Cibo Fusion awarded  the coveted "Iron Chef" Award

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Cibo Fusion was awarded the coveted title of "Iron Chef" as Junior League of Cedar Rapids (JLCR) hosted its third annual competition Wednesday, March 4, at the Mansfield Center on the Kirkwood Community College campus. The student team from the Kirkwood Community College Hospitality Program defended its title against chefs from Beckett's Public House (winner of last year's People's Choice award), Cibo Fusion, and Linn Street Café. KCRG's Beth Malicki and 100.7 The Fox's Faye Dudley emceed the event with over 200 people in attendance.

Families to Learn Importance of Healthy Eating

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Junior League of Cedar Rapids (JLCR) is proud to announce their partnership with Young Parents Network (YPN) for this year's Kids in the Kitchen event on March 3, 2009. Young families have the opportunity to learn about nutrition and the importance of an active lifestyle. Samples of nutritious snacks and meals will be provided along with activity stations and handouts.

Shannon Ford, chair of the Done-in-a-Day committee, said, "With childhood obesity on the rise, we feel that it is important to show families that eating right and ...<< MORE >>

JLCR Partners with Area Businesses to Improve Recreation Room for Youths

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Junior League of Cedar Rapids' (JLCR) new member class is proud to announce its "It Takes a League to Build a Community" project, scheduled for Saturday, April 25. JLCR is teaming up with several local businesses to completely make over the youth recreation room utilized by participants in the Area Substance Abuse Council's (ASAC) youth inpatient rehabilitation program. ASAC incurred flood-related damages during the historic flood of 2008, and the success of this project depends on the donation of materials and services from ...<< MORE >>

Local Chefs to Vie for "Iron Chef" Award

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The coveted title of "Iron Chef" is on the line once again as Junior League of Cedar Rapids (JLCR) holds its third annual competition Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. The Mansfield Center on the Kirkwood Community College campus is the place to be as a student team from the Kirkwood Community College Hospitality Program defends its title against chefs from Beckett's Public House (winner of last year's People's Choice award), Cibo Fusion, and Linn Street Café.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Three lucky girls from Taylor Elementary School were given the unique opportunity to spend a memorable afternoon with their fathers at Junior League of Cedar Rapids' (JLCR) 7th Annual Butterfly Kisses event on Sunday, February 8, 2009. The girls selected from the Taylor School 3 Wish List received tickets to the event, Von Maur gift cards to purchase dresses and shoes, and complimentary hair and nail services, all courtesy of JLCR. The girls' fathers received suits, courtesy of Holley's.

The event was held at Cedar Rapids Country Club, where more than 300 father and daughter couples created a sold out Valentine Dance. Daughters and granddaughters alongside their fathers and grandfathers enjoyed a professional disc jockey and dance, mini ballroom dance lessons, a corsage, face painting, a glitz and glamour station, different crafts and a light luncheon buffet. Addison Berg, granddaughter of Paul Duncan, was the lucky winner of an "American Girl Weekend" in Chicago.

JLCR was proud to partner with the following sponsors to help make Butterfly Kisses a success: media sponsor, 104.5 KDAT; Bank Iowa, Citywide Cleaners, Farmers State Bank, Wells Fargo, Rockwell Collins, and Gehring Orthodontics.

Proceeds from this event fund the non-profit organization's mission of improving our community and developing the potential of women as trained volunteers. For more information about this event and JLCR membership, please contact Junior League of Cedar Rapids at (319) 364-7892 or visit the website at www.juniorleaguecr.org.

Founded in 1934, Junior League of Cedar Rapids is an organization of women committed to promoting volunteerism, developing the potential of women and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. For more information, please visit www.juniorleaguecr.org. 

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Proceeds help JLCR to better the community

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Two lucky girls from Taylor Elementary School will get the opportunity to spend a memorable afternoon with their fathers at Junior League of Cedar Rapids' (JLCR) 7th Annual Butterfly Kisses event on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at the Cedar Rapids Country Club, 550 27th Street Drive S.E., Cedar Rapids, from 12:30 until 4 p.m. The girls selected from the Taylor School 3 Wish List will receive tickets to the event, Von Maur gift cards to purchase dresses and shoes, and complimentary hair and nail services, all courtesy of JLCR. ...<< MORE >>

Current of Care a success as it helps rebuild Cedar Rapids community

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Junior League of Cedar Rapids is proud to announce the success of its Currents of Care flood relief program. Local nonprofit organizations affected by the flood such as Aid to Women, Boys and Girls Club, Cedar Valley Montessori School, Girl Scouts, Young Parents Network and Waypoint will receive over $2500 in donated items such as diapers, formula, toiletries, food, cleaning supplies, and art supplies. Additionally, cash and gift card donations totaled over $3000.

Currents of Care reflects the JLCR mission of developing the ...<< MORE >>

Mindy Sorg and Kari Cooling Selected as "Forty Under 40" Honorees

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -Junior League of Cedar Rapids (JLCR) is proud to announce the selection of two members as The Corridor Business Journal's "Forty Under 40" honorees. Mindy Sorg and Kari Cooling will be honored in the publication's October 27 issue and at an awards dinner on October 28.

Mindy Sorg has been an active member of JLCR for the past four years, serving on several committees and holding leadership positions. She is the current Vice President of Planning and the President Elect. She will lead JLCR during ...<< MORE >>

$18K in community grants and flood donations to be awarded during celebratory luncheon

"So many non-profit and critical emergency services are facing both organization capacity and service challenges due to the flooding that occurred in Cedar Rapids," said Charity Tyler, President of Junior League of Cedar Rapids. "What better way to celebrate our 75 years of community service than by helping them out so they can continue to be a strong resource for the people and community of Cedar Rapids well into the future."

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Sister organization comes forward to help improve communities

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Junior League of Cedar Rapids (JLCR) has received a check for $1,000 from its sister organization, Junior League of Sioux City (JLSC), for JLCR's Currents of Care flood relief effort. Both local organizations are members of the parent organization, The Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI). To date, Currents of Care has raised $1,200 in gift cards and cash and over $2,000 in donated goods. The addition of JLSC's $1,000 gift brings the total of cash and goods raised by JLCR's Currents of Care flood relief effort to over $4,200.

Three days after the devastating flooding in the Cedar Rapids area, Tammie Pech, Junior League of Sioux City president, was on the phone with JLCR President, Charity Tyler, asking how they could help. As JLCR's Currents of Care project took shape, JLSC was briefed on the project's vision of creating a convenient, immediate and efficient way for everyone to help rebuild the Cedar Rapids community.

Stephanie Rex, JLCR vice president of community, was excited upon receiving the donated funds. "The generosity of JLSC is heartwarming. JLCR is honored to know that we will be able to make that much more of an impact on other non-profits affect by the flood. We are so fortunate to be a part of an amazing organization of women who truly care and want to fulfill our shared mission of improving communities."

Currents of Care started Friday, Aug. 1 and continues through Friday, Sept. 26. JLCR members station themselves outside the entrances of area superstores, providing patrons a list of needed items for that week's highlighted organization. Patrons then have the opportunity to purchase items from the list and conveniently leave them with a Junior League of Cedar Rapids representative on their way out. JLCR members are delivering the items to the designated nonprofit organization.

Currents of Care reflects the JLCR mission of promoting voluntarism and improving communities.

For more information, please contact Junior League of Cedar Rapids at (319) 364-7892 or visit the website at www.juniorleaguecr.org for the non-profit JLCR is focusing on each week and that organization's list of needs.

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