100 years of caring
Published on November 11th, 2022 by Diana Duren.
1922
Cornelia Keeble Ewing and 46 other young women found the Junior League of Nashville — the 30th member of the Association of Junior Leagues of America.
1923
The Junior League Home for Crippled Children opens at Ninth Avenue and Monroe Street to help children with orthopaedic illnesses.
1929
The Junior League purchases five acres at 2400 White Avenue and breaks ground on a new building.
1971
The Junior League relocates its Home to the children’s floors of Vanderbilt University Hospital.
1988
Junior League support of the Child Life Program’s services begins.
1998
Junior League pledges $2 million to support new freestanding Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at
Vanderbilt.
2007
Begins support/expansion of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Follow-Up Clinic.
Junior League Fetal Center formed.
2012
Junior League gifts $1.5 million to start the Sickle Cell Disease and Asthma Program.
2016
Junior league commits $1.5 million to Child Life Program.
2022
For 100th anniversary, Junior League gifts $1.5 million for pediatric rehabilitation.
