July/August 2014 • Issue 1
In This Issue: • Welcome to the New League Year • 2014 – 2015 Board & Leadership • 2014 – 2015 Meeting Dates • Sustainer News • AJLI News • Community Collaborations • Kudos • Website Update • HS Voting Results • Meeting Briefs
MARK YOUR CALENDARS August 19: Board Meeting • Social: 5:30 pm; Meeting: 6 pm • JLS Office
September 9: GMM • Social: 6 pm; Meeting: 6:30 pm • JLS Office
September 15: Sustainer Golf • Drumlins Country Club
September 16: Board Meeting • Social: 5:30 pm; Meeting: 6 pm • JLS Office
September 17: Recruitment Event • 6 – 8 pm • Blue Tusk, 165 Walton Street
September 24: Recruitment Event • 6 – 8 pm • Blue Tusk, 165 Walton Street
Welcome to the 2014 – 2015 League Year! Thank you all for the opportunity to lead this amazing organization for another year. We are in a great position to continue to build on the success of this past year. As many Past Presidents know, a year may not be enough time to accomplish all you set out to do. I am fortunate to have more time to work on those items left undone and continue to work on all the great progress we have made, especially in the area of raising awareness on the issue of Human Trafficking. I would like to say a big Thank You to the 2013 – 2014 Board and Leadership team. Everyone worked so hard last year to forward our Mission. You are an amazing group of talented women. It was a privilege to work with all of you. The new league year is off to a great start. The 2014 – 2015 leadership team has jumped in eager to get going. We have already had our first Board meeting, Board training and Leadership training and are working together planning for this year. I have no doubt this group will do amazing things this year. In my remarks at Annual Dinner I set a challenge for the membership. For those of you unable to attend I would like to issue the same challenge to you. A few years back the membership voted out the requirements to participate in Community Collaborations. This has left us with some challenges with participation. I would like to challenge all of you to set a goal to participate in at least 3 Community Collaborations in the new league year. I want you to volunteer not because you have to, but because you want to. After all isn’t that why we all are here? We can’t make a difference in our community by staying home. We are The Junior League of Syracuse – a group of determined women committed to make a difference in the lives of women and children here in Central New York. “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things” ~Mother Theresa Contact the President: Heather Ford Wallace: heatherfordwallace@gmail.com The Junior League of Syracuse, Inc. • The NOTES • July/August 2014 | 1