Anyone a member of the Junior League?

[gmail]

I'm interested, but wary...

[speckledfrog]

What piques your interest about it? Do know anyone who is a member?

[walterismydog]

I'm not a member but a ton of friends are.

I also collect Junior League cookbooks. lol

[leeann]

Echo LHC-the interactions I've had here have been grating as all hell.

[TrickyBob]

I looked into it once, but all the fundraising and hosting events just to get in scared me. I'll settle for only wishing I could be one.

[Deleted]

I live in a college town and know a few members. They seem grounded and nice.

[gmail]

I guess I just want to connect with other women in the community!

I have looked into Hadassah, but the members are all 50+ years old.

[karmasabiotch]

The Optimists here are much more grounded than the junior league.

[Captain Serious]

I had a friend who was trying to join when I lived in Albany, NY. It was like she was rushing a sorority! She wanted to join to have a group of close women friends and get involved in some charity work. The amount of money she had to spend just to be considered "eligible" for membership was insane. If I wanted to give to charity, I would just donate that money directly, not spend it on a party in hopes that some of the attendees would give more than I would myself.

[trafficgirl]

I'm a member of the local Jr League in my area and have liked it. I think PPs are right in that it really varies by area. Some Leagues I believe you need a sponser to get into, and some Leagues you just have to fill out paperwork.

The first year can be kind of overwhelming - there's a lot going on, but if you have time it's also fun.

One thing I would say is be sure and check what areas the League typically has meetings/events in. In my area, most of the meetings are in the core downtown, which hasn't worked out all that well for me. If I would have realized that going in, I might have found a different organization to be a member of.

[gmail]

Apr 2, 2013 13:37:41 GMT -5 trafficgirl said:

I'm a member of the local Jr League in my area and have liked it. I think PPs are right in that it really varies by area. Some Leagues I believe you need a sponser to get into, and some Leagues you just have to fill out paperwork.

The first year can be kind of overwhelming - there's a lot going on, but if you have time it's also fun.

One thing I would say is be sure and check what areas the League typically has meetings/events in. In my area, most of the meetings are in the core downtown, which hasn't worked out all that well for me. If I would have realized that going in, I might have found a different organization to be a member of.

Sigh, yeah.

I don't have time.

Okay, thanks!

[speckledfrog]

gmail, have you looked on meetup to see if there are any interest groups near you?

[snipsnsnails]

I am and love it! I am doing 2 different volunteer activities in the next two weeks through JL. And I have met some fun women through it as well who I hang out with.

[Deleted]

It varies by area. Most of the northern ones I've seen are pretty cool. I would never join the one down here though. It's old school southern and VERY old money and sexists. No thanks.

[trafficgirl]

Yeah, $80 is way cheap. I believe in my area provisional dues are also around $300.

And gmail, I agree with you that it's probably best to find something else if you already feel like you don't have time. When I was a provisional I was doing a Jr League activity probably twice a week, every week. Plus more when my provisional project was up and running. That may not be the experience in every League, but I'm guessing it's pretty close.

[dizzydee]

Ours is very time consuming. And to be honest the women I know in it are uppity bitches.

[gmail]

Thanks, all :-)


Now go eat a casserole.

[walterismydog]

Apr 2, 2013 14:07:40 GMT -5 gmail said:

Thanks, all :-)


Now go eat a casserole.

with a recipe from your Junior League cookbook