Be Fit, Be Fine - Promoting health & wellness for children in our community

JLL has launched a multi-faceted, long-term program to attack the childhood health and wellness crisis in our community.

JLL is entering its third year of our Be Fit, Be Fine initiative. Past projects have included the inaugural city-wide Health Summit in 2007, which brought together community leaders to discuss issues ranging from access to healthy food to community incentives that enhance daily activity, and two years of the JLL RunWild! day-long program featuring a family run/walk and Health and Wellness Expo. JLL has launched several new projects for 2009-2010 under its Be Fit, Be Fine initiative:

• Child Health and Wellness Community Outreach with the American Heart Association
• Health Promotion Schools of Excellence with Jefferson County Public Schools
• Y5210 with YMCA of Greater Louisville
• Urban Garden Project 

For more information about these exciting programs, click here.

Noogiefest
October 2009
Gilda's Club

JLL celebrated Gilda's Club’s opening in Louisville in 2007 by hosting a Halloween party for the children and family members of the club known as Noogiefest. JLL also provided a significant grant to assist in the construction of the children’s area at Gilda’s Club’s new facility called Noogieland. Noogiefest is for children impacted by cancer, whether directly or by having a family member or friend living with cancer. The second annual Noogiefest was fun filled outing with loads of games, crafts, food, and excitement.
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Done in a Day

DIAD is a long-standing JLL project with a rich history of serving agencies and non-profit entities that carry on traditions of past JLL projects.
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Keep in Touch Breast Cancer Project

KIT continues a successful partnership with The Kentucky Cancer Program; KIT is a comprehensive breast cancer program, which continues to be a unique asset to the Louisville Metro community. Funded by Susan G. Komen for the Cure, KIT is designed to encourage public awareness and education to increase early detection of breast cancer as well as to provide outreach and support networks to those women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. This year, JLL will host several survivor retreats designed to address the psychosocial needs and quality of life issues experienced by many breast cancer patients 

Home of the Innocents Pregnant and Parenting Teens Program

JLL’s HOTI Committee members serve as positive mentors and role models for the teenage mothers housed in the Cralle-Day wing of the Home of the Innocents campus. JLL organizes various programs and workshops focusing on self-esteem, financial literacy, health and fitness, etiquette, goal setting, and career planning. JLL also provides childcare during these events so that the young women are free to focus on the valuable projects and learning experiences offered through the program.

Bloom Boutique
Spring 2010

Bloom Boutique was launched under DIAD in 2006 by JLL Provisional members and was so successful in its inaugural year it has become its own unique project. Bloom Boutique was created to help boost the self-esteem of at-risk high school girls. These girls are referred to the Junior League by their high school counselors, who assist in developing goals for improvement in academic success. Upon successful achievement of the goals, the girls are treated to a day of "shopping," makeovers, and pampering. This year, new and like-new dresses, handbags and jewelry are being collected for distribution to low income girls for 2010 prom.  Click here to read the article about Bloom Boutique 2007 in the Courier-Journal!  Click here for more information about this project.