January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Month in the U.S. In 2019, Polaris Project, who runs the National Human Trafficking Hotline, received 11,500 reports of human trafficking, due to notorious underreporting this is only the tip of the iceberg. Human trafficking is a global problem, but it is happening in every community. Learn more here: https://polarisproject.org/recognizing-human-trafficking/
 

 

Registration is live! Go to www.jlli.org/socials to sign up.


 

We will be putting together 30 birthday boxes for children living in homeless shelters for our Birthday Wishes DIAD Project.  Click HERE to donate to this wonderful cause!  All donations must be to Headquarters by February 23rd.  A few volunteers are needed to assemble the boxes at Headquarters on February 27th, register on Digital Cheetah. For more information, contact Kari Epstein at kariepstein1@gmail.com. 

 

Help support the restoration of our beloved Thrift Shop & JLLI Headquarters.
The Thrift Shop will be selling chocolates at the counter, with all proceeds going towards
the repair of our historic building.

You can also support the House Restoration Campaign by purchasing custom Junior League apparel!  Check us out on Bonfire and shop official merchandise today!  

Book Club will be held virtually on Monday, January 25th. This month, we are reading Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals by Rachel Hollis. To RSVP and Zoom instructions, contact Tracy Pfaff-Smith at tracyepfaff@gmail.com. 

The Junior League of Long Island is proud to partner with Stony Brook's Little Angels Fund for our annual NICU Done In a Day Project.  Click HERE to see a list of items needed and to donate. All donations must be at Headquarters by April 6th.  We will also be accepting monetary donations. Members are needed to assemble the bags at Headquarters on April 10th and 11th; please register on Digital Cheetah. To donate or for more information, please contact Sandra Wilson at (516) 526-6207.
 

Congratulations to Joan Yonke and her husband Lou on the birth of their daughter Lillian Hilda. 

Fiona Nigro recently transferred to the JLLI from the New York Junior League. Welcome Fiona!

Welcome to Ada Lee, who just transferred to the JLLI from the Junior League of San Francisco, CA.

Danielle Caldwell also just transferred to the JLLI from the Junior League of Portland, OR. Welcome Danielle!

Junior League of Long Island
1395 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn NY 11576
(516) 484-0485 | www.jlli.org