In 1925, the founders of the Junior League of Houston established its first community project as a well-baby clinic for indigent children that would eventually grow into today's Health Care Clinic of the world-renowned Texas Children's Hospital. To fund this important endeavor, members formed a Luncheon Club – the genesis of today's Junior League Tea Room. Currently, the Tea Room plays a vital and ongoing role in the organization's commitment to "Building A Better Community" by providing a progressive program that trains volunteers in the discipline of service.
The Junior League Tea Room is enjoyed and supported by League members as well as individual patrons and corporate patrons. Patrons enjoy:
The Junior League Tea Room is enjoyed and supported by League members as well as individual patrons and corporate patrons. Patrons enjoy:
Tea Room: delicious lunches and special events
Ballroom: facilities for larger functions or events
Private Garden Rooms: for private business or social luncheons
Pantry: take out lunch, dinner meals, care packages and cookbooks
Individuals, corporations, and organizations that would like to become Tea Room patrons must be sponsored by a Junior League of Houston member.
Tea Room Patron Policies
- Annual dues for individual Tea Room Patrons are $50 and for Corporate Tea Room Patrons $150. The total number of Tea Room Patrons of the Junior League Tea Room shall be limited to a number set annually and shall include all members of the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
- Any person wishing to become a Tea Room Patron must be sponsored by a member of The Junior League of Houston, Inc. Proposal forms may be found in the administrative office or on the Tea Room section of the website.
- Properly sponsored candidates will be invited each year and accepted upon receipt of their dues, if vacancies exist.
- The privilege of being a patron IS NOT TRANSFERABLE except upon death of a patron or if a patron is unable to utilize his/her membership for any reason; at which time transfer may be made, if requested, to a family member. Patron's dues in effect at this time shall also be transferred.
- Patron membership is renewed annually upon receipt of a patron's dues, unless a patron has been removed from membership by a vote of the Board of Directors of The Junior League of Houston, Inc.
- All guests of the Junior League Tea Room must be accompanied by a patron. Only husbands, wives, and unmarried children may use the facilities in the patron's name.
- Use of the facilities by non-patrons or groups must be sponsored by a patron who must attend the function and shall have the ultimate responsibility for final payment of all charges.
- Junior League members from other cities and patrons of Junior League Tea Rooms in other cities may use the facilities of the Tea Room while visiting in Houston.
- Junior League members from other cities requesting the use of Tea Room facilities for a private function, such as a wedding reception, must be sponsored by a member of the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
- Corporate patrons are allowed five signers per account.
