Thank you for visiting the website of the Junior League of Odessa.

I am honored to serve as the 2008-2009 President of the Junior League of Odessa.  Founded in 1948, we are an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

Our league stands for service, commitment, and results. The fruits of our labor are evident all over the community from the automation of the Ector County Library, Hope Chest, Junior Achievement, mentoring young girls through Camp CEO, building a house for Habitat for Humanity, creating the Rainbow Room for abused and neglected children and much, much more. We will continue to impact our community with this year’s projects, which include the newly opened Spray Ground at McKinney Park, which is free to the community.  We continue to research and explore promising new projects that will benefit the great citizens of Odessa.

We could not make an impact on our community without the dedication of our active members and our sustaining members who continue to serve the League and the community through their leadership and participation in various service activities throughout the city. The efforts of our entire membership enable the League to address critical and emerging community needs.

This year we are celebrating 60 years of service by recruiting at least 60 new members!  Our theme for Merry Market Place this year will be Diamond Jubilee. 

Laura Haynes
President
2008-2009