Event Description

Join us for our inaugural Miles for a Mission VIRTUAL Race hosted by the Junior League of Fort Smith.  This VIRTUAL race will be held from November 15-30, 2020. 

Our Mission

The Junior League of Fort Smith 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.

About Us

In 2013, we began tailoring our volunteer efforts to address the foster care crisis in the Arkansas River Valley Community.  In Sebastian and Crawford counties, there are currently approximately 700 children in foster care, with less than 150 certified foster family homes. Statewide, there are more than 5,000 children in foster care with only 1,600 foster family homes.   The Junior League of Fort Smith has studied this issue and worked to address it with community projects that help recruit and retain foster families, build and furnish children’s shelters, prepare children aging through the foster care system to have the necessary life skills to make it as an adult, and help improve the quality of life for children currently in state care.

Our Impact

In 2018-2019, the Junior League of Fort Smith provided approximately 350 trained volunteers, with 442 volunteer hours served.  Our efforts impacted at least 830 citizens in our local community.