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While the 2020s have yet to be the experience any of us anticipated, I am in awe of each of you and how you have carried on under incredibly difficult and changing circumstances. The leaders that create the JLRV have continued the legacy of helping our community for 95 years. I am excited to celebrate our successes at our 95th Jubilee on May 7th and look forward to hearing your go-to self-care practices to create a healthy mental health space for yourself.
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to action with hope and gratitude. Martin Luther King Jr. accurately stated, “Life’s most persistent and import ant question is, what are you doing for others?”
KATE HAILEY
We blinked and it is already spring, with the world looking a bit differently than the last few years. The pandemic is waning but much of the world is still in turmoil from the war in Ukraine, illness, inflation, job changes, and a whole lot of uncertainty. It is hard to not turn on the news and be bewildered at the head lines surrounding us.
As many of you know, I am a teacher by day and have worked hard to help my students find a healthy place for their mental health this year. We “circle up” each morning to discuss our day and talk through healthy habits, especially for growing minds. More than ever before, I see students struggle with their mental health and just like children, adults struggle to be successful when we are overburdened and are not taking time to care for ourselves.
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I’d like to challenge you to also consider adding volun teering to your list of your self-care tools. We all know the good feelings that come with helping others and at a time in the world when we can often feel hope less and full of despair, I urge you to see that as a call
As we move towards the summer months and the close of the league year, I urge us all to work towards our own best mental health as we settle into this new “normal”. The JLRV is joining together this spring to bring a Women’s Mental Health Week to our mem bers and community to help remind us it is import ant to take care of ourselves so we can be ready to help those in our community, including our beloved families, coworkers, fellow leaguers and the greater Roanoke Valley.
Often when I’m talking with friends lately, I am check ing in to see what they are doing for themselves. I encourage you to check in with your “people” too, including yourself, to see what they are doing to fill their own cup. I love hearing their answers, often it’s exercising to good music, a night out with friends, needlepointing or even a simple self-care act like a bubble bath or pretty manicure. These rituals are cru cial to giving us time away from the fray and collect ing ourselves to lead – whether that be at home, the board room, office or even a classroom.
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With the holidays behind us, we now look forward to spring, which promises to be jam-packed with events and activities. From the New Member Blood Drive, previewed by Meredith Thompson in “The Art of Saving Lives,” to the 95th Jubilee Celebration, the League forges ahead. And we’re just getting started.
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It was with great joy that we came together through out the holiday season, which kicked off with the Stocked Market. Back in person and better than ever, the League’s signature fundraiser was a rousing success, as reported by Brittny McGraw in this issue. We continued to spread cheer at a variety of volun teer events, also chronicled by Brittny McGraw, as the League once again helped to make the holidays merry and bright for the community at events like the toy drive and the Department of Social Services wrap parties.
What a whirlwind! As the long winter slowly trans forms into spring, it is a great time to think about all of the meaningful work done by the JLRV during our 95th year. As we hopefully continue to emerge from a time that has been difficult for so many, it is important to reflect on how far we have come and also to celebrate our League’s deep commitment to our community and the people we serve.
A look back into the past always gives us renewed perspective and appreciation for all the strong, vi sionary women who came before us. It is with great excitement that we continue Laura Conte’s retrospec tive series, Our Past, With Pride, which offers an illu minating glimpse of significant moments in the his tory of JLRV.
After logging hundreds of volunteer hours, it was time to celebrate at our annual holiday party. Party goers rang in the Roaring ‘20s in style at Roanoke’s illustrious Shenandoah Club. I have to admit, as an F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar with a much-loved, very tat tered copy of The Great Gatsby on my bookshelf, it was a thrill to see everyone decked out in their finest flapper attire.
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The Junior League of Roanoke Valley toasted the Roaring Twenties in style at our Great Gatsby-themed holiday celebration. Champagne flowed and flappers danced the night away at Roanoke’s famed Shenandoah Club.
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Our members rolled up their sleeves and got to work for the March Habitat for Humanity Build Day. We’re so proud of all the volunteers who got their hands dirty and put their construction skills to the test. Well done, ladies!
of giving kicked off with the annu al “wrap parties” to benefit Roanoke County DSS. Chelsey Allen, a member of JLRV’s Service Committee
The women of the Junior League of Roanoke Valley wear many hats, and this holiday season members donned their “Santa’s Helpers” hats to spread cheer throughout Southwest Virginia. JLRV’s Communi ty Council organized two events in December that gave members the opportunity to share the spirit of the holidays through service: an annual campaign to sponsor and wrap gifts to benefit children in foster care with the Roanoke County Department of Social Services, and a toy drive to benefit the Department of Social Services in Bedford, Botetourt, and Montgom ery
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Toy Drive Co-Chairs Shepherd Cronemeyer and Shannon Allen
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For the second year, Lawrence Moving, a full-service moving company based in Roanoke, provided trucks and boxes for the toy drive, and delivered the toys to their destinations.
who worked to organize this year’s event, said the volunteer effort was spread out over multiple 90-min ute shifts for two days. During that time, members wrapped gifts that sponsors donated for children in foster care. This marked the fifth year for JLRV’s hol iday partnership with Roanoke County DSS, and it is an event members look forward to each year. “It makes you feel good helping other people during the holidays, especially with children who may not be as fortunate,” Allen said. Allen added that officials with DSS created a festive and fun environment to wrap gifts by providing food and holiday music during the volunteer shifts.
For the second consecutive year, JLRV or ganized a toy drive, this year benefiting the Department of Social Services in Bedford, Botetourt, and Montgomery Counties. During the two-day toy drive that took place at the Clearbrook Walmart in Roa noke County, JLRV collected more than 1,100 toys. “I think that everyone remem bers what it was like on Christmas morning to come downstairs and see those wrapped gifts and know that Santa has been there,” said Shannon Allen, chairperson of JLRV’s Service Committee. “For foster kids, that’s not a promise that they have. So, to be able to provide that for them, and for peo ple going into the store to buy the toys or knowing that they were going to donate, they were able to give those smiles to those kids.” JLRV members distributed wish lists to shoppers who wanted to donate, and
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shoppers could also donate online through Amazon wish lists curated by each organization. “Being at Walmart made it easy for people to donate and it was easy to catch people as they went in the store,” Allen said. She said the spirit of giving and the community’s generosity were on full display during the toy drive. “We had one man who initially walked past us, did not want to donate but we had given him a flyer and while he was buying his groceries, he had a change of heart,” Allen said. “He decided that he did want to donate, and he filled up a whole cart of toys.”
Allen said both the toy drive and gift-wrapping event show JLRV’s dedication to volunteerism. “It is the core of what we are, to serve our community and help where we can,” Allen said.
BY BRITTNY MCGRAW
You could feel the excitement in the air at the Berglund Center in Roanoke as shoppers from across the area welcomed the in-person return of Stocked Market, the Ju nior League of Roanoke Valley’s signature event. The annual hol iday shopping extravaganza that serves as JLRV’s largest fundraiser made a rousing comeback, raising more than $85,000 in 2021 to support local initiatives that align with JLRV’s mission of uplifting
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Stocked Market 2021 returned with an in-person shopping event after taking a year off due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was a tough year and I think everybody really put a lot of ef fort into trying to bring the event back, and hopefully next year and the years following will be just as successful, if not more,” said Alex Michaluk, Stocked Market 2021 Co-Chair. With the event on hold in 2020, JLRV offered shoppers a
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of new merchants that came this year,” she said. “I was definitely really impressed that we had a lot more children’s ven dors and more unique people than we’ve had in the past, so I think we’ve expanded our merchant
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entertainment was on throughout the Michalukweekend.”saidvendors also shared rave reviews about Stocked Mar ket 2021. “I heard a lot from them saying that they were happy with the layout,” Michaluk said. “They were happy with the shoppers that came. It sounds like some of them had a record year this year which I was really happy to hear that.”
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Totals from the Berglund Center put the number of Stocked Market attendees throughout the week end at more than 5,600. Micha luk and Tirico said the hard work and collaboration of the Stocked Market Committee were key to achieving a successful weekend of shopping and festivities.
“We were able to work with a re ally awesome team and all come together to make the event suc cessful,” Michaluk said.
Michaluk said she was pleased with the variety of merchants for Stocked Market 2021. “A lot of good returning merchants came back, but then we also had a lot
Tiricobase.” said shoppers embraced a change to Stocked Market’s lay out in 2021: there was a large performance stage set up in the center of the Berglund Center for performances and an nouncements. “We had a lot of positive feedback from all of the customers that shopped through out the weekend,” Tirico said. “They seemed to really like the stage that we had in the center of the Berglund Center that all of the
2021 saw wel come additions to the holiday favorite. Shoppers enjoyed addi tional dance performances from the Southwest Virginia Ballet as well as more entertainment for the entire family, which was a highlight for Mary Kathryn Tirico, Stocked Market 2021 Co-Chair. “There was something for every body,” Tirico said. “We had the Southwest Virginia Ballet, Anna and Elsa, and the Grinch, so I would say all of the entertainment we had throughout the weekend was really great.”
“Today, more than ever before, it is an established fact that organizations must change or be changed.”
OUR PAST, WITH PRIDE A LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORY OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ROANOKE VALLEY
BY LAURA CONTE
A NEW HOME AT CHERRY HILL
The Junior League of Roanoke, Inc. came into its own during a period of radical social change. As we contin ue our journey through our League’s 95-year history, let’s explore a few of the many projects that have had a long-term impact on the Roanoke Valley between 1965 and 1989 along, with some recollections by former Ju nior League of Roanoke president Mrs. Lucy Ellett.
From Woodstock to Motown to the Civil Rights move ment and putting a man on the moon, the 1960s was a decade of revolution. In that same year, the Junior League of Roanoke, Inc. changed its name from the Ju nior League of Roanoke, Inc. to the Junior League of Ro anoke Valley, Inc., and a new era began. All the while, the JLRV continued to seize meaningful opportunities to contribute positively to the future of the community through patronage of the arts.
Thanks in large part to successful fundraisers like the Harvest Bowl, which raised over $114,000 over its 12year run, the League was able to invest as co-owner of historic Cherry Hill on 23rd Street in South Roanoke with the Roanoke Fine Arts Center (now the Taubman Museum of Art) in January of 1965. After a study com mittee convened to decide how the prominent histor ic building would be divided, the League re-located its administrative office and opened classroom spaces on the second floor of the building in July 1965. Initially, the Roanoke Fine Arts Center wanted the entire build ing, but Mrs. Funkhouser, the owner of Cherry Hill, was a former League member and insisted that the Junior League be involved. This spirit of collaboration led the Junior League and community partners to create Festi val in the Park in 1969. Held in Elmwood Park, activities and performances included an art show, a symphony concert, and painting for children, a country music con cert, and a car exhibition.
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OTHER NOTEWORTHY PROJECTS FROM THE 1970S:
The 1970s witnessed the American Bicentennial and the disco era as well as the JLRV’s continuing commitment to its exclusively educational and charitable mission of promoting voluntarism and the potential of women. In my interview with Lucy Ellett, former JLRV president, Mrs. Ellett pointed to the League’s participation in an early campaign to educate its members and the larg er community on the impact of learning disabilities in children. She recalled, “There was so little in the com munity about dyslexic children or work with students with disabilities. As a former schoolteacher, I had these students who were so bright but couldn’t write any thing down. When I look back at it, I am so sorry that I couldn’t do more to help them. In those days, students like that were considered lazy.” Dr. Charles Shedd, the Director of the Reading Disabilities Clinic at the Universi ty of Alabama Medical School, came to Roanoke to talk to the Junior League about learning disabilities. This was one of the first attempts in the Roanoke Valley to ac knowledge learning disabilities like dyslexia and to bring awareness to them. These conversations led to North Cross preschool adopting some of Dr. Shedd’s methods to use in the classroom.
1,000 children across public and private schools in the Roanoke Valley. In 1974, the Lions Club took over the program.
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• The creation of a handbook identifying architectural barriers for handicapped citizens used and distribut ed by the Virginia Employment Commission.
• Historic downtown walking tours to teach children and adults about local history
“It is impossible to create a charted picture of the League. It is a constantly swirling, temporarily touching or interlocking but totally interdependent mass and just when one thinks it is stabilized off you go again. You’re very much alive.”
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• Reading is Fundamental: a project that provided un derserved children with 5 free paperback books
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• 1973: the JLRV purchased a home on 14th Street SW and used it as a group foster home. It was called “The Habitat.”
• October 1971: First edition of Of Pots + Pipkins cookbook was published
Beginning in the fall of 1971 until the end of 1974, the Junior League helped to create a program to con duct hearing screenings on preschool and kindergar ten children. The program grew to include more than
1980S
What for you is the most meaningful project the JLRV has been a part of or helped to bring to fruition?
The beginning of the Science Museum. That is some thing I enjoyed being involved with for many years and with my interest in the sciences and conservation.
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Dr. Tom Krakaur at the Science Museum one told me, “To have a project be successful, think it through thor oughly, then follow through enthusiastically.” Common sense perhaps but good words to live by.
My year, we were working to develop a mobile unit for the Science Museum. They wanted a mobile health van that could travel around and teach people about
We will be back next issue to round out this series with even more his tory about the JLRV. Thank you to Lucy Ellett for her generous assis tance with this article.
Finally, in 1989, the JLRV was on the hunt for a new idea for a prof itable and impactful fundraiser to help generate funds, which led to the creation of the Stocked Mar ket fundraiser.
mained one of the Junior League’s most well-known and highly re garded contributions to the Roa noke Valley community.
INTERVIEW WITH LUCY ELLETT:
The Junior League was created to empower women to make their communities better. The opening of the Ronald McDonald House on Jefferson Street in Roanoke is a prime example of what that looks like in practice. The JLRV was an
What is a piece of wisdom you live by?
“The basic strength of our organi zation has come from the sound foundation laid by its dedicated founders plus the solid reasons and purpose for its existence.” –Nancy Bolt Robertson, 1966-67 President’s Annual Report
integral part in bringing this all-im portant building to fruition. In addition to more than almost 40 years of volunteers since its open ing, the JLRV gifted $15,000 for operating expenses to the Ron ald McDonald House. The House opened to much fanfare on Sat urday, May 5, 1984, with opening ceremonies from 10-11 am and an open house to follow until 3 pm with activities for the young and young at heart including balloons, special activities for children, a band, and even Ronald McDonald himself. This partnership with the Ronald McDonald House has re
health issues. It was something I was very interested in but didn’t quite pan out the way we thought it would but I stayed involved for many years.
The Junior League of Roanoke Valley has a tradition of hosting an annual blood drive each Spring, put on by our new members. Over the years, JLRV members and our community have responded to an ongoing need in our community to sustain the local supply of blood. This year’s drive served an even greater need, and our mem bers were ready to answer that call. On March 26, 2022, JLRV held a drive which collected 75 units of blood.
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Blood donations have always been extremely important to save the lives of individuals who are sick or injured; however, due to the pandemic, weather, and staffing shortages, the American Red Cross is currently experi encing the worst blood shortage in over a decade. Many colleges and high schools that make up 25% of annual blood donations are not currently able to hold drives for
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Blood products are essential for surgeries, cancer treat ments, chronic illnesses, and traumatic injuries. Hospi tals are making the difficult decision to limit blood trans fusions and postpone surgeries until an adequate blood supply is available. Individuals that rely on blood prod ucts are being deferred from vital medicate treatment. Just one donation of blood can save up to three lives.
The Junior League of Roanoke Valley Community Blood Drive was held on March 26, 2022 at the Taubman Museum of Art. This year’s blood drive theme was “The Art of Saving Lives”. The blood drive committee felt that this theme was fitting giv en the location, but also because they want to celebrate the impact that others are having when they donate blood. Art is created with imagination and skill, as a means of expressing feelings or thoughts. People who donate blood create art by imagining a healthier future for
On serving on the committee, Sar ah said “being involved in the blood drive gave us the opportunity to do even more to help a cause we are passionate about and to have an even bigger impact than we could have as individuals.”
the individuals who will receive their donation.
their students due to the pandemic. It is more important now than ever that our members get involved in donat ing and recruiting others to donate.
While the JLRV was able to support saving 250 lives with this Spring’s drive, members encourage the com munity to continue to donate as eligible. If you have any questions about your eligibility to donate, please call the Donor Client Support Center at 1-866-2363276. For more information about eligibility or if you have questions about what to do before, during, and after your donation, please visit redcrossblood.org for helpful resources.
New member, Sarah Rourke, was integral in planning the drive. “My brother and I were born 10 weeks prematurely and spent the first two months of our lives in the NICU.” She said, “Both of us received countless blood transfusions throughout our time in the hospital, and would not be alive today without blood dona tions from our family members and from members of our community.”
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SPOTTED OUT IN THE WILD, JLRV MEMBERS ARE DOING WHAT WE DO BEST: SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AND HAVING A GREAT TIME!
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• 1 tbsp chutney
• 1/2 cup canned peaches roughly chopped
• 1 tsp salt
Like the Junior League of Roanoke Valley, Her Royal Highness (and rumored favorite of our very own Anna Moncure Muncy) is also celebrating a Jubilee this year. We’re always up for a tea party, so bring out the fine china and enjoy these afternoon tea recipes fit for the Queen.
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FLAVORS OF SPRING
• 1 lb shredded chicken breast
5. Add salad leaves of your choice to a serving bowl then top with the Coronation chicken.
• 1 tsp curry powder
6. Sprinkle with chopped parsley and almonds then serve as is or as a filling for sandwiches.
• pinch of pepper
• 1/4 cup flaked almonds
3. Whisk together mayonnaise, sour cream, curry powder, chutney, salt and pepper together.
This recipe was created for Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation luncheon when she ascended the throne in 1952.
Coronation Chicken
DIRECTIONS:
4. Combine the chicken with the dressing then add chopped peaches, flaked almonds and spring onion. Mix well.
• 2 tbsp sour cream
1. If cooking your own chicken, combine water, salt, bay leaf, pepper and lemon peel in a saucepan.
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
2. Bring to a gentle simmer then add chicken breasts. Poach for 8-10 minutes or until the chicken is just cooked, remove and allow to cool then shred.
• 1/2 cup sour cream
5. Place on a lightly floured surface and pat into a 7- to 8-inch circle about 3/4-inch thick. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tsp. of sugar. Use a sharp knife to cut into 8 triangles. Bake until golden, about 15 to 17 minutes.
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Close your eyes and be transported to the Orangerie at Kensington Palace. Don’t forget the lemon curd and clotted cream!
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup dried blueberries
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, frozen
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
4. Using a fork, stir sour cream mixture into flour mixture until large dough clumps form. Use your hands to press the dough against the bowl into a ball. (The dough will be sticky in places, and there may not seem to be enough liquid at first, but as you press, the dough will come together.)
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Lemon Blueberry Scones
• 1 large egg
DIRECTIONS:
• 1 tsp finely-grated lemon zest
3. In a small bowl, whisk sour cream and egg until smooth.
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2. In a medium bowl, mix flour, 1/3 cup sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Grate butter into flour mixture on the large holes of a box grater; use your fingers to work in butter (mixture should resemble coarse meal), then stir in raisins.
• The bill establishing a National Women’s History Museum was drafted by Congresswoman and New York Junior League member, Carolyn Maloney.
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• North Carolina Senator, Kay Hagan, credits her Junior League of Greensboro experience for preparing her for politics.
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• Did you know the Junior League of St. Louis was founded to support women’s suffrage?
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• Eleanor Roosevelt began her path to humanitarian work as a Junior League volunteer.
• The 1st Commanding Officer of WWII Women’s Army Corps, Oveta Culp Hobby, was also a Junior League of Houston member.
• Junior League volunteer Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman to have served in both the House & Senate.
• Before winning a Pulitzer Prize, Eudora Welty’s works appeared in the Junior League of Jackson, Mississippi’s volunteer news magazine.
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• Among members honored by the Junior League of Los Angeles for a lifetime of community service is former First Lady Nancy Reagan.
• What else do Former First Ladies & literacy advocates, Barbara & Laura Bush have in common? Junior League membership.
• Friend of Junior League founder Mary Harriman, Dorothy Whitney Straight was the group’s first president.
• The Junior League of Milwaukee’s Catherine Cleary was the first woman to serve as director of General Motors and AT&T.
• Equal Rights Amendment supporter & First Lady, Betty Ford was a Junior League of Grand Rapids volunteer.
• Add Junior League of Palo Alto volunteer to child actress, UN delegate, & US ambassador Shirley Temple Black’s accomplishments.
The Association of Junior Leagues International celebrated Women’s History Month by shining a social media spotlight on the contributions of some of our most illustrious members.
Women’s History Month
• The first woman on the US Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor, was once President of the Junior League of Phoenix.
• Bet you didn’t know Oscar-winning actress & daughter of a suffragette, Katharine Hepburn, was a Junior League of Hartford member.
• Junior League founder Mary Harriman Rumsey was also chair of the first consumer rights board in the US.
• Civic leader Doris Matsui has served her community as a Junior League of Sacramento volunteer and US Congresswoman.
• Ohio’s first Congresswoman, Frances P. Bolton was also a Junior League of Cleveland volunteer.
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• The Junior League was among the many women’s groups that lobbied for passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994.
• Actress Margaret Hamilton, The Wizard of Oz’s Wicked Witch of the West, got her acting start as a Junior League of Cleveland volunteer.
• Long before she mastered the art of French cooking, Julia Child worked with kids as a Junior League of Pasadena volunteer.
OUT OF THE MAILBOX
New Member Meeting & Celebration
Sustainer Cocktail Hour, Shenandoah Club
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Annual Celebration, Center in the Square Rooftop
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Leadership Training, South County Library
95th Jubilee Celebration at Sunnybrook
Annual Plan Meeting, Roanoke Higher Education Center
JLRV and Healing Strides Mental Wellness Open House
GMM Cluster Meetings
Luggage of Love Donation Event, Walmart 5350 Clearbrook Village Ln, Roanoke, VA 24014
Joint Board and Management Meeting
Women’s Mental Health Awareness Week
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