Email UsRecognizing a need for organized volunteer service in a rapidly growing city with ever changing needs, thirteen civic-minded women met in February of 1950 to make preliminary plans for the organization of the Tyler Service League. In May of 1950, the Tyler Service League gathered for an organizational meeting with its thirteen sponsors and thirty-two charter members in attendance. The immediate goals of the organization were to serve and strengthen the Tyler community and to become a member of the national organization of the Junior League. On February 1, 1960, the Tyler Service League was admitted to the Association of Junior Leagues of America.
Today, The Junior League of Tyler, Inc., with its 282 active and provisional members and 516 sustaining members, continues to be an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. To date, The Junior League of Tyler, Inc. has given back more than $6 million, and hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours, to better the community. This year alone, the League will contribute over 20,000 volunteer hours and over $375,000 to worthy community projects and endeavors. The League fundraising activities include a biennial Rummage Sale "Spring Sweep", three cookbooks: And Roses for the Table, Cooking Through Rose-Colored Glasses, Ring Around the Rosie, and the annual Mistletoe & Magic holiday shopping market. Because of the vision and character of our charter members, The Junior League of Tyler, Inc. remains a strong and vibrant force, impacting our community today.
