Community Projects
Each year, the Junior League of Miami selects community projects for which members will devote volunteer hours and seed funding in the next Junior League year. Since the JLM's founding in 1926, more than $2.5 million has been awarded to programs throughout the community. This figure does not include the League's endowment, volunteer hours or financial support provided by individual members.
In addition, the League provides Grant support to select programs every year which address the League's focus areas but do not require volunteer support.
To respond to mounting social challenges in our community, the Junior League of Miami is governed by a strategic plan that calls for development of our own flagship projects, as well as partnerships with other community agencies that share our focus on Families at Risk. Resources concentrate on making a significant impact within the areas of homelessness, family violence, child and women's health, early childhood education and foster care.
Learn how to apply for a Community Project or Community Grant.
Community Projects - 2010-11
Camillus House
Junior League members will develop and implement a wellness program to address the basic needs of chronically homeless women who are served by the holistic Emotional, Social & Health Enhancement Program.
Casa Valentina
JLM is providing funding for Casa Valentina’s Welcome Home! Initiative to provide starter packages of basic household items to new residents “aging out” of foster care at their 18th birthday.
Centro Campesino Farmworker Center, Inc.
JLM is providing funding for a program which provides community education to decrease childhood obesity and diabetes in the lives of migrant and seasonal farm workers and their children.
Community Smiles
JLM is providing funding for a non-profit dental clinic whose volunteer professionals provide preventative, restorative and highly specialized oral health care to low-income, uninsured women and children of Miami Dade.
CoralGables@HOME
Junior League volunteers will visit and provide companionship to elderly female residents as part of a first-of- its kind in Florida initiative. The League members will partner with Coral Gables Community Foundation’s program designed to support at-home living as long as possible.
Done In A Day
This committee provides trained volunteers in response to requests from the community agencies for short-term service by volunteers for special events. The committee ‘s primary focus is to assist in community events within the League’s focus areas of Families at Risk, Women and Children’s Health, Homelessness, Foster Care, Early Childhood Education and Family Violence.
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Florida Breast Health Initiative
Junior League volunteers will participate in the monthly door to door outreach campaign increasing breast health awareness, distributing breast health education kits, and providing free mammograms to underserved women.
Inn Transition Nort h
The League’s flagship project for the past 20 years has provided housing and resources to women and children who are survivors of domestic violence as part of a public-private partnership with Miami-Dade County. League volunteers mentor a family and participate in regular outings with the families in residence at the 21-unit apartment complex.
Read about Inn Transition history.
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Inn Transition South
Opened in 2002 across from an elementary school in a residential community, ITS is a gated complex for women and children that includes 56 two-, three- and four-bedroom garden style apartments, a community center with a children’s library and a playground. A partner in the founding and opening of ITS, JLM volunteers provide life skills training and enrichment activities for residents.
(History of JLM's Inn Transition)
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 Kathryn Menke Miller Community Service Awards
The Junior League of Miami awards college scholarships to high school senior girls for outstanding academic performance and community service. Every spring senior high school girls who demonstrated exceptional service to their community, both in and outside of school, while excelling in their academics are honored.
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Kulula Project
Junior League volunteers will serve as after school tutors, activity coordinators and mentors to children, their parents or caregivers in partnership with the University of Miami School of Education in its Youth and Family Empowerment Program: Kulula and Strong Roots. The program is designed to enhance the ethnic identity and socialization skills of ethnically diverse youth and their parents.
Linda Ray Intervention Center
League members will partner with the University of Miami’s Department of Psychology in designing and implementing a participatory music program for babies and toddlers who are at risk for poor development outcomes at school entry.
Project Lift for the Lotus House
Junior League members coordinate donations of furniture and deliver and set up new apartments for women transitioning into homes of their own from the Sundari Foundation’s Lotus House shelter which serves homeless women and children.
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Therapy Dogs
Tested and trained eligible dogs participate in therapeutic sessions with children through the “Paws to Read” program. This approach helps children who are slow or shy readers or who suffer from learning disabilities by encouraging them to read aloud to the trained dogs, enhancing their reading skills in a non-judgmental and supportive environment.
YMCA Preschool
League members will participate in reading sessions with children in the Reading Centers in the Allapattah YMCA. The League will also develop and implement an intergenerational reading program by conducting workshops for seniors on how to read to children.
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