President
LETTER FROM THE INCOMING
I am honored to serve as President of the Junior League of Shreveport-Bossier for our 90th year.
women who are now wonderful friends. One such wonderful friend is our outgoing president
As I am not from Shreveport, I know that many of the
Sarah Giglio. We were living in a pre-pandemic world when
Sustainers who faithfully read the Parishscope may not know
Sarah was slated to be the 2021-2022 JLSB president. Al-
me. Similarly, because of restrictions during the pandemic, I
though her years as President-Elect and President may not
have not had the opportunity to meet many of our newer Ac-
have looked like she imagined, she has risen to the occasion
tives and Provisionals without wearing a mask. Therefore, I
of guiding our League through the second year of the pan-
thought I would use this first letter to introduce myself to all
demic, and our League has flourished under her leadership.
of you.
I’m grateful to have this space to publicly thank Sarah for
My early years were spent in Louisiana, including time in Shreveport, before moving to Singapore for four years and
her friendship, advice, book recommendations, and, most importantly, Bachelor(ette) analysis.
then settling in The Woodlands, Texas, through high school.
In the following pages, I am delighted for you to get to
Then I moved to Shreveport to attend Centenary College of
know the members of our Board of Directors and Manage-
Louisiana, where I was a member of the Centenary College
ment Team who will lead the League this coming year. I also
Choir and Chi Omega. Next I attended law school at LSU be-
look forward to sharing with you throughout the 2022-2023
fore returning to Shreveport to begin my career, and now I
year all that the League is doing to further our mission dur-
have lived here 11 years.
ing our 90th year.
Community service and volunteering became a priority of mine through the encouragement of my mom, Lesa
Sincerely,
McDonald, who is a JLSB Sustainer. While I was in junior high and high school, my mom and I served together in our local chapter of the National Charity League, which is like a mother-daughter Junior League. When I moved to Shreveport, my mom encouraged me to join the JLSB. However, based on her experience of gathering sponsors to join in the 1980s, she was not sure I would get in on my first try! I am thankful the JLSB now welcomes any woman who supports our mission of service to the community. During my ten years in the League, I have developed my potential in many ways and have had numerous opportunities to build self confidence and practice public speaking. I have also been fortunate to serve alongside so many impressive
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Margaret McDonald
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2022-2023 President
