Nacogdoches Junior Forum was formed through the interest of a small group of active, young Nacogdoches women. Nurtured by the friendship of Judy Hale and Ann Ethridge, membership chairmen for Junior Forums Incorporated, Nacogdoches Junior Forum began to grow.  Of primary importance was the evaluation that young women in Nacogdoches had the desire to give time and effort involved in creating and supporting an organization whose purpose was… SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
With the election of officers and compiling of by-laws, Nacogdoches Junior Forum established its official roots. In the Spring of 1975 an invitational coffee was given to promote membership in Junior Forum. We began with 50 members. Having enjoyed much success, we have blossomed into a dedicated and respected women's service organization in our community … our dream come true.

Junior Forums, Incorporated
Junior Forum, Incorporated chapters are located in Austin, Baytown, Beaumont, Cypress-Woodlands, Dallas, Houston, Nacogdoches, Pasadena Georgetown and San Antonio. Each chapter is a private, non-profit, volunteer service organization composed of women dedicated to serving, but also providing much needed funds for special causes. The JFI has a bright record of achievement, accomplished by the talented, energetic young women whose goals are to alleviate some of their community's problems and thus help better our world. Since JFI’s inception, more than $2 million has been raised and donated to special causes by the women who serve in the ten Texas chapters of Junior Forum. In addition to the funds raised, these outstanding women have donated over 200,000 hours of their time in community service.  

Junior Forum originated in Houston and has been in existence since 1946.  It began through a common bond of interest in community service, and five young women who met with Mrs. Roy Roundtree, as their counselor, to form the Junior Department of the Women's Forum. These five ladies, Mrs. Searcy Bracewell, Mrs. Carl B Cooper, Mrs. Claude DeHart, Mrs. Thomas L Royce, and Mrs. Charles C. Weige, served as the first officers. Twenty-two young women gathered for the first meeting where Western Union blanks were used to record their first minutes.

In January 1947, the group became an independent organization known as the Houston Junior Forum and elected to work in Mexican American communities where differences in language and social customs caused economic hardships, and where juvenile delinquency was a prime problem.  To raise funds to support their projects, the members sold newspapers and held a Frontier Dance.  On December 17, 1947, the Houston Junior Forum Library was formally opened as our first establishment.