October 11-13 MeadowView Conference Resort and Convention

Issue 163
September 2012
Focus
PUBLISHED BY THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF KINGSPORT
October 11-13
MeadowView Conference Resort
and Convention Center
Ladies Night at the Market, Thursday, 6-10 pm
General Shopping, Friday & Saturday, 10 am-7 pm
Barn Party-Allandale—Saturday, October 13, 6:30-?
Junior League of Kingsport
418 Shelby Street
Kingsport, TN 37660
Phone: (423) 245-1321
Fax: (423) 245-3813
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.jlkingsport.org
MISSION
The Junior League of Kingsport
is an organization of women
committed to promoting
voluntarism, developing the
potential of women, and improving
communities through the effective
action and leadership of trained
volunteers. Its purpose is
exclusively educational and
charitable.
A Note From the President..
We are all feeling fall in the air, just this week as temperatures change we are reminded how blessed we are
to experience all four seasons. FOOTBALL season is
here and everybody is a buzz about the teams they support from High School, to College and the Pros. Even
though football and Jr. League seems to be on totally different ends of the spectrum, actually we have a lot in
common, such as teamwork, motivation and leadership. I am thankful to be a part of this organization of
women in leadership bringing their time, skills and talents to make a difference in our community.
We just wrapped up the Provisional Trolley Tour and
had a great time with our new members to league. It
was refreshing to be reminded of all the organizations Jr.
League has had a part in founding, supporting or provided trained leaders in these organizations. As we
ended our evening at Girls Inc. they shared stories and
needs of the girls that most of us take for granted. One
of the things they have is a gift reward room, where they
2012-2013 Board of Directors earn points to pick an item they want. There are toys for
the younger girls, and one of the things she shared was
President ......................... SHARON DUNCAN
President-Elect ....................... LINDSEY RAY most of the older girls love makeup, toiletries, makeup or
Community VP ................ JENNIFER BAKER tote bags, straightening irons, curling irons, etc. and they
Personnel VP .................... TAYLOR BROWN are always in short supply. I am asking you to go
Recording Secretary ............ LORA BARNETT
through those makeup gift bags we get, and most of us
Membership Secretary......... SARAH HAYNIE
Financial VP ............ CLAIRE ADDLESTONE never use, and bring any items to our General MemberTreasurer ................... CATHERINE TUCKER ship Meeting on September 25. I will make a delivery to
Asst. Personnel VP........ KRISTA OSTERHUS Girls Inc. that week. "Make a Difference" by helping to
Finance Mem. at Large ......................... TACIE
BAUMRUCKER boost a young lady's self esteem.
Sustainer Advisor ....................DONNA COBB
Committee Chairs
Arrangements................... ASHLEY TAYLOR
CEE .............................. HAYLEY DIETRICK
JANE HENRY
Communications/PR. MARY GLENN LIVELY
Comm. Connections ......... JENNIFER BAKER
Comm. Research/Scholarship/Grants .... CATY
ROSE
Holiday Market .................... JULIE PIERSON
KATIE HOLT
Mem. Development ................. CARY BOGGS
CASIE GRUBBS
Nominating ....................... TREVA TARPLEY
Placement ......................... TAYLOR BROWN
Second Harvest ........................ EMIILE PARK
TAPA ................................. ERIKA PHILLIPS
September is Hunger Action Month , and Jr. League
of Kingsport doesn't have to be reminded because we
support programs on hunger all league year. I am so
thankful we have the Second Harvest Project where we
help to support children that are on free or reduced meal
plan to have food over the weekend. We are also proud
to be a part of the Second Harvest Annual Food Drive at
local Food City locations helping to feed the hungry.
Sincerely,
Sharon Duncan
JLK President 2012-13
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Holiday Market 2012
From Holiday Market Committee Co-Chars—
Get Your Jingle On! It is (almost) Holiday Market Time.
We are getting close to Holiday Market time, ladies! We hope
everyone has had a wonderful summer and is ready to kick back into high
gear. The Holiday Market Committee has been hard at work this summer
getting everything ready to go. We have many new and exciting vendors as
well as many repeat vendors. Ladies Night at the Market is promising to be a
fun-filled evening for you and your friends. Friday we are planning to have an
event during the day to help fundraise and to draw a larger crowd during the
day. The Evening at the Market is coming along nicely and will be a fabulous
event on Saturday evening to close out our fundraising weekend (more details to come!). So many fun and exciting opportunities to have a great time
while helping our community (and working on your Christmas shopping list!).
Over the coming weeks we will be sending e-mails out that have photos of
what our vendors are bringing this year for JLK members to see and to send
to their friends (all sorts of wonderful vendors!). We are all so very excited
about this year’s Holiday Market, and we are looking forward to working with
everyone to make this year incredibly successful. Thank you for your support. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call Julie’s cell at 865207-3031 or email [email protected].
Now for the important information—
Dates & Times
Ladies Night at the Market—Thursday, October 11 (6-10 PM)
General Shopping—Friday, October 12 (10 AM – 7 PM)
General Shopping—Saturday, October 13 (10 AM – 7 PM)
Barn Party-Allandale—Saturday, October 13 (6:30-?)
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September 2012
Member Work Shifts and Financial Requirements
Tuesday, October 9—Sunday, October 14
(sign-up sheets will be emailed soon)
•
All Active and Provisional members are required to work two 3-hour shifts
•
Sign-up information for work shifts will be emailed soon.
•
The following are ticket sales requirements; tickets may be purchased in any combination (i.e. all General Shopping, some General Shopping combined with Ladies
Night or Evening at the Market):
~ Provisionals—$75
~ Actives—$100
~ Senior Active Silver—$50 (half the requirement for Actives)
~ Senior Active Gold Fundraising—$100
Auction Items—Need Your Help!
We are in the process of getting all of our auction items lined up—for both the silent
auctions and the live auction. However, if you have anything that you would like to
donate as an auction item of anyone you can contact for an auction item, please let
us know! Our silent and live auctions are critical to the success of Holiday Market!
Sponsors
We are working on getting all the sponsorships lined up. However, if you have a
company, friend acquaintance, complete stranger (you get the idea, right??) that you
think would be a good fit as a Holiday Market sponsor, please let us know. It’s not
too late! We will arrange to contact them and see if we can get them to be a
sponsor.
~ Senior Active Gold Placement—no work or financial requirements
•
Tickets will be for sale at the Summer Social, the September General Membership Meeting, at JLK Headquarters and online at www.jlkingsport.org.
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Join us for the Holiday Market 2012, presented by your very own Junior League of Kingsport! Holiday Market will be held again at the
award-winning MeadowView Marriott Conference Resort and Convention Center.
We continue to hand-select vendors that will showcase fine art, collectibles, home decor, gourmet
foods and accessories for men, women and children that are not readily available in our area. Mark
your calendars, ladies . . . shop ‘til you drop
while continuing to support our many programs that help
the children and women in our community!
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General Shopping—Holiday Market is open to the public all day Friday and Saturday.
Single Day Pass—$5 per day
Weekend Pass—$8 (Friday & Saturday)
Ladies' Night
Barn Party
Thursday, October 11th
Saturday, October 13th
6:00pm- 10:00pm
6:30 pm - ??
Hi, ladies! Grab a
girlfriend or two or three! Turn your Girls' Night End your week in style at our Barn Party-Allandale
on Saturday, October 13. Enjoy this evening with
Out into a shopping extravaganza at Holiday
Market's Ladies' Night. Enjoy the delicious hors your friends and loved ones! Remember that we
d'oeuvres and have a cocktail or two. Stroll up will have a silent and live auction . . . so bid freely
and generously!
and down the aisles and booth-shop . . . sample
the chocolates, dips, sauces . . . admire the
Tickets—$45 each
pretty, one of a kind pieces of jewelry . . . visual(includes dinner, adult beverages,
ize your home with that special painting or
entertainment and dancing)
sculpture! Don't forget to check out the silent
Julie Pierson & Katie Holt,
auction table.
Vendors and local businesses
Holiday Market 2012 Co-Chairs
have selected a few of their favorite items for
you to bid on! Invite your best friends, your
neighbor, your mom and your sister! We guarantee a fabulous time!
Tickets—$35 each
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September 2012
Welcome back ladies! We hope you had a wonderful summer full of new memories to
share and are excited to get moving on a new year with the Junior League of Kingsport!
We'd like to introduce you to the Second Harvest Committee. New to the 2012-2013
Junior League of Kingsport! This committee will primarily serve as the base of information and collaborative work effort for the previously known "Backpack for Kids" committee
and the Second Harvest Food Drive project under Community Connections. Currently,
we have five members: Tacie Baumrucker, Hollie Pennington, Logan Begley, Caty Rose
and chair, Emilie Park.
Each month we will be accepting bulk shipment from Second Harvest at JLK HQ, packing and delivering bags to the many needy children in our area schools that are not always guaranteed a solid meal over the weekend when school is not in session. We are
truly honored and humbled by this community-wide endeavor and look forward to being
part of this much needed project.
The schools we will be servicing are: Ketron Elementary School, Central Heights Elementary School, Sullivan North Middle School and Sullivan North High School. There
are hundreds of children that will benefit from the few hours we work together each
month.
If you would like to volunteer a few hours a month packing bags
or delivering food to these schools while engaging in some fellowship with a very chill group of gals, I encourage you to call or
email me.
Here's to another great year!
Emilie Park
Second Harvest Committee Chair
423.579.8211
The Community Research/Mini-Grant/Scholarship Committee has begun work on
the mini-grant process for the 2012-2013 League year. Applications may be requested by email to [email protected] or downloaded from the JLK website, www.jlkingsport.org.
The JLK Mini-Grant Program is designed to meet an immediate, specific need
within the community. Mini-Grant requests that serve a need of developing
the potential of women and/or promoting educational opportunities for children and
youth are considered. Applicants must be a 501(c)3 non profit organization. Requests are not considered for fundraising drives, building fund or capital, individual
or religious projects, or to cover administrative expenses. Applications are considered individually. Applications must be postmarked or received in person by
October 12,2012.
Mini-Grant recipients will be notified in December and the Mini-Grants will be
awarded in January of 2013. If you have any questions, please call me at 423-6124037 or email [email protected]. Thank you!
Caty Rose
Community Research/Scholarship/Grants Chair
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September 2012
Junior League of Kingsport’s
School for Kids With Cancer and
Immune Deficiency Diseases
Update from Children Exceeding
Expectations School—
We’re looking forward to another great year for our Children Exceeding Expectations School for kids with cancer and immune deficiency diseases. Our opening
school date is October 12th. Once again, our school will
be housed at Bristol Motor Speedway (BMS). The
speedway has been very generous in providing for our
needs and continues to support us in all that we do.
Children Exceeding Expectations Co-Chair
Here are a few things that have happened since our last Hayley Dietrich and JLK President Sharon
report:
Duncan.
• CEE students were invited by BMS to be in the Transporters Parade at the August Bristol race.
They started the day with a special lunch from Chick-fil-A followed by a ride around on the track.
They met special drivers, got to climb into the haulers and see where the race cars are stored,
where the truck drivers sleep, where the boys watch tv and where all the fun stuff is. During the parade, the kids rode in the front seat and talked on the CBs to each other. They parked the cars//
trucks in starting order for Saturday’s race and then fell fast asleep (it was a busy and exciting day!).
• Members of the CEE Committee and other volunteer helpers staffed a souvenir stand for race
weekend as a fundraiser for CEE School. BMS will make a donation to the school.
We’ll be setting up our classroom in the next few weeks and will let JLK members know when help is
needed.
As always, thanks for your support and encouragement. JLK’s work with these children and their
families really does change lives!
Hayley Dietrich and Jane Henry, CEE Co-Chairs
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On Sept. 6th, the provisional class went on the annual JLK trolley tour. Before the
tour, we met with our President and President Elect as well as Julie Pierson who
explained Holiday Market and the provisional requirements for our fund
raiser. Our first stop on the tour was at the V.O. Dobbins center. We discussed
all the important organizations JLK has played a vital role in developing as well as
the current projects in which we are affiliated. After the V.O. Dobbins center, we
stopped at Girls Inc. This has become one of our favorite stops on the tour because of the passion and drive that Julie, the
director of Girls Inc., possess for "her
girls". We discussed past provisional projects that have been completed at Girls Inc.,
the need of the children who attend the program, and our annual Thanksgiving dinner
we serve to the girls and their families. Finally, we traveled to Rascals and the
Child Development Center downtown and
learned that the Kingsport Jr. League was
the organization that first created the Head
Start program for all of our region!
Our trolley tour proved to be a great success. We not only learned more about
the history and accomplishments of JLK, but also had a great time getting to know
each other as well. We would like to say a big "Thank you" to Sharon Duncan
and Lindsey Ray for being such wonderful and resourceful tour guides!
Cary Boggs, Casie Grubbs, & Emilie Park
Membership Development Committee
Updates Needed for Member Contact Information
If any of your contact information has changed, please notify the JLK office as soon
as possible to update. Actives and Provisionals - if you would like to update your
picture in the membership directory, please send a digital headshot to the JLK office
by email. Thank you!
Mary Glenn Lively
Communications/Public Relations Chair
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September 2012
Thank you to all who came to the summer social. It was a fun evening and a
great way to start off our new league year!
JLK Board of Directors will be providing food for the General Membership
Meeting in September. The following Placement Groups will provide food for the
General Membership Meetings:
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
Julie Person’s Placement Group
Sarah Haynie’s Placement Group
No GMM
Katie Holt’s Placement Group
Taylor Brown’s Placement Group
Cary Boggs/Casie Grubbs Placement Group
BOD/Executive Committees
Dinner Meeting TBA
Here are a few things to remember:
1. When bringing refreshments please bring them in a disposable container if
you do not plan to stay to the end of the meeting.
2. Each group should plan on bringing drinks as well.
3. The Arrangements Committee provides all of the paper products.
4. When it is your turn, plan on enough for about 30 people.
5. Please have your refreshments at the meeting by 6:30, the beginning of
soial time.
Ashley Taylor
Arrangements Chair
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September 2012
The new League year has started and it is time be active and involved in the community. There are many great opportunities for JLK to be involved in. Please show
your support this year by being a part of the various activities.
Volunteering is generally considered a principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others intended to promote good or improve human quality of life.. It is considered as serving the society through one's own interests, personal skills or learning, which in return produces a feeling of self-worth and respect, instead of money.
Volunteering is also famous for skill development, socialization and fun.
Community Voluntary Work
Community volunteering refers to volunteers who work to improve community enhancement efforts in the area in which they live. Neighborhood, church, and community groups play a key role in building strong cities from the neighborhoods up.
Supporting these understaffed groups can enable them to succeed in a variety of
areas, which connect social, environmental, and economic boundaries.
Jennifer Baker
JLK Community VP / Community Connections Chair
Ladies…
I am so excited to officially start another league year! I want to make an effort to
get to know each of you better and I encourage all JLK members to reach out and
get to know one another. Please feel free to contact me anytime concerning your
placement or if you have any other internal question/concern about Our League.
Remember that you can always turn to your Placement Advisor if you need anything at all. We are all here to support you and make your experience in JLK as
meaningful and rewarding as possible.
Taylor Brown,
Personnel VP
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2012-2013JLKPlacements
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
President Elect
Financial VP
Recording Secretary
Membership Secretary
Personnel VP
Community VP
Sustainer
Other
Asst. Personnel VP
Treasurer
ARRANGEMENTS
Chair
Members
Sharon Duncan
Lindsey Ray
Claire Addlestone
Lora Barnett
Sarah Haynie
Taylor Brown
Jennifer Baker
Donna Cobb
Krista Osterhus
Catherine Tucker
PLACEMENT
Personnel VP (Ch.)
Asst. Personnel VP (Asst. Ch.)
T.A.P.A.
Chair
President Elect
Mary Glenn
FINANCE
Finance VP
Treasurer
President Elect
Community Research Chair
Fundraising Treasurer
MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Co-Chairs
Claire Addlestone
Catherine Tucker
Lindsey Ray
Katie Rose
Treva Tarpley
Carrie Boggs
Casie Grubbs
NOMINATING
Chair
Treva Tarpley
Assistant Chair’s
Angie Davis & Maranda Demuth
Member
Lisa Lohoff
Past President (non-voting)
Sharon Duncan
Personnel VP (non-voting)
Taylor Brown
Emilie Park
Tacie Baumrucker
Hollie Pennington
Katie Rose
Becky Britton
Lindsey Ray
Executive Committee
CHILDREN EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS
Co -Chairs
Hayley Dietrich & Jane Henry
Amy Margaret McColl
HOLIDAY MARKET
Katie Skelton Co-Chair
Co-Chair
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Assistant Co-Chair
Chair
Jennifer Baker
Membership Requirements
Members
Cassie Hudson
Treasurer
Julie Raines
Members
Amber Sykes
Logan Begley
Maggie Booher
COMMUNITY RESEARCH/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIP
Chair
Caty Rose
Members
Susan Creech
Claire Addlestone
Catherine Tucker
Jennifer Baker
Erika Phillips
Lindsey Ray
Lora Barnett
SECOND HARVEST
Chair
Members
Ashley Taylor
FUTURE PLANNING
Meaghan Guest Wolfe
Chair
Brooks Pond\
Members
Jill Rose
COMMUNICATIONS/PR
Chair
Lively
Members
Taylor Brown
Krista Osterhus
Gina Bradley
Vandi France
Bobbie Frentz
Hannah Harvey
Stephanie Kingsley
Mary Glenn Lively
Julie Pierson
Katie Holt
Becky Britton
Treva Tarpley
Jessica McCurry
Amanda McDowell
Rachel Ralston
Shelly Reeves
Amy Rebecca Steadman
Allison Stewart
SENIOR ACTIVE FUNDRAISING
Beth Chandler
Heather Kunysz
SENIOR ACTIVE SILVER PLACEMENT
Lisa Lohoff
Becky Britton
Angie Davis
Maranda Demuth
Casie Grubbs
Shannon Hyatt
Hayley Dietrich
SENIOR ACTIVE GOLD PLACEMENT
Beth Chandler
Jane Henry
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September 2012
2012-2013 Placement Groups
Julie Pierson
Katie Holt
Taylor Brown
Lora Barnett
Jennifer Baker
Susan Creech
Gina Bradley
Angie Davis
Meaghan Guest-Wolfe
Stephanie Kingsley
Hannah Harvey
Heather Kunysz
Shannon Hyatt
Mary Glenn Lively
Amy Margaret McColl
Jessica McCurry
Emilie Park
Tina Pasquale
Brooks Pond
Rachel Ralston
Julie Raines
Jill Rose
Caty Rose
Katie Skelton
Amy Steadman
Sarah Haynie
Claire Addlestone
Tacie Baumrucker
Logan Begley
Maggie Booher
Beth Chandler
Becky Britton
Hayley Dietrich
Maranda Demuth
Bobbie Frentz
Sharon Duncan
Lisa Lohoff
Vandi France
Katy Mink
Jane Henry
Krista Osterhus
Cassie Hudson
Erika Phillips
Lindsey Ray
Shelly Reeves
Allison Stewart
Amber Sykes
Treva Tarpley
Ashley Taylor
Catherine Tucker
Casie Grubbs / Cary Boggs
Provisionals
Ashley Britt
Rachel Burdine
Brandi Cantwell
Katie Coffman
Stefanie Cooley
Jennifer Fox
Jessica Genco-Grisby
Laura Guthrie
Ashley Hobbs
Marina Matthew
Kevon McCrary
Stephanie Robinette
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September 2012
Happy Birthday from JLK
September
1
2
4
5
6
7
9
10
12
13
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
24
25
27
29
Suzanne Boles
Nancy Tate
Sarah Brunson
Casie Grubbs
Sylvia Caldwell
Nelle Sipe
Carolyn McPherson
Tacie Baumrucker
Meaghan Guest-Wolfe
Alice Page
Jane Harris
Heather Kynysz
Susan Lauhoff
Christina Nix
Brooks Pond
Mary Ruth
Claudia Tustin
Susan Dedrick
Sherry Spadafino
Betty Nelle Duke
DeLois Anderson
Mary Ann Smith
Betty Elam
Linda Martin
Leslie Ridings
Elaine Bodenweiser
Tonya Ick
Catherine Rose
Gail Cole
Tracy Dishner
Julie Pierson
October
1
2
3
4
8
9
10
11
12
13
15
16
21
22
26
31
Nancy Burem
Anne Hadden
Valerie Ketron
Jo Brock
Christine Morrison
Donna Cobb
Barbara Holt
Pat Bryan
Charlotte DeVault
Caty Rose
Melinda Hatfield
Mitzi Gilmer
Sheila Moss
Jeanette Blazier
Martha Mewbourne
Doris Bush
Susan LaGuardia
Sandra McGinnis
Katherine Buckles
Retta Overturf
Katherine Hawk
Elyse McCoskey
Betsy Schrum
Vickie Snodgrass
Deborah DeBraal
Elizabeth Boyd
Congratulations to:
• Demuth family...
John Christopher
was born Sat.,
Sept. 1st at 9 lbs.,
10 oz.!
Prayers for:
• Jessica
McCurry’s (Active)
family as her grandmother
passed away in June.
•
Jane Gibson’s (Sustainer)
family. She passed away
on July 15th.
•
Gail Cole’s (Sustainer)
family. Her mother passed
away on Sept. 6th.
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September 2012
Junior League of Kingsport
General Membership Meeting Minutes
May 22, 2012
May Dinner Meeting
Ridgefields Country Club
President
Kyla McCoy
Recording Secretary
Jane Henry
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 pm by Kyla McCoy, President. A quorum was present. Kyla welcomed all
the JLK Annual Dinner Meeting and welcomed special guests.
Agenda: MOTION was made by Emilie Park to approve the Agenda. Motion seconded by Pam Davis and
approved by voice vote.
Minutes: Minutes from the April, 2012, General Membership Meeting were reviewed. MOTION was made by
Lora Barnette to approve the April minutes. Motion seconded by Donna Cobb and approved by voice vote.
Birthday Drawing: Lindsey Ray presented a gift to the Birthday Drawing winner.
President’s Remarks: Kyla McCoy, President, welcomed all to General Membership Meeting (GMM). She shared
that a new JLK Office Manager has been hired. Information about her is in the Focus. She is in the process of training with Karen Schallon, previous Office Manager, and she will be at the May Dinner meeting.
Birthday Drawing: Lindsey Ray, Personnel VP, held a drawing with the names of all members with March birthdays and presented a gift to the member whose name was drawn.
Committee Reports
Membership Development: Angie Davis and Maranda Demuth, Membership Development Co-Chairs, welcomed
and introduced members of the JLK 2012-13 Provisional class.
Community Research/Mini-Grants/Scholarship: Hayley Dietrich, Chair, introduced Katy Mink, recipient of the
2012 JLK Scholarship. Hayley shared a little about Katy and her community service, and Katy then spoke to members and thanked for the honor of being chosen.
Membership Awards: Catherine Tucker, Membership Secretary, presented the following awards to member recipients: Members with Perfect Attendance for 2011-12; Members with 5 Years of Active Service; Members with
10 Years of Active Service; Members with 15 Years of Active Service; Members with 25 Years of Active Service.
Marie Schulken Most Outstanding Sustainer Award: Kyla McCoy, President, shared with members that a new
award was established this year and will be presented annually at the JLK May Dinner Meeting – the Marie
Schulken Most Outstanding Sustainer Award. The first recipient of this award was in attendance at the May Dinner
Meeting, Mrs. Jeanette Blazier. Jeanette is a JLK Past President, is former Mayor of the City of Kingsport and has
served on countless community boards and in other roles of community service. In accepting her award, Jeanette
shared how her work through JLK helped prepare her for the jobs she has held since then. She thanked members
for the honor of receiving the award.
JLK Sustainers’ Most Outstanding Active Award: Donna Cobb, JLK Sustainer Advisor, presented the 2011-12
Sustainer’s Most Outstanding Active award to Emilie Park. Donna shared that the Sustainer Committee considered
members’ service and leadership through JLK and also their community service through other organizations. Emilie thanked members for being chosen for the award.
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Thank Yous and Outgoing President’s Remarks:
Kyla McCoy, Outgoing President, presented Thank You gifts to members of the 2011-12 Executive Committee
and Board of Directors.
Kyla also presented a Thank You gift to Nicholas Schallon, son of JLK Office Manager Karen Schallon, for his
work at JLK Headquarters as part of his Eagle Scout Project.
Kyla shared a special thank you with her husband, Mitch, for his support and encouragement throughout the
year.
In closing, Kyla thanked all members for their hard work and dedication during the year. She shared that she,
Mitch and their son will be moving to Mississippi soon but that she will not forget the good friends and
hard working ladies she has met and gotten to know through JLK. She thanked members for giving her the
opportunity to serve as President.
2012-13 Incoming President’s Remarks: Kyla McCoy, Outgoing President, introduced Sharon Duncan, Incoming President. Sharon thanked members for the opportunity to serve and shared some thoughts on why JLK has
been special to her through the years, in happy times and in sad, and also shared her vision for next year’s work.
Adjourn: Meeting was adjourned by Sharon Duncan at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted: Jane Henry, JLK Recording Secretary
Junior League of Kingsport
September 4, 2012
Board Action
MOTION was made by Catherine Tucker, Treasurer, on behalf of Claire Addlestone, Financial
VP, to accept the financials to be filed for audit. Motion seconded by Mary Glenn Lively,
Communications/PR Chair, and approved by voice vote.
MOTION was made by Catherine Tucker, Treasurer/Former Membership Secretary, to resign
the following members. Maternity Leave: Maranda Demuth. New Member – Transfer: Amy
Steadman. Reinstatement of Sustainers: Bonnie Macdonald, Katherine Scoggins. Resigned
in Good Standing (Actives): Lisa Knape, Katy Mink and Leslie Webb. Resigned in Good
Standing (Sustainers): Shanna Tincher. Resigned in Poor Standing for non-payment of
dues: Karen Randolph, Kelly Breeding and Sherry Latimer. Deceased: Jane Gibson
(Sustainer). Motion was seconded by Taylor Brown and approved by voice vote.
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September 2012
September General Membership Meeting
September 25, 2012
First Broad Street United Methodist Church
6:30 pm - Social
7:00 pm - Call to Order
Agenda
1. Call to Order and Welcome
Sharon Duncan
2. Administrative Business
A.
B.
C.
D.
Approve Agenda*
Approve May 22, 2012, GMM Minutes*
President’s Remarks
Birthday Drawing
Sharon Duncan
Sharon Duncan
Sharon Duncan
Taylor Brown
3. Committee Reports
A. Arrangements
B. Children Exceeding Expectations
C.
D.
E.
F.
Communications/PR
Community Connections
Community Research/Mini-Grants/Scholarships
Holiday Market
G. Membership Development
H.
I.
J.
K.
Nominating
Placement
Second Harvest
TAPA
Ashley Taylor
Hayley Dietrich &
Jane Henry
Mary Glenn Lively
Jennifer Baker
Caty Rose
Julie Pierson
Katie Holt
Carrie Boggs
Casie Grubbs
Treva Tarpley
Taylor Brown
Emilie Park
Erika Phillips
4. Unfinished Business
Sharon Duncan
5. New Business
Sharon Duncan
6. Announcements & Adjournment
Sharon Duncan
*Items with and asterisk require a vote.
The Junior League of Kingsport is an organization of women committed to promoting
Voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities
Through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.
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FOCUS
423423-245245-1321
September 2012
418 Shelby Street Kingsport, TN 37660
[email protected]
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday 11 am - 3 pm , and Thursday 11-3 pm
www.JLKingsport.org
October Important Dates
September Important Dates
2
EXEC Meeting, HQ, 5:15 pm
BOD Meeting, HQ, 6:30 pm
5 FOCUS Deadline
Holiday Market - Ladies’ Night
Meadowview Conference Resort
11
and Convention Center
6:00 - 10:00 pm
GMM, FBSUMC
6:30 pm Social
25
7:00 pm Call to Order
Holiday Market - General Shopping
Meadowview Conference Resort
12- and Convention Center
13 10:00 am -6:00 pm
JLK Barn Party at Allandale Barn
6:15 pm - ????
GMM/Cluster Meeting
16
FBSUMC
6:30 pm Social
7:00 pm Call to Order