President’s Note

“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”-

Mother Theresa

The Board of Directors as adopted two new definitions that will encompass our community work and accompany our new mission statement adopted at our September General Membership Meeting:

The Junior League of the Palm Beaches is committed to providing meaningful opportunities for children and young adults to increase their levels of education and literacy in Palm Beach County. Our nonprofit specifically addresses these challenges through grade readiness, emergent literacy, and life skills programming provided to those in need. 

Junior League of the Palm Beaches also seeks to improve the health and wellness of women and girls in our community through our period supply bank, leadership training opportunities, and educational opportunities in order to empower strong female civic leaders.

We hope these statements will be useful in discussing our community work and impact. At the end of the year, we will have more impact data to accompany these definitions, which will help our members and community partners to better understand everything we do.

 
We are also excited to announce a new community partnership with Lean In Girls! In the program’s own words, this “leadership program helps girls see themselves as leaders in a world that often tells them they’re not…[w]e want to equip girls to be self-assured, resilient, and inclusive everyday leaders and inspire them to lead boldly. And we want to the world to remove the obstacles in girls’ way and encourage them to lead on their own terms.” If you would like to read more about the curriculum, you can do so here. AJLI brought this opportunity to local Leagues and the Board of Directors cannot imagine a better partnership at this point in time given our new mission statement and current focus areas. The Community Council will be working to roll out the program with existing partners but if you have any recommendations for potential partners who may benefit from JLPB leading these trainings, please do not hesitate to contact me at president@jlpb.org.
Thank you for your continued membership and support of JLPB. We simply could not do what we do without you. We wish you the best during this holiday season, though I will check in once more next month.
Chelsea Bellew 
President
Junior League of the Palm Beaches
president@jlpb.org