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A PUBLICATION OF THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT VOLUME 84 ISSUE 1 SPINNINGSEPTEMBERS 2019 HEADQUARTER renovations complete MAY DINNER highlights + JLB takes on the ABOLISH project RAISE FUNDS TO HELP SAVE LIVES SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, October 5 DOWNTOWN, BEAUMONT 6:00 AM Registration 8:00 AM Celebration of Life 9:00 AM 5K Color Rush Start Time Wellness Beach Village Opens REGISTRATION & PACKET PICK UP Join the FORM THURS. OCT. 3 & FRI. OCT. 4 BEAUMONT CIVIC CENTER LOBBY your 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Ribbon Run Registration & Packet Pick Up 701 MAIN ST. BEAUMONT, TX 77701 CharlotteFUN Mains Kate Mains Eckhart RibbonT Run eam!Event Co-Chair REGISTER BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 Ribbon Run Event Co-Chair ! to receive a Ribbon Run T-shirt. (After September 9, T-shirts will only be available as supplies last.) Presenting Sponsors PROVOST UMPHREY LAW FIRM & QUALITY MAT COMPANY REGISTER & FORM YOUR TEAM TODAY Your support will help pay for breast cancer screenings and diagnostic costs. Contact the Gift of Life for Sponsorship Opportunities! 409.833.3663 GOLRIBBONRUN.ORG #GOLRIBBONRUN2019 president’s message under the direction of Amber Hawk, is Education and Training Chair Linsi excited to make a difference through our Walker are making plans to expand Transitioning Youth Program, Jr. Junior training opportunities for our members as League, Healthy Behaviors, and various well as establishing new educational/social Done-In-A-Day projects like working groups such as a book club. with the Beaumont Children’s Museum and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Nominating and Placement Council under The Council is also looking forward to the direction of Sara Norman have made assisting the Greater Beaumont Chamber significant progress over the summer of Commerce with expanding Lemonade towards identifying future leaders of Day throughout Southeast Texas, helping the JLB by working on a new Placement to empower young entrepreneurs with Matching Tool within Digital Cheetah and their lemonade stands. To top it all off, the also recommending a member to attend JLB is excited to be able to significantly Leadership Beaumont. increase our Community Assistance Fund PRESIDENT OF JUNIOR LEAGUE BEAUMONT grants this year. Finance Council, under the direction SHANNON FIGUEROA 2019-2020 of Treasurer Jamie Due, has hit the Lila Stevens and the Membership ground running by ensuring the league Development Team have been diligently is operating at maximum efficiency. The elcome to the 2019-2020 League preparing for our new Provisional Class. Main Street Market Committee as well Year! Members of the Junior League The Provisionals had a wonderful time at as the Dancing with the Stars Committee Wof Beaumont have been hard at work their orientation meeting and have already have exciting plans for our fundraisers this this summer making plans for another dove into volunteering by completing a year to ensure that the events are fun and successful and meaningful year. It is such service project over the summer. If you refreshed, as well as successful in helping a pleasure for the Board of Directors and get the opportunity to interact with these the JLB fund our community projects me to serve the Junior League and the wonderful, energetic ladies, I am sure that for next year. Additionally, Headquarters community in our various roles. they would love to hear a “welcome” from Chair Sara Norman is working with the you. Headquarters Committee to continue The JLB is a unique organization of making improvements and upgrades to women whose main purpose is to support Our Communications Council Team lead Headquarters. and empower one another to create by Emily Wheeler along with our Website positive, lasting change in our community. Chair Alicia Stephenson and our Digital We hope that you will be able to join us as We are excited to continue with many of Cheetah Liaison Kristen Ritter have been we continue our work to ignite and inspire our projects and to join the Association hard at work highlighting the JLB on change in our community. Together we of Junior Leagues International with social media, updating our website, and are unstoppable! the Abolish movement to help combat working on implementing some new human trafficking. Locally, we will assist modules of Digital Cheetah. the Harvest House by volunteering with human trafficking survivors and with Planning Council under the direction advocacy. Our Community Council, of Brenna Rodriguez along with our 2019-2020 board of directors President: Shannon Figueroa President-Elect: Maite Broussard Past-President: Lauren Martin Treasurer: Jamie Due Treasurer-Elect: Ashlee Garrett Communications Council Director: Emily Wheeler Community Council Director: Amber Hawk Membership Council Director: Sara Norman Planning Council Director: Brenna Rodriguez Corresponding Secretary: Sarah Wells Recording Secretary: Jennifer Phelan THE JUNIOR LEAGUE BEAUMONT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sustaining Advisor: Diana Miles Pictured left to right: Sara Norman, Ashlee Garrett, Amber Hawk, Diana Miles, Jennifer Phelan, Shannon Figueora, Jamie Due, Emily Wheeler, Maite Broussard, Sarah Wells and Lauren Martin. Not pictured: Brenna Rodriguez 4 SPINNINGS | SEPT 2019 president’s message contents SPINNINGS In Recognition of Beaumont’s Historical Spindletop Oil Field. An internal publication of the Junior League of Beaumont, Inc. 6 Distributed monthly September - May EDITOR Kate Broussard 12 CO-EDITOR Melanie Whiting STAFF WRITERS Mallory Cross 18 Ashlynn Sanchez 8 Natalie Tindall SUSTAINING ADVISOR Marleen Swerdlow in each issue 14 DESIGN/LAYOUT 29 Member Spotlight Lori Bane 30 Advertisers Index 18 Kids’ Korner 30 Volunteer Opportunities Check out these great suggestions on SUBMISSIONS 30 Calendar spreading kindness Do you have an idea for a story? Would you like to be a 31 Schedule of Events 21 Main Street Market featured or guest writer? Save the date Send ideas or articles for consideration features 22 2019 CAF Grants to the 2019-2020 SPINNINGS editor, CAF fall grant applications are now Kate Broussard at 6 Lemonade Day available [email protected]. We welcome your input! Lemonade Day success in Beaumont 22 Buckner’s Giveaway Buckner Children and Family TO SUBSCRIBE 8 May Dinner Services help prepare foster kids for Awards and highlights school If you or someone you know is interested in receiving a hard copy 11 JLB Means Business 22 Make-A-Wish of our publication, please email the Gina Wright and LaSan Hunter Gilder A year in review 2019-2020 SPINNINGS editor, share tips for business success Kate Broussard at 23 In Memoriam 12 Headquarter Renovations JLB’s sympathies to members and [email protected] Check out the new and improved JLB families to be added to the mailing list. headquarters 24 Chocolate Delight You will also see SPINNINGS all over town. 14 Abolish Project Try this yummy Lagniappe recipe Feel free to pick one up at your favorite JLB announces its involvement in this great cause 26 JLB Out and About boutique, hair salon, or headquarters! Check out what JLB members were 16 Transitioning Youth up to this summer MISSION STATEMENT Celebrating the end of the year with a The Junior League of Beaumont is an Cinco de Mayo themed event organization of women committed to 16 promote volunteerism, develop the Nutrition Services for Seniors potential of women and improve CAF Grant used for new steam table communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively on the cover educational and charitable. The Junior League of Beaumont headquarters underwent its first major renovation since 1982, under the supervision JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BEAUMONT of JLB Past President, Kara Hawthorn. For more Women building better communities information and to see the renovation photos, please see page 12. 2388 McFaddin | Beaumont, TX 77702 409.832.0873 day L-emonade printed aprons to promote the upcoming Bill Allen with the Greater Beaumont project to the League. On Thursday, Chamber of Commerce, Sharita Gardner March 28th, a Kickoff Celebration Event with Mobiloil Credit Union, Amanda at Christus Health and Wellness Center Cantu with Howell Furniture, and allowed the 3rd Kristi Young with through 5th ExxonMobil had the grade to sign up tough task of selecting to participate the best tasting and started the lemonade. After much students on their deliberation, Anthony entrepreneurial Rodriguez, Owner journeys. of Anthony’s Poppin’ Lemonade Day Lemonade, beat out business plan the competition with ne of the Junior League workbooks, his Sunny Orange of Beaumont’s newest projects, backpacks, and Lemonade creation. OLemonade Day was a hugh success t-shirts were The event was this past year. On top of teaching the distributed, hosted by the Junior youth of Southeast Texas business as well as fun League at the Junior skills, responsibility, financial literacy, giveaways and League of Beaumont goal setting and teamwork, Lemonade sweet treats. Headquarters, and Day encourages giving back to the On Tuesday, everything about community. So, it was a no brainer April 16th, the the party was lemon for the Junior League of Beaumont to young business themed from top to partner with the Beaumont Chamber of owners were bottom! From the Commerce to put on this great event. invited to submit photo booth props to one of their signature lemonade flavors the lemon cupcakes, to the make-your- At the January JLB meeting, the to try their hand at winning the Best own lemonade stand craft, everyone had Lemonade Day committee set up their Tasting Contest. Judges Lauren Martin a Lemony Time! own lemonade stand and donned lemon with the Junior League of Beaumont, Check Visit Beaumont’s Lemonade Day Website for more information! it out https://lemonadeday.org/beaumont 6 SPINNINGS | SEPT 2019 Just in time for Lemonade Day, on lemonade when you donated a new pair April 30th, Mayor Becky Ames and the of shoes to the Buckner Beaumont’s shoe Beaumont City Council proclaimed drive, and he collected over 20 pairs of Sunday, May 5, 2019, Lemonade Day in shoes! Beaumont! The first-place winner was McKenzie The morning of Sunday, May 5th, Carr’s stand, “Kenzie’s Krazy Kup”.