The sounds of Afro-Latin music filled The Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) building as the Women of Color (WOC) affinity group participated in a Hispanic Heritage Month-inspired dance lesson during Hispanic Heritage Month. The month, celebrated nationally each year from September 15 through October 15, honors the cultures and contributions of Americans with ancestry from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean,…
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…
Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) members met last Thursday, May 25, for the final General Membership Meeting (GMM) of the 2023 League year. This gathering was an opportunity to reflect on our previous year’s accomplishments and look ahead to next year’s potential. The meeting was filled with inspiring stories, important updates and recognition of outstanding individuals within the organization.…
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…
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…
By: Hayden Pigott When asked about the Junior League of Charlotte, members can espouse the virtues in hours and hours of praise — they joined and stayed because they love it, after all. But The CRIER asked members to give us their elevator pitch for the League. How would they describe it to a person they were convincing to join? Or to someone…
By: Juliana O’Rork The Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) is filled with extraordinary women. One of those women is Sustainer Lynne Little. Born and raised in Salisbury, North Carolina, Lynne currently resides in Charlotte with her husband of 35 years, Nevan, and their Australian Labradoodle, Tesca. After moving to Charlotte in 1986 to work and further her education, Lynne…
Each year the Nominating Committee of the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) hosts a Willingness to Serve workshop to teach members about the process of recommending and applying for various leadership positions within the JLC. The workshop had a full house of attendees on January 31, learning about the important deadlines for nominations and available positions. The Willingness to…
The Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) had a packed agenda at its General Membership Meeting (GMM) at Central Piedmont Community College’s Parr Center Theater on January 23. Three items were up for votes, including community partners for the new focus area for the JLC, a new slate of leaders and an edit to the mission statement for the JLC.…
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…