About

The Junior League was founded in 1901 by Mary Harriman, a 19-year old New York City debutante. She and 80 other young women sought to improve the living conditions of immigrants on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.

The Junior League of Greenwich was chartered in February 1959; we have continued to serve and grow this community for 60 years. The Junior League is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.

The Junior League of Greenwich has played a major role in designing and establishing a wealth of services for the community. While the JLG’s role may no longer be directly visible, many of the services that have touched the lives of Greenwich residents were conceived, initiated and implemented by the League. The JLG administers projects for approximately 2 to 10 years, usually turning them over to an existing agency or organization. Some projects become independent entities. A sample of past Junior League of Greenwich projects include:

Accessory Apartment Project
Alcohol Education Program
Audubon Guiding Program
Bruce Park Boundless Playground
Caregivers Circle
Child Care 2000 (now Children’s Day School)
Child Care and Parenting Council
Domestic Abuse Services (at the YWCA)
Environmental Education
Greenwich Education Foundation
Great Estates (a book documenting the great estates of Greenwich)
Greenwich Coalition on Diversity
Greenwich Safety Town
Greenwich Skatepark
Greenwich Tutoring Service
Greenwich United Way
Greenwich Youth Film Festival
Group Living for the Independent Elderly
Growing Up Healthy
Grace Notes (formerly The Keynotes)
Hotline
Kids in Crisis (birth to 17)
Kids in the Kitchen
Learning Differences Network
Marine Discovery Room at The Bruce Museum
Parents Exchange
Parents Information Exchange Newsletter (now Parents Primer)
Partnership in Education
Pavilion Club
Playground Pals
People Who Care
Pre-K at Hamilton Avenue
Project Charlie
Senior Outlook
Western Greenwich Civic Center Playground
Woman to Woman
Youth Employment Services (YES)
Youth Shelter