Aug/Sept NOTES

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF

SYRACUSE August/September 2017 | Issue 1

IN THIS ISSUE: Comm

• Welcome to the new League year!

•Corks, Forks, Brews and • Chews Introducing the PE Fundraiser • Membership •Council UpdatesUpdate • Fund Development •Annual Dinner Update •News to Know • Sustainer News •Congratulations • Congratulations

WELCOME TO THE 2017-2018 JUNIOR LEAGUE YEAR!

• Outgoing/incoming President’s message MARK YOUR

CALENDARS

Check the members’ website for registration and event details.

September 12: Town Hall Meeting • 5:30 pm • JLS Office

September 12: September GMM

• 6:00 pm: Social | 6:30 pm: Meeting • JLS Office

The Junior League year has started already for the board and many of the councils. We kicked off the year, on July 22nd, with a Leadership training that was open to all League members. I was so happy to see the membership take advantage of this opportunity. We will be getting the board together for a retreat the last weekend of September, for bonding and strategic planning.

As the summer moves on, I am more excited for everyone to be engaged! I know that our councils are planning new and exciting things to get members involved. All you have to do is look on Seeing Spot to see the things already being planned. Don’t worry, the Junior League Jeopardy isn’t going anywhere.

October 21st brings our Regional Training, The Salt City Summit. I am so excited to have this opportunity to have AJLI’s Amber Levy come and discuss • Location: TBD Membership/Community Impact with us. Lisa Vaughan, Past President of JL September 22: Town Hall Meeting Evansville will be here to discuss Fundraising for the Mission. The sustainers • Location: Kate Zwecker’s House will be hosting their own portion of the summit with sustainers facilitating September 12: The Little White the sessions. We look forward to the closer relationship with our sustaining House of Hope members. We will be hosting ladies from all over the east coast, including • Location:200 Wyoming St.|Syracuse Canada for this event. We will be having events prior to and after that members September 12: JLS Sweatworking will be encouraged to participate in. The cost for our members is $20. Look for • Zumba more on this to come.

September 12: JLS Afterdark

• Pulse Fitness Studio

October 2: JLS Bookclub October 10: Town Hall Meeting

The summer also brought us our new office coordinator, Kristin Walcott.

Please welcome Kris in her new spot and look for her hours on the website. I am always available to you, just text, email or call me.

October 21: Salt City Summit

I am looking forward to a fabulous year and can’t wait for us to do great things together!

• Location: JLS Office

• Location: Marley Center

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Introducing the 2017-2018 President-Elect

COMMUNICATIONS

Jessica Murray joined the Junior League of Syracuse as a member of the 2008-2009 provisional class.

A central New York native who had recently relocated to Syracuse, she came to the JLS to meet other women interested in community education and service.

An active member since 2009, Jessica’s League experience includes two years on Holiday Shoppes, including one year as HS CoChair, two years on the Nominating Committee, and Communications Council leadership roles including Online Engagement Chair and Communications VP. She has also served on the Membership Development and Recruitment Committee and been involved with JLS initiatives including the STEM Expo, 95 for 95, and Corks, Forks, Brews, and Chews.

Jessica’s volunteer involvement outside the Junior League has included the Barnes Foundation’s Holidays at the Mansion, the Lupus Alliance of Upstate New York, and upstate New York’s chapter of the Nebraska Alumni Association.

A graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Boston College, and Syracuse University, Jessica has worked in higher education advancement at SU for 10 years. She currently works as the alumni relations director at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Jessica resides in Dewitt with her husband Chris and their three cats. She enjoys reading, watching college football, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. She is eagerly anticipating her year ahead as President-Elect and the opportunity to serve the JLS membership and the community.

The Communications Council leadership team kicked off the League year at an info sharing session with the outgoing Communications Council leadership team on July 11th and enhanced our momentum into the new year at the July 22nd Leadership Training and Planning Retreat.

Our entire committee has been actively working throughout the summer to prepare for the new league year.

Happy New League Year from the 20172018 Communications Council!

This year our council will continue to focus on increasing the external visibility of the JLS’s mission, vision, and underlying activities through a variety of communications platforms, including our website, social media activity, and public relations efforts. In addition, we will continue to tailor news and information presented to members through communications including email blasts, the members’ website, and the NOTES. In the 2017-2018 league year our council will be placing additional focus on streamlining collection and dissemination of information throughout the league and externally through additional use of website forms and templates, adopting new technologies, re-energizing our blog and bringing new content to our website. In addition, we will be placing extra focus on external visibility through new media partners and signage.

If your council or committee has a news story, event, or other newsworthy happening, please share it with the Communications team via the communications request form so we can spread the word. Don’t forget to include images as well!

Also, check out the new email blast request form in Member Resources which enables you to submit the information required to have a news item included in the weekly email blast.

Watch upcoming issues of the NOTES for more updates from the Communications Council!

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Leadership Training

SUSTAINER NEWS We have already had some great Sustainer activities this summer! Our first R&R was held at Carabba’s in Fayetteville on Wednesday, July 26th. Hostesses were Jane Roller and Terry Russo. The second R&R was held at Grover’s Table, also in Fayetteville, on August 29. Hostesses were Margaret Karim and Stephanie Macero. They were great opportunities to relax and swap summer stories! Then on Tuesday, August 2, a Sustainer “Wine and Wrap” was held to benefit the CNY Diaper Bank, at the Diaper Bank office at 1064 West Genesee Street, Syracuse. We learned about this all-volunteer organization working to provide diapers to families in need through a growing network of social service agencies and to build awareness of diaper need in CNY, and we helped wrap approximately 6500 diapers for distribution. And of course, there was wine, hors d’oeuvres and fun while we worked! Many thanks to Sharon Slater for organizing this. Our next big event is the Sustainer Golf Outing and Dinner on Monday, September 18 at Drumlins. And we are looking forward to the Salt City Summit in October.

TRAINING LOCATION:

MARLEY EDUCATION CENTER MORNING SESSION: MEMBERSHIP

Speaker: Amber Levy, Director of Membership, AJLI Diving into the Junior League Mission: Developing and Operationalizing a Successful Membership Model

AFTERNOON SESSION: FUND DEVELOPMENT

Speaker: Lisa Vaughan, Past President, JL of Evansville Mission Fundraising: Basic and Beyond

SUSTAINER AFTERNOON SESSION: Facilitator: TBD An afternoon of facilitated dialogue

Please see website for additional information and registration details.

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FUND DEVELOPMENT A HUGE THANK YOU to all the members who donated to the Annual Fund during the 2016-2017 League year!!We raised a total of $3,975.04 from 98 donors as follows:

Annual Fund/Mission Support Community Allocation Fund Jerri Wilson Fund

$2,289.04 $789.00 $897.00

Again, thank you for your generous support! We couldn’t do what we do without YOU! Our 2017 CORKS, FORKS, BREWS AND CHEWS event was also a great success! An extra special thank you to Sarah Shea Dempsey and her committee for coordinating and seeing this event through to a fun and final finish as follows:

Misc revenue Admission tickets Raffle Table Wine Pull Table Total Revenue Total Expenses

$108.00 $1,620.00 $840.00 $730.00 $3,298.00 $1,166.80

Net Profit

$2,131.20

Thank you to all the attendees and sponsors for contributing to and supporting our league mission and goals!

2017 HOLIDAY SHOPPES planning is underway!! The HS committee has begun its meetings and is looking forward to a successful and exciting 2017 show. The dates are November 10th, 11th and 12th this year at the NYS Fairgrounds Horticulture building. We are always looking to add new and varied vendors and big ticket items for our raffle table, so if anyone knows a merchant or vendor that would be a great fit, please feel free to email merchant Co-Chairs Amanda Spence or Jamie Lingenfelter with contact information so they can follow up.

Fund Development VP Marie Norkett msn@boscllc.com or dmnorkett141@verizon.net

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LEADERSHIP TEAM 2017-2018 PRESIDENT: Jackie Azbill PRESIDENT-ELECT: Jessica Murray TREASURER: Audra Mueller SECRETARY: Casey Duffy MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT VP: Katherine Dopulos COMMUNITY VP: Courtney Bintz FUND DEVELOPMENT VP: Marie Norkett COMMUNICATIONS VP: Whitney Browne SUSTAINER VP: Jane Roller/Terry Russo NOMINATING/PLACEMENT CHAIR: Kate Zwecker HOLIDAY SHOPPES CO-CHAIRS: Amanda Spence/Jamie Lingenfelter ASSISTANT TREASURER: Rachel Ford PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR: Rachel Nelson SOCIAL MEDIA CHAIR: Whitney Daniels NOTES EDITOR: TBD WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR: Carrie Ryder ASSISTANT WEBSITE ADMINISTRATOR: Liz Lane COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS CHAIR: Julia Zimmer MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/ RECRUITMENT CO-CHAIRS:Rea Carver/Susan Shubmehl EDUCATION & TRAINING CHAIR: Amanda Perrine

MEMBERSHIP ANNUAL DINNER RECAP:

This year’s Annual dinner was at Justin’s Tuscan Grille. We celebrated our accomplishments from 2016-17 with a lovely slide show and member awards. Our members also welcomed the new President with a bang! The centerpieces were created by the Education and Training committee.

The vegetable plants and pots were all donated to community gardens and the LWHH in Syracuse. We look forward to great things in the next year!

MEMBERSHIP/TRAINING UPDATE: At present, we have 63 active

members and 184 sustainer members. We are looking forward to an exciting year that will include innovative GMMs, trainings, JLS After Darks, and monthly book club and sweatworking (formerly JLS Women on the Move) events! Check Seeing Spot at the September GMM for a full calendar year’s events. We are also in the midst of several recruitment events and are building a robust New Member Class for the 2017-2018 year. Final events were on 8/9 and 8/14.

The Education and Training Committee is organizing three monthly socializing events for the 2017-2018 year.

BOOK CLUB will meet the 1st Monday of the month at 7pm in the 3rd floor

board room. Our first meeting will be October 2nd to discuss A Beautiful Poison

by Lydia Kang. A full reading list will be distributed by the September GMM.

JLS AFTER DARK events will occur after each GMM. There will be reserved

seating at a nearby restaurant such as Otro Cinco, J Ryan’s, and Sugar & Co.

If you are looking to move more while connecting with other JLS members, join our new SWEATWORKING sessions. On the 4th Saturday of the month at 9am (usually) we will get together to try out a new or favorite workout. Our first event was yoga on August 12th at Syracuse Yoga. Also planned for the year are Zumba, Barre3, meditation, and a Turkey Trot.

Please register for these events on the JLS website.

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CONGRATULATIONS! • Jenna Webb, who began her new job as special event coordinator at House of the Good Shepherd in Utica in May. • Sarah Shea Dempsey and husband Brandon, on the birth of their daughter Natalie Shea on June 2.

• Rachel Nelson and husband Daniel, on the birth of their daughter Celesta Ray on June 14.

• Marisa Montreal, on her marriage to Dan Wright on July 29.

• Emily Curtin, on her marriage to Adam Smith on August 6.

• Cathy Dotterer, on her new job as Dean of Students/Chief Diversity Officer at Cayuga Community College.

• Whitney Daniels and Neil Kampas, on the birth of their son Tyler Alexander on September 5.

• Carrie Ryder, on her new job as Chief Marketing Officer at Hodgon Russ in Buffalo, NY. Good Luck we will miss you!

• Anna O’Neil, on her new job as an associate attorney with Wolf, Goodrich & Golden, LLP.

OCTOBER BOOK CLUB:

The Karim Team Margaret Karim, GRI, CRS, Team Leader Theresa Billy, GRI, ABR, SRES, ePRO Deborah Cavanagh

315.345.1018

www.TheKarimTeam.com ww

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A Beautiful Poison by Lydia Kang Meeting October 2nd at the JLS office (3rd floor)

COMMUNITY

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The Community Collaborations Committee is excited to begin our 97th year impacting the community. While we hope to do many of the collaborations that have been very successful, such as Blodgett and Stem, we are also planning on bringing in some new and exciting takes on what community impact means. This being said, we understand not all members have joined the league to volunteer. Because of this, we will be scaling back the amount of actual collaborations we have and make the existing ones bigger and better.

If you have an idea or suggestion for a community collaboration, please reach out to Julia Zimmer or Courtney Bintz.

See you in the community!

NEW

KNOW

YOUR VOICE IS ESSENTIAL IN HELPING TO SUSTAIN OUR LEAGUE FOR YEARS TO COME!

Come join the Nominating Committee as we discuss the league’s needs in a confidential and casual setting. Information collected will be passed along to the 100th Year Committee to help determine the use of the 100th Year funds. The mission of the 100th Year Committee is to help sustain and grow our membership and league for the future.

DATES:

• Tuesday, September 12th | 5:30pm| 3rd floor meeting room • Friday, September 22nd | 5:30pm | Kate Zwecker’s home • Tuesday, October 10th | 5:30pm | JLS Office

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JUNIOR LEAGUE OF

SYRACUSE 431 E Fayette Street, Suite 225 Syracuse, NY 13202 Office: 315.423.9773 Fax: 315.471.1464

office@jlsyracuse.org

www.jlsyracuse.org MISSION

The Junior League of Syracuse is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

VISION

The Junior League of Syracuse will be an organization of diverse women committed to enriching the quality of life for women, children and their families in the Central New York Community.

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