Our Impact on the Community
Every year League members volunteer in the Community. Below is a list of the agencies that we are helping make a difference with for the 2009-2010 League year.
Community Organizations, Programs & Agencies Benefiting from the 2009-2010 Annual Campaign
Bibb County Public Schools - Heritage Helpers
Junior League Goals:
- To provide meals and snacks to the above organization to help offset some of the costs of the individual programs.
- To provide support and reading programs to elementary students.
Boys and Girls Club
Junior League Goals:
- To teach children to read food labels and recipes.
- To teach children about healthy snacks and exercise.
- To provide health literacy and education.
Imagination Library
Junior League Goals:
- To research, establish, develop, and coordinate an Imagination Library program in Macon and to partner with Downtown Macon Rotary Club on obtaining a certified literate community designation.
- To identify and collaborate with community partners; to raise funds for the development of the program; to promote the program; to solicit and register participants; and to compile and enter information into the foundation database.
- To coordinate with The Dollywood Foundation to mail a brand new, age appropriate book each month to every child under 5 registered in the program.
- To foster a love of reading among Macon preschool children and their families.
Kids Boutique
Junior League Goal:
To provide for those less fortunate children by ensuring that they have adequate clothing and supplies for school.
Ms. Wizard
Junior League Goal:
To introduce exciting math and science careers to girls at a time when many start to lose interest in these fields.
Museum of Arts and Sciences
Junior League Goal:
To partner with the Museum of Arts and Sciences to provide arts and sciences programming to school age children in Bibb County.
Playground
Junior League Goal:
To maintain a presence in the development of the Playground at Water Works Park.
Skills for Success
Junior League Goals:
- To implement/present the life skills curriculum created by league members in '06-'07, which was written to target female teens in our community. This will be done over a period of 8 to 10 weeks, with one 1 to 2 hour session per week.
- Additionally, league members and Skills for Success participants will participate in a community service component.
- To provide female teens with knowledge on a variety of life skills they will need to lead independent and productive lives, as well as become successful members of our community.
- To encourage students to read and emphasize literacy to students.
The Children's Hospital Library
Junior League Goal:
To provide books and supplies to the patients in The Children’s Hospital; to promote reading to the patients by coordinating story times and events; to ensure every child leaves with a new book and a love of reading.
Women's Symposium and Family Health Day
Junior League Goals:
- To participate in a wellness event designed to increase health awareness and offer free screenings to the public;
- To increase the number of attendees at the current event by adding our support & involvement;
- To increase League visibility by participating and having a League booth at the event in a related area such as story hour, registration for a library card, book drives, health literacy education (teach parents how to read medicine bottles/side effects/prescriptions), and give away healthy me books to children;
- To partner with one of our long-term supporters.
