How to Become a Member
If you would like more information on becoming a member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City, please complete the "Become a Member" form listed in the tabs on the left and someone will be in contact with you.
The Junior League of Oklahoma City welcomes your interest in becoming a member of our 80 year-old organization. In considering membership in the Junior League, you might wonder what you can contribute to the future. Consider this: all but the ten charter members of JLOC started as provisional members. Each was simply a woman who made a commitment to this organization of her time and talents. It was through the training opportunities and the mentoring of the active and sustaining members that each of the women succeeded.
Provisionals are the lifeblood of our organization and will help strengthen and sustain it over the years. JLOC maintains its reputation for hard-working, committed volunteers by asking provisional members to meet "active" membership requirements. Your provisional year is your training for active membership. You will work our two fundraisers, Mistletoe Market and The Remarkable Shop; learn about the League's history and structure by attending provisional course meetings; practice parliamentary procedure and meeting management skills by sitting on a Junior League committee; and meet active and sustaining members of the League by attending monthly meetings. Your provisional year promises to be among the most rewarding and fun of your League career.
With over 1,300 members, many non-profit organizations in Oklahoma City are currently led by members of JLOC--Leadership Oklahoma City, Center for Non-Profit Management, Rebuilding Together, Special Care, Infant Crisis Services, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City Community Foundation and the Oklahoma City Arts Council to name a few. Outside the non-profit sector, League members are federal court judges, political appointees, successful businesswomen and well-respected community leaders. The training you gain and the connections you make will serve you well, no matter what path you take.
New provisionals are sponsored by the middle of February each year. The provisional course runs from June 1-May 31, but April and May have several necessary meetings before you begin on June 1. Below is a list of the requirements for the 2010-2011 JLOC Provisional Class.
Criteria for Membership
A prospective member may not be younger than 21 years of age nor older than 50 years of age on May 31st of the year she is admitted to provisional membership.
Provisional Commitment Overview (Click Here for Details)
Residency Requirements
(A) Resident Prospective Provisionals
A Prospective Provisional shall have been in residence in Oklahoma City or a suburban area thereof (see Map) by May 31 of the year she begins her provisional year.
Geographic Admission Area:
North 248th Street
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Gregory Road Pottawatomie Road
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South 189th Street
(B) Non-Resident Prospective Provisionals
A non-resident Prospective Provisional member shall have been in residence in this League's admissions area for a minimum of one year and may not have lived outside this League's admissions area for more than five years immediately prior to the time of her proposal. She must live within another Junior League's admissions area at the time of her acceptance.
Must have an interest in voluntarism, commitment to community service, and an interest in developing her potential for voluntary community participation.
