History

JLMC History Highlights 

1978-1979

§        Won an award from The Bradenton Herald for “Projects Benefiting the Elderly”

1980-1981

• Won Golden Gavel, “Service to Youth” category presented by the Sarasota Herald Tribune.
• Won “Top Organization of the Year” Award presented by The Bradenton Herald.

1981-1982

• Won The Bradenton Herald Award for Community Service to Youth

1982-1983

• Won Golden Gavel Award, “Continuing Project,” for Children’s Theater presented by Sarasota Herald Tribune.
• Opening of the Discovery Place “hands-on” tactile museum located at the Manatee County Central Library.

1983-1984

• Won Sarasota Herald Tribune Golden Gavel Award for Discovery Place under the category “New Projects.”

1984-1985

• Won Sarasota Herald Tribune Golden Gavel Award for the Drug Awareness Project in the category of “Service to Youth.”
• Won The Bradenton Herald “Community Service Award” in the Education category for Discovery Place Project.

1985-1986

§        Drug Awareness Project wins The Bradenton Herald, “Service to Youth Award.”

1986-1987

• The Poison Prevention Puppet Program (PPP) was created and presented to preschoolers throughout Manatee County.  PPP was seen on a Channel 40 television show.

§         JLMC received second place and first place Public Service Announcements Awards at the Annual Conference of the Association of Junior Leagues.

1987-1988

• Won a Sarasota Herald Tribune “Merit Award for Public Information: for Poison Prevention Puppet Program.
• Named “Outstanding Organization Overall” by The Bradenton Herald.
• League instrumental in having bills to combat violence in the media introduced in both houses of the state legislature.

1988-1989

• JLMC received the Bradenton Herald Golden Gavel Award for overall service to the community.
• JLMC received the Sarasota Herald Tribune Silver Gavel Award for sponsoring the 1988 Video Violence Legislation.  Presentation was made at the September General Meeting by Marjorie North.

1989-1990

• Sarasota Herald wooden gavel Community Service for Hope Project.
• Bradenton Herald - First Place, Community Service Award.
• Volunteer Services - Civic Award, Hope Project.
• Model Project - Hope Project selected to be a model project at The Association of Junior Leagues International Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada.
• Domestic Violence Video - The Association of Junior Leagues International Honorable Mention.
• Domestic Violence Television Public Service Announcements - The Association of Junior  Leagues International Honorable Mention.

1990-1991

• Sarasota Herald Tribune Golden Gavel: Domestic Violence Video
• Sarasota Herald Tribune Golden Gavel: East Bradenton Park Playground
• Manatee Cty. Board of County Commissioners: Outstanding Community Service, Rural Health Service Parrish Clinic Renovation. 
• Manatee County Chamber of Commerce: Keep Florida Beautiful Founding Sponsor

1992-1993

• Sarasota Herald Tribune Golden Gavel - Teen Peer Panel Program.
• Bradenton Herald Community Club Awards - Recycling Kits.
• Manatee County School Board - Plaque for sponsoring school tours of Discovery Place/Central Library.

1993-1994

• Bradenton Herald Community Club Award for the Rubonia Community Center as Best New Project .
• Merit Award from the National Advancement for Colored People (NAACP) Bradenton Branch Award for our outstanding community service.
• AJLI’s Public Service Announcement Award (PSA)), third place for the video “Where a Woman Can Make A Difference”.

1995-1996

• The Junior League of Manatee County received the Bradenton Herald’s Readers Preference Award for “Best Civic Organization” for the years 1995 and 1996.

1996-1997

• JLMC was awarded the Bradenton herald Club Award for “Overall Service to the Community” for our “Done in a Day Projects.”
• We also won the Bradenton Herald Reader’s Preference Award for the “Best Service Organization.

1998-1999

• Bradenton Herald’s Readers Choice Award for Best Civic Organization
• Organization Development Communications Award - 1998/99 Annual Conference for JLMC Trifold Brochure

1999-2000

§        The Junior League of Manatee County received the Bradenton Herald’s Reader’s Preference Award for the “Best Civic Organization.”

2005-2006

§         We purchased our first home that is located at 410 27^th Street West and is absolutely perfect for our needs.  The headquarters committee along with the executive council and many other integral people helped bring our dream to a reality.  Kiwanis gifted a $50,000 check that was the determining factor to us purchasing the headquarters.  The Grimes Family and Boyd Reality also both donated $10,000 toward the purchase of our new home.  Without the donations and support of our actives, provisionals, sustainers, and the community, this would never have happened. So we wish to extend a very special thank you to all those who were a part of this wonderful process. 

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