{"id":13911,"date":"2016-04-07T14:44:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=13911"},"modified":"2016-04-07T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:44:59","slug":"junior-league-hosts-past-presidents-luncheon-womens-nonprofit-celebrating-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2016\/04\/07\/junior-league-hosts-past-presidents-luncheon-womens-nonprofit-celebrating-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior League hosts Past Presidents Luncheon; Women\u2019s nonprofit celebrating 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Back Row (L-R): JLFM President-Elect Erin Velotti, JLFM Past Presidents Sasha Warren, Anita Duenas, Nicole Brenner, Carolyn Baker-McCord, Anne Hansen, Deanne Kyle, Shirley Snyder McLaren, Helen Crumbie, Barbara Hansen and Kathleen Williamson
Front Row (L-R): JLFM Past Presidents Gloria Fassett, Mary Lee Mann, Mary Kay Sidell, Linda Uhler, Lou Pontius and Nannette Miller<\/p><\/div>\n

FORT MYERS,\u00a0Fla. (April 7, 2016) \u2013 The Junior League of Fort Myers, Inc.<\/a> recently hosted more than a dozen of its past presidents at a luncheon at Mimi\u2019s Caf\u00e9, celebrating the 50th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary of the organization.<\/p>\n

During the luncheon, 16 past presidents were honored and thanked for their service to the organization.<\/p>\n

Since 1966, the JLFM has contributed more than one million volunteer hours to community projects and programs. Through the decades, it has made major contributions to Southwest Florida to support a wide variety of community needs including founding the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium (1973), the Volunteer Service Bureau \u2013 Volunteer Action Center \u2013 now known as Volunteer Center (1992), Teen Court (1992) and the Women\u2019s Resource Center (1996). It has also been active in feeding the hungry in the five-county area through the food drive at its annual Taste of the Town, mentoring teenage girls in foster care, supporting self defense for women, preparing women to re-enter the workforce, creating a listening library for cancer patients, preserving historic architecture, supporting the Ronald McDonald House, distributing holiday food baskets, organizing holiday gift drives, providing gender-specific programming to teenage girls in juvenile justice, supplying backpacks to children in Harlem Heights Community and more.<\/p>\n

The Junior League will host a public celebration to honor its 50th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary on Saturday, April 23 at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. The \u201860s chic themed event will take place at 6 p.m. and promises an evening full of fun, food, dancing, open bar and a silent auction as well as a historical look back at the organization\u2019s 50 years of volunteering and making a difference in Southwest Florida.<\/p>\n

Proceeds from the event will support the Junior League\u2019s work in the community. To purchase tickets or tables, visit\u00a0www.jlfm.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since its founding in 1901 by social activist Mary Harriman, the Junior League has evolved into one of the oldest, largest and most effective women\u2019s volunteer organizations in the world, encompassing 150,000 women in 292 Leagues in four countries. Its mandate has remained the same: to develop exceptionally qualified civic leaders who collaborate with community partners to identify a community\u2019s most urgent needs and address them with meaningful and relevant programs and initiatives that not only improve lives but also change the way people think.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0member\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Association of\u00a0Junior\u00a0Leagues\u00a0International,\u00a0Inc., the\u00a0Junior\u00a0League\u00a0of\u00a0Fort\u00a0Myers,\u00a0Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit\u00a0organization made up of\u00a0women\u00a0committed to promoting\u00a0voluntarism, developing the potential of\u00a0women\u00a0and improving\u00a0the\u00a0community\u00a0through the\u00a0effective\u00a0action\u00a0and leadership of\u00a0trained volunteers.\u00a0Its\u00a0purpose\u00a0is exclusively\u00a0educational and\u00a0charitable.\u00a0It is also a granting organization, providing mini-grants to organizations through out Southwest Florida\u2019s five-county area to programs that create better life outcomes for our area\u2019s youth. JLFM memberships are open to all women aged 21 and older of all races, religions and national origin who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism.\u00a0For\u00a0more\u00a0information,\u00a0call\u00a0239-277-1197 or\u00a0visit\u00a0www.jlfm.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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