Entre Nous
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF GREATER COVINGTON
Letter From the President
Embracing a New Season
As we welcome the beautiful fall season, I hope you are enjoying the crisp air and vibrant events that come with fall in Louisiana. This time of year not only brings cooler weather but also the anticipation of the upcoming holiday season, filled with opportunities for us to come together and serve our community.
Plans continue for our annual Sugar Plum Market as we near the start of November. This cherished holiday event highlights our commitment to supporting and
I am looking forward to our upcoming business meeting, as it will be a essential moment for our league as we vote on new leadership positions. Your voices matter, and I urge each of you to attend, share your insights and help shape the future of our organization
Thank you for your continued dedication and enthusiasm. Let’s make this fall season a memorable one, filled with collaboration and joy.
Warm Regards spotlighting local businesses while raising funds to further our own mission and impact in our community. There is no doubt the leadership of our committee and your participation and support will make this event a success.
Small Leagues Big Impact
e Taylor, Amanda Trosclair and Kim ock attended the Small Leagues Big Impact ) conference in Orlando and have returned new knowledge & exciting ideas for JLGC!
League Meetings
OCTOBER BUSINESS MEETING
DATE October 21
TIME 6:30p social | 7p meeting
LOCATION
Mandeville Community Center 3090 E. Causeway Approach
ON THE AGENDA
Council Updates Business Meeting Elections
NEW MEMBERS
MEETING
DATE Monday, Oct 28
TIME 6:30pm
PLACE Dogwood Cottage
NOVEMBER GMM
Friendsgiving
Monday, Nov 18
Mandeville Community Center
Wear your best Halloween shirt!
We will vote on new Board Member positions at the October Fall Business Meeting.
Active or Lagniappe Active members in good standing can vote. The Nominating Committee will share the nominee names on the slate soon.
POSITIONS ON THE SLATE
Membership Asst. Vice President
2024-25 (Membership VP 2025-26)
Community Asst. Vice President 2024-25 (Community VP 2025-26)
Assistant Treasurer
2024-26 (Treasurer 2026-27)
Oh Yea! Cajun Style food truck will be onsite!
Community
Find the Good Day
Between our disco and campaign, we were able to collect more than $6,000 - doubling our goal! - to support our scholarships! Great work, ladies!
Our voter drive on social media will continue until Election Day this year (Nov. 5).
Find the Good Day is a movement that celebrates positive change, community, and compassion and sharing the good that the League does
Top Fundraisers
Anna Claire Courville and Crystal Carrion were our top fundraisers, each bringing in $445 to invest in the JLGC scholarship program Way to go!!
Election Day is November 5!
Our
Top 12
Anna Claire Courville
Crystal Carrion
Kim DeBrock & Kevin
Tiff Butler
Misty Levy
Phoebe Whealdon
Julie Dattilo Conklin
Whitney McDaris
Faith Troxler
Bernie Taylor
Bethany Boice
Anna Mercante & Brownie
As part of Find the Good Day, we encourage women to use their collective voice and Geaux Vote!
Early voting in Louisiana takes place October 18-29, Monday through Saturday. St. Tammany early v ti locations are the Justice Center Parking Garage Covington, The Towers Building in Slidell, and th offices on Koop Drive in Mandeville
Download the GeauxVote app to find your pollin hours and other official information.
Community
NOV 3, 2024
The Greenwood
Sponsorships Are Available
NUTCRACKER KING PRESENTING SPONSOR
$2000
10 VIP tickets to the Sugar Plum Market
1 VIP Parking spot
Your logo displayed prominently throughout event
SUGAR PLUM FAIRY SPONSOR $1000
6VIP tickets to the Sugar Plum Market
Your logo displayed prominently & on the backdrop
HOLIDAY SPARKLE SPONSOR $500
2 VIP tickets to the Sugar Plum Market
Your logo displayed prominently & on the swag bag
LAND OF SWEETS SPONSOR $250
2 VIP tickets to the Sugar Plum Market
Your logo displayed prominently & at check-in station
All sponsors are recognized on the website and in local media, and have their marketing materials included in the swag bags
VIP Tickets are available now for just $25!
Every vendor will offer a coupon, sale item or exclusive item for VIP shoppers!
VIP shopping 11am-1pm General Admission 1-4
Danielle Standridge, Chair
Jeanie Alpaugh
Kenyatta Conway
Trollie Estes
Jennifer Portera, Co-Chair
Karen Jocham
Lauren McCowin
Katie Roberson
Jennifer Rush
Sudden Impact: Birthday Boxes with Brooke It Forward
Marie Rudd-Gregory of the Brooke it Forward Foundation (pictured, left, with Anna Mercante, Community VP, and President Bernie Taylor) joined us at the September GMM in support of our Sudden Impact project Birthday Boxes for Children's Advocacy Center-Hope House Our donations created 28 birthday boxes!
About Hope House
Hope House is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse in our community by providing a path to recovery, a bridge to justice for victims of abuse, and education for the community
About Brooke It Forward Foundation
The Brooke It Forward Foundation partners with agencies serving abused, fostered, neglected and homeless children to honor these children by celebrating their birthdays BIFF provides these agencies with colorful Birthday Boxes containing cake mix, icing, party supplies, gifts and more. The agencies gift the boxes to the children and their families around the time of the child’s birthday.
Community Grant Program Update: St. Tammany Project Christmas
In our 2023-24 grant cycle, JLGC awarded St Tammany Project Christmas $3500 to provide Christmas meals to the families they sponsor this holiday.
In a recent thank-you card from the organization, they reported back that our donation will provide Christmas dinner to 1,674 children and 72 seniors from 674 families in our community
Project Christmas provides a complete Christmas for those in need in our community with the excitement of Christmas mornings and family dinners
1,674 children
72 seniors
674 families
Membership
October Recruiting
Digital Cheetah shifts are now open for Nightmare on Columbia recruitment shifts!
Saturday, Oct 19
Sip & Stroll: 5-7:30, followed by costume contest and free concert at the Trailhead
Contact: Kristal Williams membership@jlgc.net
Training & Development
Online shopping doesn’t need to be spooky. Here are 3 internet safety tips for online shopping:
Shop on Secure Websites
Look for "https://" and a padlock symbol in the address bar before entering personal or payment information These indicate a secure and encrypted connection.
Use Credit Cards or Secure Payment Methods Credit cards or trusted payment platforms (like PayPal) offer better fraud protection than debit cards, and they can help you dispute unauthorized charges.
Avoid Public Wi-Fi for Purchases
Refrain from entering sensitive information like payment details when using public Wi-Fi. If necessary, use a VPN for an extra layer of security
Coming Soon!
Our COO Team is excited to roll out JLGC’s newest information tool: the League Mission Impact Panel. These 15- to 30-minute virtual monthly panels will include mission-based table talk, with guests, topics and discussions that support our JLGC mission.
November Social
Don’t miss out on the fun!
Our Social & Hospitality committee has been booking fun events each month for us to enjoy each other’s companyincluding a Spa Day at Paris Parker Salon & Spa in September and Jazz’n in the Vines at Wild Bush Farm & Vineyard in October.
Join us in November to create holiday door hangers at Creative Designs on 11/14. Only 25 slots available! Watch for a link coming soon!
Sustainers
SustaineroftheYearNominationsNowOpen
NominationsforSustaineroftheYearareopenfromOctober14-18. Emailmembership@jlgc.netformoreinformation.
The October book club potluck will be a Murder Mystery dinner! No book reading required!
Dangerous deeds have taken place aboard the European Belle. Can you work out whodunnit? Join us and see if you can solve the crime of the Murder Mystery On the Night Train!
Sustainers gathered for the September Lunch Bunch at Boulevard in Covington for food and fun!
Next Lunch Bunch
Saturday Nov. 16
French Quarter Walking Tour & Lunch 10 am
The Lunch Bunch is a Sustainer Only luncheon every fourth Friday of the month. Watch for emails and reserve your spot! Seating is limited.
Book Club Potluck 6pm, Dogwood Cottage Everyone is invited! Bring a dish to share.
Oct 17
Murder Mystery on the Night Train Sign up in Digital Cheetah to have a character assigned to you!
Nov 21
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
The Book Club is held every third Thursday of the Month at Dogwood Cottage. All members are invited to participate.
SHARE THE MESSAGE
Interacting with our online content encourages the algorithms to share it more widely Please like, share and comment on our posts across all platforms to help spread the word of JLGC! And now we have... A New Hours Offer!
All members can earn one community hour for each JLGC social media platform that you like and follow! Click the code to fill out the required form and email your screenshots to CommunicationsVP or CommunicationsAVP @jlgc.net to get your hours!
WEAR THE MESSAGE
We’ve got loads of Leaguewear to help you spread our mission about town!
Choose from a variety of styles and colors of tees, tanks, sweatshirts and hoodies that proudly promote JLGC and some of our programs, including Sugar Plum Market and Krewe of Bogue Falaya.
Available for purchase now on Bonfire
Mark Your Calendars!
October Book Club Potluck
Murder Mystery on the Night Train
Thursday, Oct 17, 6 pm
Dogwood Cottage
Bring a dish to share for the potluck
October Recruiting
Nightmare on Columbia
Saturday, Oct 19, 3:30 & 6pm Shifts
Sign up for shifts in Digital Cheetah
October Business Meeting
Monday, Oct 21, 6:30pm
Mandeville Community Center
3090 E. Causeway Approach
October Potential New Member Meeting
Monday, Oct 28, 6:30pm
Dogwood Cottage
Sugar Plum Market
Sunday, Nov 3
VIP 11am-1pm; GA 1-4pm
The Greenwood
Election Day
Tuesday, Nov 5, 6am-8pm
Download the Louisiana GeauxVote app to find your polling location
November Social
Thursday, Nov 14, 6pm
Creative Designs
5150 LA 22 Suite C6, Mandeville
League Birthdays
OCTOBER
Misty Jenkins 1
Bonnie Achee-Stegen 2
Jessica Sidora 4
Sherri Lemmond 5
Sharon Drucker 6
Brady Bordelon-Caldwell 8
Kayla Tolar 8
Tiff Butler 10
Casey Tusa 10
Elisabeth Fisher 12
Katie Kabrich 12
Paula Mahne 14
Julianna Corderman 15
Allie Matte 16
Jill Bourgeois 17
Brittany Fey 18
Amanda Monroe 24
Ali LaBorde 17
Pennie Carr 28
NOVEMBER
Anita Mixon 1
Kalisa Hobbs 5
Tiffany McCarthy 5
Dorothy Childress 12
Winn Venable 22
Amy Puerto 23