Over one hundred years ago, Mary Harriman founded the Junior League in New York City as a direct result of her work with recent immigrants in the settlement houses there. Her vision was to establish a channel to promote social responsibility and an opportunity to positively impact the community at large. The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc. (JLPA•MP) continues this tradition through its ongoing efforts to tackle difficult social issues such as affordable housing, societal violence, homelessness, drug addiction and children at risk. The JLPA•MP seeks to affect positive change in these and other community issues, through the hands-on work of our volunteers by funding League-sponsored community projects, by making direct grants to not-for-profit organizations whose interests and priorities are consistent with ours and by advocating for those with whom we partner on community projects. Our Mission The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc. is 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. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc. reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism. The Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, Inc. serves the Peninsula communities of Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Carlos, Stanford, Sunnyvale and Woodside.  Download a summary of our community projects. (PDF)