Our Service Projects

Our Ruston chapter is excited to plan and execute projects that are all about uplifting our community, especially our amazing youth!

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School Enrichment

Our School Enrichment program has provided services to over 5,000 students, teachers and staff. JA meets the needs of children at parish schools through the collaboration of community programs and sponsors.

Backpacks-for-Kids, organized by the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, ensures kids receive packaged, easy to open meals to last them through weekends and holidays. We sponsor a school each year to ensure these meals are promptly delivered to students.

We also participate in Adopt-A-School serving LPECC.

Christmas Caring Hearts

JA coordinates this annual project with help from our local citizens and Lincoln Parish school teachers. Children and their families are matched with churches, individuals, organizations, businesses, and clubs who wish to lend these families a helping hand.

Junior Auxiliary is able to utilize our community’s support to provide basic necessities such as clothing, jackets, and shoes/socks to these families. We had an absolute outpouring of support this past year from various businesses, institutions and local fire departments. They rallied around us to make sure every last child on the list was covered for Christmas.

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Unplugged

Unplugged encourages children to step away from screens and electronics while discovering hands-on skills they can carry throughout life. Through fun, interactive activities, children build creativity, confidence, and connections while creating positive, lasting memories.

Betty Robbins Volunteer of the Year

The Betty Robbins Volunteer of the Year Award is an annual award presented to a Lincoln Parish resident who has made a difference in the lives of the children in our community. Betty Robbins was a former President of the local chapter, as well as the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries (NAJA) and exhibited all the purposes of the Junior Auxiliary mission towards enriching the lives of children in the community.