JLSD League Lines Winter 2010

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010 LeagueLines

A Community Publication of the Junior League of San Diego

Women Building Better CommunitiesSince 1929

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inside This issue

Presidents Page 2

Board of Directors 3

Membership 4

Fund Development 6

Community Impact 8

Sustainers 10

Calendar 12

mission The Junior League of San Diego, Inc. is a part of an international organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improv-ing the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

reaCh out statement The JLSD reaches out to women of all races, religions, and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and commitment to voluntarism.

jlsd hosts southwest exchange 2010

On October 1st and 2nd, JLSD was proud to host Southwest Exchange. Almost 100 ladies attended

from the Junior Leagues of San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Long Beach, Bakersfield, Riverside, Pasadena, Palm Springs, Phoenix and Tucson. Leagues organize these regional meetings each year to offer an opportunity to exchange ideas and participate in trainings on leadership and advocacy.

Chef Ann Cooper The Renegade Lunch Lady LectureChef Ann Cooper is a celebrated author, chef, educator, and enduring advocate for better food for all children. In a

JLSD Hosts Southwest Exchange (Continued on page 4)

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President ’s Page

Building on an 82-year record of success, the Junior League of San Diego is rooted in the belief that a group of women can be a powerful force for change. JLSD of-fers women the opportunity to implement change in our community and to connect with other women with a concern for present and future generations.

Who Are We?

Started in 1929, the Junior League of San Diego has been integral in assessing com-munity needs and instituting programs that meet those needs. The Polinsky Cen-ter, Voices for Children, LEAD San Diego, and Kids on the Block are just a few of the organizations and events that were cre-ated by JLSD single-handedly or through a collaborative community effort.

Over the years, JLSD has partnered with dozens of San Diego non-profits to pro-vide strategic volunteer support as well as financial assistance and Community Assistance Grants. From its inception, JLSD has addressed critical issues such as Domestic Violence Prevention & Inter-vention, Literacy, and Family Support for Education and now focuses its efforts on reducing childhood obesity in San Diego and improving the health of San Diego’s children by inspiring parents and children to make healthy eating and exercise a regular part of their lives.

how is JLsd different?

Our organization is run and staffed by vol-unteers. Women throughout San Diego County come together to create programs that improve San Diego’s communities – and receive invaluable, on-the-job training in the process. Our members learn a variety of skills, such as leadership and organizational development, community

program work, diversity training and fundraising. Through our unique mission, our members learn to manage and train volunteers, unite communities and form partnerships with businesses and the people we serve to make San Diego a bet-ter place to live

The Junior League’s nearly 1,000 mem-bers research and develop community programs in San Diego County through services projects, collaborations, edu-cation and advocacy. Each year our members contribute under $1 million in contributions and volunteer hours to sup-port outreach programs and community assistance grants. For these efforts, the Junior League of San Diego was named 2006 Philanthropic Organization of the Year by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Why You should support JLsd

• JLSD provides San Diego with a valuable commodity – trained volunteers.

• JLSD’s training includes identifying unmet needs in the community and partnering with local non-profits, after which JLSD develops unique programs to fulfill those needs along with the resources and volunteers to support it.

• Supporting JLSD provides immediate community impact which carries over to the future ultimately making an investment in San Diego and JLSD.

• By supporting JLSD, you are actually increasing your impact now and in the future. This is the donation or partnership that keeps on giving.

upComing Fundraising events and programs

Ralphs Rewards Card JLSD is now a member of Ralphs Com-munity Program. Each time you buy your groceries at Ralphs, they will donate a portion of your purchases to us. Simply go to the JLSD website, click on “Support JLSD” and scroll down to Ralphs Commu-nity Program.

Operation City hunt: saturday, April 2ndJLSD’s 3rd annual adventure through the streets of downtown San Diego where teams of two navigate their way through a scavenger hunt filled with puzzles and challenges.

island divine: saturday, April 30th La Isla Bonita is a tropical island paradise that exists only in fantasy- swaying palm trees, turquoise seas, perfect weather, gorgeous views, beautiful people, amazing food, and divine wine.

summer style soiree: Thursday, May 26th A cocktail party and fashion show featur-ing locally-crafted fashions from up-and-coming designers and established boutiques.

Every day, I am asked “What is the Junior League” and “Why should we support it?”

Here’s why…

melanie aalbers President

jennifer glaser Vice President

amy eaves Treasurer

andrea ‘andi’ aloni recording Secretary

sara hill Communications Council Director

kathleen emery Community Director

erin regan kaminski Fund Development Director

dedra hatcher Membership Director

jessica rentto Training and education Director

barbara kramer Sustainer Director

alison sullivanPresident-elect

Christiane hoffman nominating

alicia gaudio Board Assistant

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2010-2011 board of directorsdecember 14th - Tuesday

Holiday Party 210 Maple Street - 6pm no General Meeting Credit

January 11th - TuesdayFibonacci’s 10300 Campus Pointe Drive, near UTC Dinner/Social/Meeting - 6pmVoting Meeting for President-Elect and Nominating SlateAdvance Reservation Required, Sign Up Online General Meeting Credit

February 8th - TuesdayNon-Profits Meetings - 6pmInterested in a certain Non-Profit? Please email [email protected] Reservation Required, Sign Up Online General Meeting Credit

March 8th - Tuesday March SocialsLocations throughout San DiegoInterested in certain spot? Please email [email protected] Reservation Required, Sign Up Online no General Meeting Credit

April 12th - TuesdayLocation TBDCommunity Impact/Meeting - 6pmGeneral Meeting Credit

May 10th - TuesdayLocation TBDAnnual Voting Meeting and Awards Celebration - 6pmMandatory for all Active, Active Indepen-dent Placement and Provisional MembersAnnual Voting Meeting Credit

June 14th - TuesdayLocation TBDLeadership Transition DinnerOutgoing and Incoming Leaders OnlyAdvance Reservation Required, Sign Up Online no General Meeting Credit

**Please note: Details subject to change, please confirm online.**

general membership meetings 2010-2011

Meetings & Socials

CALIFornIA so l Foodspecial 3 for $80 is back!Purchase online at www.jlsd.org or contact [email protected] for more information

JLsd President Melanie Aalbers says . . .

“I just love this corn salad - it is always a crowd pleaser! And, depending on what I am serving with it, I sometimes swap out the basil for cilantro.”

send us you Favorite recipes at: [email protected]

look for CaliFornia sol Food in your local Costco starting 2011!


Membership

JLSD Hosts Southwest Exchange (Continued on page 5)

JLSD Hosts Southwest Exchange (Continued from cover)

Tuesday, January 11th is a JLsd voting meeting!

All active members are being asked to vote for the President-Elect slate and Nominating Com-mittee candidates at the next general meeting on January 11, 2011. Please attend the meeting so you have the opportunity to cast your ballot.

The Nominating Com-mittee is pleased to announce that Jenni-fer ‘Jen’ Harris Ed-strom has been slated to serve as the Junior League of San Diego’s next President-Elect. Jen would fulfill the role of President-Elect from 2011-2012 and then President from 2012-2013. Congratu-lations to Jen!

The Junior League of san diego’s nominating candidates for 2011-2013 are as follows:

nation where children are born with shorter estimated life expectancies than their parents because of diet-related illness, Ann is a relentless voice of reform by focusing on the links between food, family, farming and children’s health and wellness. (www.ChefAnn.com)

naomi Chavez-Peters - The seven Rules of Leadership, servant Leaders, Member Retention, Collaborative decision Making & Authentic CommunicationNaomi Chavez Peters is Director of Leader-ship & Employee Development at Salesforce.com. Prior to Salesforce.com, Naomi was Di-rector of Strategic Communications and De-velopment at Cisco Systems, where she has worked for the past 14 years. Her experience at Cisco has included roles doing leadership develop-ment, organizational development, strategy and planning, and communi-cations. Please visit www.jlsd.org for the Presentation and Handouts.

susan danish – Association of Junior Leagues international: The Road to Transformation

The discussion was centered on the research the AJLI has conducted and what an association-wide transfor-mation could look like and how this

could strengthen the level of impact Leagues have around the world. Please visit www.jlsd.org for the Presentation and Handouts.

Susan Danish brings more than 20 years of experience in business and nonprofit management to her role as Executive Director of the Associa-tion of Junior Leagues International Inc. Prior to joining the Associa-tion, Ms. Danish was the Executive Director of the Center for Women’s Leadership (CWL) at Babson College in Wellesley, MA and her substantial general management and marketing experience was honed at some of the best-known companies in the world.

Perinatal depression Awareness Panel This panel was a very memorable, heart-wrenching and productive session for participants. This same panel presented to the California Legislature in May, which was also broadcast on Capitol TV. To this day, people are emailing Julie with stories of how their presentation left a substantial impression on them. Please visit www.jlsd.org for the Presentation and Handouts.

Kendall Richardson Goldstein

Andrea ‘Andi’ Aloni stacie Butler Andersen Mika Buffington

Lisbeth Fletcher Vanessa Fleur Alicia Pelekis Gaudio

Jenifer ‘Jen’ Gutschmidt

shelly hess, ed.d.

Jennifer ‘Jen’ harris edstrom


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Our Provisional groups were hard at work this Fall, planning and executing fun and educational nutri-tion and exercise-focused events for Girl Scouts, at-risk teenagers and students in our community.

Our Diamond and Am-ethyst Provisional groups took the prize for the best Provisional community event by hosting a “Back to School Night” at Linda Vista elementary school

the 2010-2011 jlsd provisional Class

Influencing youth in San Diego through unique projects focused on the importance of nutrition and exercise by Kendra DeCoste, Communications Director-Elect

JLSD Hosts Southwest Exchange (Continued from page 4)

Julie Elginer, DrPH (c), MBA and Public Policy Director for the Junior League of Los Angeles introduces the topic, pro-viding some basic statistics and setting the stage by clarify-ing definitions and summarize the work that Junior League has already accomplished in California, including plans that are underway for 2011.

Mr. Raul Martinez, shared his touching and painful story of his wife, Kelly’s, struggle with the disease, creating a “face” for PMAD, discussed that it’s a universal issue affecting millions of families in every community, and created a “call to action” in the hopes that no other husband or child would have to go through the pain of losing their wife or mother to this disease.

Dr. Maria Lourdes Reyes discussed her work in the community and the need for more services, discussed the unique void that non-profits (Junior Leagues in partnership with other organizations) can fill and the most pressing needs that she sees on a daily basis.

the onyx and turquoise provisional groups

the diamond and amythyst provisional groups

for K-6 students and parents. Their goal was to help them to make healthy eating a regular part of their lives.

The Emerald and Ruby Provisional groups partnered with Sou-plantation in Chula Vista to offer the JLSD F.A.N. (Fun and Nutri-tion) Tour to Girl Scouts. The Provisional members led the group of 9 scouts and their mothers in an interactive exercise session, utilizing partner activities and balloons to demonstrate how fun exercise can be.

The Onyx and Turquoise Provisional groups held a Supermarket Sweep at the Toussaint Academy of Arts and Science.Students learned about nutrition and participated in a fun activity where they practiced making healthy food choices. The group partnered with nutritionist Curtis Jackson, who explained the Food Pyramid and what a “healthy lifestyle” is to the attendees, and what calo-ries, hidden sugars and preservatives are in some foods that could lead to an unhealthy body.

Finally, the Sapphire and Rose Quartz Provisional groups worked with our community partner Storefront (San Diego Youth Services) in Hillcrest, a temporary shelter for at-risk 12-17 year old teen-agers, and lead an “Amazing Race” themed event for the teens residing at the facility.

Congratulations to all the Provisional groups for executing these community event projects flawlessly. We can’t wait to see what fundraising activities they come up with in the spring!


Fund Development

what is the theme for island divine 2011?

L a I s L a B o n I taLa Isla Bonita is the perfect blend of a serene tropical island paradise and the carefree spirit of the 80’s. The result is a fantabulous party where everyone who has been working for the weekend just wants to have fun. Get excited to glam it up in your favorite party dress and have a totally rad time!

Each year we all look forward to Island Divine, our signature event. Each year it promises to be a classy, stylish event with delightful tastes and sips of the San Diego area. This year is no ex-ception. The Island Divine committee’s goal is to make sure that this year’s event exceeds your expectations. We are actively working on securing spectacular silent auction items, first-rate entertainment, scrumptious morsels, luscious wines and tasty brews.

Save the date for April 30th,

invite your friends, and support

the Junior League of San Diego’s

mission at Island Divine: La Isla

Bonita, at Ellen Browning Scripps

Park in La Jolla.


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did You know?Every League Council Chair should be taking photos at

League events! Be proud of your League. Upload your photos by signing in to your jlsd.org Member page, click Member Photo Gallery, then click Submit a photo for inclusion in our photo gallery.

monte Carlo masqueradeA success for its first year. A fun band set the mood, delicious appetizers, festive treats, and Gallo wine satisfied the play-ers, and the tables were full! Highest earner prizes were awarded for first, second, and third place. Christane Hoffman was the top earner of the evening and won a one night stay at the Bahia Resort and two tickets to ride the Bahia Belle. Opportunity Drawing prizes were also given away throughout the night.

The Masquerade was a wonderful and classy evening for women and men to socialize, meet new people, practice their gaming skills, and give to the Junior League. The A La Carte Committee thanks everyone who attended the event, as well as those League members who staffed the event during their fund develop-ment shifts. We also thank Gallo Wine for their wine and champagne donation as well as our vendors Bettina’s Catering (thank you Bev!), Breezn’ Productions for the great music, and A Casino Event for the gaming action.

-- Stephanie Mansolino and the A La Carte Committee

jlsd events spotlight


Community Impact

Whenever someone asks you why you joined the League, what reasons do you give? One of the most common answers I hear is that women join the League to make a difference in the community. Our community projects often provide an opportunity to make a longer term difference over the course of the League year or even several years however, sometimes nothing can beat the feeling of instant gratification that an Impact event provides.

By the end of November, the Impact com-mittee offered League members over 20 opportunities to volunteer and make an immediate difference. In other words, as a member, you have had an opportunity to volunteer an average of 7 times per month.

So just how has the League impacted our community?

Through Impact events alone, our members have volunteered over 800 hours this League year. We have made and handed out over 800 lunches to San Diego’s homeless population. We have picked up and filled approximately 50 bags of trash making the beaches in Ocean Beach and Mission Beach cleaner. Through Hand-up Pantry and the USO Dinner, the League has worked hard to give back to the military community of San Diego who in turn has given so much to us. Our members have helped buy, prepare and serve dinners to over 300 people at the Ronald McDonald House and over 80 people at the Bannis-

impact Committee –making an immediate impaCt

ter House. Everyone that receives one of these dinners is always very grateful to have the comfort of a hot meal after a long day spent at the hospital caring for a loved one.

Make sure to remember the reasons why you joined the League. Sign up to volunteer at an upcoming Impact event. We guarantee it will be social, you will have fun and you’ll leave with a feel-good sense of instant gratification knowing that you have made a differ-ence in our community.

directly impact children and families in san diego

sign up to Volunteer

at JLsd.org

be healthY FamilY nights The Junior League ladies had a great time interacting with the families of Olive Elemen-tary in Vista in November. We had a jump-rope contest, learned about portion control, and enjoyed some healthy southwestern vegetable and cheese quesadillas cooked on-site by the celebrity chef!


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directly impact children and families in san diego

sign up to Volunteer

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Mon Dec 6 Ronald McDonald House Sat Dec 11 KITK @ Olivewood Gardens Sustainers Welcome Sun Dec 12 Hand-up Pantry Sat Dec 18 Mission Beach - Beach Clean Up Sat Dec 18 Homeless Sack Lunch Sun Jan 9 Hand-up Pantry Sun Jan 9 Highway to Health Sat Jan 15 Homeless Sack Lunch Sun Feb 13 Hand-up Pantry Sat Feb 26 KITK@ Olivewood Gardens Sustainers Welcome

All dates and availability subject to change. Please refer to the website for the most up-to-date information.

Don’t Miss Out!

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The Impact committee has several scheduled events already, including preparing and delivering sack lunches to the homeless, beach clean ups, and preparing meals at Ronald McDonald and UCSD Bannister House. Log in to jlsd.org to sign-up, get involved, and make an impact!

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Sustainers

Interview with Sustainer Director

Barbra Kramer

Q. What led you to the Junior League of san diego?

I was involved with several other chari-ties in San Diego and made friends with several women who were members of JLSD and they “invited” me to join. When I joined JLSD one still had to be “invited” and “sponsored.”

Q. What is your community involvement outside the Junior League?

Currently, I am one of the co-chairs for the Girls Scouts of San Diego’s Urban Cam-pout 2011. I was asked by the incompara-ble Debbie Rider to be one of her co-chairs along with Carla Church (a former League member)

I am also serving on the Steering Commit-tee for the House of Peru. Peru is in line to have a cottage built in Balboa Park’s International Cottages. The Steering Committee is working towards raising funds required to build the House of Peru. Former league member, Gladys Jones, who is originally from Peru, has been very instrumental in the efforts to have a House of Peru built.

My past community involvements have included Slow Food Urban San Diego, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Ameri-can Cancer Society, San Diego Symphony, SPS (a singles organization who supported the arts and culture in San Diego.)

Q. What have been lasting contributions to the Junior League?

I hope I have made a difference or enhanced someone’s experience in each of my placements in JLSD. A favorite in my early JLSD career was St Vincent de Paul where the committee worked with the children who resided at the facility. Witnessing the smiles on the faces of the children when a magician performed his magic or creating a piece of art to enhance their rooms always brought a great sense of pride to our committee.

Serving on the Fund Development Council I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to co-chair the Encore Fashion Show in 1996. As part of the fundraising for the event we sent out plaster masks to celebrities requesting they return them decorated. The masks were then part of the silent auction. One of the memorable ones came from Maya Angelou who decorated hers with inspiring words of wisdom. Chairing “Rollin on the River” -- Encore 1997 was especially meaningful for the great bonds that were formed by the commit-tee. Especially fun were the evenings spent learning to tap dance (again) to perform in the Follies portion of the events entertainment. I was very proud of the committee and economic success of the event – we SOLD OUT! --

enabling us to fund and support the many JLSD projects.

Serving on the Board of JLSD in vari-ous capacities from Board Assistant to Recording Secretary to Chair of Nominat-ing taught me skills that I have been able to utilize in all aspects of my life. JLSD is truly a training organization and I have learned so tremendous amount in my career with the JLSD. We are never too old to learn.

Q. Who is your role model?

First, I have to say my (late) parents. My mother was the epitome of a lady. She was always polite, helpful, loving, encouraging. I can only hope I am half of what she was. My father would chal-lenge me to think outside the norm and be accepting and respectful of all.

The women of JLSD inspire me. I am in awe of the accomplishments and com-mitment of many of the women I have had the honor of meeting and becoming friends with. JLSD fosters a tremendous foundation of skills and knowledge one may take out into the community and do wonderful work

Q. Favorite Quote

The Golden Rule has always been a favorite.


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strictly sustainerby Barbara Kramer, Sustainer Director

On October 26 over coffee and tea I met with Debbie Rider and Stephanie McGuire (along with Pam Fuchs, the 2009-2010 Sustainer Directors) to transfer the reins of Sustainer Director. Maybe, I should say transfer the “shoes” as Debbie, Stephanie and Pam have left big shoes to fill this year as Sustainer Director. Nonethe-less with my fondness for shoes I am up for the challenge!

I have enlisted a group of my League GalPals to form a Sustainer Council (a few attended the first brainstorm-ing session including Kimberlee Andrews, Elizabeth Palmer, Deoras Thompson and Stephanie Ward). The result from the brainstorming meet-ing is an exciting (and ambitious) roster of events and activities. We hope there will be a little something for everyone. Some of the ideas include; a meet the author, talk ‘n ‘tinis, talk ‘n tea with

Melanie Aalbers, share a day working with Actives at Olivewood Garden, maybe take a bus trip up to the Rose Bowl Flea or Long Beach markets, tour a San Diego Historic landmark, go behind the scenes at one of San Diego’s premier live theaters. If there is a special interest you would like the Sustainers to include, please email us at [email protected].

Kicking off the events is the sustainer holiday Tea and Fashion show on December 5th at one o’clock in the afternoon at the

beautiful La Jolla Country Club. Please consider celebrating the holidays by joining with other ladies of the League (guests welcome) at what is becom-ing a League tradition. Invitations have been mailed and we are looking forward to a lovely afternoon. RSVP on line to www.jlsd.org. $42 per person.

Interested in channeling your inner “model” we are looking for Sustain-ers to model the latest fashions at the table walking style-show.

We are quite excited about the Charter day Lunch. So please get out your 2011 calendars and hold a place for March 13 when we will celebrate the Junior League of San Diego. This promises to be a great afternoon.

If your Sustainer Affinity (Special Interest) Group has an event or meeting that you would like to announce, we would love to include it in here in League Lines. Email the information to [email protected]

Stay tuned for more information on the upcoming events and activities. Better yet be the first to know by signing up for “electronic” copies of League Lines and E-Blasts.

A message from Megan Lim: Sustainer Outreach Committee

Stay up to date with the latest Junior

League activities, news, and events

by joining the Sustainer e-mail list.

Email our Sustainer Liaison, Active

member Megan Lim, at

[email protected] to

be sure you hear about upcoming

Sustainer events.

league lines managing editors Kathe Logan & Alexandra Langenberg

advertising and [email protected]

Communications Council director Sara Hill

jlsd website Committee ChairCorey Price

CommuniCations CounCil pr/marketing liaisons

league pr, membership & training Holly Amaya

provisionals Kendra DeCoste

Fitness expo& other Fund development Katie Van es

Community projects Jessie Blazejeweski Sarah rechif

island divine Lauren Saunders

a la Carte Brandee Siems

League Lines is a collaboration of the Communications Council and JLSD members at large. League Lines is published quarterly by the Junior League of San Diego. no article in this newsletter may be reprinted in whole or part, except in another Junior League publication, without permission from the Communications Council Director.

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Sun Dec 5 1pm Sustainer Tea and Fashion Show

Mon Dec 6 ronald McDonald House

Sat Dec 11 Kids in the Kitchen @ olivewood gardens Sustainers Welcome

Sun Dec 12 Hand-up Pantry

Sun Dec 12 Carols and Cookies

Wed Dec 14 JLSD Holiday Party

Sat Dec 18 Mission Beach - Beach Clean up

Sat Dec 18 Homeless Sack Lunch

JAnuARY 2011

Sun Jan 9 Hand-up Pantry

Sun Jan 9 Highway to Health

Sat Jan 15 Homeless Sack Lunch

FeBRuARY 2011

Sun Feb 13 Hand-up Pantry

Sat Dec 11 Kids in the Kitchen @ olivewood gardens Sustainers Welcome

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