Holiday Shops" (Press Release)

06-09-11 JLW Grants 2011 (Media Advisory)

03-22-11 Fox5 Holly Morris show on Tossed and Found

03-10-11 WUSA9 News Now on Kids in the Kitchen 

02-25-11 The Junior League of Washington to Host its 19th Annual Tossed and Found Sale (Media Advisory)

02-08-11 Junior League of Washington's Kids in the Kitchen (Media Advisory)

08-30-10 Junior League of Washington Members to Support Literacy at National Book Festival's 10th Anniversary (Press Release)

09-21-09 Junior League of Washington Will Provide Over 425 Volunteers to National Book Festival (Press Release)

03-03-09 Junior League of Washington Announces 3rd Annual Kids in the Kitchen (Press Release)

03-03-09 Junior League of Washington's Kids in the Kitchen (Media Advisory)