Women Strengthening Community
Mission statement The Junior League of Austin is an organization of women whose mission is to advance women’s leadership for meaningful community impact through volunteer action, collaboration, and training.
Membership by the numbers
Signature Programs A Christmas Affair (ACA) began as 30 booths in the Driskill Hotel in 1976, and the event has since grown into the largest and most anticipated JLA fundraiser! JLA recently celebrated its 48th annual market, A Cosmic Holiday, which attracted an estimated 25,000 shoppers to browse 218 vendors’ booths. The event raised more than $1.2M for our signature programs and nonprofit community partners.
Actives 833
Sustainers 1301
members
ACA funds JLA’s mission, programs, outreach and allows us to continue our work empowering women and serving our community. Provisionals 154
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Annual Holiday Market is set for Nov. 20–24. See you there!
Coats for Kids (CFK) is an annual community project that collects and distributes coats to eligible children and teenagers across Central Texas. Since its inception 37 years ago, CFK has collected and distributed 1,035,135 coats! JLA gives coats to Del Valle ISD, Austin ISD, and Pflugerville ISD schools, as well as to charter schools and 78 community organizations.
impact hours through community partners*
total value of volunteer hours through community partners* *for the 2023–24 League year, as of March 15, 2024
1,805
30,963
185
Community volunteers who donated 5,415 hours
Coats collected for children in need in 2023
Schools throughout the Austin area who received coats in 2023