Junior League of Wichita

Holiday Galleria

Our annual upscale shopping event featuring more than 115 regional and national merchants. Read more

Sunflower Sampler – 36th Year Limited Edition

This limited edition of JLW’s Sunflower Sampler contains over 450 unique and lovingly tested recipes, originally published in 1973 as a fundraiser. After numerous community requests, this anniversary edition is released to ensure that Kansas cooking lives on. Read more

Women of Great Taste

The Women of Great Taste cookbook is a collection of over 300 triple-tested recipes submitted by members and friends of Junior League of Wichita, Inc. (JLW). First printed in 1995, the cookbook is in its second printing. In 1995, it was honored with the Midwest regional Tabasco® Award. Read more

Kids' Zoobilee ends in 2010 after 12 successful years. Read more

Community Focus

2010-2011 PROJECTS

Fun & Phonics
Fun & Phonics marks the beginning of Junior League of Wichita's funding relationship with the Fundamental Learning Center (FLC) which was founded in 2000. FLC’s vision is “all children reading, all children succeeding,” and serves as an educational resource center in Wichita. The project will develop a 20-hour preschool language and literacy training program to benefit preschool children in the Wichita area with a focus on those children identified as most likely to have learning difficulties. The training program will be used by FLC as the cornerstone for its early literacy programming.

Reading at the Ranch
The women of Junior League of Wichita will work with Judge Riddel Boys Ranch in the Reading at the Ranch project. A Book Club and Facility Library will stimulate residents’ interest in reading, improve their reading and reading comprehension skills, promote positive interaction with community volunteers, provide them with a variety of enjoyment-reading materials, provide a variety of library resource materials, and create a central location where books and reading materials can be stored and maintained.

READ TO ROVER IMPROVES KIDS' READING SKILLS, TEACHES ABOUT COMPASSION FOR ANIMALS

Please click here to read more about this exciting project between Junior League of Wichita, Inc. and the Kansas Humane Society.

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA UNVEILS NEW OUTDOOR CLASSROOM AT RAINBOWS UNITED

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JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA, INC. RECEIVES $166,000 GRANT FROM LOIS KAY WALLS FOUNDATION

Junior League of Wichita, Inc. (JLW) has received a $166,000 grant from the Lois Kay Walls Foundation. Shown at right, Cheri Updegraff, Lois Kay Walls Foundation Board Member and former JLW President, presents JLW President Jamie Schmaltz with a check during the League's annual May meeting.The grant will be used to renovate the JLW Headquarters building, located at 6402 E. 12th Street in east Wichita, including making it ADA accessible. To read more about the grant award, and the Lois Kay Walls Foundation, please click here.

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WICHITA, INC. CELEBRATES 85 YEARS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE

Junior League of Wichita, Inc. proudly marks its 85th anniversary this year. Since 1925, Junior League of Wichita members have worked to build a better Wichita.

JLW is commemorating our anniversary by reinforcing our long-standing commitment to the community by working with more non-profit service agencies this year than ever before. Each month will celebrate a past project – by working with a contemporary agency filling a similar need. Some of the agencies we will work with this year include: Komen Wichita Race for the Cure, Youthville, Kansas Children’s Service League, and Habitat for Humanity.

Our Mission

Junior League of Wichita, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

Junior League of Wichita, Inc. reaches out to women of all races, religions, and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to voluntarism.