October 2014 news from The Junior League of Syracuse.
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The Junior League of Syracuse, Inc. • The NOTES • October 2014 | 1 Tickets for the 2014 Holiday Shoppes will b for sale at the October GMM or in the office for $5 (exclusive price for JLS members). Spread the word and start selling those tickets! Read more about this year’s Holiday Shoppes on our blog: jlsyracuse.tumblr.com/holiday-shoppes REMINDER ABOUT MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: • Members must work one 5 hour shift dur- ing Holiday Shoppes • Members must sell 5 tickets @ $5 each • Members who sell 10 tickets @$5 each will receive free admission to holiday party (excluding drinks) • The top 3 members who sell the most tickets (minimum sold of 30 tickets) will receive free dues Tickets and Staffing forms will be available at the GMM’s. Any member who needs to purchase tickets outside of the GMM’s can contact Dawn. Please try to re-sell your tickets to other members of the community before the In This Issue: • 2014 Holiday Shoppes • Sustainer News • Community Collaborations • Sustainer Annual Pie Making • JLS Book Club • Meeting Briefs October 2014 • Issue 3 MARK YOUR CALENDARS October 14: GMM • Social: 6 pm; Meeting: 6:30 pm • JLS Office October 21: Board Meeting • Social: 5:30 pm; Meeting: 6 pm • JLS Office October 31: Halloween November 2: Daylight Savings November 11: GMM • Social: 6 pm; Meeting: 6:30 pm • JLS Office November 14-16: Holiday Shoppes • NYS Fairgrounds Horticulture Building November 18: Board Meeting • Social: 5:30 pm; Meeting: 6 pm • JLS Office November 25: JLS Book Club • “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio • Location: TBD November 27: Thanksgiving MARK YOUR CALENDARS 2014 Holiday Shoppes • Friday, November 14: 10 am – 7 pm • Saturday, November 15: 10 am – 6 pm • Sunday, November 16: 12 – 5 pm • NYS Fairgrounds Horticulture Building Contact Holiday Shoppes Co-Chairs: (l - r) Christie Novak: [email protected]Julianna Hebert: [email protected]weekend of the event, because we would like to get an even higher attendance number than last year, and our JLS members are the best advocates for our event! So far we have 135 booths filled and 98 merchants attending. In addition to all of our returning merchants, we have many new vendors participating in this years event. We are still accepting merchants, and we love to get new merchants to sign up! If you know of anyone who would consider being a merchant or a sponsor for our event, please have them contact us.
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The Junior League of Syracuse, Inc. • The NOTES • October 2014 | 1
Tickets for the 2014 Holiday Shoppes will b for sale at the October GMM or in the office for $5 (exclusive price for JLS members). Spread the word and start selling those tickets!
Read more about this year’s Holiday Shoppes on our blog:
jlsyracuse.tumblr.com/holiday-shoppes
RemindeR about membeRship RequiRements:
• Members must work one 5 hour shift dur-ing Holiday Shoppes
• Members must sell 5 tickets @ $5 each
• Members who sell 10 tickets @$5 each will receive free admission to holiday party (excluding drinks)
• The top 3 members who sell the most tickets (minimum sold of 30 tickets) will receive free dues
Tickets and Staffing forms will be available at the GMM’s. Any member who needs to purchase tickets outside of the GMM’s can contact Dawn. Please try to re-sell your tickets to other members of the community before the
November 25: JLS Book Club• “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio• Location: TBD
November 27: Thanksgiving
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
2014 holiday shoppes• Friday, November 14: 10 am – 7 pm• Saturday, November 15: 10 am – 6 pm• Sunday, November 16: 12 – 5 pm• NYS Fairgrounds Horticulture Building
weekend of the event, because we would like to get an even higher attendance number than last year, and our JLS members are the best advocates for our event!
So far we have 135 booths filled and 98 merchants attending. In addition to all of our returning merchants, we have many new vendors participating in this years event. We are still accepting merchants, and we love to get new merchants to sign up! If you know of anyone who would consider being a merchant or a sponsor for our event, please have them contact us.
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Our annual pie making event will be held again this year at the Blessed Sacrament Parish Center in East-wood on Saturday, December 6 from 9 am – Noon. Come and enjoy some holiday service to benefit the Rescue Mission and reconnect with your JLS Sustainer friends. Watch your mail for an invitation.
If anyone would like to help with shopping before the event, or if you would be able to assist with delivery immediately following, please contact Sheila Corbishley at [email protected] or 463-5731.
Happy Fall!By now most of you have likely settled into your regular
post-Summer routines and are beginning to think about the holidays. Holiday Shoppes, Pie Baking, and the JLS Holiday Party will be upon us soon and I hope to see many of you at these events.
It was a beautiful day for golf at Drumlin’s on September 15th, where we had 16 golfers in attendance and 16 more for dinner. Thanks to Anne Miller, Susan Cronin, and Jeanne Jackson for co-ordinating this event once again!
On Thursday, October 9th at 9:30 am, we are scheduled to hear a presentation by Nancy Fasoldt of The Post-Standard. We will have coffee and pastries in the ballroom at the JLS office while learning how to register and enjoy the digital version of the daily newspaper on a laptop or tablet. The class involves a demonstra-tion on both platforms. Please be sure to RSVP to the office by Monday, October 6th.
I am still accepting ideas for Lunch ‘N Learns, so feel free to email me with your suggestions.
Thank you to Cheryl Ward for volun-teering to help me with correspondence this year. Several of you offered to help and I appreciate the support.
We continue to have a nice turnout at our monthly R&R’s at the new Pascale Bistro at Drumlins. Hope to see you there on the last Tuesday of every month.
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In June, JLS entered its second year with the Human Trafficking issue. As the Community Council plans and executes events and ac-tivities for League members, fighting Human Trafficking in Central New York will continue to be the focus.
The Community Collaborations Co-Chairs, Cheryl Saidel and Beth Edwards, have mapped out a comprehensive plan for the year with themes for each month, collaboration activities, and donations. The September theme was “Hunger Awareness,” and members stayed after the GMM to package food donations and HT awareness materi-als for the Assumption Food Pantry. Through our donations to the As-sumption Food Pantry, we are fighting the desperation that can lead to Human Trafficking.
The Public Policy Lead, Kerry Buske, recently attended the HT Task Force meeting and reports that the issue continues to occur in Central New York. As such, we look forward to NYSPAC’s (New York State Public Affairs Committee) next steps in Albany and will be as involved as possible.
The Community Council invites all League members to volunteer to lead or par-ticipate in our activities, including Collabo-rations, donation prep after GMM’s, or at-tending Task Force meetings. Community’s plan for this year is quite ambitious, and we need YOUR help!
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august board meeting:• Review suggestions from Leadership Training – Top three
from ‘What the League should look like in 3 years’• Fundraiser – note community identifies JL with HS• Membership – Training, engagement and GMM attendance• Focus Area – What is next issue? How to link current focus
• Heather Ford Wallace provided updates on Jitasa (accounting service) and Digital Cheetah (web site development). Also discussed our issue of HT and transitioning to Community as well as current projects underway such as putting up HT magnets at the Syracuse airport
• Fund Development VP – Sarah Weber provided an update on Holiday Shoppes and their upcoming initiatives for quarterly fundraising ideas such as March Match-ness, Annual Appeal and HS sponsor hour
• Membership & Development – a reminder that recruitment dates are 9/17 & 9/24 at the Blue Tusk
september Gmm:• New website is underway (Digital Cheeta), member
directory was handed out• Community – handed out the 2014 – 2015 calendar with
Collaboration opportunities and reviewed goals for new year • New Member Recruitment Dates Wed 9/17 and 9/24 from 6
– 8 at the Blue Tusk. New member class will begin in Oct.• Holiday Shoppes staffing forms and
tickets are available tonight and at the October GMM, 100 merchants signed on to date
• Guest Speaker – City Court Judge Theodore H. Limpert (Criminal Courts Building): Discussed the history, current state, and future of HT court.
MISSIONThe Junior League of Syracuse is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and to improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
VISIONThe Junior League of Syracuse will be an organization of diverse women committed to enriching the quality of life for women, children and their families in the Central New York Community.
