JLM's IMPACT AREAS

JlM will donate more than $1.3 million in volunteer time and direct financial support to the Mobile/Baldwin area.

Every five years, the Junior League of Mobile members identify impact areas in which to direct our volunteer efforts. During this five year period, community projects that address these impact areas are funded with time and money by the JLM. The Impact Areas for 2009 – 2012 are:

Art Education
Dearborn YMCA Summer Arts Program
YADA (Young Artist Discovering Art) House*
At Risk Youth
Penelope House Abuse Prevention
St. Mary’s Home Therapeutic Foster Care
CARE House “Someone to Talk" Puppet Show
Wilmer Hall Residential Program

Healthy Communities
America’s Junior Miss Be Your Best Self Day*
Bay Area Food Bank Backpack program – Mobile and Baldwin
Camp Rap-A-Hope Hope Goes to the Hospital
Family Promise Interfaith Hospitality Network support
Youth Leadership Mobile
Community Assistance Fund*
Community Collaborations*
Community Action Team* - Mobile and Baldwin
Wilmer Hall on the Run Transitional Living
Kids in the Kitchen*
The Three R's*
Downtown Walking Tour*

Job Readiness
Dumas Wesley Life After High School
Dumas Wesley Women Empowering Girls
Young Women Scholarship*
Penelope House Transitional Living
St. Mary’s Home Life Skills Education

Literacy
Goodwill Easter Seals Adult Literacy
Goodwill Easter Seals Family Literacy
Goodwill Easter Seals Read to Me
Imagination Library *
Reading is Fundamental
Mobile Public Library Summer Reading
School Readiness
Exploreum Wharf of Wonder
Dearborn YMCA Reading Buddies
Dumas Wesley Reading Buddies School

Special Needs
Woody's Song Woody’s Song
Mobile Preschool for Sensory Impaired Project Possible
The Little Tree Holiday Helpers
The Little Tree Positive Parenting
UCP Playground Fun
UCP Camp Smile Project

*Denotes a JLM Signature Project which is operated entirely by JLM. If JLM withdraws support from this project, it will cease to exist.

Your organization can partner with JLM in several ways – become a financial partner or apply to receive trained volunteers and funding for individual project/placements within your organization.