April 2011
Volume 85
Issue 8
Held at YMCA Garden Heights Center, March 8, 2011
Many thanks go out to a few Junior League ladies who volunteered on a Thursday
night to promote healthy choices. This Kids in the Kitchen event helped 20+ children
ranging in age from 6 to 12 who attend the YMCA Garden Heights after-school youth
program. The activities presented during this event allowed participants to recognize
proper portion sizes, identify food groups on the food pyramid, increase heart-rate by
jumping rope, and create a healthy peanut butter and banana wrap snack. Thank you
Kelly Hetz, Lisa Slusarz, Christy Carucci, Kristi Leighton-Ferguson (and her
devoted helpers, Charlie and Emily) for making this event possible.
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ERIE, INC.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Thursday, April 21, 2010
JLE Headquarters, 208 E. Bayfront Pkwy
6:30 p.m. Social
7:00 p.m. Guest Speaker
7:30 p.m. Business Meeting
Collecting used shoes for the City Mission and gently used or new books (or gift cards for
books) for the Nurse-Family Partnership.
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It’s been exciting to see so many contributions to our first JLE
Annual Fund, The Power of 85. It warms my heart to see so many
honoring fellow Leaguers and their commitment to women’s
leadership and community service. It proves to me that the work
we’re doing right now as Actives builds a foundation for a lifetime
of service and that no matter where our volunteerism takes us, our
fellow League sisters are watching proudly, remembering always the years they served beside
us in the League.
We received an Annual Fund contribution recently from Sustainer Emeritus Sally Lund.
She’s chosen to give in honor of her husband of fifty-eight years, David H. Lund. She
writes, “I joined the League in 1957. My beloved husband helped me over the years of
my League career. I served as Ways & Means Chair for 2 years, Christmas Dance for
2 years, the Drama group chairman for 2 years and player for 6 years, worked on the
Follies for 2 years, as well as Follies Chair, worked on the Golf Day Fund Drive, served
as Treasurer 1970-72, and served on the Board for 6 years. My husband worked on most
every fundraiser, every production of the follies, and every Golf Day.”
Sally reminds me that the women in the League aren’t the only ones helping to build a
better Erie. Just as often, the husbands (and families) are coming home from work early,
getting donations from their businesses, advising on project management or business
practices, helping us with technology, and tucking in the little ones while we’re away at
meetings. And sometimes when the League is hauling, landscaping, doing big printing or
publishing jobs, their hands are literally doing the work. Thank you husbands, significant
others, parents, teenagers, and families of League members- we really couldn’t do this
without you.
Sincerely,
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Making New Beginnings
Possible
April’s Helping Hands
Opportunity
The CIC Committee is pleased to announce this April’s Helping Hands Opportunity-- helping
first time mothers connect with their child through reading. The Nurse-Family Partnership
(NFP) fosters long-term success for first-time moms, their babies, and society. Making regular
visits from pregnancy until the child reaches age two, the NFP at the Erie County Department
of Health provides education and services to first-time moms—helping to ensure each child
has the healthiest possible beginnings. One aspect of their program is to help moms
understand the importance of reading to health development and parent-child bonding by
providing reading instruction and books to the mother. With over 100 women in the 2-year
program (and a waiting list!), books are in great demand and short supply.
We are asking members to bring a gently used or new book(s), or a gift certificate in any
denomination to Barnes & Noble, Target, or Wal-Mart to the April GMM. If you aren’t sure
what books would be appropriate, the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh provides book lists for
young ones (babies-Pre-K) and older children: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/books/
Lists are provided by grade, award winners and genre. Thanks to Erin Eighmy for providing
this great resource! If you have questions about this Helping Hands opportunity, please
contact Kelly Kidd at gerba-daisy@hotmail.com
~Kelly Kidd -CIC
AJLI is pleased to announce that
Lilly Pulitzer has signed on as an
AJLI Annual Conference
sponsor. In honor of this new
relationship, Lilly Pulitzer has
designed a Junior League
"Murfee" scarf! Order the
exclusive Junior League Murfee
scarf online at AJLI.org or at
lillypulitzer.com. The scarf will
also be sold at the AJLI
Boutique during Annual
Conference in Philadelphia, Lilly
Pulitzer’s headquarters city.
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YMCA Garden Heights Center, March 8,2011
Lisa Slusarz poses with two
children before making Peanut
Butter and Jelly Burritos!
Kristy Ferguson brings her
children, Charlie and Emily, to
learn the value of volunteering.
Kelly Hetz talks about the
Food Guide Pyramid.
Kristy Ferguson and daughter,
Emily, man the healthy
portions station.
Christy Carucci demonstrates
the importance of moving at the
jump rope station.
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Michele Polon
Michele was chosen as March’s Active of the Month because she has done an outstanding job
as the Donations and Volunteer Coordinator for the 80’s Rewind Dance & Casino Night. Thank
you for everything you do, Michele! You’re THE busiest woman we know and still find the time
for volunteering!
Get ready to fulfill those
CIC hours!
Sign up to volunteer for any of these
events using the JLE Google Docs
account or contact Christy Carucci at
christycarucci@hotmail.com.
Flathead Prevention Booth at Hamot’s Stork Fair
Hamot’s Heart Institute and Women’s Center
Saturday, April 9th (2 shifts) 10:30-1:00 and/or
1:00-3:30
Kids In The Kitchen Booth
Erie Reading Council Celebrate Earth Day event
at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center
301 Peninsula Drive
Erie, PA 16505
Saturday, April 23rd (2 shifts)10:30am-1:00pm
and/or 1:00-3:30pm
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Kids In The Kitchen at JFK
Center
All Girl Pajama Jam Party
2021 East 20th Street
Erie, PA 16510
Friday, April 15th 6:30-8:30pm
Kids In The Kitchen at Sisters of Saint
Joseph
425 West 18th Street
Erie, PA 16502
Thursday, April 28th 3:00-5:00pm
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ERIE, INC.
General Membership Meeting
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Headquarters
6:30 p.m.: Placement Meeting with Advisors
7:00 p.m.: Business Meeting
7:30 p.m.: Placement Meetings with Advisors
I. The business meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Kelly Hetz. Past President Liz Sharp was recognized as
being in attendance.
II. Approval of Minutes (Kelly Hetz): The minutes for the February 17, 2011 GMM meeting were circulated via newsletter for
review. The minutes were approved as circulated.
III. Approval of Treasurer’s Report (Sara Temple for Lisa Grassi): The report for 2/2/11 thru 3/2/11 was circulated via
Seat Sheet. The report as approved will be filed subject to audit. The Erie Bank beginning checking and savings balance as
of 2/2/11 was $85,506.91. The Year-to-Date Income from 6/1/10 to present was $27,700.78. The Year-to-Date expenses
from 6/1/10 to present were $29,258.26. The Erie Bank checking balance ending 3/2/11 was $24,337.64. The Erie Bank
savings balance ending 3/2/11 was $63,829.30. Lisa can provide more detailed reports upon member request - email Lisa at
TGIIIL@aol.com. Also presented was the proposed 2011-2012 Budget. Changes for next year include: $2,000 for new
technology expenses for projector and laptop purchase, $1,000 income increase in Active dues, $1,080 increase in HQ
expenses due to storage unit, and $100 increase in accountant’s fees. BOD to present budget and remain flexible for
member input, however members won’t be voting on the proposed budget.
IV. Secretary’s Report (Andrea Simons-Snedden): Secretary’s report circulated via seat sheet indicated there are
53 Actives and 94 Sustainers (should be 121 total Sustainers), for a total of 174 members. Status change requests
were as follows: Linda Majewski and Liz Sharp to Sustainer, Catherine Woofter to Sustainer Non-Resident, Fran
Buseck to Sustainer Emeritus. Resignations include Christine English (effective 1/1/11), Lucia Pearson Doyle,
Christine Lashinger, Kelly Kidd (effective 6/1/11). Redbooks: Anyone who didn’t receive one (or a binder/inserts for those
who don’t have them) should contact Andrea Simons-Snedden or Kristi Ferguson. Dues: Dues are now past due, and are
$120.00 for Actives. Please give your dues payments to Andrea Simons-Snedden at the meeting, or mail to HQ (attention
Recording Secretary).
V. Community Impact Council (Christy Carucci): KITK events: JFK Center Slumber Party 4/15, Earth Day at TREC 4/23,
and Sisters of St. Joseph 4/28. Hamot Stork Fair (BGR) is on 4/9. Sign up for any of these events using the JLE
GoogleDocs website or contact Christy Carucci at christycarucci@hotmail.com. Username for GoogleDocs is
jlemember@gmail.com, password is password1!. Book Drive for New Mothers is next Month. New Members Project
includes the author visit and shoe drive next month. Members are asked to bring shoes and books to the April GMM.
New Members may look into having a shoe drive at the library as well. CIC is recording member’s CIC hours on GoogleDocs
and will be passing it around at the April GMM for verification. Sixteen members attended the Second Harvest volunteer
opportunity.
VI. Fundraising Council (Catherine Fox): Council is requesting unwanted (won’t get back) Xmas lights for 80’s Rewind –
bring to dance set-up. Coffee house donation still needed to complete baskets-see Michele Polon,
Nicole Caldwell, or Patty Graziano. Members can still give a $10 lotto ticket in lieu of payment for their dance ticket-see
Catherine. Dance tickets must be paid for in advance. Table reservations to be made ASAP through
80srewind@juniorleagueoferie.com . Members are asked to consider volunteering to help with dance teardown – contact
Catherine or Michele. Questions about anything can be directed to Catherine at 450-6593 or
fundraising@juniorleagueoferie.com.
VII. Membership Council (Sara Temple): Nominees for March AOM: Michele Polon for taking hold of and running with
raffle basket project, Katie Hirsch and Cindy Christiansen – first active to contribute to Annual Appeal, and Maureen
Shriven for stepping up to a leadership position. Membership is asking members to start thinking of/turning in names of ladies
for Membership to invite to the 2011-2012 New Member Open House. Please add names to the “May 2011 New Member
Open House Invitees” spreadsheet on GoogleDocs. The 2011-2012 slate was announced. JLE Wear catalog is on
GoogleDocs – if interested email stemple@eeaustin.com.
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VIII. Communications Council (Seat Sheet): February newsletter deadline is 3/18/11. Articles go to
newsletter@juniorleagueoferie.com, questions to Lisa Slusarz at lisa.slusarz@gmail.com or 504-9547. Updates to JLE
homepage are underway. Look for the new “like us” on Facebook as well as additional fundraising buttons and links.
IX. Unfinished Business: AOM is Michele Polon. Amanda Sissem was presented a speaker’s gift for the coordination of
her Saturday grant writing training on January 22nd.
X. New Business: None.
XI. Correspondence: Received a Save the Date for the Purse and Pearl Luncheon on Tuesday, May 24 th; Donate a purse
with a “pearl” (note) of wisdom in it for job seekers; $30 per person. Received a thank-you note from Second Harvest Food
Bank for the volunteers. Sally Lund, whose husband recently passed away, wanted the League to know how supportive her
husband was of the time and effort she put into the JLE. Mrs. Lund wishes us the same support from our own husbands (or
significant others), and hopes that we show our appreciation while we have them in our lives.
XII. The meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Andrea Simons-Snedden
JLE Recording Secretary
From the Treasurer:
If you are interested in receiving the monthly financials or a check request form,
please contact Lisa Grassi,Treasurer, at tgiiil@aol.com or 814-746-1029. Thank you.
Hats Off to....
All Fundraising Committee Members for
all their 80s Rewind planning!
You make all of our jobs so much fun—
It is an honor to represent the League
when everybody’s talking about our
awesome event!
Sean Madras, husband of (A) Janene Madras and
Bill Temple, husband of (A) Sara Temple.
These outstanding League husbands gave
an incredible amount of time helping with set-up,
shifts, and clean up of the 80s Rewind.
Becky Obradovic, Nicole Caldwell, Nicole Buzzard,
Catherine Fox, Amanda Sissem, Holly
Murphy, Emily Wachter, Tricia Ackerman,
and Andrea Snedden for planning on attending AJLI
Annual Conference in Philadelphia May 12-14
Newsletter Alert
Please note the new email address to submit articles for The Pier is
newsletter@juniorleagueoferie.com
Thank you!
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With Its Eye on the 21st Century the AJLI Board Recommends a Dues Increase
Increase Would Be Association’s First in 10 Years
According the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer
Price Index Inflation Calculator, since 2002, the year
of the last AJLI dues increase, the cost of living has
ballooned by 21 percent. This means that the current
rate of Association dues, $35, which has remained
unchanged since 2002, is actually worth only $27.50
in today’s dollars.
feed and read to children, were one of the only
games in town,” said Beekman. “There weren’t 50
other nonprofits doing good work in the community
that were vying for the same intelligent and
thoughtful women to help them.”
Beekman adds, “Today, the landscape is populated
with many organizations with good causes that are
competing for women who have even less time on
their hands because they now work for a living while
also managing their households. We’ve got to be
truthful with ourselves and admit that our
organization can do even more to recognize that
women’s lives have changed and be more adaptive
to those changes in aspects of membership, in how
Leagues run and in the nature of our community
work.”
What to do? As any CEO, CFO, fundraiser or
household budgeteer knows, you can only cut and
reorganize for so long. That is true at AJLI where the
year 2012-13 represents the “tipping point” where
basic services, not to mention the big plans on the
horizon, are in jeopardy. For this reason, the AJLI
Board is recommending an $8 increase in the per
capita annual dues rate paid by its member
Leagues. The $8 amounts to 67 cents per member
per month, and would be the first increase since the
2001-02 League year. It would go into effect as a $4
increase in 2012-13 and as the full $8 in 2013-14.
Susan Danish, AJLI’s Executive Director who just
returned from the Winter Leadership Conference in
New Orleans—and before that, the International
Association for Volunteer Effort (IAVE) bi-annual
conference in Singapore where she gave
presentations on organizational transformation and
scenario planning—is enthused by the opportunities
the future holds for The Junior League Movement.
“We aspire to be nothing less than what our legacy
demands: the most sought-after sisterhood of
empowered and qualified female community and
civic leaders creating community impact modern
society has ever seen,” said Delly Beekman,
President of the AJLI Board and an Active member
for the last 33 years in The Junior League of
Monmouth County, New Jersey. “Back in 1901,
when Mary Harriman got things going, that’s how the
organization was known, and we should work
together to ensure that our presence is strong in our
second century.”
“We’ve got an unbelievable opportunity ahead of us,”
said Danish. “Not only do we have an untapped pool
of qualified women who share our values to recruit
from—15 million according to our research—but we
also know that the need for the skilled leaders we
can provide, which is already great, is on the rise.”
AJLI’s future plans have been part of a thorough,
thoughtful and purposeful planning process. Each
step along the way has been documented and is
available for every League member to review in the
Member Area of the AJLI website. The process has
acknowledged changes all of us are seeing in the
nonprofit sector and in women’s increasingly busy
lives, and in view of those changes has addressed
membership satisfaction, recruitment and retention;
Sustainer roles and engagement; League
governance structures; and ways to ensure greater
impact in the community. The process also has
addressed many new ways that AJLI can meet the
needs of its member Leagues and their individual
League members to help create an organization that
is even more meaningful in the 21st century.
Danish, a Harvard Business School grad who serves
on the board of The National Human Services
Assembly, an association of the largest health and
human services nonprofits in the United States and
who has held executive posts at several Fortune 500
companies, is somewhat of an expert on
transformational change. Not only has she guided
AJLI’s strategic planning process over the past few
years, but she would describe her “sweet spot” in
business as “helping an organization get to its next
stage,” whether that organization auctioned art, sold
hosiery or inspired women to be entrepreneurs, as
she did at Christies, Calvin Klein Hosiery or the
Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College,
respectively.
“We know that we need a more diverse array of
funding sources and that’s why we have formed a
Diversified Fund Development Task Force to create
the plan,” she said. “But the fact remains that
“Back in 1901, the visionary Mary Harriman and her
fellow socially conscious debutantes who were
venturing into the settlements to help the sick, and
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practically since the Association was founded, we
have derived our primary and greatest source of
revenue from the dues our member-Leagues pay us,
and cultivating broader sources of revenue—which
we absolutely need to do and are doing—is not
something that happens overnight.”
meet virtually, but plans also include in-person
meetings, as the budget permits.
▪ Providing faster, better, real time answers to
League members’ questions through the
development of a one-stop “Help Desk.” That new
system went “live” on February 14 along with a new
tracking system that will allow AJLI to monitor the
nature of questions most commonly asked and
provide a more robust FAQ section on the AJLI
website.
The current three-year Strategic Plan, reflecting the
years of dialogue, deliberation and League-wide
leader/member feedback, lays out the robust array of
initiatives AJLI intends to implement as part of its
transformation. These initiatives, some of which are
already underway, include:
▪ Expanding The Junior Leagues’ Kids in the Kitchen
childhood obesity initiative and addressing other
emerging issues that resonate with the collective
Junior League community.
▪ Providing cutting-edge learning and development
opportunities for all League members. AJLI will offer
a curriculum not only for League leaders, as has
been its emphasis to date, but for every member.
Topics will range from how to run meetings, risk
management, and other topics already offered to
League leaders in person at AJLI conferences, to
topics like how to start a nonprofit, how to create a
women’s giving circle, how to run for elected office,
and reports on important issues of interest to League
members, like childhood obesity, early childhood
education, juvenile justice, cyber crimes, human
trafficking and more. This bold new curriculum will be
offered through in-person conferences, webinars and
self-paced online modules. The curriculum is in
development and the webinar portion will go live in
2011-2012. In developing and delivering this new
curriculum, AJLI plans to tap into the vast reservoir
of Junior League Sustainers to share their expertise
in addition to using its own staff and many of the
trainers familiar to League leaders from their
conference attendance. The plan for in-person
conferences includes transforming the 2014 Annual
Conference into one large conference that we hope
many Junior League members will want to attend.
▪ Positioning The Junior League as the undisputed
thought leader in the area of women’s community
and civic leadership development and a key
influencer in the nonprofit sector. This work will begin
with a survey, based on one developed by a team of
Junior League members working with AJLI, to
capture what Junior League members are involved
in today. The survey results will be available on the
AJLI website in the secure Member Area, and
individual League information will be available to
each League. This information will help AJLI better
tell the story of the impact Junior League
membership can have on women’s lives and on the
communities where they live, and will be a powerful
networking tool for Junior League members. The
survey will be tested and fielded during the course of
2011.
▪ Supporting an intentional diversified fund
development program that benefits not only AJLI but
also member Leagues through re-granting or
national sponsors.
▪ Creating the innovations that truly address the
membership, governance and community impact
opportunities and issues many Leagues currently
face. At this writing, 79 Junior Leagues have stepped
forward to participate in multi-year Action Learning
Teams, and 13 Junior League volunteers, both
Active and Sustainer members, were selected to
guide these teams through their learning. The teams
are addressing topics including new member
programs, individualized member paths within the
League, mentoring, Sustainer member involvement,
the nominating process, governance versus
management in Leagues and how to streamline the
work as well as what is entailed in creating issuebased community impact. Their efforts will be the
basis for new, proven “best practices” available for
all Leagues. The coaches met on February 11-12
and the teams convene in March. These teams will
“Change, especially change that is intended to be as
transformative as we hope this phase will be for The
Junior League,” said Beekman, “may seem daunting
at first. But we need to remember that all of the
changes are grounded in our Mission and Vision and
are intended to ensure a bright future for all Junior
Leagues and all members in Leagues that reflect
state of the art practices in tune with the 21st
century.”
At AJLI’s Annual Conference in May in Philadelphia,
the dues increase will be up for further discussion
among the delegates and a vote.
“I can’t imagine Mary Harriman not seeing the
wisdom of this recommendation,” said Beekman.
To see an informational video on the AJLI dues increase proposal, visit The Members section of ajli.org.
If this motion passes at AJLI Annual Conference next month, JLE would likely
also propose in 2012-13 an $8 increase of JLE dues to account for this AJLI per
capita increase. This would affect Actives & Sustainers.
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A GIANT 80’s THANK YOU!
The 3rd Annual 80’S REWIND was a great success! I wanted to include
a quick personal thank you to my team, you have been great to work
with and I am so proud of the event that we pulled off! THANK YOU to
Nicole Caldwell, Emily WachTer, Michele Polon, Patty Graziano,
Nichole Klemm, Kathryn Proper, Mary Marz, Maureen Schraven,
Aileen Baxter and Leigh Ann Orton. You guys really did a fantastic
job and should be applauded for your fundraising efforts this year! We
still have lots to do, but the night would not have happened without you
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and it is appreciated! More 80’S REWIND
thank yous and follow up to
come! Stay tuned!
Thank you to our 2011 80s Rewind Sponsors:
GOLD
Raven Sound
Marinelli Photography
SILVER
Erie Bank
Good Health Rejuvenation
Erie Insurance
Ambridge Rose Salon & Spa
FRIENDS OF JLE
Burton Funeral Home
Country Fair
Erie Family Law Group
Erie GE Federal Credit Union
Executive Personal Fitness
M-80’s
Thirst n Howl
Rabe Environmental Systems
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Special Thanks to:
Small Business Alternatives
PRO Waste Services, Inc.
Ken Bickel, Esq. –Vendetti & Vendetti
THANK YOU BASKET SPONSORS!
A la Carte
Alburn Florist
Anderson Landscaping
Arrowhead Wine Cellars
Allen Stoneware Gallery
Ambridge Rose Spa
Beachbody Coach – Karen Bojarski
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bella Salon & Day Spa
Best Fitness
Buffalo Bills
Campbell Pottery
Celebrate Home – Pam Hartleb
Christy Carucci
Colony Pub & Grill
Coventina Day Spa
Curves for Women—West 38thSt
Dahlkemper’s Jewelry Connection
Dance Vibe
Designs by Patricia L
Eastway Lanes
Elite Nails & Tanning
Erie BayHawks
Erie Beer
Erie Otters
Erie Philharmonic
Erie Seawolves
Erie Zoo
Executive Personal Fitness
ExpERIEnce Children’s Museum
Fairchild’s Fine Jewelry & Gifts
Fairview Evergreen Nurseries, Inc.
Family First Sports Park
Ferrier’s True Valu Hardware
Gannon University
Good Health Rejuvenation
Green Tree Solutions
HairCutz
Hampton Inn
Harley Davidson of Erie
Hertel & Brown Physical Therapy
Hite Electric
Jennifer Eberlein—Golf Pro
Kinetic Massage Therapy
Kim Turner Massage Therapy
Kimberley Womack – Maya Wraps
Kristi Ferguson
Lia Sophia Jewelry
Make it Fabulous/Summerhouse Café
Mazza Wine Shop/South Shore
Winery
Mike ‘n Dangelos
Moe’s Southwest Grill
North American Gallery
Orchard Ponds Golf Course
Patty Graziano
Peninsula Pups Doggie Daycare
Pennbriar
Penn Shore Vineyards
Pepsi Beverages Company
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Steelers
Planet Fitness
Pufferbelly Restaurant
Rosebud Floral Shop & Café
Salon H2O
Sal’s Hair Salon
SandCille Demi Spa & Treatment
Studio
Sassy Designs by Bonnie D
Scolio Fruit Baskets
Shannon Jude
Silpada – Gail Root
Sprint
Super Suppers
Texas Roadhouse
The Cultured Pearl
The Eighmy Edge
The House of Potter
Thirty One Gifts – Catherine Fox
(Consultant)
Waldameer Park & Water World
Wegmans
Wildtree – Kelly Hetz
YMCA – Eastside
Thank you to the Erie Community for your AWESOME support!
Please remember to support these important local businesses & tell
them you saw their name at the Junior League 80s Rewind!
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The Nominating Committee
proudly announces the proposed
slate for
the 2011-2012 Board of Directors!!
President ~ Tricia Ackerman
President Elect ~ Catherine Fox
Treasurer ~ Sara Temple
Treasurer Elect ~ Andrea Snedden
Recording Secretary ~ Kristi Ferguson
Corresponding Secretary ~ Patty Graziano
VP of Community Impact ~ Becky Obradovic
VP of Fund Development ~ Emily Wachter
Nicole Caldwell
VP of Communications ~ Jean Nielsen
VP of Membership ~ Megan Howard
ABSENTEE BALLOT
___ I approve the slate for the 2011-2012 Board of Directors.
___ I do not approve the slate for the 2011-2012 Board of
Directors.
Signed______________________________________
Date_______________________________________
Absentee ballots must be received no later than noon on April 21. Please mail to:
Junior League of Erie, Inc., Attn: JLE Secretary
208 East Bayfront Parkway, Suite 202, Erie, PA 16507
If you will not be present to vote at April’s GM meeting,
please print & mail in an absentee ballot.
A Message from the VP of Membership
Help the Junior League of Erie grow!
Do you know someone who would be a great addition to our organization? We are
collecting names for our May 26th Prospective Member Open House. Please go to
GoogleDocs and find “May 2011 New Member Open House Invitee List” and submit
names. Invitations will be sent out soon!
Thank you – Sara Temple
Missing your JLE Nametag?
We’re getting ready to order nametags for all the New Members...do
you need one, too? The first one is free; replacements are a small fee!
Let Sara Temple know by the April GMM.
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(Also available at www.juniorleagueoferie.com)
Thursday, April 7
Board Meeting, 6:30 pm, Headquarters
Saturday, April 9
Baby Go Round Booth, Hamot Stork Fair, 10:30 am- 3:30 pm
Friday, April 15
KITK at JFK Center, All Girl Pajama Jam, 2021 East 20th St, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Thursday, April 21
New Member Project & Author Visit: 11 am Blasco Library, 2pm ExpERIEnce Museum
Thursday, April 21
General Membership Meeting & Training, 6:30pm, Headquarters
Friday, April 22
Newsletter Deadline – email articles to newsletter@juniorleagueoferie.com
Saturday, April 23
KITK at Earth Day, TREC, 301 Peninsula Dr, 10:30 am- 3:30 pm
Thursday, April 28
KITK, Sisters St. Joseph, 425 West 18th Street, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Thursday, May 5
Joint Board Meeting (Old & New Board), 6:30 pm, Location TBA
Thursday, May 19
May Dinner Meeting - General Membership Meeting, Location TBA
Saturday, May 21
Barnes & Noble Field Trip, Sisters of St. Joseph, 10 am – 2 pm
Thursday, May 26
New Member Open House, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
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THE MERCY CENTER FOR WOMEN
Presents the Fourth Annual
Purse & Pearl Luncheon
Benefiting
Dress for Success Erie
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Bayfront Convention Center
10:30 Shopping 12:00 Luncheon
Donate a purse and pearl(note) of wisdom!
For tickets, call 456-0733
Or visit www.dressforsuccess.org/erie
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The Power of 85
Annual Fund Contributors
With great appreciation, we recognize the following League members for their
generous support of the Junior League of Erie “The Power of 85” Annual Fund:
Helene Becker
Carol Lee Restifo ........................ In Memory of Ruth Burton
Gayle & Donald Wright............... In Memory of Ruth Burton
Susan H. Hagen ..........................In Memory of Ruth Burton
Cathy Marin
Cindy Christiansen
Kelly Hetz .................................... In Memory of Melissa Talasky & Laura Klopfer-Wright
Kendra Zacks
Linda & John Majewski
Andrea & John Snedden
Joanne & Denis Krill............... In Honor of the Provisional Class of 2000
Jane Rayburg............................ In Honor of All Past Presidents
Darby Scalise.......................... In Memory of Ruth Burton & Ann Brew
Carolyn Patton.......................... In Memory of Ruth Burton & Ann Brew
Sally Lund................................... In Memory of her husband, David Lund
*Reflects donations received before March 17, 2011
Donations to the Annual Fund may still be made at any time. Send check to: Junior League of
Erie, ATTN: Annual Fund, 208 E. Bayfront Pkwy, Ste. 202, Erie, PA 16507.
Redbooks
Anyone who didn’t receive one (or binder/inserts for those who don’t have them)
should contact Andrea Simons-Snedden or Kristi Ferguson.
Dues
Dues are now past due, and are $120.00 for Actives and $80 for Sustainers.
Please give your dues payments to Andrea Simons-Snedden at a meeting, or
mail to Headquarters (attention Recording Secretary).
Junior League of Erie, Inc.
Andrea Simons-Snedden, Recording Secretary
208 East Bayfront Highway, Suite 202
Erie, PA 16507
secretary@juniorleagueoferie.com
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THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF ERIE, INC.
APRIL MEMBERSHIP LIST
Actives
Actives NR
Actives On Leave
TOTAL ACTIVES
Sustainers
Sustainers NR
Sustainer Emeritus
TOTAL SUSTAINERS
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
50
2
1
53
94
7
20
121
174
Please make these corrections to your Red Book or clip this section and
add it to your Red Book binder.
Address Changes:
(S) Teresa Brugger
5243 Wolf Run Village Lane
Erie, PA 16505
(S) Catherine Woofter
4140 Aberdeen Circle
Viera, FL 32955
Email Address Change:
(S) Debbie Figaski – swim1528@aol.com
(S) Laura Petrella – rplp@roadrunner.com
(S) Beverly Tomkins Metcalf – bevmetcalf@gmail.com
(S) Carolyn Lee Sawdey Restifo – jdrestifo@gmail.com
Phone Number Changes:
(S) Barbara Scott – (H) 814-397-2113
Please submit any changes to your contact information as soon as
possible to:
Junior League of Erie, Inc.
Andrea Simons-Snedden, Recording Secretary
208 East Bayfront Highway, Suite 202
Erie, PA 16507
secretary@juniorleagueoferie.com
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