The Junior League Palm Springs Desert Communities

I joined the JL 3 years ago with the intention to work in volunteer events. The group of women are a «close circle» and they don’t even acknowledge your existence, unless you show that you have money to squander into their «charitable contributions «which consists of drinking and partying.
They boast themselves in promote volunteerism when in fact they reject any collaboration of non profit organizations I had contacted and had shown interest in helping.
The money collected by this organization is not reported to its members. Furthermore most of the parties they promote are linked to businesses owned by their members thus consisting in a conflict of interest.
The membership of $ 150.00 goes mostly to parties and they emphasize their efforts in participating of the El Paseo Fashion show, were they can display their lavish clothes and apparel and, of course drink more alcohol.
They will exclude you from most of their own parties because they tend to put themselves in a pedestal of selfishness.
The charitable contributions are not chosen by the members but only by a few whose interests are to make sure they can continue to promote parties where alcohol is consumed.
I left this organization deeply concerned that they are actually running a wine club on the guise of «charity «and also promoting their own businesses utilizing the funds that should go to real causes.