Empowering women to improve life in the bluegrass.

Junior League of Lexington, Inc.

Special Gifts

 

90th Anniversary Gift
Will be considered and awarded in 2014

 

 

85th Anniversary Gift
During the fall of 2009 and in honor of our 85 years of service, the Junior League of Lexington awarded $20,000 grant to the Chrysalis House.  The funds will be used to purchase equipment, software, furniture and supplies for the Chrysalis Computer Lab. The computer lab is an integral part of the Job Readiness Program which assists unemployed women in recovery in becoming contributing members of the workforce. This lab would be named the "The Junior League of Lexington Computer Lab".

 

80th Anniversary Gift
In honor of our 80 years of service, the Junior League of Lexington awarded a $20,000 grant to the Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass, Incorporated. This grant will be used to implement a new training program addressing the prevention and detection of sexual assault in nursing homes. This is the first training program of this kind in the nation and will be conducted at each of the 64 facilities served by the Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass.

 

75th Anniversary Commemorative Donation
In 1999 The Junior League of Lexington Presented a special $75,000 donation to God's Pantry Food Bank for the renovation and construction of a much needed nutrition education kitchen.

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