AboutThe Junior League of Baton Rouge
The Junior League of Baton Rouge, Inc. is a nonprofit organization of over 1700 women. The Junior League of Baton Rouge, Inc. was founded in 1932, and has a history of service to children and their families in the areas of education, health, and arts and cultural enrichment.
Our organization is a member of the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) which was founded in 1901 and is comprised of 296 organizations in four countries with a membership over 193,000.
The Junior League of Baton Rouge, Inc. has been instrumental in founding and funding many of Baton Rouge's institutions, like:
- Louisiana Arts and Science Museum
- Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing Foundation
- Volunteers in Public Schools
- Adopt-A-School
- Magnolia Mound Kitchen
- East Baton Rouge Parish Library Information Service
- Volunteer! Baton Rouge
- Parenting Center, currently Family Services of Greater Baton Rouge
- Playmakers
- Peer Helpers
- Excellence in Teaching, from which the Academic Distinction Fund was modeled
- Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
For almost 50 years, we have experienced success with our traditional River Road Recipes cookbooks, but as the times change, we decided it was time for River Road Recipes to evolve as well. We partnered with Keeper™ Collection, LLC, creator of the interactive recipe collection Refined Dining™, which can be found at www.refinedining.com, to lead us into the cutting edge online market with River Road Recipes: A Louisiana Tradition.