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The Junior League of Baltimore is a leadership development organization. We train women to be civic leaders while actively helping our community. #beJLB

DATES TBD

Join the JLB for the Better Dress Sale at the Wise Penny! New Dates TBD

The Wise Penny is CLOSED

Until further notice, the Wise Penny will be closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you for your understanding

Scholarship Winner!

The 2020 Scholarship Winner has been announced! Congrats to GW Carver’s Sage Evans-Rainey

Postponed! TBD dates

Celebrate 50 years of the Wise Penny in Baltimore - join us for brunch and fashion show!

Wise Penny Update

posted on July 15, 2020

The Wise Penny was awarded Best Designer Thrift Store 2012 & Best Shop for Bargain Hunters 2016 by the City Paper! Shop with us today and score your own fabulous find!

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE ANNOUNCES 2020 SCHOLARSHIP WINNER

posted on June 4, 2020

GW Carver’s Sage Evans-Rainey receives the Young Woman Voluntarism Scholarship Award The Junior League of Baltimore has presented its 2020 Young Woman Voluntarism Scholarship to Sage Evans-Rainey of George Washington Carver Center for Arts & Technology High School. The annual scholarship program awards $2,000 to a Maryland female graduating senior who has performed outstanding volunteer… Read More

Letter to the Membership – May 31, 2020

posted on May 31, 2020

For us, the events of the past week have once again underscored the severity and violence of racism that our communities experience in the United States and across the world every day. This has been a tragic week, where we’ve all watched the hurt and anger on display at the death of an unarmed and… Read More

Events

Aug29

Wise Penny Grand Re-Opening (10:00am-6:00pm)

Join us for the grand reopening of the Wise Penny!

Community Impact Partners

Asylee Women Enterprise

Provides transitional housing, education, social services, and companionship to asylum seekers.

House of Ruth Maryland

A leader in the fight to end domestic violence and provides emergency shelter and a variety of victim services, as well as rehabilitation programs for abusers.

Women’s Housing Coalition

Provides safe and affordable housing and support services to homeless low-income women and families in Baltimore City.

The Wise Penny

Designer Thrift Store

The Wise Penny is a thrift store owned and operated by the Junior League of Baltimore. The shop provides quality new and "gently used" clothing and household items at affordable prices. Proceeds are used for funding community projects. Since opening in 1970, The Wise Penny has raised over $2.5 million to support the Junior League and its programs.

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