Organization: JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAINT PAUL
Mission: THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAINT PAUL IS AN ORGANIZATION OF WOMEN COMMITTED TO PROMOTING VOLUNTARISM, DEVELOPING THE POTENTIAL OF WOMEN AND IMPROVING COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE EFFECTIVE ACTION AND LEADERSHIP OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS.
Activities: TRAINING AND EDUCATION - PROVIDE WOMEN IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE ASSOCIATION THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION NECESSARY TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION. COMMUNITY BREAKFAST - THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF SAINT PAUL HOSTED A FREE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST AND PANEL DISCUSSION AROUND THE TOPIC OF "INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS." FEATURED PANELISTS SHARED AND DISCUSSED HOW CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION ARE BRINGING SOLUTIONS TO THE HOUSING CRISIS AND STEMMING THE TIDE OF HOUSING INSTABILITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS - GATHER AT NEWLY RESURFACED LOT AT RICE AND COMO STREET TO PLANT AND DECORATE FOR FALL. COLLABORATED WITH CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR, MN HORTICULTURE SOCIETY, THE SANNEH FOUNDATION AND THE PR FIRM FOR THE ST PAUL AND MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONS TO CLEAN UP A SMALL LOT AT RICE AND COMO STREET IN SAINT PAUL. PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDED PLANTING, DECORATING AND CLEANING UP IN THE FALL AND SPRING, AND DONATING BOOKS TO A "LITTLE FREE LIBRARY."DONE IN A MEETING PROJECT FOCUSED ON HELPING WOMEN'S ADVOCATES. WE MADE "MOVE OUT BASKETS AND BLANKETS.HOMELESS DAY ON THE HILL 2020 - MEMBERS TOOK PART IN HOMELESS DAY ON THE HILL 2020 TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT FOR MORE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACROSS THE STATE AND RAISE THE PROFILE OF JLSP IN THE COMMUNITY.
NTEE category: Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Secondary category: Housing & Shelter