Addressing a tuberculosis epidemic in Florida

One of the Junior League of Tampa’s first community projects after becoming a League in 1928 was to partially fund a tuberculosis clinic and treatment center. By 1931, as the Depression deepened, JLT had assumed total support for the center, including building an addition. In 1933-34, members logged over 8,000 service hours at the center, helping to care for nearly 150 children.