By: Kayleigh Creswell While 7 years of service is the standard requirement to reach sustainer status, many active and sustainer members alike spend more years, if not decades, engaging with the Junior League of Washington. Everyone has their own individual reasons for why they find value in spending their limited free time and energy on… Read More
By: Bailey Oedewald For its 12th year, the Women’s Congressional Softball game returned after its 2020 cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the softball game began as a match between congresswomen and staffers in 2009, it has evolved into a long-standing battle between female congress members and the women of the DC Press Corps,… Read More
By: Robyn Rudish-Laning The current focus of the Junior League of Washington (JLW) on improving literacy in the Washington, DC, area takes on many shapes beyond the image of teaching children to read that often comes to mind. The League’s work with Community Family Life Services (CFLS), a nonprofit that works to help low-income and… Read More
By: Meredith Shields The start of 2022 brought many new things to the Junior League of Washington (JLW) – including the return of in person meetings and the development of a new five year strategic plan that will guide the League through the next half a decade. Though the planning cycle is the same as… Read More
By: Laura Collins This is the second in a two-part post series spotlighting women who met through the League. We hope Jacqueline Frederick-Maturo, Melissa Miller, Rachel Oster, and Kara Roney’s story inspires you and reminds you of the incredible things that happen when women work together. How did you meet? Frederick-Maturo: The four of us… Read More
By: LeaAnn Kutz Langley Residential Support Services (LRSS) is a Northern Virginia based nonprofit that offers residential and community support enabling neurodiverse adults to live active lives and develop self-confidence and independence. LRSS has been a Junior League of Washington (JLW) community partner for more than 25 years. Every Tuesday, the JLW Langley Committee hosts… Read More
By: Lacy Nelson In 1982, the Junior League of Washington (JLW) created the Meg Graham scholarship, which celebrates both the service and leadership of local students, as well as honors the late Reverend Margaret M. Graham, a former member of JLW and former President of the Association of Junior Leagues International. Today, 40 years after… Read More
By: Evie Clapp Junior League of Washington (JLW) members generously donate their time, talent, and treasure to the League and its community partners. This post highlights how one JLW member, Cassidy Herrold, Chair of the Graphic Design Committee of One, uses her professional skills when donating time and talent to the League. I virtually picked… Read More
By: Erika Burnett Originally founded by the Junior League of London in 2014, the Little Black Dress Initiative (LBDI) has grown in representation with over 80 Junior Leagues hosting their own LBDI events. JLW was excited, and proud, when Ways & Means Assistant Council Director, Katrina Washington, with the support of JLW’s Innovation & Incubation Committee,… Read More
By: Laura Collins Women in the Washington, DC, metro area join the Junior League of Washington (JLW) for many different reasons. Some are looking for an organization to serve the community at large and to give back, while others are seeking to develop leadership skills and to learn how to manage a small group of motivated… Read More
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