The Junior League of Youngstown throughout the years:

1930's

• The JLY Shop and Workroom for the Blind and Disabled was opened on Rayen Avenue
• "Scribblers" was organized
  The League first heard on WKBN radio station
• Dental Clinic at Youngstown Hospital became a project for the League
• Weekly broadcasts of children's plays presented over WKBN

1940's

• Organized a volunteer bureau which developed into Civil Defense Volunteer office
• Organized Advisory Committee
• Dental clinic turned over the the Youngstown Hospital
• Sponsored "Junior Town Meeting of the Air"
• Age limit for membership raised to 35
• The 1st year of the "Follies"
• "Wishing Well" Gift Shop opened at Northside Hospital as a permanent money-raising project
• The 2nd "Follies" presented

1950's

• Age limit for membership changed to 32
• Written excuses required for absence of meetings
• The 3rd "Follies" presented
• Opened the Child Guidance Center
• Four new Board positions were established: Gift Shop, Legislation, Social and Children's Theatre
• Established Civic Children's Theatre
• First JLY "PR" flyer distributed
• TV debut with "Parents and Children" on WKBN and "Storytime" on WFMJ-TV
• Mrs. Robert Massman elected director of Region IV and later elected secretary to AJLI
• 20-week TV series "Spotlight on Music" produced for the Symphony Society
  Sustainers Group formed
• Public Relations TV program done as a part of the Adelaide Snyder show
• Volunteer Service Bureau began
• Voted to sponsor Lecture Series as a money-raising project

1960's

• Children's Arts Festival at the Butler Art Gallery
• Office of Corresponding Secretary created
• Drawing account of $1,000 given to Civic Children's Theater
• Complete history of Youngstown League's compiled
• Mrs. John F. Tyler elected Director of Region IV and later elected Association Secretary
• Voted to terminate Volunteer Service Bureau with a final grant of $6,000
• Age limit for membership changed to 34
• Members vote to establish a children's zoo in Mill Creek Park
• The League is forced to withdraw proposal
• Arts Committee presents Pageant of Ohio Painters and gala premiere at the Butler Institute of American Art
• Voted to accept The Steel Valley Home for Girls and renovation of the Library Learning Center
• 1968 - The Steel Valley Home for Girls opened
• Membership voted $10,000 to the Youngstown Symphony Society to raise the floor of the Warner Theatre

1970's

• First Bargain Bonanza initiated
• Provisional worked for passage of Children's Levy
• Drug Education & Environmental Action Committee formed
• Membership voted to grant $5,000 to open Ford Nature Education Center
• Arts Holiday expanded to cover 6,356 children in city schools
• Town Hall's 15th Anniversary
• Voted to hold summer program for children with learning disabilities
• SAIL program launched
• Minimum age for membership raised to 20
• Realia and Suitcase Museum projects began
• Worked on government funding for Daybreak runaway shelter
• Purchased property for the Daybreak shelter
• Plans laid for Career Development Center and seed money provided
• Established Child Advocacy Committee
• $11,400 in foundation grants received for Daybreak
• Tandem meetings instituted
• Published "Reflections" brochure to highlight community leisure activities

1980's

• Equipment for Therapeutic Playground at Tod's Babies Hospital approved Daybreak II Deeded to Children's and Family Service Board - mortgage free
• New admissions procedure and year-long Provisional Course instituted
• Grant Review Committee formed and awarded $5,725 to eight community agencies
• Future Planning Committee created -- first Future Plan written
• Weekly directory for the jobless published by Provisionals in The Vindicator and the YWCA
• Focus areas in education, downtown revitalization and effective community leadership
• First PSA produced
• Leadership Youngstown became a reality
• YSU Hands-On Museum
• Membership admission age increased to 38
• Historic survey, downtown banner and Youngstown Calendar projects approved
• Arts Holiday celebrated 25th anniversary with takeover by Youngstown Area Arts Council
• Ad-Hoc Committee studies President-Elect system and recommends continuing 2-year presidency
• Membership approved "Women-to-Women" Phase I
• Suitcase museum transitions with Arms Museum
• "This is Youngstown" calendar sell-out of 13,300
• Tod Parent House dedicated as a Ronald McDonald House
• JLY funds $2,000 for Leadership Youngstown scholarships
• Provisionals rejuvenate Battered Persons Crisis Center
• SPAC produces Children's Legislative Handbook
• Hallmark's Kaleidoscope delights 2500 children
• Women Helping Women collaborates with Westlake Terrace Tenants Assn. to provide training and self-help seminars
• New cookbook presented
• $4,260 given in Mini-Grants to six area agencies
• Town Hall celebrate 30 years
• Women-to-Women begins Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Program
• New By-Law: 3 years active membership before going sustaining

1990's

• Women-to-Women sponsors "Women of Color"
• Pictures added to the Yearbook
• Members serve on Mayor's Task Force for Drug Prevention
• JLY Cookbook reissued
• Dues increase approved

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