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FALL/WINTER 2013 junior league of monroe • women building better communities TLC The Year back to school bash for Love ❤ League House Shop, Gets a Facelift! Save & A Look Serve! Inside… December 2-7 the life of a Get your Charity league Shopping Pass family NOW! Denise Simpson 2013-2014 JLM President a Message IN from the President EVERY When I wake in the morning and see fall around me, I think of everything this season means to me and others. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to reflect ISSUE and thank God for what he has given us. I also came across a verse that is perfect for our league at this time. “We ought always to thank God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.” 2 Thessalonians 1:3 I want to thank each one of you for your time and dedication on making our League, community, and each other better. Without you we would not have a productive League, so THANK YOU! I was thinking that our League is like an oak tree. What happens to the acorns in the fall? Some are eaten and provide nutrition for animals, others start new trees, and some just lay on the ground or under leaves and decay. What kind of Junior League member are you? Are you an acorn that nourishes others and helps them continue living? Are you an acorn that will start a new tree, grow, flourish, and become an asset to the world? Or are you an acorn that is just there on the ground, leaving nothing behind but dust? Take a look at what you do for the League and our community. Strive to make a difference and make your life worthwhile! Thank you for giving this opportunity to serve as your President, Denise Simpson Letter from the Editors Who doesn’t LOVE the fall and winter seasons? There’s so much to look forward to! The holidays are just around the corner (that means shopping & decorating-our 2 fave things), football season is in full swing, the air is crisp, the leaves are starting to turn, you get to dig out those cute scarves and fuzzy sweaters to wear, and soon there will be cozy nights by the fireplace. Another thing we LOVE is Denise’s theme for the League year, “Fall in Love…” As the day to day grind eats away at us and deadlines ensue, we sometimes forget to love. Through her inspiration and guidance, we hope that everyone can once again fall in love with themselves, their job, family, someone special and the Junior League of Monroe. Although chairing this committee and editing a complete magazine has CHARLONS been challenging, we have loved every minute of it. The League has made us best of friends and chairing this committee together has been the icing on the cake. With Heather’s creativeness and energetic spirit (if you could bottle it, it could be a weapon of mass destruction) and Melissa’s funny antics and organizational skills, we feel like we are the perfect pair. We hope that you agree and “fall in love” with this issue as much as we have! — We would like to thank all who contributed to this issue: our energetic and organized Charlons committee, the hard-working fall 2013 committee chairs for submitting articles and pictures, our amazing Board that keeps everyone focused on our common goal, and all others who sent in quotes, pictures and articles. This issue couldn’t have happened without you! Everyone have a safe and happy holiday with your friends and family. Remember to cherish all those memories! Heather Guillot & Melissa Kiper 3 about JLM partnering for a better community OUR VISION Through the power of Red Cross • Salvation Army • YWCA • YMCA • Camp Fire Girls • March of Dimes • Crippled our association, Junior Leagues strengthen Children’s Clinic • Masur Museum • Louisiana Training Institute • Open Door Home • Easter ISSUE communities by embracing diverse Seals • Med-Camps • Suzuki Forum • Ronald McDonald House • Go Care • United Way • Our perspectives, building partnerships, and House • Girl Scouts • Christian Community Ministries • New Horizon’s Boy Scout Camp • inspiring solutions. Tri-District Boys’ Club • Twin City Ballet • Strauss Theatre • Monroe Symphony • Northeast EVERY OUR MISSION The Junior League Louisiana Children’s Museum • Susan G. Komen Foundation • Women’s Wellness Coalition IN of Monroe is an organization of women • West Monroe Community Center • Monroe Housing Authority • Children’s Coalition for committed to promoting volunteerism, Northeast Louisiana • City of Monroe Beautification Board • Extra Mile • Friends of ULM developing the potential of women, and Library • Friends of Monroe Civic Center • Little Theatre’s Young Troupe • Louisiana Folk improving communities through the Life Festival • Monroe Chamber of Commerce • Ouachita Valley Historic Preservation effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively Society • Partners in Education • West Monroe/West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce • educational and charitable. Habitat for Humanity • The Center for Women & Children OUR PURpoSE We reach out to women of all races, religions, and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to volunteerism. Junior League of Monroe OUR HISTORY Since 1930, members Community Projects of the Junior League of Monroe have devoted countless volunteer hours • Education Task Force to meet the needs of the people and organizations of our community. • Families Can’t Wait Community leaders have always looked • Tools and Literacy for Children (TLC) to the JLM for leadership in starting new community programs. As a result, the JLM • Done-in-a-Day has often been the catalyst that turned an idea into a success that benefitted many in our area. Here are a few examples of programs that we have started in recent years: Court Appointed Special Advocates JLM Board of Directors 2013-2014 (CASA), Teen Screen, Shots for Tots, Teen Court, Operation Abstinence, and Project President.............................................................. Denise Simpson Child. President-Elect ...........................................................Jennifer Ables Financial Vice President..................................................Gretchen Tiser Assistant Financial Vice President . Meghan Plummer Communications Vice President .......................................Christy Valentine Community Vice President ..............................................Toni Baggiano Membership Vice President ..............................................Jenny Pankey Planning & Research Vice President ...................................Jodee Bruyninckx Association Prayer Fund Development Vice President..........................................Ashley West We pray that we will never be so blind Secretary.................................................................Jan Mattingly that our small world is all we ever see. Advisory Planning Chair ......................................................Kelly Gray Or so supremely satisfied Placement & Nominating Chair.........................................Carrie Ferguson that what we are is all we ever hope to be. Grant us the joy of filling someone’s need. Make us gracious followers, THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF MONROE fall 2013 make gracious those who lead. 2811 Cameron Street • Monroe, LA 71201 — And more than all we pray, Office 318-322-3236 (Terri Arthur) that through the years, we will remember Fax 318-322-3299 there are always new frontiers. Office Hours: Mondays-Thursdays • 8:30 am–2:30 pm Website: www.jlmonroe.com Amen. League Year: June 1, 2013- May 31, 2014 CHARLONS 4 contents IN in every issue advertisers Advertise in Charlons EVERY Support the League, grow your business, President’s Message 3 Community Trust Bank 2 and advertise in Charlons! Effective and About JLM 4 Louisiana Delta Community College 13 affordable advertising with the Junior ISSUE League of Monroe. Association Prayer Kilpatrick’s 14 Community Projects Please address all advertising space and Randy Smith Jewelers 28 Board of Directors rate queries to the Fund Development Thurman’s Food Factory 33 committee at [email protected]. Bulletin Board 6 Lefebvre Veterinary Medical Center Birthdays 28 Painter’s Palette Ouachita Independent Bank 35 Cover photograph by: Jennifer Lizenby features Photography St. Francis Medical Center 36 Board Photographs by: Jennifer Lizenby 2013-2014 Board Biographies 8 Photography, Lamar Photography, and Cindy Life of a League Family 16 The Charlons staff encourages you to thank our Thompson Photography advertisers and patronize them. Provisionals Photographs by: Lamar Having a Ball with the Board 17 Photograhpy Tools for Literacy 18 School Supply Drive Back to School Bash Submit information, articles, and photos, Welcome - The Pep Squad 24 for publication in the NEXT issue of Charlons! Charlons Committee for your information Heather Guillot, Co-Chair/Co-Editor Endowment Fund Contributors 20 Melissa Kiper, Co-Chair/Co-Editor Jennifer Lizenby, Creative Director Babies in Bloom Portraits by Lamar 28 Angela Grubbs 2013-2014 Provisional Class 29 Lillian Paxton Joann Powell committee news Tools for Literacy- Adopt a Student 15 Admissions Educational Task Force 17 House and Arrangements 20 Yearbook and Webmaster 21 Done in a Day 22 CHARLONS Spring Market 23 Cotton Bayou Publications Families Can’t Wait 25 — Placement and Nominating fall 2013 Provisional Committee 26 Research and Development Kids in the Kitchen 27 Marketing and Public Relations CHARLONS — fall 2013 IN EVERY ISSUE The Bulletin Board is for you! 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