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Causes: Arts & Culture, Children's Museums, Fund Raising & Fund Distribution, Single Organization Support, Women, Womens Service Clubs
Mission: The league 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. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Programs: Trained women in volunteering and provided various volunteer opportunities to members.
sacramento food bank gems program involves various programming activities throughout the community to promote, educate and embrace empowering girls.
in february of 2006, junior leagues from across four countries implemented an international initiative called junior leagues' kids in the kitchen, designed to help communities address the urgent issues surrounding childhood obesity and poor nutrition. This year's kids in the kitchen projects benefited these organizations: oak park sol community garden, girl scout badge program, nutrition education and gardeningduring our monthly events, kids have been learning about the usda nutrition guidelines myplate, preparing healthy snacks, rethink your drink, kitchen safety, good hand hygiene, as well as how to bring food from garden to table. Junior leagues' kids in the kitchen is an ongoing awareness initiative for the association of junior leagues international inc.
My membership with the Junior League of Sacramento has given me so much more confidence in my leadership abilities. I also have developed a greater sense of the importance of giving back to my community. I keep finding that the more that I give, the fuller my life becomes! I am forever grateful for the training, friendships and opportunities to give back that the Junior League of Sacramento has given me.
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