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…
Pivoting, or making a significant change in your career or life, can be both exciting and terrifying. It requires courage, vision and the willingness to step outside your comfort zone. On the most recent Training Tuesday, moderator Caroline Flowers gathered three businesswomen who shared their experiences and advice on pivoting. Here are some of the highlights. Shellisa Multrie “boomeranged,” as…
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…
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.…
Spencer Lash has given her all to the Junior League of Charlotte, Inc. (JLC) from the moment she joined as a Provisional in 2017. She has helped with The Happenings, progressed to Communications Manager, then inaugural Chief of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with a seat on the Board of Directors. She currently serves as the Executive Vice President-Elect. Most notably,…