Would these five, even in their wildest dreams, imagine the impact their organization would make in the decades to follow?
The Community Service League was accepted into the Association of Junior Leagues International in 1976, becoming its 231st member. The earliest fund raising efforts of selling fruitcakes evolved into multi-faceted, full-fledged businesses. Annual membership grew from 6 to 600.
JLS Founding Members from Left to Right: Jan Knauer Horton, Anne Peightel Wakeman, Suzanne McDonald Tynes, Patty Moran Brooks, Cynthia Farthing Hollander.
The Junior League of Springfield was instrumental in developing these projects and programs designed to benefit the Springfield community.
1960 | Children's Clothing Bank Visiting Nurses Association |
1963 | Girls Club (now Boys and Girls Club) |
1972 | KOZK, Ozarks Public Television |
1973 | Regional Girls' Shelter |
1974 | KOZK, Ozarks Public Television Tele-Auction |
1976 | Child Advocacy Center History Museum of the Ozarks Plaid Door Thrift Store |
1977 | Community Needs Assessment Survey The Springfield Ballet |
1980 | Dickerson Park Zoo Educational Amphitheater |
1981 | Hospice Program |
1982 | Ozarks Food Harvest |
1983 | Leadership Springfield Reading Is Fundamental |
1985 | Kids on the Block Puppet Troupe |
1987 | American Red Cross Blood Mobile |
1989 | Discovery Center of Springfield Teen Parent Program |
1990 | First Night Springfield |
1991 | Homebound Shoppers Service |
1993 | Dickerson Park Zoo Asian Elephant Education Program |
1996 | Hall of Leaders Lecture Series at Springfield Public Schools Greene County Teen Court |
1997 | Family Violence Center's ABCs & 123s Educational Program |
2000 | Library Story Garden at the Springfield Library Center |
2001 | Boy Scout Nature Conservation Trail |
2002 | Ronald McDonald House Mobile Dental Care Unit, Founding Partner |
2003 | Boys and Girls Club Learning Center at the Bill Stalnaker Unit |
2004 | Community Needs Assessment |
| 2005 | Community Report Card, Second Edition Focus on Child Abuse and Neglect |
| 2007 | Isabel's House, Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks |
