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Who are the Founders?

Louise Truitt Jackson Dench, is the Mother who conceived the idea of Jack & Jill -- because she wanted Christmas to last all year long!  “I went to Brooklyn once to visit a friend. She was telling me what a wonderful Christmas they had had with all their visiting friends who had moved away into various boroughs and cities. They had all these children now and everyone came back and had a Christmas party. I enjoyed the story and I said, ‘Gee, Philadelphia could enjoy something like that, but I want our group to be a club permanently, not just get-together’s at Christmas.’”

Marion Turner Stubbs Thomas, Founded Jack and Jill of America in 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “To us as mothers, it [Jack and Jill] has become a means of furthering an inherent and natural desire ...to bestow upon our children all the opportunities possible for a normal and graceful approach to a beautiful adulthood.”

How is Jack and Jill organized?

There are seven regions: Eastern, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast. Mid-Western, South Central, Central and Far West. Each region has a regional team consisting of a Regional Director, Secretary-Treasurer, and a Foundation Member-At-Large (MAL). Additionally, each region is represented nationally by one of the seven national officers.

Can non-members participate in activities?

Teenagers who are not members of Jack and Jill may attend chapter social activities upon invitation from the local teenage sponsors. Only Jack and Jill teen members may attend Teenage Regional Conferences

When does Jack and Jill hold conferences and conventions?

The National Convention meets biennially (even numbered years). The Mothers' Regional Conferences meet biennially also but on alternate years with the National Convention (therefore, odd numbered years). The Teenage Regional Conferences meet annually.

For more information on Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated  visit - http://national.jackandjillonline.org/