The Junior League of Reading is holding two fundraising events this year. The purpose of these events is to help raise the necessary dollars to impact our Leagues focus area of creating, improving and expanding the resources available to all children, to enhance opportunities available for their growth, development, and overall welfare.

 

OUR LEAGUE BENEFITS FROM NEW AJLI FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITY:
THE JUNIOR LEAGUE SHOPPING MALL

The Association of Junior Leagues International Inc. (AJLI) has launched a new program that allows members and friends to support The Junior League of Reading by making online purchases through the Junior League shopping mall, a website created in conjunction with Fundlink, LLC.

1,300 retailers have joined to help Junior Leagues by donating a portion of their online proceeds. Merchants include Target®, Macy’s®, Best Buy®, Nordstrom®, Barnes and Noble® and web-based giants such as Expedia®. You do the shopping - they give a donation!

The Junior League shopping mall works like any other online shopping vehicle except now our League benefits from the experience. After entering the shopping mall and selecting an online retailer to visit, you will be asked to designate The Junior League of Reading as the beneficiary of your shopping experience. Once the designation is made, you will be sent directly to the retailer of your choice to start shopping – it’s that easy!

Poinsettia Party and Holiday Boutique

Please join us on Tuesday, November 27th, 2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Berkshire Country Club for an evening full of fun, food, friends, and shopping. What better way to kick-off the holiday season! Twenty specialty vendors will be providing an opportunity for you to shop for jewelry, clothing, sweet treats, stationary, and more – many of the items are hand crafted. While shopping, enjoy some fabulous food and spirits, while being entertained by a jazz string quartet. Tickets are $35 per person. For more information, or to purchase tickets, please call 610-374-9811.

Get Ready for Touch-a-Truck 2008

On May 18, 2008, the Junior League of Reading will host the 3rd Annual Touch-a-Truck 2008, a community-based, family-oriented fundraising event with hopes to be bigger and better than last year’s, which was a great success! Entertainment, food and activities are being planned. Don’t miss your favorite mascot! It promises to be great family fun for everyone!

More than thirty-five trucks, fire engines, police cars, heavy equipment, motorcycles, dump trucks, cranes, and numerous other types of vehicles rallied to give children a chance to experience a wonderful hands-on experience. Children climbed on; scrambled over and touched to their hearts’ desire their favorite vehicle and trucks.

One of the highlights of the day’s event was the “Teetering Truck Track Race.” Children raced corporate sponsored cars in a wooden truck derby.

If you are a business, local not-for-profit, government or military organization, you can support Touch-a-Truck 2008 by showing off your vehicles and allowing them to become part of the children’s interactive display.

For more information, please call 610-374-9811.
 

The first annual Touch-a-Truck was held in 2006 at Penn State Berks Campus. More than thirty-five trucks, fire engines, police cars, heavy equipment, motorcycles, dump trucks, cranes, and numerous other types of vehicles rallied to give children a chance to experience a wonderful hands-on experience. Children climbed on; scrambled over and touched to their hearts’ desire their favorite vehicle and trucks.

One of the highlights of the day’s event was the “Teetering Truck Track Race.” Children raced corporate sponsored cars in a wooden truck derby.

If you are a business, local not-for-profit, government or military organization, you can support Touch-a-Truck 2007 by showing off your vehicles and allowing them to become part of the children’s interactive display.

For more information, please call 610-374-9811.
  The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. and
The Greater Reading Convention & Visitors Bureau to Receive Proceeds from Skate America

Reading, Pa. (July 11, 2007) - Reading, Pa., will be the host city for 2007 Skate America, which will be held Oct. 26-28, 2007, at the Sovereign Center. Skate America is an Olympic-style international figure skating event featuring three days of competition in ladies, men’s, pairs and ice dancing.

The event attracts more than 60 world-class figure skaters from approximately 12 countries. Past champions include five-time World and nine-time U.S. champion Michelle Kwan, 2002 Olympic bronze medalist Timothy Goebel, 2002 Olympic pairs champions Jamie Salé & David Pelletier of Canada, 1992 Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi and 1984 Olympic champion Scott Hamilton. This competition is the first event of the 2007 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series and will be televised live by NBC.

Proceeds from the event will stay in Berks County and be used by The Greater Reading Convention & Visitors Bureau (GRCVB) and The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. The GRCVB will enhance its marketing efforts to develop additional tourism opportunities for the Greater Reading area. A non-profit, the GRCVB works to continue to build the economy for Greater Reading, Berks County, PA through tourisms $1.1 billion economic impact.

The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. will develop and train members to become effective community leaders and to provide grants and programs to local non-profits that benefit children. This coming year, The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. will partner with the United Way of Berks County to organize and manage the development and operation of a Play and Learn Center in Reading. The purpose of the Play and Learn Center will be to provide opportunities for parents, caregivers and children to engage in facilitated play and learning-related activities together that stimulate children’s development needed to prepare them for school success.

Founded in 1923, The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The focus of The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. is creating, improving and expanding the resources available to all children to enhance opportunities available for their growth, development and overall welfare. The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to volunteerism.
For more information, contact The Junior League of Reading, PA, Inc. at 610.374.9811.