Volunteers Educate Local Elementary Students on Nutrition, Physical Fitness and Etiquette January 2016 The Junior League of Houston, along with Recipe for Success Foundation, hosted a national Junior League initiative, Kids in the Kitchen, on Thursday, January 28 and Friday, January 29, 2016. Eighty elementary students from Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary School gathered at the Junior…

League Awards $150,000 Community Assistance Grants to Worthwhile Organizations January 2016 Each year, the Junior League provides Community Assistance grants to worthwhile organizations that do not receive ongoing volunteer support or financial assistance through the League’s Community Program. The League’s Community Assistance Committee reviews the grant requests based on their alignment with League and board…

Francita Stuart Ulmer Receives Award for Outstanding Community Impact October 2015 The Junior League of Houston, Inc. presented the Adelaide Lovett Baker Award to Francita Stuart Ulmer. The award is given annually to one sustaining member who has continued to serve and make a major broad-based impact on the community through her volunteer or professional…

The Annual Opening Style Show Showcased Fashionable Wanderlust Outfitted By TOOTSIES September 2015 The Junior League of Houston’s annual Opening Style Show was dressed to impress! This year, the theme, Passport to Fashion, guided guests through global trends with help from the always fabulously outfitted TOOTSIES. The Junior League of Houston provided fashionable wanderlust showcasing…

Local Third Through Fifth Graders Learn Basic Etiquette at Inaugural Event August 2015 Chairman Tanya Merla Leiber and The Junior League of Houston’s Community Special Projects Committee carefully selected a top-notch Houston-based etiquette coach Michelle Hollander to work with partner, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Houston, for a special inaugural luncheon focusing on…

Child Advocates, Inc. Announces 10th Annual Cameron Childspree August 2015 The Junior League of Houston, Inc., 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, recently participated in the 10th annual Cameron Childspree, benefiting Child Advocates, Inc. on Saturday,…

June 2015 The Junior League of Houston, Inc., 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, recently announced its 2015 – 2016 Executive Committee and revealed the theme for the year, “Heart of a Champion.” The newly selected…

May 2015 The Junior League of Houston, Inc. continued its 90th anniversary celebration by recognizing the donors to its League Legends Annual Fund on Thursday, May 7, 2015, at the home of Junior League sustaining member Phoebe Tudor and her husband, Bobby Tudor. Their Southampton home, built in 1925, is also celebrating its 90th anniversary The celebration was presented by…

April 2015 On the mornings of April 16 and 17, 2015, approximately 70 second, third and fourth grade students from Piney Point Elementary attended the League’s annual Kids in the Kitchen event. Kids in the Kitchen is a national initiative of the Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI) geared to fight childhood obesity by teaching…

April 2015 Each year the League honors an outstanding active member with a minimum of five years of League service who exemplifies the League’s mission both within the League and in the community at large. First awarded in 2005, the award was endowed by John H. Lindsey to honor his wife, 1957 – 1958 Junior…