Junior League of Montgomery

College and Career Night

College and Career Night is Coming!

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 
6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM

The Junior League of Montgomery's 26th Annual College and Career Night will be held on September 20, 2010 at the Montgomery Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.  Representatives from more than 100 educational, technical, military, and vocational schools from across the country will be present to meet with students and parents from the tri-county area.

 College and Career Night serves as a valuable resource to high school students and their families.  The event is designed for students in the tri-county area to explore college and career possibilities, gather scholarship information, and find out about financial aid opportunities.  In addition to financial aid seminars, a comprehensive booklet, published by the Junior League of Montgomery is distributed and includes information on federal, state and local scholarships, grants, and loans.  Admission is free of charge.

This year's event is chaired by Bernadette Hollinger.

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The Junior League of Montgomery will host The Junior Leagues' Kids in the Kitchen on Saturday, April 17,  2010 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Eastdale Mall.. This Association-wide initiative is designed to address the growing issues of childhood obesity and poor nutrition at the grassroots level. The Junior League of Montgomery has a history of involvement in important community issues, and this initiative builds on our heritage, as well as the heritage of the 107-year-old Junior League movement.

Since the early 1970s, the number of overweight children ages 12-19 in the United States has doubled, and the number of overweight children ages 6-11 has tripled. In the past 5-10 years, studies have shown that more than 16% of young people ages 6-19 are overweight. Similar statistics appear in Mexico, Canada and the United Kingdom. By promoting family health through innovative programming, this initiative builds on a Junior League tradition of improving childhood nutrition, which started with our founder, Mary Harriman.

In recent months, many news articles and studies have shown that childhood obesity is beginning to reach a plateau due to awareness-building efforts and programs like this one. These results prove the ability of organizations and communities to work together to tackle major issues and truly make a difference.

In 2006, the program's first year, over 225 Leagues held Kids in the Kitchen and media coverage reached over 80 million people with messages about the issues surrounding childhood obesity and the Junior League's initiative to address these. The program is now an ongoing initiative of The Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. and is currently in its fourth year. To date, over 250 Leagues have participated in the initiative with media coverage reaching over 450 million people. Together with our sister Leagues, we have an extraordinary opportunity to help combat potential health problems among today's children and help put the issues surrounding childhood obesity at the top of our nations' agendas. At the same time, our involvement with this initiative enables us to emphasize our leadership position in the social activism/volunteerism arena and perpetuate the Junior League brand well into the 22nd century.