Opportunity is Knocking

Junior League of Lafayette is an organization filled with Members who desire to help meet needs in our community. Opportunity Knocks allows our Members to do just that. Opportunity Knocks developed as a result of the pandemic halting many of our community programs in 2020. Our Members saw a need for short term volunteers; however, Junior League of Lafayette did not have a formal process of filling those short-term needs. Our Members got to work to incorporate programming designed to provide those volunteers.

Junior League of Lafayette Members understand that re-inventing the wheel is often not the most efficient way of getting things done. So, we looked across the country at other Junior Leagues’ successful programs and carved out programming designed to fit the specific needs of the Lafayette community and the services Junior League of Lafayette can provide. Opportunity Knocks became an official committee in 2021.

Opportunity Knocks partners with other nonprofit organizations who need short term volunteers. In the time since the committee was established, we have helped with food drives, school supply drives, hurricane and disaster relief efforts, collecting formal dresses for students, collecting personal care items for residents of nursing homes, wrapping donated items for holiday gift drives, and more.

We would love to provide volunteers for your organization’s programs! We do have several requirements: the program cannot be a fundraiser or for-profit event, the organization must be a nonprofit, and the organization/event must fall within the Mission of Junior League of Lafayette.

In order to request Junior League of Lafayette volunteers for your organization, please go to our website and fill out the form here.