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Lemont Junior Woman's Club
PO Box 563
Lemont, IL 60439

Email: ljwc2000@excite.com

We’d love to welcome you as a member of the Lemont Junior Woman’s Club! Don’t let the Junior in our name fool you. The Lemont Junior Woman’s Club is a diverse group of women of all ages. We are a strong, active dynamic organization devoted to Lemont and our world. We encourage self-improvement, foster friendships and have fun. For a glance of LJWC's purpose and accomplishments, view the LJWC brochure.

Meetings are held the 1st Wednesday of each month, (January – May and September – December) at 7:00 p.m., in the Lemont Village Hall, 418 Main Street, Lemont.

The 2010 Schedule is as follows:
January 6th
February 3rd
March 3rd
April 7th
May 5th
September 1st
October 6th
November 3rd
December—Installation dinner

We encourage women, of all ages, in Lemont and its surrounding community, to join us at one of our meetings. Come discover what we do, and how you can help make a difference in someone else's life!

The LJWC is run by an executive board consisting of six elected officers who appoint chairwomen for our standing committees. All members serve on one of the main committees and participate in at least one fundraising project each year.

Our main committees are:

Ways and Means - The Ways and Means committee raises money to support the club's philanthropic endeavors by planning and conducting fundraisers. This year's event will be held in the spring on Saturday, May 16 and is called the Viva Lemont Ultimate Scavenger Hunt. It will involve a scavenger hunt with Limos, a silent auction, music and food. Our committee will be the planners and organizers of this event.

Philanthropies - Philanthropies is responsible for helping out those in need in the town of Lemont by awarding scholarships to deserving high school students who volunteer in the community, making library book donations in honor of members who have had babies during the year, planting a tree at LJWC’s Park, and filling baskets with basic household items for needy families in town on Make A Difference Day.

Membership - The Membership Committee organizes social activities for the club, Sunshine Meals for LJWC members who experience a life-changing event, the Membership Yearbook and Installation Dinner of the new board.

Education - The Education Committee is involved in creating a space to instill the joy of life-long learning within the LJWC and the local community. This mission is achieved by providing a monthly report at the meeting, which provides information about health, family, local, national issues and occasional fun topics. We also work with the local police department in providing essay readers for the DARE program within the schools. Some of our currently scheduled events for our committee are Kopz n Kidz Day, ABC Garden Planting, DARE Essay reading and judging, Parenting Classes, and monthly reports on important national and local issues and some “quirky” stuff, too.

Home Life - The Home Life committee is a “hands on” committee to the community. The things we do as a committee impacts Lemont from newborns to seniors. Some activities we participate in are march in the St. Patrick’s Day and Keepataw parades, arrange Easter baskets for needy Lemont families, collect magazines and toiletries for seniors and deliver them to local nursing homes, throw a Halloween party at the Franciscan Village, and organize Breakfast with Santa at Cog Hill.

Welcoming Committee - The Welcoming Committee program exists to bridge cooperative services between the Lemont Junior Woman’s Club, the Lemont Chamber of Commerce and all of the new residents who relocate to our wonderful Village of Lemont. The committee ventures into the community to procure contracts with local businesses to help support a “welcome wagon bag.” We, in turn, personally prepare and deliver a gift bag and offer words of “welcome” to every new homeowner in Lemont. In the end, our Lemont businesses gain visibility in the community and new homeowners are introduced to many great features of our town.

Public Relations - Public Relations is a fun, creative, and flexible committee that partners closely with all LJWC committees to help create community awareness about our Club and General Federation, both externally and internally throughout the entire year. Our goal is to create a positive image of the LJWC, and familiarize our members, and the Lemont community, with our history, mission, and current initiatives through various media outlets; such as, newspaper, website, Channel 6, village newsletter, the Junior’s Journal and club emails. We also brainstorm and execute innovative ideas in a fun, light-hearted, “team” environment, while fostering our friendships.

Safety Village Programs - The Safety Village committee is responsible for organizing several Safety Village programs throughout the year. These programs help educate and protect the children of Lemont. They include Safety Village Summer Camp, Fighting Chance and Safe Sitter.

Juniorettes - The Lemont Juniorettes Committee consists of girls between the ages of 12 to 18 who meet in order to perform community services, fundraising and social activities. Some examples of Juniorettes’ projects include: straightening the Hope Closet, maintaining the Birthday Closet for children of domestic violence victims at Crisis Center for South Suburbia, selling raffle tickets at Lemont High School football games, serving meals at Ronald McDonald House and sponsoring a house at Halloween Hoedown.

Membership Dues are $50 per year.

If you are interested in becoming a member, please send an email to Jennifer Egan, LJWC Membership Chairwoman, at ljwc2000@excite.com.