OUR PROGRAMS
As the Hendersonville Area Chapter, we are a group of service-oriented women and as sisters in service, we seek to help: empower, educate, encourage, and equip young girls for success and well-being; and support our national programs for strong and vibrant communities through youth power, helping homeless persons, healthy women initiative, civic & political involvement, leaderships development, and community arts.
PROGRAMS WE ARE DEVELOPING
Our Mentoring Academy
Girls Alliance for Learning & Achievement (GALA) Mentoring Academey
OUR SCHOLARSHIP FUND DEVELOPMENT
Unsung Sheroes and Heroes Scholarship G.A.LA. (Girls Alliance for Learning & Achievement)
nATIONAL PROGRAMS
Community Art Program
Homeless Families
Civic and Political Involvement Program
Veterans Support Program
Healthy Women Program
Youth Power Program
Leadership Development Program
About
Les Gemmes, Incorporated (French; means “the Jewels, and pronounced “lay gem”), was founded in September, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia by four young ladies who had grown up as friends from childhood. Attending HBCUs in North Carolina and Virginia, Melvine Blakeley, Lena Siler, Queenie Branch, and Inez Mercer Brown were educators as well as visionaries. However, it was in the interest of socializing and monetary saving that they envisioned a club which would ultimately affect positive change, encourage high scholastic achievement, and foster a greater sense of unity among its members.