In May of 1929, twenty women created a service organization and founded a day nursery located in a little building north of the Masonic Temple in downtown Tucson. In 1933, the organization was formally recognized by the Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI), becoming the Junior League of Tucson, Inc. (JLT). For over 80 years, our members have been dedicated to building a better community through their role in training community leaders and helping to establish community resources, such as the Ronald McDonald House, the St. Luke's Home, Brewster Home and the Fort Lowell Restoration Project.The Junior League of Tucson's members are part of an international network, the Association of Junior Leagues International, encompassing more than 155,000 women in 293 leagues around the world who are changing their communities and their world. Every day, Junior Leagues across the country are finding new ways to embrace their goals of empowering members to be in the forefront of community leadership.The Junior League of Tucson, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.