The Junior League of Savannah is accepting Community Program Development and Community Assistance Fund applications through December 15, 2009. Applications are available at jrleaguesav.org www.jrleaguesav.org or by calling (912) 790-1002.

Community Projects are organizations that partner with the Junior League of Savannah to receive funding and volunteers. Community Assistance Funds are grants awarded once a year in the spring. Partnerships and funding are available to all local 501 (C) (3) organizations within the League’s focus area of “Women and Children’s Advocacy.”

The Junior League of Savannah believes that women and children deserve to be empowered through quality opportunities in order to thrive and to be contributing members of our community. These opportunities should develop the whole person socially, emotionally, physically as well as academically.

Organizations who apply must meet the following requirements: -Have a commitment to voluntarism. -Community Programs awarded must be used within the geographic boundaries of the Junior League of - Savannah, which includes Savannah, Bluffton, South Carolina Low Country and Brunswick. -The applicant organization must have in place a Board of Directors and audited financial statement or budget. -Applications will NOT be accepted for the following funding uses: fundraising, capital campaigns, individual requests, travel expenses, salaries, stipends, political activities or religious purposes.

The Junior League of Savannah is an organization of over 1000 women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. For more information on the Junior League of Savannah, visit jrleaguesavannah.org www.jrleaguesavannah.org or call 912.790.1002.