Glendale Heights
Junior Woman's Club

Dedicated to Community Service Since 1982


 


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Our club consists of an Executive Board which includes four officers and a board of committee chairwomen.
Our committees include areas of interest in:
  • Art
  • Conservation
  • Education/Health
  • Home Life
  • Legislation
  • Membership
  • Native American/Veteran Affairs
  • Public Relations
  • Social
  • Village Activities/Events

Community Involvement

Some of the ways we are actively involved within our community......

  • Member Glendale Heights Chamber of commerce
  • Recipient of 2006 Chamber Of Commerce Community Service Award
  • Member of Character Counts Coalition
  • Restoration of Historic Reskin House
  • Supporter of DUCAP (DuPage County Area Project) Teen Reach Program
  • Adopt-A-Highway
  • Village Christmas Sharing Project
  • Glen Oaks Health and Safety Fair
  • Glendale Hts. Charity Golf Classic
  • National Night Out
  • Red Ribbon Week (D.A.R.E.)
  • Child Abuse Prevention Week
  • Make A Difference Day
  • Labor Day Parade

Annual Fundraisers

We are a non-for-profit group and we raise money throughout the year.
Some of our most successful fund-raisers have been:

  • Bingo at Summerfest
  • Candlelight Bowl and Dinner
  • Fall Auction Extravaganza & Craft Fair

Recipients

Through our fund-raising efforts, our club has assisted:

  • Nick Christaforakis, Glendale Heights resident
  • Bosselier Family, Glendale Heights resident
  • Linda Sutherland, Glendale Heights resident
  • Scholarship Award, Glendale Heights resident
  • Glendale Heights Attack on America Relief Fund
  • FACES 4
  • Susan Komen Foundation
  • Operation Smile
  • Humanitarian Service Project
  • Children's memorial Hospital
  • H.E.A.L. (Help End Addiction with Love)
  • Virginia's Area Homeless Project
  • Northern Illinois Food Bank
  • DUCAP (DuPage County Area Project)
  • TLC Camp (for terminally ill children and their siblings)
  • Glen Oaks Hospital
  • Glenside Public Library