2018-2019 Board of Directors President Jennifer Kautz President Elect Dana Paulson President Elect Elect Jennifer Massey Executive Secretary Kelsey Bryson Treasurer Kendra Freeck Communications Chair Amber Erlenbusch Community Council Leader Emily Hoskins Fund Development Council Leader Helen Laferriere Membership Council Leader Christina Rodriguez Sustaining Advisor Lynn Mullowney Cabrera Parliamentarian Jill Dawson Nominating Chair Jennifer Webber Phone: (406) 652-6272 E-mail: [email protected]We’re on the Web! The Jabberwock President’s Message With the conclusion of another successful MarketPlace Magic, the Board is back to focusing on growing our 3rd annual leadership conference on January 17. A leadership conference serves two purposes for Junior League; if attended and sponsored well, it could be a strong fundraiser for JLB. It also fulfills our mission of growing the leadership and training of women. I hope all of our JLB members can attend and please bring a friend or coworker with you. Please help promote the event at your workplace or with other ladies you think would be interested. Behind the scenes, Community Council is interviewing nonprofit organizations that we partner with to promote our laundry program. The purpose of these surveys is to reassess the need for laundry and to confirm if it is still a largely unmet need in the community. By the end of 2018 these surveys will be completed and results will be reported on to general membership at a GMM. This reassessment stage is part of the strategic planning process for determining the vision of laundry’s future. We cannot decide its future without consulting with the multiple other organizations in Billings that help serve this low income community like Junior League of Billings. I am thankful that there are women invested to continue the mission of Junior League and improving our community. The beauty of living in Billings and being a part of an organization the size of JLB, is that we can touch many and make a huge impact. With hard work and perseverance to the mission, we can achieve great things. Happy Thanksgiving to you and those closest to you! I’m thankful I get to work alongside all of you. Jennifer Kautz President, 2018-2019 DECEMBER 2018 VOL. 50, ISSUE #4 JUNIOR LEAGUE INVITATION Join the Actives and Sustainers for a fun community service social event with wine and cheese and good company. Tuesday, December 4, 2018 4-6:30 PM Mission Ridge Chapel 3840 Rimrock Rd, Billings, MT 59102 Watch your email and mail for more information.
President’s Message With the conclusion of another successful MarketPlace Magic, the Board is back to focusing on growing our 3rd annual leadership conference on January 17. A leadership conference serves two purposes for Junior League; if attended and sponsored well, it could be a strong fundraiser for JLB. It also fulfills our mission of growing the leadership and training of women. I hope all of our JLB members can attend and please bring a friend or coworker with you. Please help promote the event at your workplace or with other ladies you think would be interested. Behind the scenes, Community Council is interviewing nonprofit organizations that we partner with to promote our laundry program. The purpose of these surveys is to reassess the
need for laundry and to confirm if it is still a largely unmet need in the community. By the end of 2018 these surveys will be completed and results will be reported on to general membership at a GMM. This reassessment stage is part of the strategic planning process for determining the vision of laundry’s future. We cannot decide its future without consulting with the multiple other organizations in Billings that help serve this low income community like Junior League of Billings. I am thankful that there are women invested to continue the mission of Junior League and improving our community. The beauty of living in Billings and being a part of an organization the size of JLB, is that we can touch many and make a huge impact. With hard work and perseverance to the mission, we can achieve great things. Happy Thanksgiving to you and those closest to you! I’m thankful I get to work alongside all of you. Jennifer Kautz President, 2018-2019
DECEMBER 2018 VOL. 50, ISSUE #4
JUNIOR LEAGUE INVITATION Join the Actives and Sustainers for a fun community service social event with
Wow. I can’t believe it. Only 60 days until the leadership conference! How time flies. If you haven’t gone onto the website in a while, please check out the conference page. We have a great lineup scheduled with amazing work-shops and a fabulous keynote speaker. I am so thankful to the conference committee working hard to get an amazing day planned for attendees. Please be sure to tell your neighbors, friends, and coworkers to attend. Tickets are available for purchase on our website. In preparation of the big event, we are holding a book club social on 12/8 at 9:00 a.m. at Jessica Taylor’s home. The book we will focus on will be “Good Morning Gorgeous” by Dale Smith Thomas, our keynote speaker. Please RSVP to Jessica at [email protected].
We are also switching up our recognition program this year. If you would like to nominate someone in our committee that has done a Rockstar job this year, please email your nomination to [email protected] so they can be recognized at our December meeting. Nominations are due 12/1.
Christina Rodriguez Membership Council Leader
Women’s Leadership Conference
January 17, 2019
BINGO AT THE MART
DECEMBER HOLIDAY MEETING
Tuesday, December 11, 2018…..6:00-8:00pm at Commons, 404 North 30th Street
Cost: $25 per person
Check payable to Junior League at the door.
3 options for dinner (you order when you get there) Sirloin Steak, Chicken Breast, Salmon
Everyone will get the same salad and dessert.
Bring a wrapped white elephant gift if you would like. Cocktail/semi dressy attire is optional.
RSVP by Tuesday, December 4 to the Junior League office.
If you make a reservation you are responsible for payment in the amount of $25.00.
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COMMUNITY COUNCIL Happy Holiday Season Junior League of Billings! We have had such a successful year thus far with Laundry and the good times just keep coming. This month we spent $450 on our free laundry day with everyone in attendance knowing about the event and coming specifically for the free service. We donated 116 loads of laundry from small to extra large and over 2100 minutes of dryer time. We also were able to provide detergent and dryer sheets to anyone who needed them. Also as an exciting extra addition to the free laundry event we also had the privilege of getting interviewed by Q2 for a spotlight on Junior League’s service project.They were able to interview a few Junior League members along with a willing participant of the event and the BYO Laundromat owner. This is such exciting news and a wonderful way of getting the word out in the community about our service project! We keep adding more and more recipients to our free laundry list so if you know of anymore or any organization that should be getting the flyer please email their contact in-formation to [email protected].
As for what is next for our laundry day service project, as a council we are focusing on finishing up any remaining surveys along with starting to research best possible sustainability options in our community. We have heard and seen that laundry is a desperate need and something that we would like to continue if possible. There are so many organizations in this country that have also found laundry as a desperate need and give us a wonderful example of what our free laundry day can eventually turn into whether is be its own non-profit organization or we bring in another organization to take over our work. We also have another sustainer event coming up on December 4th from 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm at Mission Ridge focused on bringing holiday cheer to those in need. We will be creating homemade holiday cards for Family Service and will also be providing gifts for the Empty Stockings event put together by organizations in the community and the Gazette. We are so excited to partner with our sustaining members once again and have a successful Done-In-A-Day project with them and our active members. As always, let me know if you want to get more involved in the Free Laundry Day Project! We are always looking for fresh new eyes and new suggestions on how to make this wonderful and needed project sustainable! Upcoming Events: Laundry Day December 15th 10am - 2pm Sustainer Event December 4th 4pm - 6:30pm Cheers! Emily Hoskins
Community Council Chair
Our New Members organized a drive for diapers and women’s hygiene products. They delivered the donations to the Women and Children’s Shelter and the YWCA
Thank you MarketPlace
Sponsors
Thank you Bingo Donors
Big Sky Steel Billings Clinic Radiation
Oncology Department Blueline Engineering Courtney Pope, Realtor Dana Paulson Encode Energy Control
Devices JLB Sustainers Party Time Plus Rimrock Cabinet Co. Thirsty Street WEBBERpllc Western Pawnbrokers Wise Wonders
COMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL The Communications Council really hit the ground running in October. With five members to make and share posts, we are really covering a lot of ground. Canva is the design software that our team is using to create our posts. Feel free to make an account at Canva and familiarize yourself with this tool. If you have an interest in joining the team next year, this will definitely give you a leg up. Canva’s free software can make any information you may need to share look professional. We have had 24 new likes and our posts have reached 6,600 people on our Junior League of Billings Facebook page in the last 28 days. This ad we boosted for MarketPlace Magic has reached 3,500 people for the last two weeks. When you have time, check out all of the social media sites that the JLB utilizes. We share almost all information on Facebook and Instagram. You can read the Jabberwock an dour blog, purchase MarketPlace Magic tick-ets, look at our upcoming events, and read all about the history of the JLB on our website at www.juniorleagueofbillings.org. You will also be able to purchase tickets for the Montana Women’s Leadership Conference in Jan-uary. If you have a LinkedIn account, you can connect with the Junior League of Billings and our members. Please continue to help our council spread the mission of the Junior League of Billings by liking and sharing our posts. Together we can make a difference. Amber Erlenbusch Communications Council Leader
AJLI Webinar Wednesday
DECEMBER 12, 2018 RUN AS YOU ARE 2020: LOOKING AHEAD AND LESSONS LEARNED
WITH VOTERUNLEAD
Featuring: Erin Vilardi, Founder and CEO, VoteRunLead
Interested in running for office or helping others do so, but don’t know where to start? A record number of women will run in this year’s election, we will have the
results by the time we have this webinar. In this webinar, VoteRunLead Founder Erin Vilardi, recently profiled in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, will help us understand and the new political land-scape, and show us how to stay civically engaged, plan a race for office, and help other women run in the next two years. The presentation will help you:
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FUND DEVELOPMENT I want to start by saying THANK YOU Junior League of Billings!! MarketPlace Magic 2018 was a success and without
your efforts, this would have not been possible. We had great volunteers who
brought items for our bingo baskets, luncheon baskets, and wine. We had
amazing volunteers who gave their time working at the front selling tickets,
JLB booth, vendor relief and decorating at the Mart. Members sold raffle tick-
ets raising $2,000. As usual, our Sustainers took time to plan a fabulous
luncheon and baskets for the raffle. Everyone’s hard work paid off! We were
able to raise just over $32,000. This will allow the JLB to continue their
mission of developing the potential of women and improving the community.
I continue to be blessed to be part of an organization of strong women who
get things done and are committed to improving Billings.
December Birthdays NEW MEMBER December 14 Erin Hamilton SUSTAINERS December 11 Sherril Burke December 14 Debbie Reger December 15 Cheryl Bentley
Montana Women’s Leadership Conference Schedule
9:00 a.m. Intro
9:15 a.m. Workshop #1 (2 choices) Elizabeth Hansen, Montana Regional Director Five Rings Financial “Girls Just Wanna Have
Funds: A Woman's Guide to Saving” Kris Carpenter, Owner Joy of Living “Eyes wide open when starting your business: Finding pas-
sions that are worth your investment”
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Intro to keynote speaker
10:45 a.m. Keynote-Dale Smith Thomas
12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Workshop #2 (3 choices) Carlos Arce, Partner, Elation, “Understanding how our brain and mindset unleash our potential” Pt.
1 Helen Laferriere, Nurse Practitioner St. Vincent Healthcare, “Women’s Wellness, what to do at
each stage in your life” Krista Montague, Athletic Director MSU, “Getting ahead in a male dominated industry”
1:45 p.m. Break\
2:00 p.m. Workshop #3 (3 choices) Carlos Arce, Partner Elation, “Understanding how our brain and mindset unleash our potential” Pt. 2 Joy Honea, Associate Dean MSU-Billings, “Why aren’t there more female leaders” Brian Boyette, Partner, Avior Group, “Want some time back? Let’s talk Lean.”
3:05 p.m. Panel Discussion: Community Involvement This townhall Q&A session will focus on women changing the community of Billings, how to get in-
volved in the community, and where non-profits are heading in the future. Stephanie Baucus, Moulton Bellingham PC Kelli Toohill, Wise Wonders Children’s Museum
4:00 p.m. Conclusion
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The Jabberwock Junior League of Billings GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING NOTES Date: 11.13.2018 Time: 6:00pm Place: Rocky Mountain College, Morledge-Kimball Hall Presiding: Jennifer Kautz Jennifer Kautz called the meeting to order at 7:06pm Sustainer Presentation: Jen Kautz Judy Johnson, a JLB sustainer, is hosting lunch tomorrow at 11am for any member who wants to join. Lynn is encouraging members to continue engaging with sustainers including phone calls to check in and let them know about future events including our Open House or the Done in a Day project on December 4th at Mission Ridge. They will be receiving a postcard in the mail about this event as well. Successful laundry talk with sustainers and actives last month at Mission Ridge - 16 sustainers at that meeting! Birkman Training: Kimberly Little Presentation from Kimberly Little, HR Manager at Talen Energy on Birkman Training and how to use and keep in mind those different personality traits in various life situations. Fund Development Council: Helen Laferriere Thank you to members for help with MPM. We raised $32,000 which is $3K more than last year! Working on improvements for next year. Membership Council: Christina Rodriguez Discussed upcoming events including the book club social on December 8
th and the open house in January. More
details given in membership report. Members should keep an eye on their emails for a vote on how/where to celebrate January open house. Marketing has kicked off for leadership conference on January 17
th. Will be creating a video campaign for social
media and youtube and members are encouraged to sign up to take part in videos. Meet and greet scheduled for the night before with our key note speaker at Thirsty Street. Members can also sign up for the telethon to call on businesses to tell them about the event. Christina will provide a list of 3-5 businesses per person. December GMM will be held at the Commons at 6pm with dinner. A member from each council will be recognized at
December GMM. Members need to nominate one person from their council and email to Christina with your reasoning on why you nominated this person. Community Council: Emily Hoskins Laundry day scheduled for November 17
th from 10-2pm.
Still need one volunteer for afternoon shift. Done in a Day project with sustainers is schedule for December 4th Looking into another service project in December that will be holiday inspired and get more members involved. Email Emily if you have ideas for organizations to help out. Communications Council: Amber Keep sharing all social media posts! We are active on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. Make sure to like our page and follow us! Announcements Don’t forget to pick up your new shirts! Thank you to all who brought diaper drive items – great turnout for the new members’ first project!
Lexie Williams wins a bottle of wine from AJLI screenshot
drawing. . More details to come.
Adjournment: The meeting was officially adjourned at
approximately 7:59pm
Minutes respectfully submitted by Kelsey Bryson, Execu-tive Secretary
