SALUTING OUR SENIORS - CLASS OF 2022

Jack and Jill of America, Inc., is a membership organization of mothers with children ages 2 – 19, dedicated to nurturing future African American leaders by strengthening children through leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty.

On September 20, 1960, sixteen East St. Louis mothers met with four members of the St. Louis, Missouri Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. The following officers were elected at that meeting: President – Mrs. Dorothy L. Kenney Vice President – Mrs. Juanita Loveless Recording Secretary – Mrs. Evelyn Word Corresponding Secretary – Mrs. Mildred Jeffers Treasurer – Mrs. Myrtle B. Officer Parliamentarian – Mrs. Mary Louise Perry Historian/Journalist – Mrs. Louise Polk. Other members present that evening included: Mrs. Thelma Blackwell, Mrs. Mildred Jones, Mrs. Geneva Irby, Mrs. Lee Annie Bonner, Dr. Lena Weathers, Mrs. Rosie Hancock, Mrs. Ada Woodson, Mrs. Lawanne Russell, Mrs. Bernice Higgins, Mrs. Frazier, Mrs. Laura Beck and Mrs. Florence Jackson. As a result of this meeting, and the hard work of the mothers involved, the East St. Louis, Illinois Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was established at the National Convention in July 1962 and chartered on September 21, 1962 by National President Margaret Sims.