The Hoover Juniorettes, a high school girls’ service club organized as part of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this weekend.^th Anniversary of Shades Crest Baptist Church.

The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, August 24th, from 2 to 4 p.m. and all current and former Juniorettes are invited.

The club was founded in November 1974 as the WA Berry Juniorettes under the leadership of Cathy Barker and Barbara Lyons and later changed its name to the Hoover Juniorettes.

For more than four decades, the group has supported the Shades Mountain Woman’s Club by providing hands-on art activities for children at the Bluff Park Art Show. Their other initiatives have included taking over a classroom at Greenwood Elementary School in Bessemer, organizing street cleanups, participating in charity runs, volunteering at the Moss Rock Festival, participating in diaper and baby product drives for Bundles of Hope, visiting nursing homes, supporting the Over the Mountain Miracle League, and helping with Celebrate Hoover Day.

In addition to hands-on activities, the Juniorettes have financially supported scholarships, libraries, and organizations such as the Ronald McDonald House, Heifer International, Operation Smile, and UNICEF.

The Juniorettes are supported by the Shades Mountain Woman’s Club and advisors Pam Thompson, Shannon Burns and Amanda Reagan.

Prominent members over the years include Amy Lyons, Allison Yeager, Claire Kelley, Christy Spruell, Laura Montgomery, Erika Czapala, Jennifer Jones, Eileen Dunne, Lecie Ingram Drewry, Natalie Bolin Bailey, Tori Long, Brandy Knain, Julia Echols, Heather Green, Katie Langston, Rebecca White, Katie Phillips, Stacy Patterson, Abbigail Tull, Rachel McLemore, Ellie Walker, Jenny Tillman, Claire Richards, Jenna Tanner, Anna Leigh Marshall, Sinclair Marks, Emily Trucks, Anna Beth Mann, Rachel Strength, Hope Ward, Rebecca Townsend, Phyllis Morgan, Laura Burns, Eleanor Jo Harwell, Saniya Keshwani and Lucy Wills.

High school girls from across the Hoover area are invited to participate in the Hoover Juniorettes each August. For more information, contact Pam Thompson at [email protected].