L e a g u e L i n e s 2012/2013 March 2013 Volume 3, Issue 6

The Junior League of Huntington

President’s Perspective

pg. 2

Inside this

issue:

Hall of Fame

pg. 11

Community Impact

pg. 8

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Executive Board President Amy Browning

President-Elect Katina Haught

Community Vice President Rebecca Crowder

Corresponding Secretary Missy McComas

Recording Secretary Ashley Corder

Treasurer Summer Haynes

Treasurer Elect Jessica Copeland

Committee Chairs Arrangements………………………..............Ashley Corder ……………………………………………….Natalie McCormick

Character Breakfast………………….…....…Tiffany Clark

…………………………………………………………...Leslie Culp

Community Center……………………………………..Vacant

Cookbook…………………………………………..Maria Aiello

………………………………………………………..Ashley Kasey

Done in a Day ………………………………….Kristi Henson

Education……………………………………….Ginny Morgan

Kids in the Kitchen…………………………....Darci Barger

………………………………………………………Rachel Messer

League Lines……………………...Anna Lafferre (Editor)

…………………………...…...Anna von Allmen (Publisher)

Membership……………………………….........Erica Deligne

…………………………………………………….Denise Landers

Mistletoe Market……………………………..Amy Prestera

……………………………………………..……….Allison Subacz

Nominating/Placement……………….....Jamie Webster

Public Relations…………………………...Meagan Shelton

Rummage Sale…………………………………...Maria Aiello

……………………………………………………...Jamie Webster

Ways & Means………………………………....Darah Snyder

………………………………………………………Sarah Walling

JL of Huntington Meetings are held on the second Monday of

the month at 6 p.m.

617 9th Avenue

Huntington, WV 25701

304.523.4165

www.facebook.com/JLofHuntington

@JLofHuntington

Junior League Mission The Association of Junior Leagues

International, Inc. is an organization of

women committed to promoting

volunteerism, developing the potential of

women and improving communities

through the effective action and leadership

of trained volunteers. Its purpose is

exclusively education and charitable.

League Lines League Lines staff welcomes any

contributions from the members of Junior

League Huntington. Please contact

Editor-in-Chief Anna Lafferre at

anna.lafferre@yahoo.com. Submissions are

due by the second Friday of every month.

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I find inspiration in everyday messages. A quote I’ve not heard before, a kind gesture I witness, or a new perspective is something I crave. When the light bulb goes off and I finally understand what I’ve been missing, I’m still surprised by it. I lean back in my chair, a small, all-knowing grin creeps on my face, and I nod as if to agree with a question that has not been asked. Which is why it was all that more surprising to me recently when I got a message exactly when I was supposed to. First Stage Theatre Company, the children’s theatre that I work with, recently produced The Bully Plays. They are a collection of short one-act plays that discuss a variety of bullying topics in an honest, straightforward, and, at times, raw manner. Area middle school and high school kids (including one JLH member’s child) stood on a stage and said this is how people are treated, this is wrong, this is what the consequences are and this is how you stop it. Ok, there was more to the script, but the message was simple. Being a bully is wrong; it hurts people and you should stop it. I was proud of them. In the last month I have been challenged by those with opposing positions. I work with a lot of people in the community and at the medical center, not everyone is going to agree with me. But for some reason this month I felt particularly picked on. And I started to wonder if you might feel that way too from time to time. I hope you don’t. I was raised to be polite. I won the award for most helpful and cooperative all three years of middle school. I defend people to a fault. I have extensive training in crisis resolution and public relations. And yet there are still moments when I remember what it was like to be picked on in elementary school or to be made fun of because I helped the teacher or didn’t do the things others deemed cool. It has taken me a long time to stand up for myself. I don’t share these things in an attempt to illicit sympathy or worse, pity. Instead I challenge you to look at your adult world and find the bullies. It’s not a playground, rather a conference room where they are sitting. Unfortunately, bullying is alive and well in our professional jobs. According to a recent article Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying, “On-the-job bullying can take many forms, from a supervisor's verbal abuse and threats to cruel comments or relentless teasing by a co-worker. And it could become the next major battleground in employment law as a growing number of states consider legislation that would let workers sue for harassment that causes physical or emotional harm.” Disruptive behavior should never be tolerated. We have to take care of each other and advocate for those who can’t, like our children and elderly. We can’t stand by and let another be bullied… for any reason. And if sometime you find yourself being the bully, then you have to stop it. Act like an adult. Treat others how you want to be treated. The message is a simple one but a very important lesson to teach. http://news.msn.com/us/growing-push-to-halt-workplace-bullying

President’s Perspective No More Bullies

by Amy Browning

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League News and Events

Amy Browning opened the meeting by stating there were not minutes to approve because last month was

Cottage Meetings.

Summer Haynes went over financial statements. She also stated that dues letters are going out this week.

They are due April 15. She asked that everyone turn in their paper and money together. She also mentioned

that all receipts are due 30 days after an event.

Katina Haught showed us the AJLI website and how useful it is. She also talked about her trip to the

Leadership Conference. She asked that we all brainstorm about a new Community Impact Project for next

year. She made a list of ideas people mentioned and in the next survey she is asking for feedback about these

ideas. We will discuss the results in the next meeting.

Mary Witten Wiseman talked about the Garden Tour and how the Sustainers need our help.

Cookbook co-chairs stated that each member is responsible for selling five at $15 each. The goal is to have

300 recipes in the cookbook and to the publisher by the end of the month.

Character Breakfast co-chairs passed around a signup sheet for everyone to work a shift on Friday or

Saturday. Everyone needs to see Tiffany Clark for tickets; you are responsible for selling six. They need

people to fill characters and have emailed a list of what they still need.

Rummage Sale co-chairs also passed around a sheet to sign-up to work a shift the week-of to help set up or

the day of the event. They stated that each member is responsible for donating $40 worth of stuff; this year it

does not have to be priced before you get there. We do have a storage space available this year and you can

drop things off there on March 18.

Kristi Henson talked about possible DIAD hours for donating items to Branches and Birthright. They are in

need of maternity clothes, baby related items and cleaning supplies. She will send an email to let everyone

know how many items to bring to get an hour. She will also be updating everyone’s hours and putting them

on the website.

KITK co-chairs discussed their next event which is February 20 at Spring Hill elementary from 4:00 to 6:00

p.m. This is for their after school program and there will be about 50 kids. They need as many volunteers as

they can get. They will be prepping food at the League building on Tuesday at 6:30 if anyone wants to help.

Jamie Webster, nominating and placement chair, read her slate for the year; in March we will vote on this

slate so March is a mandatory meeting. President Elect — Summer Haynes, Community VP — Sarah

Walling, Corresponding Secretary — Maria Aiello, Treasurer Elect — Kate Farrell.

Amy Browning went over some reminders: board reports need to be detailed and submitted before each

board meeting, the Redbook is at the printer and will be distributed next month and it is not too late to turn

in Mistletoe Market ticket money.

Jamie Webster made a motion to adjourn and Sarah Walling seconded.

February General Membership Meeting Minutes

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League News and Events

Rummage Sale The LeAnn Litton Memorial Rummage Sale will take place again this year! Save-the-Date for

Saturday, April 6 from 8:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m. Each active member is responsible for one 3.5 hour shift

and $40 worth of acceptable merchandise. If there are any questions about what is “acceptable,” please

call or email Maria Aiello or Jamie Webster. If you have not signed up for a shift, please contact the co-

chairs or sign up at the March meeting. The following drop-off and shift times are available:

Drop-Off Monday, March 18 5:30-9:00 pm

Set-Up Wednesday, April 3 5:30-9:00 pm

Drop-Off Wednesday, April 3 5:30-9:00 pm

Set-Up Thursday, April 4 5:30-9:00pm

Drop-Off Thursday, April 4 5:30-9:00pm

Drop-Off Friday, April 5 1:30-5:00 pm

Pre-Sale Friday, April 5 5:00-8:30 pm (Double Price Night – Actual Sale 6:00-8:00p.m.)

Sale Day Saturday, April 6 8:00-11:30 (Sale Shift)

Sale Day Saturday, April 6 11:30-3:00pm (Breakdown Shift)

February Simple social — brown dog yoga

Katrina Mailloux with Brown Dog Yoga hosted a private class for the Junior League of Huntington at her beautiful new studio located in Heritage Station. Katrina explained the benefits of hot yoga and taught the group a series of sun salutations, warrior poses, and other yoga foundations.

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cookbook After many years, the

Junior League of

Huntington is bringing

back the JL

Huntington Cookbook!

Every member is

asked to sell a

minimum of five

cookbooks at a price point of $15 each. This looks like it will be a very

successful fundraiser! Questions? Contact Ashley Kasey or Maria Aiello.

League News and Events

Please remember It's time to renew your JL membership!

Please send the Membership Renewal

Form and your dues payment to the

address below by April 15.

Thanks in advance!

Jessica Copeland, 2013-2014 Treasurer

617 9th Avenue

Huntington, WV 25701

Junior League Huntington has a new

website url! Visit our new home

on the web at :

Jlofhuntington.org

This new url is easy to remember and

will also help prospective new members

find us. Soon, you will also be able to

track your DIAD hours on this website.

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Kids in the kitchen The Junior League held another successful “Kids In

The Kitchen” event at Spring Hill Elementary School

Feb. 20, 2013. The event was organized by Jake Boltz,

the parent coordinator at the school. A total of 50

students attend the event with ages ranging from 6-

12.

The event kicked off with an interactive presentation

by League member Melissa Dawson. The presentation

focused on teaching the children about healthy foods

and proper measurements and servings sizes. After

the presentation the children were split into two

groups to begin the cooking and physical fitness

portion of our event. Halfway through the event, the

groups switched so that each child was able to

participate in both the cooking and physical fitness

activities.

The menu for the event was healthy chicken tacos and

fruit and yogurt parfaits. League members Katina

Haught, Kristi Henson, Cheryl Sullivan and Darci

Barger helped guide the children through the recipes.

The children were encouraged to be hands on during

the preparation of the food. They were given

measuring cups and spoons to use to help teach them

how to properly measure the correct portion sizes of ingredients. The children enjoyed the meal, and many of

them said they would love to make it again with their families at home.

The physical fitness portion began with a warm up dance video. The children then rotated through stations set up

with different physical fitness equipment including jump ropes, hoola hoops, and balance beams,. League

members Melissa Dawson and Miranda Rosiek and provisional member Courtney McNeel helped encourage the

children to have fun while they exercised.

The event wrapped up with all the children gathering in the gym for a raffle drawing. The prizes included soccer

balls, waffle ball sets, rollerblades and bikes. Children who won the prizes were also given safety equipment

including elbow pads, knee pads, and helmets. Six children received prizes.

“I feel the Kids In the Kitchen event was a success for the students,“ Botlz said. “The feed back that I’m already

getting from the students is wonderful. Keep up the good work and I hope to able to work with the Junior League

for future events.”

League News and Events

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League News and Events

Community Impact projects At the last GMM we discussed Community Impact Projects and where we felt we may want to contribute or collaborate. Below is a summary of the discussion and websites for you to browse regarding some of the projects. 1. Backpack program: The Huntington Area Food Bank provides a program as well as many other programs related to feeding the hungry. They also have a summer program for feeding children as does the Cabell County Public Library. www.hafb.org 2. Domestic violence: Branches — Many opportunities with this organization. Brancheswv.com 3. First Book Program: Children and childcare agencies get books that do not already have them. 4. Prom Dress drive and giveaway: There is a very awesome program called Donate my Dress. It looked

like there was not one in our area so that is something we could look into starting. Branches does an annual sale as a fundraiser and sells the dresses at a low cost, so even if we did not want to start our own program we could do a dress drive or something to help out Branches. www,donatemydress.org 5. Hospice Gift Shop: Volunteers to staff the shop. www.hospiceofhuntington.org 6. After School tutoring programs: Many opportunities, but specifically, Amanda Kent with Playmates Childcare has several centers in the area that could use help. 7. Foster Care: Give Thanks and Carry On

— Donate carry-on bags to foster children so when they move around their things are not in garbage bags. missionwv.org 8. United Way: Brain Under Construction Zone — We have done this in the past. You essentially educate new mothers at the hospital and speak to them about the brain and early development and how to promote and not hinder their babies’ brain development. www.teamunitedway.org Please look at the websites that interest you to find out more about the programs. They are all very wonderful causes but of course we cannot take them all on at once! We help a lot of these programs with Done in a Day hours, but a community impact project would be more involved. Contact Katina Haught with questions.

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League news and events

AJLI

benefits

The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) leverages

the collective purchasing power of Junior League members to provide

individual and group discounts for a number of products and services.

The following League member benefits have been selected to

accommodate the varied needs and interests of the Junior League

membership:

1-800-Flowers

Car Rental Discounts

DollarDays

EatingWell Magazine

Subscription Offer

EliminateIDTheft

Foundation Center Training

and Resources

Group Insurance Plans

Joan Hornig Jewelry

Lierac

Original Oil Portraits

Preferred Rates at Hotels and

Resorts

Rent the Runway

Tiffany & Co. Corporate

Program

Visit www.ajli.org for more info!

Character breakfast We would like to personally thank our committee and all o t h e r L e a g u e members for their hard work and dedication over the past several months. We truly appreciate your time and effort. We are sure the event this year will

be a success and enjoyed by all. We are already looking forward to next year’s breakfast and are proud of the Huntington Junior League.

Leslie Culp and Tiffany Clark

Character Breakfast Co-Chairs

CIP survey This month’s issue of League Lines includes a description of the Community Impact Projects proposed by League members at the February general membership meeting. Take a few minutes to review the project details, check out the websites for each project, and complete the survey you received by email to let us know what you are most interested in working on.

If you did not receive the link to the survey or would like us to send it again, please let us know. We would love to hear from all of you!

Thank you,

Sarah Walling and Darah Snyder

Ways and Means Co-Chairs

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Spotlight On…

kATE

Farrell

Nominee for 2013/2014 Treasurer-Elect

LEAGUE LINES: What is your education background?

KATE FARRELL: I received a Bachelor of Arts in

Biology from Wittenberg University and a Master’s of

Science in Environmental Science with a

concentration in Water Resources from Indiana

University.

LEAGUE LINES: Why did you join the Junior League?

KATE FARRELL: I joined the Junior League to

contribute to making Huntington a better place to live.

LEAGUE LINES: What is your favorite part of being in

the League?

KATE FARRELL: My favorite part of the Junior League

has been meeting nice women with similar interests

in contributing to our city.

LEAGUE LINES: What is your dream job?

KATE FARRELL: Working for the Nature Conservancy.

LEAGUE LINES: Tell us about your family.

KATE FARRELL: My husband Patrick and I have two

sweet boys, Joseph (6) and Thomas (3).

Kate-at-

a-Glance

Favorite Food:

Thai

For Fun: Likes to

hike in nature.

Favorite Movie:

Beasts of the

Southern Wild

Little Known:

Played many sports

growing up.

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Hall of fame

Junior League Huntington member Sarah Walling was recently chosen as one of The State Journal’s “Generation Next: 40 Under 40.” According to The State Journal, young West Virginians are succeeding in business, education, government and various other professions. They are our Generation Next — the next wave leaders who will guide the state and i t s c o m m u n i t i e s t o w a r d t h e f u t u r e . "Generation Next: 40 Under 40” seeks to honor those people younger than 40 who are making a difference in their businesses and communities.

Those that know Sarah well are not at all surprised to hear she has been given this honor. We congratulate Sarah on her big accomplishment!

New member Emma Bellomy Williams is preparing to participate in a fitness competition this March.

However, her desire to get healthy started long before she knew of this competition. In her own words:

If you were to ask me what is the most important part of any weight loss

or fitness goals, I would have to say you have to be in the right mind set — letting

go of all the negativity in your life and trying to stay positive. You get your mind

straight, your body will follow. That is my motto...I live and breathe that everyday!

About six months ago is when I told myself, enough's enough...I've gotta

make some changes and there are going to be people that are not going to like it,

but I had to do it for me! It’s like a light bulb went off… it just clicked! I knew what

I had to do! Now I had to figure out where to start.

At the beginning I just ran maybe a mile on the treadmill and did a few

exercises with weights. I slowly progressed to running 5k about five days a week

and lifting 2-3 days week. The weight was slowly coming off and it felt great, but I

needed to do something else.

I met a lady through Facebook; she is a bodybuilder and she offered to help

me out. We calibrate together and came up with a game plan that consists of about 70 percent weight

training and 30 percent cardio. I still run about five days a week for 30-40 minutes, but I incorporated

more weight training. My workout schedule now is I do every body part once a week followed by a 40-

minute spinning class. And on really nice days I go run outside at the park.

The competition is called Beverly International Fitness Competition; it's held in Covington,

Ky. March 16. It's for competitors of all ages (both males and females) that compete in their age and height

group; there are several different categories such as bikini, figure, bodybuilding, etc. I have decided to do

the “women's over 35 bikini” competition.

Good luck Emma. The League is proud of you!

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