JLGHC League Log Fall 2011

Fall 2011

IN THIS ISSUE: Would You Make A Great Leader?

Kids In The Kitchen Spotlight on Julie Nicholson Preview Party Thrift Sale Day Assignments Meet the New Members Bulletin Board

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Board of Directors 2011-2012 Liza Chapman President Gerran Syfan President -Elect Misty Dickerson Recording Secretary Jill Hegwood Corresponding Secretary Tiffany Whitmire Treasurer Janna Mallis Placement Chair Eliza Baker Membership Development Chair Emily Gaddy CRPD Kay Parks Fund Development Chair Callie Flack Communications Chair Lindsay Smithson Leadership Development & Training Emily Reed Member Representative Bethany Magnus Immediate Past-President Julie Nicholson Strengthening Families Chair Lisa Geyer Sustainer Advisor

A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT “Well, time sure flies when you are having fun,” is such a true quote, and the members of the Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County must be having a great time. It seems like just a few days ago that we were celebrating in friendship and service at our annual May Dinner. League activities haven’t slowed or cooled down one bit over the past few months as this summer is getting hotter and hotter each day, and we are becoming busier and busier as the 2011-12 League year gets under way.

Liza Chapman I am so excited about the direction our League is going with the recent changes President to placement opportunities and reporting of our time. Janna Mallis and Christina Jones, along with Ashley Mixon’s leadership this past League year, have communicated everyone’s placement responsibilities to both our members and the agencies we serve. Many volunteer hours have already been logged, including those dedicated to Strengthening Families and Feeding Our Future.

Families have continued to receive food and nourishment over the summer months, and 100 additional families will receive assistance through our League-wide initiative beginning in September.

Julie Nicholson, Julia Greene and Pyper Macloskie have done an amazing job gearing up for the four new schools that we will be taking on. Meredith West has been communicating the activities of Feeding Our Future to the committee members and assisting with the assignment of placement hours.

The home of Feeding Our Future also is the new home of the JLGHC. We recently moved into Suite C of the North Georgia Community Foundation campus. This is an exciting opportunity for the League and will allow us to have our administrative office and the FOF food pantry under one roof. I would like to thank Gerran Syfan, President-Elect, for chairing the Suite C renovation committee.

With the move to the new office suite, I would like to welcome Robin Smith to the League’s administrative assistant position. Robin lives with her husband and children in Dawsonville, and we are fortunate to have her with us. She is a true asset to our League, and we look forward to having her manage the new office. Please stop by and introduce yourself to Robin if you haven’t already done so. The office is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

During June, Lindsay Smithson was busy planning our annual Leadership Retreat that was held at Lake Lanier Islands. Committee chairs and the board of directors joined together to plan for the upcoming League year. In addition, Jane Peck from Peck and Associates of Charleston, S.C., lead the group through a day-long training on servant leadership. More information is to come throughout the year regarding servant leadership. Thank you, Lindsay, for your planning and assisting with the retreat.

The Fund Development committee, under the leadership of Kay Parks and Elizabeth Thompson, has been hard at work redesigning the levels of League sponsorship and formulating a fundraising plan with the Thrift Sale and Charity Ball committees. This partnership should ensure a successful fundraising year for the League. Thrift Sale and Charity Ball committees have all been extremely busy this summer planning for the Oct. 1 and Dec.10 events. We can’t wait to hear about the exciting plans.

As the summer begins to cool down, the League year will be in full swing and it will be September before we know it. I look forward to seeing everyone at the General Membership Meeting on Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. Dinner will be served. I am excited to see what Melanie Couch and the Hospitality Committee have planned for us. The 2011-12 League year is going to fly by because we are going to have so much fun serving together the community of Gainesville-Hall County!

Liza

Fundraising Chairs Suzie Hawkins Charity Ball Sally Pittman Charity Ball Melanie Fuller Hill Thrift Sale Meredith McEver Thrift Sale

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Vision Statement The Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County is committed to making Northeast Georgia a better place for children and families. Acting as a catalyst for positive change, we seek new opportunities to impact our community.

Would You Make A Good Leader?

It’s not too early to think about nominating yourself or someone else for a leadership position!

Nominations will open at the November General Membership meeting. If you have any questions, contact Heather McGee at gumdoc99@aol.com or Jennifer Martin at jenniferlmartin@gmail.com, your Nominating Chairs.

Shining Stars

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

She runs half marathons; she just got a big promotion at work; she’s expecting a new baby; she’s engaged!! Do you know her?

She’s sitting next to you at the general meeting or working alongside you on a committee. She goes above and beyond when it comes to her involvement in the League. She’s willing to lead a committee or support a cause.

Heather McGee

Jennifer Martin

So let’s recognize her as a Shining Star!

Let’s get to know each other better this year and lift each other up. Please take a moment to nominate yourself or another member for their personal achievements. Every accomplishment is significant, there’s nothing too small to celebrate! Log in to the website and nominate under Reminders. All entries received will remain anonymous.

Contact Emily Reed, your Member Representative at emily.reed@chattahoocheebank.com

Exciting News for Feeding Our Future!

The Feeding our Future program, a partnership between the Junior League and the Georgia Mountain Food Bank, will be expanding to six schools starting in September 2011. Last year when the program began we had a total of 50 families enrolled from two schools. This fall we will begin providing monthly boxes of food to 150 families! If you have not been to a distribution, we would highly recommend you attend one to see for yourself the impact we have on the community and how thankful the families are for our help. It is truly a heartwarming experience!

As we add the four new schools this year, we will be in need of more food donations. To assist with acquiring some of the most needed items, we are planning to request specific items each month to be collected at the general membership meeting. The following list includes specific requests for the upcoming months: • “Spaghetti September” – Spaghetti Sauce, Pasta, Canned Spaghetti • “Oatmeal October” – Boxed Oatmeal

Other most needed items for the pantry include: Whole Grain Cereal, Peanut Butter and 100% Fruit Juice.

These items can be dropped off at the League office during office hours. We also are thrilled to announce that the pantry for Feeding Our Future has been reorganized as part of the League’s relocation to Suite C of the Community Foundation Building on Oak Street. If you have not had a chance to see our new office space and food pantry, please stop by during office hours.

Thank you for your support of the Feeding Our Future initiative.

We are looking forward to the new school year and hope you will continue to support our efforts to assist so many families in our community. If you would like to participate in a distribution or assist in the food pantry with stocking/sorting food and/or packing food boxes, please contact Meredith West at mgwest16@yahoo.com. If you have any questions regarding the Feeding Our Future program, please contact Pyper Macloskie at pmacloskie@bellsouth.net, Julia Greene at jgreene@hallcounty.org or Julie Nicholson at julie.nicholson@cbtonline.com.

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Kids in the Kitchen is excited to introduce

“health and wellness” to the six schools sponsored by our Strengthening Families initiative. Volunteers will work with these children promoting nutrition, body image and physical fitness through both education and activities. What a fun way to get involved with our youth while teaching them a valuable lesson!

KITK will feature a recipe supplied by one of our members in each League Log. If you have a delicious and healthy recipe, please submit it to the League office,“attention KITK” along with a picture, and look for it in our upcoming

issues. We look forward to hearing what’s cooking in your kitchen.

Tip of the month: Kids enjoy playing computer and video games but occasionally forget it’s fun to play outside games, too. With the rise in childhood obesity, finding ways to challenge your children to stay active and fit can help your child’s health. Make a list of fun fitness games that your child and his friends can play. When he starts spending too much time inside, send him outside to move his body and have fun at the same time. Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/article/205037-fun-fitness-gamesfor-kids/#ixzz1UAL4Zaru.

For more information, contact Shelley Davis at shelleysegall@yahoo.com.

Martita Martinez Cheesy 2011-2012 Chicken Quesadilla Support Opportunities

Kay Parks & Elizabeth Thompson, Fund Development Chairs

Calling on all League Members, past and present, to help us spread the word for this year’s funding campaign. If you’d like to make a contribution or know others who Kay Parks might, the levels and various opportunities are below. Whether it be financially or with donations of merchandise, goods or services for use in our fundraising, your support is greatly needed. No gift is too big or too small!

Sponsorship Levels: Platinum ($2,500); Gold ($1,000); Silver ($500); Bronze ($250)

Special Event/Program Sponsorship Opportunities: Strengthening Families – Feeding Our Future/Kids in the Kitchen; League Log (LL) Advertisement; Fundraiser(s) Tickets; General Donations of Goods, Merchandise, Services; In-Kind; our two main fundraisers each year are Thrift Sale and Charity Ball (including the Harvest Preview event and Auctions).

Please contact Fund Development or the League office to make a donation or for more information at info@gainesvillehalljuniorleague.org. Please help us share our message by passing this along to others. Proceeds benefit the communities we all call home!

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Submitted by Sustainer Member Jane Hemmer

Ingredients: 1 T olive oil 1 low fat whole wheat tortilla (8.5 inches) 1/4 cup low-fat cheddar cheese 3 oz. cooked all white chicken meat, shredded 3 T mild salsa 1 T bacon bits 3 T reduced fat sour cream

Directions: 1. Spray frying pan with cooking spray and set over medium heat. Add tortilla.

2. Sprinkle cheese on tortilla.

3. Add chicken, salsa and bacon bits. After cheese has melted, fold in half and let outside get crispy.

4. Remove from pan and cut into quarters. Serve with sour cream on the side.

Julie Nicholson

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Julie Nicholson is an active member within the League and believes it offers her another avenue to be involved and help improve her community while creating bonds with women she may have never met otherwise. The importance and value of helping others is a life lesson that was instilled in Julie as a young child; however, being involved in the League helps her keep this as a priority. She is dedicated to volunteering within her community through her placement in the League with Feeding Our Future/Strengthening Families.

Strengthening Families is focused on improving the lives of people within our community through programs that address health and well-being, as well as early childhood intervention and education, with an emphasis on fighting childhood obesity and the importance of proper nutrition.

They are able to focus on these areas through two initiatives, Kids in the Kitchen and Feeding Our Future. Julie received the Shining Star award for the 2009-2010 year for her tremendous efforts and hard work with these programs.

Julie also serves her community in other areas. Over the past few years she has volunteered with the United Way of Hall County through her service on the finance committee and the Young Leader’s Society Steering Committee. Julie currently serves as the Chair of the Serve Sub-Committee within the Young Leader’s Society. For several years she has also been involved with the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce serving on the Ambassador Council. Through her work with Ambassadors, she earned a Silver Shovel Award for the 2009-2010 year. That same year, she graduated from the Leadership Hall County program. At this time, Julie is serving as an Associate Director for the Chamber.

Julie says one League member who has personally influenced her is Tiffany Gillespie. Tiffany is one of her dearest friends and she inspires Julie almost every day. She is one person Julie can always depend on when help is needed.

There have been many instances that she has been desperate for volunteers to help with Feeding Our Future and although it is not her placement, Tiffany has always been there to help her.

Her beautiful smile, huge heart and passion for helping others

makes Tiffany an asset to the League and an inspiration to anyone who knows her.

Julie is married to her high school sweetheart, Tyler Nicholson. They have been married for eight years and have a beautiful daughter, Ava, who will be 4 in October, and two dogs, Gizmo & Baylee. Tyler is a Lieutenant with the City of Milton Fire Department, and Ava currently attends Pre-K at Primrose School of Gainesville. Julie says she has been fortunate to have the time and opportunity to get involved and share many of those opportunities with her husband and daughter.

Although Ava is still young, they are already working to instill those same values in her. Whether it be shopping for Secret Santa gifts at Christmas or working at the FOF Food Pantry to pack boxes, any opportunity to give back as a family is important. The Nicholsons also are members of Lakewood Baptist Church.

We Have Moved!

The League Office has moved! We have relocated from our suite at the Community Foundation Building to the road-front Suite C. This will allow us to combine the League office and the Feeding Our Future food pantry.

This also will allow us to expand the FOF program, plus hold committee and board meetings in our office.

Combining the two should provide a cost savings to the League, plus allow greater visibility with a location that faces the road. The office is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

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Thrift Sale Preview Party It takes months of planning, weeks of setup and hours of work to make Sale Day come together. We all work so hard to make Thrift Sale happen, and you each deserve a big THANK YOU celebration for all that you do!

It is time to put your party hats on and get out your dancing shoes! Ladies, we are going to have a rocking good time at Preview Party this year! Please mark your calendars for Thursday, Sept. 29. You deserve a fun night out…and be sure to bring all your friends with you!

We will be having Preview Party at Wild Wing Café this year, beginning at 8:00 p.m. There will be good company, delicious food, tons of drink specials and music by Allen Nivens. Not to mention, we will be raising money for our wonderful cause – strengthening women and families!

Important Thrift Sale Information

We would like to thank everyone on the Thrift Sale Committee and all League Members for their hard work this summer as we enter a new League year preparing for Harvest Thrift Sale 2011.

We are expecting to make a big impact on the community this year and look forward to working together as a League to make the 46th Thrift Sale one of the best! If you have any questions

Also, please spread the word for everyone to come get a sneak peak of all the treasures during DOUBLE-PRICE SHOPPING. As usual, double-price shopping will be held at the Leslie Miller Georgia Mountains Center on Thursday night, Sept. 29, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Preview Party tickets are included in members dues. Double price shopping tickets are $5 and Preview party tickets are $10 for non-League members. Contact the League office at (770) 535-1951 for tickets and more information.

Look forward to seeing you there!!

Leslie Miller, Preview Party Chair

about Thrift Sale, please contact Melanie Fuller Hill or Meredith McEver. Thank you again for your hard work and participation in this year’s Thrift Sale!

Melanie Hill

Meredith McEver

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All League Members are responsible for bringing a quota of $200 of “Thrift Sale Priced” merchandise to the Georgia Mountain Center. The drop off times for your quota are Sunday, Sept. 25 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. through Noon on Wednesday, Sept. 28. All items must be priced according to the Price Sheet (available online) and need to be labeled with masking tape and the price written with a Sharpie. Each member is responsible for putting out her own quota.

Please bring a minimum of 20 bags and 4 boxes with your quota.

Please use the price sheet and a quota sheet that is on the website.

Remember no books or stuffed animals and nothing that is priced lower than $0.25.

If you need to store any of your quota in the storage units you will be responsible for working an extra General Workshift or Sale Day shift.

Any General Workshift changes or Sale Day requests must be submitted in writing to Melanie or Meredith by Sept. 16.

We will continue again this year accepting ALL adult clothes for Thrift Sale except t-shirts, undergarments, bathing suits, shoes and socks.

You are welcome to donate as much adult clothes as you wish, but you must donate $150 worth of quota that is NOT adult clothing.You will not be responsible for pricing the adult clothing you are donating.

Be “PRIZE GIRL” this year! Clean out your house and call family and friends to see if they have any donations. The largest amount of quota will win you the title of PRIZE GIRL and a JOHN WIND BRACELET! Please remember if you would like to be in the running for PRIZE GIRL to have Melanie or Meredith check your quota sheet AND your donated items.

Remember, there is a new law in effect regarding the reselling of any recalled item (mainly children’s items) that could have a high level of lead.

We need to pay special attention to the following items and make sure they are thrown away and not placed in the arena for resale: recalled children’s cribs and play yards; products that may contain lead such as children’s jewelry and painted wooden or metal toys; flimsily made toys that are easily breakable into small parts; toys that lack the required age warnings. The General Workshift Committees will be responsible for sorting these items, but we want everyone aware of the potential dangers of these items.

Sustainers please join us for a first look at Also a special thank you to the Little Ladybug for donating the John Wind thrift sale merchandise with coffee, a light bracelet for this year’s Prize Girl winners! breakfast and double price shopping.

Thrift Sale Sustainer Coffee

Thrift Sale Co-Chairs 2011 Melanie & Meredith 6 League Log

Thursday, September 29 10:00 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Georgia Mountains Center

2011 Thrift Sale - Sale Day Assignments October 1st, 8:30 - 11:30

LOBBY ENTRANCE Keri Smith Christina Jones Sabrina Sanderson

NEW SHOP FLOATER Stacy Vinton Elizabeth Thompson Bonnie-Lynn Wilson

BAG/STROLLER CLERK Killian Edwards Denise Wilkins Ashley Mixson Heather McGee

TRANSLATORS Mary Meadows (Microphone)

CLOTHING Suzie Hawkins Shelley Davis Pyper Macloskie Eliza Baker Kay Parks Gerran Syfan Melanie Couch Callie Flack CLOTHING FLOATERS Heather Ramsey Bethany Magnus

ARENA CALLERS/ CASHIERS/BAGGERS Lane 1 Anna Moore Lane 1 Emily Pursley Lane 1 Stacia Dillin

Lane 4 Ashley Collins Lane 4 Jennifer Hollingsworth Lane 4 Anna Hewell

Lane 10 Rebecca Ann Goebel Lane 10 Lauren Samples Lane 10 Karra Stephens

Lane 5 Katie Dubnik Lane 5 Elyse Vandiver Lane 5 Laura Fowler

Lane 11 Lindsay Smithson Lane 11 Sally Pittman Lane 11 Shanna Addison

Lane 6 Pamela Dye Lane 6 Jennifer Reynolds Lane 6 Lisa McMahan

Lane 12 Emily Gaddy Lane 12 Chase Miller Lane 12 Jennifer Chadwick

Lane 7 Lisa Maniscalco Lane 7 Kelly Lathem

ARENA FLOATERS Jennifer Martin Liza Chapman Jennifer Wilt Joy Banks Cindy Barrett Erin Williamson Misty Dickerson Meredith Milby

Lane 2 Sara Billingsley Lane 2 Margaret Gaines Lane 2 Michelle Peets

Lane 8 Julia Vaughn Lane 8 Janna Mallis Lane 8 Emily Reed

Lane 3 Misty Caudell Lane 3 Diana Cardenas Lane 3 Jill Hegwood

Lane 9 Allison Wheeler Lane 9 Havolynne Page Lane 9 Jeannine Roberts

October 1st, 11:00 - 2:30 LOBBY ENTRANCE Julia Greene Allison Toller Regina Summerour Elizabeth Hawkins BAG/STROLLER CLERK Mandy Bangs Jennifer Shirley Kate Cook CLOTHING Meredith Braham Jamilla Leavell Carla Walker Julie Nicholson Ellison Croft Elizabeth Latta CLOTHING FLOATERS Leanne Gilleland NEW SHOP FLOATER Ashley Mixon TRANSLATORS Mary Meadows (Microphone) ARENA CALLERS/ CASHIERS/BAGGERS Lane 1 Lisa Hartley Lane 1 Krista Martin Lane 1 Laura Johnson

Lane 2 Brittni Curtis Lane 2 Tracy Wingate Lane 2 Emily Bishop Lane 3 Janet Kaup Lane 3 Leslie Jarchow Lane 3 Lucy Huggins Lane 4 Kara Rogers Lane 4 Avery Hammonds Lane 4 Haylee Gamble Lane 5 Erin Grisham Lane 5 Anneka Kennedy Lane 5 Leanne Bryan Lane 6 Julie Oliver Lane 6 Kingley Peeples Lane 6 Natasha McPhaul Lane 11 Lauren Bell Lane 11 Lindsay Payne Lane 11 Amanda Yenerall ARENA FLOATERS Marinel Wood Tyra Jorgensen Mindy Smith Cynthia Myers Keri Smith Cindy Greene Karen Shore

336 Northside Drive, N.W. P.O. Box 1433 Gainesville, Georgia 30503 (770) 536-3439

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MEET OUR NEW MEMBERS Shanna Addison

Diana Cardenas

What is your hometown? Madison, Ga. What was your first job?

Babysitting...didn’t everyone have a job babysitting? :) What is your favorite food?

Okra...No matter how you cook it!

What are your hobbies? Reading, cooking, and traveling What is your favorite college football team? Georgia Bulldogs, of course!!!!

What is your hometown? I am originally from Bogota, Colombia What was your first job? My first job was at a summer camp up in New York as a tennis specialist, but my first real job was at Red Clay Interactive where I’m still currently working What is your favorite food? It is a soup called Ajiaco, a traditional dish from Colombia. Served with rice and avocado, delicious!

What are your hobbies? Playing tennis, traveling, photography, brewing beer and any outdoors activity What is your favorite college football team? Auburn. War Eagle!!!

Jennifer Chadwick

What is your hometown?

Monticello, Ga. What was your first job?

Director of a gymnastics center What is your favorite food? Ahi Tuna and cheese (but not together:)) What are your hobbies?

Spending time with

family, reading, exercising, and cooking What is your favorite college football team? UGA...Go Dawgs!!

Brittni Curtis

What is your hometown? Murrayville, Ga. What was your first job? My first “job” was teaching swimming lessons with my grandmother, Happy What is your favorite food? Oatmeal... The Old Fashioned kind What are your hobbies? Running, Swimming, Hiking... Really anything outside... cooking, and reading What is your favorite college football team? Georgia - GO DAWGS!!

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Stacia Dillin

What is your hometown?

Gainesville, Ga. What was your first job? Lifeguard at Chattahoochee Country Club What is your favorite food? S’mores What are your hobbies? Golf and embroidery What is your favorite college football team? UGA

Margaret Gaines

Laura Fowler What is your hometown? I was an Air Force brat growing up so I have lived all over, but I claim Athens, Ga. What was your first job?

Lifeguard at the Athens’ Navy Base pool What is your favorite food?

Gummie Bears :) What are your hobbies? I enjoy traveling and being creative What is your favorite college football team? Georgia Bulldogs

What is your hometown?

Atlanta, Ga. What was your first job?

Nurse on oncology floor at Northeast Georgia Medical Center What is your favorite food? Spinach dip What are your hobbies?

Walking/hiking with my husband and golden retriever, Stoli, traveling What is your favorite college football team?

Georgia Bulldogs, followed closely by University of South Carolina Gamecocks

Haylee Gamble

What is your hometown?

Villa Rica, Ga. What was your first job? Waitress What is your favorite food? Mommas What are your hobbies?

Taking care of my two Weimeraners, antiquing What is your favorite college football team?

Georgia

Anna Hewell

Havolynne Page

What is your hometown?

Gainesville, Ga. What was your first job?

Sales associate at JC Penney What is your favorite food?

Pizza or sushi What are your hobbies?

Spending time with my family and friends and training and raising money for the Breast Cancer 3-day What is your favorite college football team? GO DAWGS!

Lucy Huggins

Lisa Maniscalco

What is your hometown? Athens, Ga. What was your first job? Clothing store in downtown Athens What is your favorite food? Any sort of dip What are your hobbies? Cooking What is your favorite college football team? UGA

What is your hometown?

Gainesville, Ga. What was your first job? My first job was when I was 18 and lasted for about 6 weeks... I was a greeter at Abercrombie & Fitch. My first real job was as a Merchandise Manager and Buyer at a Country Club’s golf shop What is your favorite food? My favorite food is any type of cheese...I eat it every day What are your hobbies? Lately my hobbies have consisted of anything to do with fixing up my first home....it seems like it will never end! I also enjoy spending time with my sweet dog Norris, decorating, shopping, and cooking What is your favorite college football team? Georgia

Jennifer Reynolds

What is your hometown? Santa Cruz, Ca. What was your first job? Besides babysitting (which I think most young girls do), I was a customer service greeter/ sales rep at a clothing boutique What is your favorite food? A big salad and any type of pasta What are your hobbies? Home decorating, reading, and learning something new (whether it’s how to sew, build a Web site or a new language) What is your favorite college football team? I would say UGA (because it’s my hubby’s favorite)

What is your hometown? Born in Staten Island, NY; moved to Hollywood, Fla. What was your first job? First “career” job was in film production What is your favorite food? Anything Asian What are your hobbies? Movies, reading, tennis, drawing What is your favorite college football team? Don’t really care about football, but I attended University of Miami, so the Hurricanes

Lauren Samples

What is your hometown?

Gainesville, Ga. What was your first job? I worked in a pharmacy What is your favorite food?

Anything Italian!

What are your hobbies?

Running and working out What is your favorite college football team? UGA – Go DAWGS!

Julie Vaughn

Krista Martin

Natasha McPhaul

What is your hometown?

Gainesville, Ga. What was your first job? I worked in a sno-cone hut What is your favorite food?

Anything that involves cheese What are your hobbies?

Pottery, cooking, anything crafty or artsy What is your favorite college football team? Georgia Tech

What is your hometown?

Dawsonville, Ga. What was your first job? Dawson County Daycare What is your favorite food? Pasta What are your hobbies? Traveling, watching sports with my husband, attending plays/musicals What is your favorite college football team? UGA Bulldogs!!

What is your hometown?

Lilburn, Ga. What was your first job?

When I was 16 - working at 5.7.9 clothing store in the mall; after college was promotions manager for Clear Channel Radio in Augusta, Ga. What is your favorite food?

Anything sweet!!!

What are your hobbies?

Working out and spending time with family and friends What is your favorite college football team? Georgia Tech League Log 9

THANK YOU TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS PLATINUM

GOLD

SILVER

The Longstreet Clinic, P.C. Conditioned Air Systems, Inc. J. Geyer Advertising

BRONZE

Alexander, Almand & Bangs, LLC Community Bank & Trust

Carroll Daniel Construction

J. Green Salon

House Dressing

Chattahoochee Bank of Georgia

Nest Feathers

Treadstone Construction

o The Junior League recently lost two very special members. Our thoughts are with the families of Nell Wiegand and Catherine Telford.

They will both be remembered for their service not only to the Junior League but also to the entire Gainesville-Hall County community.

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Bulletin Board MEMBERSHIP UPDATES

Little Leaguers: Marilyn Bethany “Mary Beth” Magnus June 22, 2011 9 lbs. 10 oz.

20 1/2 inches Born to Bethany and Matt Magnus

Alice Mae Wilkins July 6, 2011 8lbs.

21 1/4 inches Born to Denise and Jimbo Wilkins and welcomed by big sister Millie Baylor Brown Wilson April 30, 2011 6 lbs. 14 oz.

19 1/2 in.

Born to Bonnie-Lynne and Ron Wilson and welcomed by big sister, Lilly-Kate Caroline Marie Croft June 29, 2011 7 lbs. 6 oz.

19 1/4 inches Born to Ellison and Jason Croft and welcomed by big brother Ethan Jane Elizabeth Hawkins July 30, 2011 7 lbs. 7 oz.

19 3/4 inches Born to Suzie and Ben Hawkins and welcomed by big sister Anne and big brother Benny Gabriella Marie Jones June 24, 2011 7 lbs. 8 oz.

21 1/2 inches Born to Christina and Chance Jones

BIRTHDAYS September 1 Amy White Amy Jessup Suzie Hawkins 2 Pam Jovaag Elizabeth Thompson 3 Pat Rauch Mary Lou Melvin Cheryl Harr 5 Mimi Collins Brooke Kalinauskas 6 Marian Hosch 7 Regina Cochran 8 Denise Wilkins 11 Lois Kenyon Courtenay Wishousky 12 Julie Richwine Elizabeth Latta 13 Helen Stewart 15 Sally Kirchner Lisa Jones 16 Donna Allen Elizabeth Wood 18 Alison Toller Marinel Wood 20 Lynn Martin 22 Susie Appleton 23 Ruth Wade 25 Shelley Collins Lynn Pugh Liza Chapman 26 Robbye McKibbon Maggie Bennett 28 Greta Martin Caroline Silcox Amy Harrison 29 Anita Cox

October 1 Ann Thomas Juliet Watson 2 Jane Shockley Meredith McEver 3 Elaine Waller 4 Peggy Peacock Pamela Dye 7 Kelli Wright Katie Dubnik 8 Susan Smithson Sheila Dunckel Amy Miller Julie Nicholson 9 Lucy Henry 10 Debbie Jacobs Cynthia Myers 11 Erin Gresham 12 Mary Win Watson 14 Joyce Hayes Bonnelle Valentine 15 Jayne Shealy Sha Lawson Eliza Baker 17 Betty Ann Chambers McCree Simmons 18 Dedra Martin 19 Laney Brewer 23 Jane Bradley Audrey Thornton 24 Lindsay Payne 25 Abby Martin Jane J. Lloyd 28 Jody Bacon Karra Stephens 30 Jane Banks Sally Bell

Don’t Forget! First meeting

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Don’t miss our first General Membership meeting of the 2011 League year on Sept. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodg e.

Dinner will be served! Pleas e make plans to join us!

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