WHO CAN THE JLSC HELP?
Does your organization need help getting a
one-day program off the ground that has only incidental costs and just requires some good old-fashioned elbow grease?
We can help get it "Done-in-a-Day!"
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Do you have an idea for a community
project that the JLSC could adopt
and run with?
We'd love to consider it this year!
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Does your organization simply need a
monetary boost to help fund your own
community project?
We have grant money to help you!
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History: The JLSC
Meeting Community Needs for 80+ Years
“Community” is what JLSC is
all about. It is what prompted the
organization’s founder, Mary Harriman, to
establish the movement in 1901, when the first
Junior League was founded in New York City.
Harriman was an 18 year old college student who
was concerned with the suffering she saw around
her community. In response to this problem,
Harriman mobilized 80 other young women to work
at a settlement house in lower Manhattan,
providing support and guidance to families.
The Junior League idea spread rapidly across the
country. In 1921, more than 40 Leagues joined
together to form the Association of Junior
Leagues which was the year that the Junior
League of Sioux City was founded.
Since it’s beginning, the
JLSC has selected community projects on a
regular basis that provide hands-on training for
its members and service to the community. Some
examples through the years include:
How the JLSC works with the community
·
JLSC “Done-in-a-Day” events
Every year the JLSC hosts several quick,
short-term events that address a community
need. An organization should apply for help
from the JLSC if:
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Your event involves only incidental
costs (less than $500)
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Your event can be done in a day or an
evening
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You need some JL members to help you get
it done
Examples: painting, decorating a
classroom, boxing food for
the needy
Download an application here
·
JLSC Projects
Each fall the JLSC seeks out new ideas for
community projects. (Ideas are sought from
Siouxland agencies as well as from inside
the JLSC membership.) A JLSC committee
reviews the proposals, evaluating the need
stated, the feasibility of the project, and
whether the project idea is consistent with
the values and goals of the JLSC. The idea
is voted on by the membership in March, and
if it is adopted a chair is assigned and a
project committee is formed. The committee
runs the project from start to finish with
JLSC funding and with JLSC volunteers.
An organization
should consider submitting a project
proposal by October 15 if:
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Your project idea requires more
time/money than a JLSC Done-in-a-Day
event
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You seek more than just funding (need
funding only?
See JLSC Grants
below)
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You would like the JLSC to formally
adopt the project via membership vote
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Your intention is for the JLSC
volunteers to plan, fund, and run with
the proposal
Examples: designing the Hands-On!
Gallery at the Sioux City Art Center;
initiating the 7th Street Revitalization
program, renovating Cook Park; implementing
a school program on Shaken Baby Syndrome
Download an application
here
·
JLSC GRANTS
The JLSC has been
awarding grant funds annually through its
Mildred Anderson Community Grants and
Scholarships Program since 1990 – due to the
generous donation made to the organization
by the late Mildred Anderson. The JLSC’s
grant funds are managed by the Siouxland
Community Foundation.
An organization
should consider submitting a grant
application by January 15 if:
- You have a
well-defined project in place that your
organization is planning and steering
- You need help with
funding only
- You have volunteers
in place already (Need volunteers?
Go back to
JLSC Projects)
Past recipients: Girls
Scouts to help fund battery recycling
program; Akron Historical Society to help
fund museum renovations; Mary Elizabeth Day
Care to fund their classroom re-carpeting
need; Soup Kitchen to help buy a washing
machine
Link to Siouxland Community Foundation to
Download an application
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