Women Building a Better Community

The Junior League of Winston-Salem, Inc. (JLWS) is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

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  Following a meeting at Reynolda House, the JLWS was established on March 23, 1923 as the first Junior League in NC and 46th in the Association (AJLI).
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  The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County was founded by the JLWS in 1949 and was the first locally established arts council in the US.
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  JLWS started the Nature Science Center (now known as Kaleideum North) in 1965, located initially in a barn and silo on the original Reynolda Estate.
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  For 30 years, the JLWS has been educating all WS/FCS third graders about child abuse and neglect through the "Someone to Talk To" Puppet Show.
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  Established by the JLWS in 2004, the Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem (now known as Kaleideum Downtown) nurtures children’s imaginations, creativity, and love of reading.