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May Bridge 2009 Volume 19, Number 6 May 2009 Women Building Better Communities Mothers, League Role Models l Fun Times in Summertime One Person Can Make a Difference l Miles of Smiles Witness the Magic l Dollars and Cents II 15% Discount to Junior League Members Enter Code J L 2009 v offer not valid with any other offer or diiscount v FINALLY. A GUARANTEED System for Transforming Your Body That Works EVERY TIME . Even If You Have Been Unsuccessful in the Past! Join Us for The Shape Up Boca Raton Fitness Boot Camp! Now You Can Finally Get the Beach Body You've Always Wanted . In A Fun, Playful Environment l With Other People Who Have The Same Goals l With No Complicated Exercise Equipment What Is It? What exactly is the Boca Raton Fitness Boot Camp? Our Boot Camp is a four-week program held indoors and outdoors that provides instruction on fitness and nutrition, with generous heapings of motivation and fun! 4 WEEK BEACH BODY SHAPE UP - A $440.00 Value For Just $167.00 Special discount given to New Camp Members ONLY! But only if you call by June 30 - Only 8 Spots Available - Call NOW! 561-706-4966 Are you tired of losing the same 5-10 pounds over and over again? You owe it to yourself to learn the system that has helped hundreds of Boca Raton residents reach their fitness and weight loss goals once and for all. You can't achieve your fitness goals doing just any old program. Get started right! Call Ken Roetman at Boca Raton Fitness Boot Camp 561-706-4966. Take control of your life and change your fitness future! Recommended by Leslie Jackson, Wanda Harrold, Leala Dickenson and Meeghan Seoane . All Active Members of the Junior League Get Your Summer Started Off Right - Call Ken Roetman NOW at Boca Raton Fitness Boot Camp 561-706-4966 l 3100 NW Boca Raton Blvd, #108 l Boca Raton, Florida Register online to receive a complimentary copy of My 16 Tips For Looking and Feeling Better Than You Have In Years. www.bocaratonfitcamp.com Junior League of Boca Raton ; “Women Building Better Communities ” THE BRIDGE may 2009 vol. 19, no. 6 2008-2009 Board of Directors The Communication Bridge between the Junior League PRESIDENT ............................KRISTEN ROSS of Boca Raton, its Membership, and our Community. PRESIDENT -E LECT ....................LINDA GUNN VP C OMMUNICATIONS ...........R EAGAN SUCH VP C OMMUNITY AFFAIRS ....J AMI GUTTENBERG Features VP F INANCE ..................CRYSTAL MCMILLIN Mothers, League Role Models . 11 VP P ERSONNEL ................M ELINDA DEHOFF Fun Times in Summertime . 14 VP P LANNING ........................JAN KUCERA Dollars and Cents II . 16 FUND DEVELOPMENT .........N ANCY DOCKERTY One Person Can Make A Difference. 18 NOMINATING /P LACEMENT ...D ELYNN TRIVISON ODI Experience, Grapevine, TX . 31 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ......M ICHELE TOOMEY P.R./M ARKETING ...... STACEY HANNAN QUINN SUSTAINING ADVISOR ...............L ISA MULHALL Departments Publications Committee President’s Perspective . 4 EDITOR .............................L ESLIE JACKSON Letter from the Editor . 5 EDITOR -E LECT ....................A RETE FRIEDMAN Members of the Month . 6 EDITOR -E LECT ...................A NDEE HOLzMAN Member Spotlight . 8 ASSISTANT EDITOR ................N ONDAS DAVIS Caring Hearts . 10 ASSISTANT EDITOR ..................K RISTEN HUzE Hats Off . 10 ASSISTANT EDITOR ...........D ENISE O’SULLIVAN ASSISTANT EDITOR ................REAGAN SUCH Roving Reporter . 17 PHOTOGRAPHER ..................LESLIE DAMRON Community Corner . 18 Picture Show . 20 LAYOUT DESIGNER & A DVERTISING ...R OBIN PHILPIT From a Cook’s Point of View . 28 The Bridge is published seven times a year Sustainer News . 34 (once during the summer) by the Bulletin Board . 36 Junior League of Boca Raton, Inc. List of Advertisers . 37 September BRIDGE deadline for articles and advertisements is July 25th Lines of Communication . 38 E-mail: [email protected] Calendar of Events . 38 Junior League of Boca Raton (561) 620-2553 Fax: (561) 620-2554 News from Committees E-mail: [email protected] DIAD . 18 Office Hours: Mon - Fri., 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. In the Pines . 19 Office Manager: Jody Cruden Milagro Center . 22 Website: www.JLBR.org Horses and the Handicapped . 23 Cookbook Office Spirit of Giving . 24 (561) 620-0765 Fax: (561) 620-0767 Hometown Histories . 25 Toll Free: (866) 574-9229 Kids in Distress . 26 E-mail: [email protected] Cookbook . 29 Office Hours: T, W, Th, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Cookbook Office Manager: Mary Lavalle Chocolate Decadence . 30 Membership Satisfaction and Training . 32 Newman-Craske Grant Resource Library Membership Development . 33 Tues., Thurs., 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. E-mail: [email protected] Cover: Caroline Williams, Horses & the Handicapped student, holding the bunny at the Horses Librarian: Liz Locke and the Handicapped Carnival Day. May Annual Meeting The Junior League of Boca Raton, Inc. is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the May 12, 2009 effec tive action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and Social 6 p.m. - Meeting 7 p.m. charitable. Delray Beach Club The Junior League of Boca Raton, Inc. and the Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. reach out to women of all races, religions, and national origins who demonstrate an interest in $39 must be paid in advance! and commitment to voluntarism. bridge ; may 2009 3 President’s Perspective by Kristen Ross Here it is . time to write my ment those experiences have brought you. And those who last Bridge article, and I’m stretched past their comfort zone by stepping into leadership struggling with what to say. I’ve or trying something new reported that you are stronger from started this article at least five the challenge. times on five different subjects. And as I sit here today, this let - For these reasons and so many others, you have my gratitude ter is already more than two and admiration. This year as JLBR president has been an weeks past deadline. All these amazing journey, one that has made an indelible imprint on months I’ve had SO much to me and an experience I will always cherish. As it turns out, I share, and now that I’m down know exactly what I want to say: thank you. to my last opportunity, I’m at a loss for words. Me – at a loss for words. That is rare. It could be that the pressure I’ve put on myself to write the most poignant of parting thoughts has left me mute. After all, last JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BOCA RATON night I watched the series finale of ER and went to bed think - “Women building better communities” ing that after all the build-up it was really lame. (It seems according to the morning radio shows that others were equal - ly unimpressed.) I’m not saying I’m aspiring to a Sopranos- WHO WE ARE esque sign-off that’s the talk of water coolers for days to A group of women committed to improving the come, but who wants to go out on lame? lives of children and families in the Boca Raton area since 1971. I think, however, the real reason I can’t find my voice is because I simply can’t find the right words to sum up this WHAT WE DO experience and what it has meant to me. The incredible work Provide trained volunteers and funding for commu - of our members, committees, leaders, fundraisers and com - nity agencies and partners. munity projects has left me utterly speechless. There are no words that will ever adequately express the appreciation and gratitude I feel toward the active and sustainer membership HOW WE DO IT this year for so fully and enthusiastically rising to the call of Proceeds from fundraising events and grants are voluntarism. And, I am touched beyond words by the friend - given back to the community. ships—old, new and rediscovered—that have grown and developed over the last twelve months and enriched me. OUR IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY Words will never do justice to all those feelings. Total membership of more than 750. This year the Junior League of Boca Raton’s members will pro - When I embarked upon this journey last May, I offered three vide more than 35,000 volunteer hours and have words that characterize for me the essence of volunteering in goals to raise more than $250,000 to support our the Junior League: Passion, Purpose and Pride. In doing so, I asked you, collectively and as individuals, to seek and culti - mission and to help thousands of women, children vate these “Three Ps” (as they have affectionately become and families in South Palm Beach County through known) in your own League work and experiences. Well, our placements and collaborations. from where I sit you did more than seek and cultivate; this year passion, purpose and pride have literally radiated from OUR VISION you and from our organization. The Junior League of Boca Raton will provide resources, knowledge and funding to the commu - I also expressed my hope that as a League we would focus on nity through the training, education and volun - what we can learn from each other, that we would embrace tarism of its members. The JLBR will be proactive the opportunities to share what we know, and look to the in developing collaborative partnerships to address women who inspire us as mentors. For that reason, reading the results of our annual membership survey this year was significant issues in South Florida and will improve especially rewarding. Many of you commented on how much the overall quality of life through a legacy of you have garnered from each other, how much you have trained volunteers.
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