To celebrate the holiday season, the management team of Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) shared their favorite holiday memory or New Year’s resolution. We hope everyone had a great holiday and has a healthy and happy 2023!! [My husband and I] got to see our 4-year-old daughter, Grace, in her first school Christmas pageant. My tiny and mighty family…
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Member Monday: Kathryn Anderson
This week, we speak with a Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) member who has roots in North Carolina but also enjoyed an opportunity to live in France. Meet Kathryn Anderson, a Member-At-Large on the JLC Board of Directors and Leadership Support Leader on the Board’s Task Force. Read on to find out more about Kathryn. Q: Tell…
The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) Fall Forum 2022
The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI)’s Fall Forum provided an opportunity for League leaders to connect with peers and gain valuable training at a virtual event from October 20-21, 2022. The event provided Committee Chairs, Vice Presidents and Directors from the Community Impact, Membership Development and Fund Development councils with facilitated roundtables that enabled members to build on…
November GMM: Week of Service and Thanks
In lieu of a traditional General Membership Meeting, The Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) continued its custom of Week of Service and Thanks from November 14 to November 18. “We had opportunities to gather and give back to our community during this week,” said JLC President Christina Gratrix. More than 250 members volunteered with half a dozen local partner…
Training Tuesday 11/1/2022: Personal Branding with Blue Tide Creative
What exactly is a personal brand? That’s the question the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) aimed to answer at the most recent Training Tuesday with guest speaker and owner of Blue Tide Creative, Erin Breeden. The formal definition of personal branding, according to Erin, is “the conscious and intentional effort to create and influence public perception of an individual…
Friends of the Children Charlotte: Impacting Generational Change by Empowering Youth
Thompson Child and Family Focus’ has partnered with the national nonprofit Friends of the Children to form Friends of the Children Charlotte. The program provides Charlotte’s most vulnerable children with a long-term, salaried, professional mentor, who we call a Friend, for 12 ½ years – no matter what. They select children who, by age of four or five, have experienced…
Training Tuesday 10/4/2022: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Americans celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month annually from September 15 to October 15. The holiday began as a week-long observation established in 1968 by President Lyndon B Johnson. It was expanded to one month by President Ronald Reagan in 1988, ultimately becoming law on August 17 of that year. September 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for…
September GMM: #OneJLC
More than 350 Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) members gathered for the first General Membership Meeting (GMM) on Monday, September 19, at CPCC Parr Center’s new theater. The meeting was an important kick-off meeting to start the League year and allowed members to vote on two important bylaw changes proposed by the Nominating Committee. WBTV’s Molly Grantham, the meeting’s…
Member Monday: Jennifer Emerson
Early Life and Background Born in Connecticut and raised in Winston-Salem by a physicist dad and librarian mom, Jennifer recollects a full-house with three dogs and her younger sister. Growing up, she loved playing soccer and volleyball, and her biggest hero was her maternal grandmother. Her grandmother was widowed in her 40s, but continued to raise six kids by herself.…
Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. Community Projects and Partnerships 2022-2023
The Junior League of Charlotte year runs from June 1 to May 31. The 2022-2023 year will be the fifth and final year for our current focus area: school readiness. For the past five years, the JLC has partnered with organizations in our community to ensure all children are school ready by focusing on the health and educational needs of…