The 2023-2024 League year marks 98 years of the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) developing women leaders for community impact. As our centennial approaches, we are delighted to introduce the new “Road to 100” blog series. Over the next three years, this monthly series will cover 100 years of JLC history and our League’s community impact. This first annual…
By: Mallory Pearce In our Fall/Winter issue, we examined some of the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc.’s (JLC) earliest community focus initiatives that continue to impact many of our community’s underserved neighbors to this day. In this installment, we shift to the defining decades of the 1960s and 1970s. After years of civic effort and voluntarism, momentum continued to grow…
The Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) was featured on PBS.org as part of its Carolina Impact weekly programming on April 11, 2023. Host Beatrice Thompson highlighted JLC members and the League’s impact. Members of the JLC were shown volunteering during our Week of Service last November, making bookmarks for community partner Promising Pages in the program’s opening. One of…
By: Mallory Pearce Originally the Welfare League in 1924, the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) committed significant financial and volunteer resources to local agencies and projects that focused on the most critical needs of the Charlotte community. In its infancy, the JLC saw the need to support local orphaned and underprivileged children. 1926 brought exciting changes. After joining the…
A virtual format for March’s General Membership Meeting allowed the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) to join with the Junior League of Winston-Salem, Inc. (JLWS) for an energetic meeting on belonging with special guest Blaire G. Hervey, owner of The Corporate Strategist. JLC business was covered in the first half of the meeting then the two chapters converged for…
Welcome to Throwback Thursdays on the Junior League of Charlotte blog. Did you know the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) owned and operated a Baby Hospital? On February 4, 1928, The Junior League Baby Hospital opened on Bay Street in Charlotte. In December of 1928, The Charlotte Observer published a feature on The Junior League Baby Hospital explaining children…
#ThrowbackThursday JLC History Welcome to Throwback Thursdays on the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) blog. During the 2017-18 year, The Charlotte Observer is letting us dig in their archives and share photos of their coverage over the decades of the Junior League of Charlotte’s work in the community. In 1978, the Junior League of Charlotte held the grand opening…
#ThrowbackThursday JLC History Welcome to Throwback Thursdays on the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) blog. During the 2017-18 year, The Charlotte Observer is letting us dig in their archives and share photos of their coverage over the decades of the Junior League of Charlotte’s work in the community. In 1948, Girl Scouts refurbished second-hand toys for sale in the…
The Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) is made up of women who come from various backgrounds, careers and life experiences. Often, JLC members use their leadership and training skills to serve others, which is the case for JLC Sustainer Vi Lyles. Lyles was officially sworn in as mayor of Charlotte Monday night in front of a packed house in…
ThrowbackThursday JLC History Welcome to Throwback Thursdays on the Junior League of Charlotte blog. During the 2017-18 year, The Charlotte Observer is letting us dig in their archives and share photos of their coverage over the decades of the Junior League of Charlotte’s work in the community. In 1969, the Junior League Shop opened to the public as a fundraiser. …