Sust ainer atLarge
What a year it has been for the Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier! Who would have thought that so many things could happen in such a short period of time… COVID-19, hurricanes, and what can only be described as a “snowmageddon”! I want to commend Saige and the entire board and membership for their “can-do” attitudes. Every single project and event had to be rescheduled, rethought, or redone. I am so proud to be associated with such a committed group of women! I have been privileged this year to serve as the Sustainer at Large on the Board. Although much has changed since I was President many moons ago, much is still the same. We still have an amazing group of women volunteering their time and talents to improve our community. And, like us, they will go on to be Sustainers and continue to improve the community for many years to come. Once you are a member of the Junior League, you just can’t stop volunteering! The training that the League provides is carried into many other nonprofit (and for profit) organizations. How many of us have been to a meeting led by someone who was not Junior League trained and thought “if she/he had been in the League, that meeting would have taken an hour instead of two!”? Or started a position with another nonprofit and found that there was no notebook for that position? I truly never valued hand-medown notebooks until the Junior League!
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Susan P. Adams - Serves as the Vice President on the Board of Directors for the Glen Retirement System. Lee Clifton O’Brien Davis - Serves as President of the ARK-LA-TEX Ambassadors. Amelia Grace Jordan - To be installed as the State President of the Louisiana State Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood on June 5, 2021. Lisa Nelson - Serves as a board member for Woody’s Home for Veterans, a local nonprofit that serves veterans suffering from chronic mental illness. Michele Q=Petersen - Serves on the Volunteers of America Board. Kathryn Prestridge - Serves on the Board of Directors of St. Luke’s Episcopal Medical Ministry, and volunteers with this ministry as a registered nurse. Jan Querbes - Serves on the Shreveport Opera Board. jl sb.o rg | S pr in g 2 0 21 PA R ISHSCOPE
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Thankfully, many Junior League members still serve in multiple organizations in many capacities to make our community the best place it can be! Junior League Sustainers continue to serve Shreveport, Bossier, and beyond; and our communities are better places because of all of our dedicated and trained volunteers! Kudos to each of you who continue to serve in other nonprofit organizations! Because of the state of the world right now, we have been unable to plan Sustainer events this League year but we hope to be able to resume activities very soon. I certainly miss seeing all of you! In respect for everyone’s health and safety, we have postponed the Sustainer of the Year luncheon for this year. If the League is able to have a May meeting, we think it would be fun to include the Sustainers, so stay tuned! Since we haven’t had Sustainer events this year, I thought it would be fun to share a few “throwback” photos from my time in the League. All of the ladies in these photos became my great friends, and I have continued to serve in other organizations with many of them since we became Sustainers. I am forever grateful to the Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier for giving me the opportunity to serve with so many wonderful women and providing me training that has been invaluable in continuing my voluntarism as a Sustainer. I hope each of you has a safe, healthy, and uneventful 2021!
SUSTAINERS AT WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY
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