Our Community and Activities

Get on Board is a five-week course that trains volunteers for nonprofit board leadership. The Spring Session begins February 29th. Learn more about Get on Board.

Interested In: Joining like-minded professional women? Becoming a member of a volunteer organization? Developing the potential of women? Improving our community?  Learn more about the Junior League of New Orleans (JLNO)! Thursday, February 2nd or Tuesday, February 7th 6:30 pm-7:30 pm at JLNO Headquarters, 4319 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115.  Please RSVP to info@jlno.org  or (504) 891-5845.

News

Lafayette Academy Charter School is one of 10 schools in the country to be recognized for its academic success in the MetLife Foundation-NASSP Breakthrough Schools, ranking 2nd in LA and 1st in New Orleans for full school performance growth, with a score that went from 36.3 in 2007 to 88.5 in 2011. JLNO is proud to be in its 5th year of partnership with Lafayette. Principal Mickey Landry will speak at the next JLNO General Membership meeting on January 24th. Press Release

Still looking for a New Year's resolution? In 2012, resolve to help JLNO "Retire the Debt on Freret" so that we will own our Bloomin' Deals Thrift Shop debt-free, allowing us to further support our vision and mission!

On 12/20 the Salvation Army and the Hornets sponsored a party for the Salvation Army's Emerge Project, which celebrates and honors children from 12 RSD schools who have attained perfect attendance.  96 actives, 39 provisionals, 3 sustainers, and 6 board members shopped with $100 pre-paid gift cards using wish lists created by the students and their parents.  The party, held at Mardi Gras World, was a rocking event with visits from Hornets Coach Monty Williams, 3 Hornets players, Hugo and many others!  Thank you to the Emerge Committee for a tremendously successful year!

Congratulations to JLNO member, Kacie Kelly, for being named one of Gambits "40 under 40"! Thanks for all your hard work for our community!

The Junior League of New Orleans once again joins Second Harvest of Greater New Orleans And Acadiana in the fight against hunger! Press Release

Read JLNO's latest issue of Lagniappe online! You can learn all about our Board members, Buy, Save and Serve card, and an exciting new initiative, Fleur de League. 

Bloomin' Deals included in Louisiana Weekly Thrift shops keeping clothes in circulation article about local New Orleans thrift shops. (2011, October 3).

Gambit Best of New Orleans 2011: Junior League Bloomin' Deals selected as #1 Best Thrift Shop and #3 Best Non-Profit!

Leigh Thorpe, Get on Board Chair, and Becky Bourg, Get on Board Development Chair, will be participating at the 2011 Louisiana Association of Non Profit Organizations ("LANO") Conference.  Becky and Leigh will be members of an August 25, 2011 panel on "Good to Great Governance."  For more information, please go to www.lano.org.

Congratulations to League members, Brandy Whisnant of Wellington & Co. Fine Jewelry and President-Elect and Kathleen Robert of L'Amoire Privee' Consulting! They are both members of the New Orleans Regional Leadership Institute (NORLI) Class of 2012. Learn more about GNO, Inc. and the NORLI program.

Congratulations to this year's Safe Sitter graduates!  A huge thanks to the JLNO members, Parenting Center at Children's Hospital, and our wonderful participants for making this year's program such a success.  See you next year!

JLNO and Second Harvest are feeding children together during the school year through the Lagniappe Pack project. Click here to see how Second Harvest is providing support during the summer months from their new community kitchen.