Past Projects
Junior League of Reno’s past projects include, but are not limited to:
- Teenage Opportunity Program (T.O.P.) – a work program for 9th – 12th graders
- “Adventures in Seeing” – an art appreciation slide presentation for 3rd & 4th graders
- Behavioral Treatment Center – a program for emotionally disturbed pre-school children
- Voluntary Action Center (V.A.C.) – a volunteer placement bureau and data bank, that was turned over to the United Way of Northern Nevada in 1981
- “Officer Ugg” – a poison prevention program
- Kids on the Block – a puppet program addressing the problems of disabled children. This program is still in existence today, managed by The Assistance League of Reno-Sparks
- Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) – a program that coordinates the treatment of children placed in state foster care
- A Girl Scout Drug Awareness Patch
- Elder Ed – a film program to aid seniors in wise drug usage
- TOMA Drug Awareness Coalition – a program encouraging children and adults to become more aware of and learn alternatives to drugs
- Wilbur D. May Great Basin Adventure: The “Discovery Room” at the Wilbur D. May Great Basin Adventure Park – a place for children, grades kindergarten through six, to discover the world of nature by actually handling items from the Great Basin area
- The Ronald McDonald House – which provides lodging for families of hospitalized children
- “I’m in Charge” Latchkey program – a program which enhanced the quality of self-care for both parents and children
- “Smoking Education Coalition” – a program, which provided fourth grade students with information on the health hazards of tobacco use
- “R.A.D.” Reach for Academic Difference
- Foster Care Coalition
- “So This is Reno” Walking Tour
- Graffiti Patrol
- Adopt a Park
- Impact Reno
- Drug Awareness Coloring book
- Christmas/Arbor Day Tree Planting Project
- I.D. A Child
- Silent Witness Silhouettes
- I Can Do Anything High School Partnership
- G.I.F.T. – Giving, Improving & Fulfilling through Training
- Healthy Kids – a health for children program that emphasizes physical, mental and emotional well-being
- Susan G. Koman Race for the Cure
- Kids in the Kitchen – educating children and their families about nutrition, and preventing obesity
- Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum partnership
- Girl Scout Domestic Violence Awareness Patch
- Universally Accessible Playground – Inspiration Station playground at Dick Taylor Memorial Park