#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.
Over the years our members have spent considerable amounts of time volunteering at local area hospitals. But did you know the Junior League had a circulating library at Presbyterian Hospital? This picture of Junior League of Charlotte members was taken in 1934.
Photo Credit: The Charlotte Observer
While the Junior League no longer has a circulating library at Presbyterian Hospital, the League does have an active placement volunteering at Presbyterian, JLC Healing Arts for Hemby. JLC Healing Arts for Hemby provides art therapy for the children and families receiving care at the hospital. The placement started in 2015 and has been going strong ever since.
The first JLC Healing Arts for Hemby committee in 2015.
However, The Junior League still does have a placement that centers around books, Promising Pages. The Promising Pages placement provides books to children in the community to foster a love of reading. The founder and executive director of Promising Pages, Kristina Cruise, is a Junior League of Charlotte member as well.
Former Promising Pages Chair Jennifer Keen with Promising Pages Founder, Kristina Cruise
Whether through art or books the Junior League of Charlotte has done a great job volunteering with local charities to help children. We’re very excited to see what these committees have in store for this year.
-Written by Marielle Harris
