issue 164 october 2012 focus - jlkingsport · 2013-07-11 · ~ actives—$100 ~ senior active...

Focus

Issue 164 October 2012

PUBLISHED BY THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF KINGSPORT

October General

Membership Meeting

and

Cluster Meetings

October 23, 2012

First Broad Street UMC

6:30 pm – Social

7:00 pm - Meeting

Junior League of Kingsport

418 Shelby Street

Kingsport, TN 37660

Phone: (423) 245-1321

Fax: (423) 245-3813

Email: [email protected]

Web: www.jlkingsport.org

MISSION

The Junior League of Kingsport

is an organization of women

committed to promoting

voluntarism, developing the

potential of women, and improving

communities through the effective

action and leadership of trained

volunteers. Its purpose is

exclusively educational and

charitable.

2012-2013 Board of Directors

President .......................... SHARON DUNCAN

President-Elect ........................ LINDSEY RAY

Community VP.................. JENNIFER BAKER

Personnel VP ...................... TAYLOR BROWN

Recording Secretary ............ LORA BARNETT

Membership Secretary ........ TAYLOR BROWN

Financial VP ............. CLAIRE ADDLESTONE

Treasurer .................... CATHERINE TUCKER

Asst. Personnel VP ......... KRISTA OSTERHUS

Finance Member at Large....................... TACIE

BAUMRUCKER

Sustainer Advisor .................... DONNA COBB

Committee Chairs

Arrangements .................... ASHLEY TAYLOR

CEE ................................ HAYLEY DIETRICK

JANE HENRY Communications/PR. MARY GLENN LIVELY

Comm. Connections .......... JENNIFER BAKER

Comm. Research/Scholarship/Grants ..... CATY

ROSE

Holiday Market .................... JULIE PIERSON

KATIE HOLT

Membership Development ....... CARY BOGGS

CASIE GRUBBS

Nominating .........................TREVA TARPLEY

Placement ........................... TAYLOR BROWN

Second Harvest..........................EMIILE PARK

TAPA .................................. ERIKA PHILLIPS

Make A Difference . .

Feeling the chill of cool evenings and crisp mornings remind us that fall is in the air. You can already see the leaves just be-ginning to change colors, reminding us of how we have four dis-tinct seasons. For a lot of families this is a time for heading to that favorite pumpkin patch and picking out the right pumpkin for decorating or carving that jack-o-lantern. Then there's the corn maze and haunted houses that are also associated with this time of year.

I'm looking forward to Holiday Market this week!! It is a great time meet people and tell them about Junior League and what our market helps to support. I want to thank our Holiday Market Committee for all your hard work this year. You all have worked long hours, planning, fundraising, and brainstorming to make our market a success. And to all our members, a big thank you for stepping up to work extra shifts where needed, pitching in, and selling tickets. Thank you to our sustainers, who have met weekly, are preparing meals, and are working our Cookbook booth, we couldn't have done it without you.

Go Pink! October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, with the entire month being dedicated to spotlighting pre-vention, education, and finding a cure. It's amazing how compa-nies and organizations step up to increase awareness of the dis-ease. Some have put out pink ribbons, pink lighting, even football teams take the challenge and wear pink gloves, shoes, etc. You can even find our cheerleaders and dance teams shaking pink poms. There are fundraiser's held and companies encouraging employees to wear pink by designating a pink day. By raising awareness this is a reminder to all women to get your mammo-gram.

As a reminder, our GMM has been changed to October 23.

Sincerely,

Sharon Duncan

JLK President 2012-13

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

~William James

FOCUS October 2012

Holiday Market 2012

From Holiday Market Committee Co-Chars—

Get Your Jingle On! It is Holiday Market Time.

The Holiday Market Committee has been hard at work this sum-

mer getting everything ready to go. We have many new and ex-

citing vendors as well as many repeat vendors. Ladies Night at the Market is

promising to be a fun-filled evening for you and your friends. Friday we are plan-

ning to have an event during the day to help fundraise and to draw a larger crowd

during the day. So many fun and exciting opportunities to have a great time while

helping our community (and working on your Christmas shopping list!).

We are all so very excited about this year’s Holiday Market, and we are looking

forward to working with everyone to make this year incredibly successful. Thank

you for your support. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call Julie’s

cell at 865-207-3031 or email [email protected].

Now for the important information—

October 11-13

MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention Center

Ladies' Night

Thursday, October 11th

6:00pm- 10:00pm

Tickets—$35 each

Hi, ladies! Grab a girlfriend or two or three! Turn your Girls' Night Out into a shop-

ping extravaganza at Holiday Market's Ladies' Night. Enjoy the delicious hors

d'oeuvres and have a cocktail or two. Stroll up and down the aisles and booth-

shop, sample the chocolates, dips, sauces, admire the pretty, one of a kind pieces

of jewelry, visualize your home with that special painting or sculpture! Don't forget

to check out the silent auction table. Vendors and local businesses have selected a

few of their favorite items for you to bid on! Invite your best friends, your neighbor,

your mom and your sister! We guarantee a fabulous time!

General Shopping, Friday & Saturday, 10 am - 7 pm,

Single Day Pass—$5 per day,

Weekend Pass—$8 (Friday & Saturday)

FOCUS September 2012

The following are ticket sales requirements; tickets may be purchased in any

combination (i.e. all General Shopping, some General Shopping combined

with Ladies Night or Evening at the Market):

~ Provisionals—$75

~ Actives—$100

~ Senior Active Silver—$50 (half the requirement for Actives)

~ Senior Active Gold Fundraising—$100

~ Senior Active Gold Placement—no work or financial requirements

Tickets will be for sale online at www.jlkingsport.org and at the door. You

can also use Paypal on website to buy your tickets.

Dave Light Show Schedule for 2012-2013

(Second Thursday of each month)

*September 26/27- Holiday Market

October 11 – Community Connections **mention Holiday Market funds our

outreach!

November 8 – Feed the Kids Backpack Project

December 13 - Community Research

January 10 – Grants/Scholarships

February 14– Membership Development

March 14 – Community Connections (Food Drive)

April 11- TAPA

May 9 – Year End Review and Events for 2013

Tips from Dave Light…..

· Arrive 5-10 minutes ahead of scheduled interview time

· The length of an interview is approximately 10 minutes, but will be tailored to fit

your needs and comfort zone

· The format is question and answer and you will not be expected to “make a pres-

entation”

· We will discuss the interview information prior to going on air

· You will not be asked any questions that are controversial or uncomfortable to an-

swer

· Two people may interview if so desired

· Be familiar with the information you need to share

· You may wish to bring a list of points to cover

· If you would be more comfortable answering questions you have composed, I will

be happy to work with your script

· If you are discussing a fundraiser, share where the proceeds will be designated

· Be familiar with general information of JLK

· Share a phone number for additional information

· Share a web site address if appropriate

This is a casual, friendly show and hopefully an experience you will enjoy as you

share information from an organization you can take great pride in!

Call me with any questions

423-963-8310

Mary Glenn Lively

Communications/Public Relations Chair

FOCUS October 2012

FOCUS October 2012

Junior League of Kingsport’s

School for Kids With Cancer

and

Immune Deficiency Diseases

Update from Children Exceeding Expectations School— We’re looking forward to another great year for our Children Exceeding Expectations School for kids with cancer and immune deficiency diseases. Our opening school date is October 17

th. Once again,

our school will be housed at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). Our friends at BMS have been very generous in providing for our needs and continue to support us in all that we do. Polar Express Christmas Party for St. Jude kids – Since our last Focus report, we’re excited to let you know that we’ve been asked to help host a very special event for the kids at St. Jude Tri-Cities Affiliate – A “Polar Express” Christmas party. The party will take place on Friday, December 7

th

at the train station in Bristol. It is for all present and past St. Jude patients and their families. Plans are underway, and it should be a wonderful evening of celebration! We’ve been asked to provide food and volunteers for the evening and to assist in collecting new toys to hand out to 200 children (patients and their siblings). We’ll share more specifics as we get closer to the event. Meanwhile, if you’d like to help with toy donations, here’s what we need:

new toys priced $10-$15 each for all ages

please do not wrap the gifts

toy donations may be left at JLK Headquarters, or you may call Hayley or Jane for other drop- off locations Feel free to ask your friends, Sunday School classes, book clubs, etc. to help with the toy donations. As always, thanks for your support and encouragement. JLK’s work with these children and their families really does change lives!

Hayley Dietrich and Jane Henry, CEE Co-Chairs

The following Placement Groups will provide food for the General Member-

ship Meetings: October Julie Person’s Placement Group November Krista Osterhus’ Placement Group December No GMM January Katie Holt’s Placement Group February Taylor Brown’s Placement Group March Cary Boggs/Casie Grubbs Placement Group April BOD/Executive Committees

May Dinner Meeting TBA

Here are a few things to remember:

1. When bringing refreshments please bring them in a disposable container

if you do not plan to stay to the end of the meeting.

2. Each group should plan on bringing drinks as well.

3. The Arrangements Committee provides all of the paper products.

4. When it is your turn, plan on enough for about 30 people.

5. Please have your refreshments at the meeting by 6:30, the beginning of

social time.

Ashley Taylor

Arrangements Chair

FOCUS October 2012

Hello from the Nominating Committee!! I know we just started our current league year and everyone is deeply involved with their projects and placements, but it is the job of the nominating committee to look ahead and plan for our JLK future. We are currently planning our JLK 2013-2014 year and need your input!! Our “Willingness to Serve” forms were passed out at the September GMM, but were not filled out by everyone. (No worries!!!) We would love to hear from each and every one of you as to your League fu-ture….do you want to be President?? Do you want to follow the finance trek? Do you want to recruit and encourage new members? Are you a party/event planner – Holiday Market or Arrangements might be a great placement!! Let us know!! Provisionals, this is only a survey to gauge where you want to go in League and is by no means set in stone, so please fill out the form, your input is crucial and important to our future. Please email all Willingness to Serve Forms to [email protected]. Any questions, call me at either 423.245.1962 or 423.782.9111. Thank you and some words of wisdom….Tomorrow, today will be yesterday. Let’s do this!!! Treva Tarpley Nominating Chair

mailto:[email protected]

In support of Breast Cancer JLK will be accepting donations from League members to support Girls Club of Kingsport with Hygiene items- the girls are in desperate need these items. Examples of items are deodorant, shampoo, razors, tooth brushed and tooth paste. Bring donations to the October GM meeting or they can be dropped off at headquarters. Upcoming events: October 2012

Susan G. Komen for the Cure October 21, 2012- Team name "Kingsport League for a Cure." (www.komentricities.org)

Contact Katie Skelton 423.262.7463 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer- The walk will be on

Sunday, October 14 at 3:00 p.m. at the Millennium Center in Johnson City- contact Kevon McCrary [[email protected]]

November 2012 Thanksgiving Dinner for Girls Inc. Save the date November 20, 2012. Volunteers are needed form 1-6pm. Dinner will be served at 4pm. Signup sheet will be available at the October GM meeting.

It is the policy of Junior League of Kingsport not to use JLK name in conjunction with any other organization for fund raising purposes.

Jennifer Baker

JLK Community VP / Community Connections Chair

Hi Ladies, Happy October! For those of you who were not at the September GMM, I will also be the Membership Secretary for this League year. I just wanted to go over some quick housekeeping items. Please update your phone number, email address, and/or home address if they have recently changed. You can do that by emailing me ([email protected]) or Lisa at headquarters ([email protected]). If you require a membership change, please send me an email or leave a request in my box at headquarters. I hope that you all have a wonderful October! Just a quick reminder ...Krista Osterhus is taking over Sarah Haynie's placement group. Thank you, Taylor Brown Personnel VP and Membership Secretary

FOCUS October 2012



FOCUS October 2012

Happy Birthday from JLK October

1 Nancy Burem

Anne Hadden

Valerie Ketron

2 Jo Brock

Christine Morrison

3 Donna Cobb

Barbara Holt

4 Pat Bryan

8 Charlotte DeVault

Caty Rose

9 Melinda Hatfield

10 Mitzi Gilmer

11 Sheila Moss

12 Jeanette Blazier

13 Martha Mewbourne

15 Doris Bush

Susan LaGuardia

Sandra McGinnis

16 Katherine Buckles

Retta Overturf

21 Katherine Hawk

22 Elyse McCoskey

Betsy Schrum

Vickie Snodgrass

26 Deborah DeBraal

31 Elizabeth Boyd

3 Maggie Booher

Becky Britton

5 Suzanne Berry

7 Sandra Winsor

11 Lucy Zemp

12 Penny Gray

13 Logan Begley

19 Christie Gott

20 Phyllis Davidson

21 Margi Torbett

22 Debbie Folk

24 Vivian Crymble

Stephanie Kingsley

26 Mary Margaret Denton

Sheila Taylor

29 Leslie May

Christine Taylor

November

1 Julie Gunn

3 Julia Brown

4 Tammy Street

7 Keith Gregory

9 Linda Craig

Jane Smith

10 Nancy Gideon

Leigh Anne Hoover

Jane Morris

12 Leanne Potente

13 Suzanne Burow

Marcia Porter

14 Dottye Gray

Lisa Lohoff

16 Marguerite Clark

Amy Doran

18 Shannon Hyatt

20 Cecile Wimberley

21 Sara Trotter

22 Mary Margaret Bowles

Trida LaHair

23 Amy Montgomery

Martha Sue Sobel

26 Hayley Dietrich

29 Betty O’Neill

30 Kristin Capel

December

FOCUS October 2012

Junior League of Kingsport General Membership Meeting Minutes

September 25, 2012 First Broad Street United Methodist Church

President Sharon Duncan Recording Secretary Lora Barnett The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by Sharon Duncan, President. A quorum was present. Agenda: MOTION was made by Lindsey Ray, President-Elect, to approve the Agenda. Motion sec-onded by Rachel Ralston and approved by voice vote. Minutes: Minutes from the May, 2012, General Membership Meeting were reviewed. MOTION was made by Jane Henry, Children Exceeding Expectations Co-Chair, to approve the May minutes. Mo-tion seconded by Lindsey Ray, President-Elect and approved by voice vote. President’s Remarks: Sharon Duncan, President, welcomed all to the General Membership Meeting (GMM). We are happy to welcome our new office manager, Lisa Stroud. She worked with a Junior League previously in Texas. She will be posting her hours in the upcoming Focus. Her current hours will be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11-3 pm. If you have items for Girls, Inc., please leave them on table at the door. Birthday Drawing: Taylor Brown, Personnel VP, presented a gift to the Birthday Drawing winner. President-Elect’s Remarks: Lindsey Ray, President-Elect, welcomed everyone to the General Member-ship Meeting. At the October GMM, we will be dividing into small groups for our Cluster Meeting. Sev-eral leagues are moving from a requirement system to a point system. We will be discussing this new system at the Cluster Meeting. We are trying to work out a system that is more courteous to our busy lives. Please be thinking about this new system as we move forward. Committee Reports Arrangements: Ashley Taylor, Chair, reported that refreshments will be provided each month by place-ment groups. Julie Pierson’s placement group will provide food in October. The committee is in the process of planning the next social. Next month’s meeting will be in a smaller room at the church and information will be forthcoming in the focus. Children Exceeding Expectations: Jane Henry, co-chair, reported that BMS will be setting the class-room up this coming week. The kids from the school were able to participate in the transporter truck parade before the August race. CEE was also able to participate in a fundraising opportunity at BMS during the August race. This year they have 13 students registered at the school this year. Communications/PR: Mary Glenn Lively, Chair, reported that the Dave Light show schedule will be passed around at GMM. If you have any press releases, please email Mary Glenn. Have Holiday Market posters and postcards at the meeting for members to take and distribute in the community. They also have yard signs. They yard signs can go out no earlier than 10/7/12. Community Connections: Jennifer Baker, Chair, reported that Junior League members will have a team this year at the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. If you are interested, please sign up. More informa-tion will be forthcoming.

Community Research/Mini-Grants/Scholarship: Sharon Duncan, President, reported on behalf of Caty Rose, Chair, that the deadline has been extended for mini-grants to October 12, 2012. Holiday Market: Julie Pierson and Katie Holt, Holiday Market Co-Chairs, reported that Holiday Market is fast approaching and the dates are October 11-13, 2012. They asked all members to fulfill their mem-bership requirements, both work and financial. Rachel Ralston’s husband’s band will be the entertain-ment for the Barn Party. Adds are on Facebook, but do not click on them. We are paying for them and they are for advertisement for individuals who do not know about the event. Sustainers have been very involved this year. Information sheets of FAQ are on the table. The committee has exceeded the number of auction items from last year. Wear your HM t-shirt when you are working at the event. HM shifts will be sent out via email. If you can work an extra shift, please let Julie and Katie know, especially during set up and tear down times. Membership Development: Cary Boggs and Casie Grubbs, Membership Development Co-Chairs, re-ported they have had a meet and great and Trolley Tour for the provisional class. They currently have 11 provisional members for the 2012-2013 year: Laura Guthrie, Ashley Hobbs, Jennifer Fox, Kevon McCrary, Stephanie Cooley, Stephanie Robinette, Jessica Genco-Grisby, Marina Matthew, Caroline Wil-liams, Brandi Cantwell, and Katie Coffman. Amy Steadman has transferred from Jackson, MS and we welcome her. During the Trolley Tour, one of the favorite stops was at Girls, Inc. Nominating: Treva Tarpley, Chair, reported that the Willingness to Serve forms on the table. Please fill out and return to Treva as soon as possible. Placement: Taylor Brown, Chair, reported that everyone should be aware of their placement. If you have any questions or concerns, please see Taylor. Second Harvest: Emilie Park, Chair, reported on the new committee this year. For all new members, this committee was previously called the Backpack for Kids committee. We are now incorporating the second harvest food drive with the backpack for kids program and have changed to name to the Second Harvest Committee. The schools that are being served this year are Sullivan North High School, Sullivan North Middle, Ketron Elementary and Central Heights Elementary. Ketron Elementary has 150 children in this program. Packing is not an issue, but delivering this amount of food is a challenge. If you can help with delivery, please see information that will be in the upcoming FOCUS issues and contact Emilie Park. TAPA: Erika Phillips, Chair, reported the explanation of what TAPA is and explained our advocacy focus for the 2012-2013 year. Our advocacy focus this year is children’s health in conjunction with Coordi-nated School Health. We may have various drives throughout the year for the Family Resource Center. Information will be forthcoming. Unfinished Business: none reported. New Business: Lindsey Ray, President-Elect, presented that the October GMM falls during Kingsport City Fall Break. The GMM date will be moved to October 23rd at 6:30 pm. If we are not able to have the meeting at the church, information will go out via email as to the new location.

FOCUS October 2012

Junior League of Kingsport September 4, 2012

Board Action

MOTION was made by Catherine Tucker, Treasurer, on behalf of Claire Addlestone, to ac-cept the financials to be filed for audit. Motion seconded by Mary Glenn Lively, Commu-nications/PR Chair, and approved by voice vote.

MOTION was made by Catherine Tucker, Treasurer/Former Membership Secretary, to re-sign the following members. Maternity Leave: Maranda Demuth. New Member – Trans-fer: Amy Steadman. Reinstatement of Sustainers: Bonnie Macdonald, Katherine Scoggins. Resigned in Good Standing (Actives): Lisa Knape, Katy Mink and Leslie Webb. Resigned in Good Standing (Sustainers): Shanna Tincher. Resigned in Poor Standing for non-payment of dues: Karen Randolph, Kelly Breeding and Sherry Latimer. Deceased: Jane Gibson (Sustainer). Motion was seconded by Taylor Brown and ap-proved by voice vote.

Junior League of Kingsport October 2, 2012 Board Action

MOTION was made by Sharon Duncan, President, to approve the Amended Agenda. Motion was seconded by Lindsey Ray, President-Elect, and approved by voice vote.

MOTION was made by Donna Cobb, Sustainer Advisor, to approve the September, 2012 min-utes. Motion was seconded by Lindsey Ray, President-Elect, and approved by voice vote.

MOTION was made by Claire Addlestone, Financial VP, to accept the financials with the under-standing that some items were incorrectly categorized and would be corrected prior to filing for audit. Approved by voice vote.

MOTION was made by Taylor Brown, Membership Secretary, to resign the following members:

Resigned in Poor Standing due to non-payment of dues: Jessica McCurry and Amanda

McDowell; Transfer from Active to Non-Resident Active: Shannon Hyatt. Motion was ap-

proved by voice vote.

MOTION was made by Julie Pierson, Holiday Market Co-Chair, to cancel the Evening at the Market Barn Party event. Motion was approved by voice vote.

MOTION was made by Claire Addlestone, Financial VP, to postpone the discussion regarding a

spring fundraiser until a later date. Motion was seconded by Lindsey Ray, President-Elect,

and approved by voice vote.

FOCUS October 2012

October General Membership Meeting

October 23, 2012

First Broad Street United Methodist Church

6:30 pm - Social

7:00 pm - Call to Order

Agenda

1. Call to Order and Welcome Sharon Duncan

2. Administrative Business

A. Approve Agenda* Sharon Duncan

B. Approve May 22, 2012, GMM Minutes* Sharon Duncan

C. President’s Remarks Sharon Duncan

D. Birthday Drawing Taylor Brown

3. Committee Reports

A. Arrangements Ashley Taylor

B. Children Exceeding Expectations Hayley Dietrich &

Jane Henry

C. Communications/PR Mary Glenn Lively

D. Community Connections Jennifer Baker

E. Community Research/Mini-Grants/Scholarships Caty Rose

F. Holiday Market Julie Pierson &

Katie Holt

G. Membership Development Carrie Boggs &

Casie Grubbs

H. Nominating Treva Tarpley

I. Placement Taylor Brown

J. Second Harvest Emilie Park

K. TAPA Erika Phillips

4. Unfinished Business Sharon Duncan

5. New Business/Cluster Meetings Sharon Duncan

6. Announcements & Adjournment Sharon Duncan

*Items with and asterisk require a vote.

The Junior League of Kingsport is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the

potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

FOCUS October 2012

FOCUS October 2012

423-245-1321 418 Shelby Street Kingsport, TN 37660 [email protected]

Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday 11 am - 3 pm , and Thursday 1-3 pm

www.JLKingsport.org

1 EXEC Meeting, HQ, 5:15 pm

BOD Meeting, HQ, 6:30 pm

3 FOCUS Deadline

4 Provisional Meeting

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GMM, FBSUMC

6:30 pm Social

7:00 pm Call to Order

November Important Dates

2 EXEC Meeting, HQ, 5:15 pm

BOD Meeting, HQ, 6:30 pm

5 FOCUS Deadline

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Holiday Market - Ladies’ Night

Meadowview Conference Resort

and Convention Center

6:00 - 10:00 pm

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13

Holiday Market - General Shopping

Meadowview Conference Resort

and Convention Center

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GMM/Cluster Meeting

FBSUMC

6:30 pm Social

7:00 pm Call to Order

October Important Dates

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