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The Junior League of Boca Raton’s annual culinary event raised $29,600 to benefit volunteer programs that help improve the South Florida community. The evening included an array of wines, spirits and savory samplings from local restaurants, enjoyed b

Then-Boca Raton Mayor Susan Whelchel prodded the city to donate land for a community garden in 2010.

Since then, the Junior League of Boca Raton has managed and supported the garden,

which has 97 plots that are leased to city residents.

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Event Co-Chairwomen Holly Meehan and Molly Powers.
Photo provided

By Amy Woods
    
    The Junior League of Boca Raton will set the table at a new venue this year for its Flavors of Boca fundraiser.
    On Feb. 11, guests will gather at The Addison, a

The Junior League of Boca Raton had its 28th-annual fundraiser – one of the largest to date, with 900 guests in attendance and $180,000 raised. Linda Coffin, nominated by Children’s Home Society of Florida, was named the 2015 Woman Volunteer of the Y

Gulf Stream resident Kirsten Stanley is happy to serve as the president of the Junior League. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Rich Pollack

Kirsten Stanley doesn’t shy away from challenges. 

At 39, she is executive vice president of Delray Beach-bas

The Junior League of Boca Raton celebrated its one millionth diaper donation at the end of the 2014-15 season, surpassing all expectations for the 4-year-old initiative. The accomplishment demonstrates the community’s support of the Diaper Bank proje

Ann Rutherford is Junior League of Boca Raton’s

2014 Woman Volunteer of the Year.

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By Rich Pollack

    Think of a major not-for-profit organization in Boca Raton, and chances are Ann Rutherford has been a part of its begin

Kirsten Stephenson at the Junior League office.

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    For Kirsten Stephenson, being a Junior League member has been about life lessons — learning the needs of her community while at the same time learning about herself and

The league’s board of directors and other active members came together for the annual summer project of distributing baby diapers to the communities of south Palm Beach and north Broward counties. This year, nearly 38,000 were given to 16 agencies,

The Junior League of Boca Raton celebrated the end of the 2014 season during a meeting, at which Andrea Garcia was sworn in as new president. ABOVE: Woman Volunteer of Year Co-Chairwoman Kirsten Stephenson, Honorary Chairwoman Marta Batmasian, Co-Cha

Alana St. John, Melissa Novak, Co-Chairwoman Stephanie Economos, Custodia Olivieri, Co-Chairwoman Laura Kendrall and Shanna St. John. Photo provided

By Amy Woods
    
The food-focused fundraiser that has made the Junior League of Boca Raton the charit

The Junior League of Boca Raton’s 26th annual celebration of women honored Peggy Jones (LEFT), the nominee from Boca Helping Hands. Patricia Thomas, who was nominated by two organizations — Caring Hearts Auxiliary of Florida Atlantic University’s

     Linda Gunn Paton takes a break from helping stuff envelopes at the Junior League of Boca Raton’s offices. Volunteering, she says, makes her feel closer to her community. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

Linda Gunn Paton had just gotten married to a

The Junior League of Boca Raton recently named its new board of directors for the 2013-24 year.

Its mission: to volunteer, raise money, help develop the potential of women and improve the community

through leadership and action. Photo: (front row)

April 19: Join the Junior League of Boca Raton as it goes from the 18th green to a full house at its Golf Classic & Casino Night fundraiser, ‘Birdies to Black Jack.’ Time is 11 am. Cost is $225 for the Golf Classic and $65-$125 for Casino Night. Ca

Holly Meehan is gearing up for the Junior League
of Boca Raton’s Woman of the Year luncheon, which
marks its 25th anniversary this year. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Lucy Lazarony

For Holly Meehan, her life changed one Saturday in October 20

Chocolate Decadence organizers:  Back row, from left: Chim Francisco; Sydney Lynn; Stephanie Economos; Christine Rothenberg; Colleen Occhiograsso; Michelle Silverstone; Laura Nowadly; and Kirsten Tuzzo. Front row: Sunnie Brooks; Co-Chairs Melissa R

Junior League past presidents at a Junior League of Boca Raton president’s luncheon in 2008: Seated, from left: Mary Csar (1990), Carole Putman (1989), Dorothy MacDiarmid (2005), Kristin Calder (2007), Kathy Adkins (2006), Lisa Mulhall (1997), Lisa