December 2015 • Issue 4 In This Issue: • Holiday Shoppes • Nominating Game Night • Kudos • TVPJA Signed • New Member Class Update • October ODI • Westide Thanksgiving Dinner • Sustainer News
MARK YOUR CALENDARS December 8: GMM and Holiday Potluck • Social 6 p.m.; Meeting 6:30 p.m. • JLS Ballroom • Sign up for potluck item on the members section of website December 10 & 15: Downtown YMCA Holiday Angel Wishes • 12/10 - 6 p.m.: Shopping at the East Syracuse Wal-Mart • 12/15 - 6 p.m.: Gift wrapping at the Downtown YMCA • Sign up on members section of website
20TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOPPES A SUCCESS! Dear Junior League of Syracuse members,
last year! So thanks to our Raffle Co-Chairs, Audra Mueller and Elizabeth Lane, and our other League volunteers for really getting out there and selling our tickets.
Thank you to all the JLS members who helped make the 20th Annual Holiday Shoppes a success! We had over 5,018 attendees, 13 more than last year! This year, we kicked it up a notch with our Holiday Village theme, featuring a boulevard of park benches and brightly-lit trees, which provided a much needed resting and meeting spot for shoppers. A big thanks to Mona Smart and all of the volunteers who took the time to really transform the Fairgrounds in this way! As I’m sure most of you saw, Jenny Jackson Donahoe, Julianna Hebert and Marisa Montreal were all over the television and radio getting the public excited about the event.
In addition, we had more than 50 new merchants attend Holiday Shoppes this year! This was more than any other previous Holiday Shoppes. A big thank you goes to Barbara Christiana and Kelsey Howard for making sure our merchants were as excited to be there as we were! Thanks also go to Amy Slivka for taking on the role of Tickets and Staffing Chair and ensuring that all volunteers knew what to do and attendees were greeted with friendly faces as they first entered our event.
December 15: Board Meeting • Social 5:30 p.m.; Meeting 6 p.m. • Jenny Jackson Donahoe’s House
In addition, thank you to all JLS members for going above and beyond by working additional shifts. Thanks also goes to Jessica Murray for transforming the JLS booth to incorporate the theme of Community Boulevard to respect the past and look forward to the future.
January 14, 2016: OHA Step Back in Time Tour • Tour Times: 6 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. • Onondaga Historical Association Museum
Thanks to Rachel Nelson for finding new advertising outlets and really getting our event out there! The raffle table caught everyone’s eyes as they walked in, and thanks to the exciting array of spectacular grand raffles, we made more money on the raffle this year than
Thank you to Caeresa Richardson for purchasing items for the hospitality room. Thanks to so many of our diligent JLS members, we were able to make sure our merchants and our volunteers were well fed and had hot coffee! A big thanks to Jackie Popkess for arranging BOCES students to make food for our hospitality room-it was a huge hit!
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