The Junior League of Jacksonville (JLJ) was founded in 1923 and is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. For the past 100 years, the Junior League of Jacksonville has been instrumental in driving positive change and fostering community development thanks to the tireless work of our trained members.

Throughout our rich 100 year history, the Junior League has strategically focused our volunteer efforts to address unmet needs in the community and create sustainable programming for significant change and impact. Among many other endeavors, we founded the Jacksonville Speech & Hearing Center and Family Nurturing Center and were instrumental in the founding of the Children’s Museum (now MOSH) and Hubbard House. True to our legacy, today’s diverse League members provide over 10,000 volunteer hours in the Jacksonville community on an annual basis, and our current community focus is on providing access to nutrition education and affordable healthy foods. Since 2019, we have been able to provide over 30,000 meals to local families in need through our Fresh Minds Meal Prep Kit program.

Our commitment has remained unwavering: develop exceptional civic leaders who can identify the community’s most urgent needs and address them with meaningful and relevant programs. We accomplish this by providing leadership opportunities within our organization and by offering experiences designed to advance our members’ personal, professional, and leadership potential. Not only do we provide instructional and motivational sessions during our meetings, but our members are presented with learning opportunities through collaborations with other like-minded organizations in our community and participation in national and local conferences and leadership workshops.

Your support will directly benefit the Fresh Minds program, allowing us to continue our mission of nurturing the next generation of leaders and change-makers in Jacksonville.

The Junior League of Jacksonville is qualified as a 501(c)(3) organization, and your contributions are 100% tax deductible. For more information about our programs and community impact, please visit www.jljacksonville.org. We sincerely hope that you will consider supporting our cause and join us in celebrating this significant milestone for the Junior League of Jacksonville.

JLJ 100th Anniversary Gala

By Junior League of Jacksonville

JLJ 100th Anniversary Gala