Maybe. The fact is, millions of Americans live in what the USDA defines as a food desert: a low-income census tract whose residents have low access to a supermarket or large grocery store. (To see where the closest food desert is to your home, check the USDA’s interactive map here.)
Nutrition has been a core element of The Junior League’s Mission going all the way back to Mary Harriman and her work with poor immigrant families in New York City 110 years ago. The Kids in the Kitchen program is AJLI’s …

In business, picking the right name for your product is important. Sounds like the Junior League of Lancaster has got that figured out.
In 2010, JLL started a High School Girls Business Plan Competition. Great program – designed to promote business knowledge for girls, giving them a foundation for success as they pursue careers beyond high school – but kind of a clunky name. Enter Girls in Business, the program’s new name. Says Kirsty Houck, Girls in Business Assistant Chair: “We are excited about our new name because we feel that …

That’s what Kashi (think healthy food) will donate to The Junior League for every Facebook “Like” our members, community partners and friends provide until February 22, up to a total of $75,000. Whatever funds we receive – and we hope it will be $75,000 – will be used for grants of up to $5,000 to individual Junior Leagues for their Kids in the Kitchen programs.
The program is in support of The Kashi REAL Project™, an initiative designed to raise awareness of the Real Food Deficit and amplify the work of …

A special post from AJLI‘s Laurie Dodge, Marketing and Communications Director

48 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute*
YouTube is the second largest search engine*
70% of branded content is created by consumers*
The average user of Facebook creates 90 pieces of content per month*
57% of people communicate more online than off* (really????)
This past Monday I had the good fortune to attend the Social Media For Nonprofits conference in New York City, organized by Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Ritu Sharma. In 2012 the series has been scheduled to visit San Francisco; …