Today we’d like to introduce you to Jill Banaszak.
So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
The Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and to improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale was organized in 1937 as the Fort Lauderdale Junior Service League to provide the community with willing volunteers in civic and child welfare work. The first project was assisting Mrs. Parson’s Day Nursery for working mothers. The Nursery is now known as Jack and Jill Children’s Center. The Junior League… has over 500 volunteer members emphasizes leadership training for members Dedicates resources to projects that most positively impact families and children. Promotes volunteerism and encourages community involvement beyond the Junior League is a member of Associations of Junior League International (AJLI).
The Junior League is also a training organization that: prepares women for effective life-long volunteer service Provides leadership development Provides skills training opportunities Provides hands-on experience Junior League members extensively research community issues, needs and challenges. Members then select a project and dedicate resources to solving the problem. The Junior League supports its projects through extensive volunteer time and expertise, as well as effective collaborations with other organizations in the community, solicitation of grants, community fundraising events and fund development. Each year, the league researches and initiates projects or expands services in response to community needs. Typically projects are supported with financial, administrative and volunteer assistance until they become self-sufficient or responsibility is assumed by an appropriate agency.
So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale story. Tell us more about the business.
Through hands-on community service and leadership development, we have been training the women who drive community change in our area for decades. Since its inception in 1937, the Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale has created several of Broward County’s top charitable organizations. During our 80-year history, we have raised millions of dollars, matched by millions of volunteer hours in improving the lives of our neighbors right here in Broward County. We continue to support our current community projects including childhood fitness and nutrition and raising awareness of human trafficking in Broward County. In addition, providing civic education and leadership training to our more than 500 members continues to remain at the core of our organization.
Do you feel like our city is a good place for businesses like yours? If someone was just starting out, would you recommend them starting out here? If not, what can our city do to improve?
We love the Fort Lauderdale area and neighborhoods within Broward County.
Contact Info:
- Address: 704 SE 1st Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
- Website: www.juniorleagueftl.org
- Phone: 9544621350
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/juniorleagueftl/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jlgfl/
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