making a difference since 1967 WINTER 2013

A publication of the Junior League of San Jose…making a difference since 1967
WINTER 2013
November Speaker Series Group in front of the Thankful Tree at Grail Family Services
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MISSION STATEMENT
The Junior League of San Jose is an organization
of women committed to promoting voluntarism,
developing the potential of women, and to
improving the community through the effective
action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its
purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
REACHING OUT STATEMENT
The Junior League of San Jose reaches out to
women of all races, religions, and national
origins who demonstrate an interest in
and commitment to voluntarism.
contents
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RUMMAGE SALE
FUN While FUNdraising!
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TRIVIA CHALLENGE
5th Annual Silicon Valley
Trivia Challenge
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SUSTAINER SPOTLIGHT
Kris McCann
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MEMBER-AT-LARGE
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
Believe It & Achieve It
VISION STATEMENT
The Junior League of San Jose is recognized
by the community as the volunteer organization
of choice for making positive change
in the lives of youth and families.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Our Strategic & Annual Plans
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Resolve to Make an Impact
COMMUNITY PROGRAM
The Junior League of San Jose works to help
young children ages 0-8 enter elementary school
ready to learn and thrive.
PUBLICATIONS TEAM
Elizabeth Barnett
Ashley Cobb
Aprille Girardot
Patsons Press, Inc.
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GRAIL FAMILY SERVICES
Fostering the Parent-Child Bond
Pauline Phung
OFFICE STAFF
Sandy Lee Norris
REGULAR OFFICE HOURS
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Tuesdays: Noon - 3:00 PM & 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
STATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Great Things Often Have
Small Beginnings
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Thursdays: 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Kirk-Farrington House
1615 Dry Creek Rd. San Jose, CA 95125
Phone: 408.264.3058 Fax: 408.264.9019
Email: jlsj@JLSJ.org Website: www.JLSJ.org
VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION
LUNCHEON
Living a Legacy of Voluntarism
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Winter 2013 THE FLAIR 1
LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Believe It &
Resolve to Make an
Achieve It
IMPACT
By Elizabeth Barnett, President
Photo: Jessie Salas, Jessie Salas Photography
By Ashley Cobb, Flair Editor
D
ear Members and Friends of the Junior League of San Jose:
As a new year begins I would
like to take a moment to reflect on the past
year – the challenges and accomplishments
– and think ahead to what lies ahead for
us in the new year. In just six months, the
Junior League of San Jose has made many
strides in moving the Mission forward and
making an impact in our community.
“Believe It & Achieve It” is the theme I
have chosen for the League year. It is a reminder that it is up to us to BELIEVE we
are the ones who can make a difference in
our community and we will ACHIEVE it.
This year we have already had many opportunities to Believe It & Achieve It through volunteering, fundraising and other activities that have
brought us together to succeed in moving the
Mission of the Junior League forward…while
having fun along the way.
Our members have been working hard this
year. We celebrated our 5th Annual Silicon Valley Trivia Challenge, which was a blast as always.
Kids in the Kitchen is partnering with Kaiser Permanente and taking the ReThink Your Drink
program into schools. The Action Learning
Team has been researching and developing a new
structure for our organizational chart so we function more effectively as a League. We are in the
works of selecting a new Signature Project for the
next four years. We continue to train members
within their League positions and through a variety of new training opportunities. SPAC actively
supported bills that passed, and led the training
for our members on human trafficking, and
breast and ovarian cancer. Members continue
to give their time and volunteer many hours
to make a difference in our community. The
list of all our successes goes on and on.
We still have more challenges and accomplishments ahead of us in the coming
year: Rummage Sale, Volunteer Recognition
Luncheon, sunsetting Grail Family Services,
Done-in-a-Day events and more. I am excited to see the Endowment Fund approaching $1 million and believe we will get there
this year. I am confident we will Believe It &
Achieve It and am excited to see us continue
to move the Mission forward. It is incredibly
inspirational to watch as all our members
come together for each other and the community. They BELIEVE they can do it and
they ACHIEVE it! Let’s continue to Believe
It & Achieve It!
Yours In Service,
Elizabeth Barnett
2012-2013 JLSJ President
Photo: Jessie Salas, Jessie Salas Photography
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2012-2013 JLSJ Board of Directors
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President – Elizabeth Barnett
President-Elect/ VP Future Planning – Marika Sykora
Administrative VP & Secretary – Courtney Kaefer
Communications VP – Aprille Girardot
Development VP – Juliette Davis
Finance VP – Anne Karrigan
Membership VP – Michelle Fisk
Outreach VP – Dori Yob
Projects VP – Breeanna Ponce
Parliamentarian – Mary Costello
Nominating Committee Chair – Julie Paulsen
Leadership Development Chair – Bridget Castello
Strategic Planning Chair – Valerie Tingley
Senior SPAC – Ashley Howell
Member Resource Chair – Lauren Ardigo
Member-at-Large – Jessica Hooley
Sustaining Advisors to the Board – Judy Jorgensen, Stacy Galasso, Colleen Pizarev
A
s the New Year begins, so begins the season for making
resolutions. Along with a new
calendar comes the opportunity to
make a fresh start. There are the typical resolutions: spend more time with
family and friends, take more pictures,
exercise more, get organized, or eat better. Although these are all great resolutions and ones that we
have all made, the common theme among them is the focus
on improving the individual.
Then there are the people who resolve to make an impact
on others. They are JLSJ members who self-submit for leadership positions, offering their time and skills to guide members through various projects and plan for the future of the
League. They are community members who donate their time
to provide trainings to educate members of the League, who
can share that knowledge with the greater community. They
are the people who put the “fun” in fundraising so that organizations can help those most in need.
When a group of people who resolve to make an impact
on others collaborate, they can make an impact on the community. The Kids in the Kitchen committee is beginning a
partnership with Kaiser Permanente in the hopes of making a
broad impact on health. SPAC has made legislative milestones
that impact not only members of JLSJ but the entire state of
California. JLSJ is in its final year working with Grail Family Services and is helping them develop a plan to continue
making an impact on early childhood literacy and parental
involvement. In the spring, JLSJ will honor volunteers who
have dedicated their lives to making an impact.
I invite everyone to join me in my resolution to make an
impact on others and, together, we can make an impact on
our community to improve this valley that we call home. Remember, it’s never too late to make a resolution.
Best regards,
Ashley Cobb
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IN THE COMMUNITY
Fostering
This event provided families an opportunity to spend valuable time together learning and
having fun. Kristen says, “Through the consistently high-quality and creative programming
provided by the Junior League Committee,
the Speaker Series has developed quite a momentum of interest in the community. Both
parents and children always ask about the next
event, and newcomers are always sad to learn
that this has been going on for three years
without their knowledge!”
the PARENT-CHILD BOND
at Grail Family Services
By Crystal M. Shafiabady, Grail Family Service Committee Member
and Jean Choi, Grail Family Service Co-Chair
How You Can Help
Leslie McCarthy, Malea Mordaunt & Kristen Anderson with
the families who finished the 6-week Tyke Tales course
Children adding leaves to
the group Thankful Tree
G
rowing up in a rural area of
Mexico, Lisbeth Tapia had
little exposure to books, an
expensive luxury which most families could
not afford. She recalls when family friends
would visit with a book, but a home library
was unheard of. In a place where adults primarily read newspapers, children like Lisbeth
rarely had opportunities to read prior to
starting school.
Now a mother to two girls ages four and six,
Lisbeth smiles proudly as she recounts how her
six-year-old daughter won an award for reading
1,500 pages – the most in her first grade class.
Lisbeth credits her daughter’s love of reading
and increased level of classroom participation
in part to the programs provided through a
partnership of Grail Family Services (GFS)
and the Junior League of San Jose (JLSJ).
Lisbeth and her daughters have just graduated from their second session of Family Story
Time and she says, “As a mother, I like that every week I learn a way to help my kids learn to
develop the five senses [and] kids learn how to
determine sounds and letters.” Providing parents like Lisbeth with opportunities for their
children, which they did not have before, is
one way GFS and JLSJ are making an impact
in our community.
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October Speakers Series
The GFS mission is to foster learning
and the empowerment of underserved
families with young children through
programs that educate, develop leadership
and build a sense of community. GFS
works with parents and young children
ages 0-8 who live primarily in the Mayfair
neighborhood of San Jose. Since its inception,
GFS has provided family support programs
to over 12,000 children and their parents
through curricula that utilize best practices in
the areas of adult education, parenting, literacy
and early literacy.
About GFS and JLSJ
Every four years, JLSJ selects a new Signature Project where JLSJ partners with another
nonprofit to meet an unmet need in the community. JLSJ provides annual funding for the
project for four to five years, provides volunteers and works with the nonprofit to ensure
the project will be sustainable once JLSJ moves
on to the next Signature Project. GFS has been
JLSJ’s Signature Project since 2009, and this
League year is the final year of this partnership. Together, GFS and JLSJ created the Fam-
ily Enrichment Program with the goals
of increasing parents’
awareness of child
development, promoting positive interactions between
parents and children,
developing
early
Teamwork making
turkey hands
literacy skills, and
assisting parents in
ensuring the healthy development and school
readiness of their children. The goals of the
Family Enrichment Program are achieved
through providing three program components: Family Story Time; Early Childhood
Asset Building; and a monthly event entitled
the Speaker Series.
Family Story Time, often referred to as
Tyke Tales, began its fall session on the evening of October 8. Each of the participating
families committed to attending the full duration of the session: six Monday evenings.
JLSJ members rotated bi-weekly and served
as facilitators of a fun, family environment
that included reading a book together.
Tyke Tales is aimed at fostering a love of
reading at an early age as well as greater participation of parents as partners in their chil-
Dillon & his
Thankful Tree
Monica Petty & Katy Courson
demonstrating turkey hand
Chrsitine Keele & Casey Drake with GFS Kristen
Anderson reading the Cornerstone book
dren’s early literacy education. The program
provides an opportunity for parents to learn
various techniques for helping their young
children enter school ready to learn. The session was formally completed with a graduation on November 12, and all families were
given a diploma and their own copies of The
Very Hungry Caterpillar, one of the books read
during the session.
According to Kristen Anderson, GFS
Family Literacy Manager, “For each six-week
session we evaluate parents at the beginning
and end to measure the difference in how
often they engage in pre-literacy skills at
home. Without fail, we have always shown
Now in its sunset year, the families of GFS need
committed volunteers to continue
Asami Faith helping a child
the impactful and
plant a tomato seed at the GFS
November Speaker Series
effective programs
established by Grail
Family Services and
improvement in these practices.”
the Junior League
Rachel Larrenaga & Crystal
The second component of the Fam- Shafiabady November Speaker of San Jose. Perhaps
ily Enrichment Program is Early Childyou’re part of an orSeries teach the Chocolate
hood Asset Building and is provided as
song at Tyke Tales
ganization seeking a
a component of the weekly Tyke Tales
worthy cause to take
lessons. This portion of the curriculum was
on as your new project or you’re a parent
based on the asset model developed by Projwilling to coordinate volunteer hours for
ect Cornerstone, an initiative founded in
your child’s high school. If so, GFS needs
1999 to address the lack of positive influencyou!
es and opportunities for children in Silicon
In addition, GFS is seeking reading menValley. The inclusion of Early Childhood
tors for its “Yes We Can…Read!” initiative.
Asset Building lessons in Tyke Tales provides
Being a reading mentor to elementary school
simple, age-appropriate lessons to begin the
children is a rewarding way to have a meandevelopment of values and skills which have
ingful impact, and reinforces the message to
been shown to be crucial to raising children
young children that reading is valued and
who make healthy choices as young people
enjoyable. Reading mentorship trainings will
– such as self-esteem, creativity and positive
be held in January 2013 for the Spring 2013
cultural identity.
cycle which runs for eight weeks.
The third component of the Family EnGFS and JLSJ are making a positive imrichment Program, the Speaker Series, is
pact on our community. We ask for your supaimed at promoting active parenting and
port to help GFS continue its work serving
education through six workshops in six
families like Lisbeth’s so she and others in our
months. The Halloween-themed Speaker
community will continue having a place for
Series, held on October 20, had a record
learning to give their children the best opporturnout of 122 children and 62 parents. The
tunities for their future.
atmosphere was festive as families explored
their creativity by decorating treat bags, creTo volunteer at a future Speaker Series event, please
ating pumpkin faces, decorating Dia de los
sign up using VolunteerMatters on jlsj.org. If you have
Muertos masks and making charm bracelets.
an idea or want to contribute to establishing a volunteer
The celebrations were capped off with a funnetwork for GFS, please email jlsj@jlsj.org and include
filled costume parade of vampires, one-eyed
an ‘attention to’ GFS Committee Co-Chairs for the Junior
pirates, sparkly fairies, adorable baby lions
League of San Jose: Julia Lombardi or Jean Choi.
and even the Toy Story slinky dog!
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STATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
SPAC Believes
Great Things
Often Have SMALL Beginnings
By Jackie Gandenberger, Public Relations Committee Member
A
lthough a small committee within JLSJ,
the State Public Affairs Committee
(SPAC) has already accomplished great
milestones for the Junior League last summer and fall. SPAC made a great effort this
year to make their causes and activities more
well-known within the League and, in turn,
our members have shown a massive increase
in support and participation. Through social
media, active trainings, updates on legislation
and even global forums, SPAC has demonstrated to our membership the real impact of
JLSJ SPAC.
LEGISLATION MILESTONES
New Law: AB 2040
Over the summer,
SPAC worked hard with
30 other SPACettes from
across California to support a total of 33 pieces
of legislation that dealt with the four cornerstones of SPAC: Education, Health,
Family Support and Violence Prevention.
Last year, SPAC introduced the Creating
Hope Campaign which helped raise awareness and inspire action to make an impact
on human trafficking in both San Jose and
the rest of California. SPAC sponsored two
bills that help erase the crippling criminal
records for victims of human trafficking.
In August 2012, SPAC enthusiastically announced one of the bills sponsored by SPAC
is now officially a law! Our SPAC-sponsored
“There Ought To Be A Law” bill, AB 2040, was
approved and filed August 27, 2012. This
law seals the legal records of child prostitution victims, so their tragedy can never be
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used against them in the future. AB 2040
made history and, more importantly, made a
groundbreaking impact in the lives of human
trafficking victims!
New Law: Proposition 35
Finally, in November 2012 SPAC was
proud to publicize SPAC-supported Proposition 35 was overwhelmingly passed in
California with 81.1% support, making
our state a nationwide leader in the fight
against human trafficking. Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal
enterprises in the world – and it is taking
place right here in our own backyard. Three
cities in California – San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and San Diego – are recognized by
the FBI as high-intensity child sex trafficking areas. San Jose has also been named a
major place for human trafficking. In addition, a recent national study by a victims’
rights group gave California an “F” grade
for its weak laws dealing with child sex trafficking. Proposition 35 will protect children
in California by:
Increasing prison terms for human traffickers
Requiring convicted sex traffickers to
register as sex offenders
Requiring all registered sex offenders to
disclose their internet accounts
Requiring criminal fines from convicted
human traffickers to pay for services to help
victims
New Law: SB 1538
SPAC announced yet another legislative
milestone in October 2012. Another JLSJsupported bill, SB 1538, also became an official law! SB 1538: Comprehensive Breast Tissue
Screening was supported by State Senator Joe
Simitian, who presented at SPAC’s October
Training and General Membership Meeting
(GMM). SB 1538 passed with 100% support
from the Assembly and the Senate, and was
signed by the governor. Now doctors must notify patients of their breast density level postmammogram.
In total, SPAC has supported just under
60 bills, and 37 were passed into law during the last legislative cycle. It has been a resounding legislative victory for both SPAC
and the Junior League of San Jose. While
SPAC is proud all its hard work has paid off,
it is important to remember what our supported legislation is really about, and that
is the betterment of women and children
through Education, Health, Family Support
and Violence Prevention.
learning about the health issues that affect
us. We cannot take care of the community
if we don’t take care of ourselves first!
SPAC lined up a panel of guest speakers,
as well as representatives from El Camino
Hospital and various health organizations
in Silicon Valley, to bring JLSJ members
the latest news and prevention methods
related to breast and ovarian cancer. SPAC
first came across this issue in the Summer of
2012 when researching legislation relating
to Women’s Health Awareness. State Senator Joe Simitian was our first guest speaker
(and was also our hosted guest during our
6:30pm pre-training meet-and-greet). State
Senator Simitian discussed SB 1538 (which
is now a law) and also told the story of
the constituent who inspired him to be a
voice for breast density awareness. Members donned teal and pink as they learned
about the little-known connection between
breast density and an increased risk for latediagnosed breast cancer.
JLSJ’S FIRST ANNUAL WOMEN’S HEALTH
TRAINING: “KNOW AND THRIVE”
NOT FOR SALE GLOBAL FORUM
On November 1-2, 2012, JLSJ members attended the Not For Sale Global
Forum in our local city of Sunnyvale,
California. SPAC brought our members
the opportunity to attend this forum
which was jam-packed with experts and
celebrities helping the cause to end human trafficking. Forum participants experienced face-to-face sessions between
fellow abolitionists and some of the top
anti-human trafficking leaders in our
world. The Global Forum was an interactive, up-close training session that
left participants educated, inspired, and
ready to enact change on an important issue affecting San Jose and the Bay Area
community.
IN THE COMING YEAR…
At the October Training and GMM,
SPAC and The Leadership Development
Committee joined forces to host JLSJ’s First
Annual Women’s Health Training: “Know
and Thrive”. SPAC was dedicated to bringing our members this training, since one of
our League’s main values is the promotion
and betterment of women, which starts with
Members also learned from guest speaker
Dr. Katherine Sutherland how to better discern the signs of ovarian cancer, known as
“the silent killer”. Dr. Sutherland gave members a medical perspective to help distinguish
between symptoms that are “simply the joy
of being a woman” and symptoms that need
greater attention from a doctor.
Moreover, participants that night had
the special privilege of having our own
Sustainer, Diana Gilbert, speak about her
personal battle with breast cancer. Diana’s
speech was heartfelt as well as informative,
and really gave members an inside view into
how much life changes with a diagnosis.
So, what’s next for SPAC? Currently,
SPAC is pursuing safe harbor legislation
to help break the cycle of trafficking for
child victims. The purpose of this legislation is to decriminalize child prostitution
so that children who have been forced
into sex work are treated as victims rather
than criminals. Under the current law,
child victims of prostitution are actually
arrested and incarcerated into the juvenile justice system! Safe harbor legislation
would require California to develop a
plan to protect minor victims and child
victims who would no longer be arrested,
and instead be offered government de-
pendency. The legislation would also require the police to report to the Department of Children and Families any youth
engaging in prostitution. The juvenile
dependency court would then place that
juvenile victim with a parent, guardian, a
program for victims, or foster care. The
details of this legislation are still being
drafted.
In addition to the safe harbor legislation, SPAC will receive 80-100 bills for
review throughout this winter. These bills
will all pertain to the four cornerstones of
SPAC: Education, Health, Family Support and Violence Prevention. SPAC will
review each of these bills and decipher
which bills should be presented to the
rest of the League for support.
On January 11, 2013 SPAC will participate in National Human Trafficking
Day. Sixteen SPAC Leagues from across
California will perform a Done-In-A-Day
activity that will focus directly on stopping and preventing human trafficking.
Finally, SPAC is currently asking JLSJ
members to submit “There Ought to Be a
Law” ideas for 2013. SPAC had an amazing turnout in 2012, with AB 2040 actually becoming a law, and they are looking
forward to the new ideas for 2013. Please
email Senior SPAC Ashley Howell at
howell86@gmail.com with your ideas!
All in all, SPAC had an extremely productive, albeit hectic, summer and fall
of 2012. For a committee of two, SPAC
has made monumental strides towards
the betterment of women and children.
SPAC attributes this success solely to the
heart and dedication of our JLSJ members, and thanks the League for our continued support.
You can contact Senior SPAC Ashley Howell or Junior
SPAC Dev Davis with any SPAC-related concerns or
questions.
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IN THE COMMUNITY
IN THE COMMUNITY
JLSJ’S COMMUNITY GRANT FUND COMMITTEE SUPPORTS
Kids in the Kitchen
The Learning & Loving
Challenges You to
“ReThink Your Drink”
Education Center
Improving the lives of low-income immigrant women
and their children through education
By Lindsay Newman, Public Relations & Recruiting Chair-Elect,
on behalf of the Kids in the Kitchen Committee
By Margo Westfall, Public Relations and Recruiting Chair and Dori Yob, Outreach Vice-President
J
LSJ’s Kids in the Kitchen committee is excited to debut a new partnership with Kaiser Permanente and the Santa Clara County Public Health
Department for the “ReThink Your Drink” campaign, which educates
parents and their children about the harmful effects of sugar-sweetened
beverages. Started in 2007 by the Bay Area Nutrition and Physical Activity
Collaborative (BANPAC), “ReThink Your Drink” focuses on interactive
workshops that demonstrate the amount of sugar and empty calories in a
variety of foods, particularly sugar-sweetened beverages and soda.
Did you know on average we consume 21 teaspoons of sugar
per day from drinks alone?
That exceeds the recommended daily amount of sugar by seven teaspoons...and that’s not even counting what we eat!! Did you also know
that the average small child consumes 65 pounds of added sugar a year?
These alarming statistics are evident by the fact that 32% of children in
Santa Clara County are obese.
At the November GMM, the Kids in the Kitchen committee featured
guest speaker, Dawn Bussey, who is a JLSJ Past President and Public Affairs Manager for Kaiser Permanente. Dawn informed and educated the
members of JLSJ to raise awareness and participate in this campaign that
exposes the negative health effects many common, sugar-filled drinks can
have on our youth.
Dawn began her presentation by showing a brief introduction to the
“Weight of the Nation” documentary series, produced by HBO and Kaiser Permanente. Everyone present was able to take home a “Weight of the
Nation” toolkit to use out in the community. League members were also
educated on how to properly read nutrition labels to deduce how much
sugar is present in many common beverages, which had an eye-opening
impact and reinforced the importance of providing healthier drink options for kids, such as water and low-fat milk.
The Kids in the Kitchen team plans to extend this message and education to parents of young children in our community with “Sugar Savvy”
training sessions throughout the spring at local schools and community
agencies. All League members are encouraged to share the important message of choosing water and low-fat milk to everyone in their lives as well as
choosing water themselves.
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T
he Learning & Loving Education Center is one of several remarkable agencies
that received a grant of $3,000 in the
spring of 2012, as part of the Junior League
of San Jose (JLSJ) annual Community Grant
Fund. Since its inception in 1994, the Learning & Loving Education Center has strived
to fulfill the dream of providing education to
marginalized immigrant women and children to improve their
lives. The Center’s program, as well as their mission, began as a
focused response to create systemic change in the educational
process of immigrant women and children living in rural areas on the fringes of prosperous Silicon Valley in south Santa
Clara County.
The grant from JLSJ will help the Learning & Loving Education Center provide a safe and effective learning environment
to ensure underprivileged children of impoverished immigrant
families receive desperately-needed early education, school readiness, English as a second language education, and pre-school
training. This includes purchasing healthy snacks, workbooks,
craft supplies, learning resources, educational enhancement
materials and supplies to create take-home resource kits.
Partially sponsored by the Sisters of the Presentation, the
Center provides education opportunities, outreach, and resources to low-income immigrant women and their children
who are living in Morgan Hill, San Martin, Coyote and Gilroy
areas. The Center teaches skills that assist underserved populations in overcoming the multiple barriers to education, literacy,
employment and self-reliance. The Center has increased literacy for over 2,000 women and has increased their computer
and job skill knowledge. These families have also improved
their lives with newly-acquired parenting, health, nutrition
and lifelong learning skills through educational workshops.
In addition, 375 immigrant children have been nurtured in
English and pre-school skills to better prepare them for kindergarten and a successful academic future.
Each year, JLSJ seeks to build partnerships and provide
solutions to local nonprofit organizations with programs for
children ages 0-8, such as the Learning & Loving Education Center. During its 46-year history, JLSJ has given
over $5 million to the community
and over 700,000 hours of volunteer
service. Grant giving is a critical component of JLSJ’s community support
and outreach. In the fall, JLSJ’s Community Grant Fund Committee accepts applications for
grants which are awarded to Santa Clara County agencies
working within the guidelines of the JLSJ Community
Program: helping young children ages 0-8 enter elementary school ready to learn and thrive, with a focus on literacy, early parent education and support, nutrition and
health, safety training, and/or kindergarten readiness. The
funds allocated through the grants vary, with a maximum
amount of $7,500 per agency.
In 2012, eight nonprofit agencies working to support
young children and their families in Santa Clara County
collectively received more than $23,000 as part of the
JLSJ annual Community Grant Fund, a tradition upheld
since the organization’s inception in 1966. The 2012 JLSJ
grant giving recipients also included Assistance League of
San Jose, EMQ Families First, Girl Scouts of Northern
California, The Health Trust, My New Red Shoes, San
Jose Day Nursery and Sunday Friends. The Community
Grant Fund Committee is currently reviewing applications for the 2013 grant recipients, which will be awarded
no later than May 31, 2013.
To learn more about volunteering, donating supplies to the Learning
& Loving Education Center’s educational programs, or donating gently
used clothing, bedding and household items, please visit www.learningandloving.org or call 408.776.1196. To learn more about JLSJ’s Community Grant Fund Committee, please contact Community Grant Fund
Chair, Sabrina Panetta Martire, at jlsjcommunitygrantfund@gmail.com.
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Bowl, generously donated by Tiffany &
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will also receive a $1,000 stipend from
JLSJ. All nominees will be recognized in
the written event program, at the event,
and will receive a “Certificate of Appreciation” at the Luncheon.
O
n Friday, April 26, 2013 the Junior League of San Jose
(JLSJ) is honored to continue its tradition of recognizing
standout volunteers in the community at the 44th Annual
Volunteer Recognition Luncheon (VRL), which will once again
take place at the Santa Clara Convention Center. More than 500
community members and dignitaries regularly attend VRL to recognize and say “thank you” to those volunteers who have so generously given their time, energy and skills to improving our community. The Volunteer Recognition Luncheon began in 1969 and
was sponsored by the Volunteer Center. Its purpose was to honor
those volunteers who exemplified the merits of voluntarism and
whose time, enthusiasm and dedication resulted in effective change
in their communities. In 1972, the Junior League of San Jose began
sponsoring VRL and became its sole sponsor in 1986. Since its
inception, the Volunteer Recognition Luncheon has honored over
70,000 remarkable individuals.
With each passing year, the Junior League of San Jose sends
nomination forms to over 1,400 nonprofits, agencies, organizations and schools in Santa Clara County in search of our community’s most outstanding volunteers. The members of the VRL
Committee are currently processing nominations for recognition at
this inspirational event where we will spotlight nominees who Live
the Legacy of Volunteering.
A panel of judges, made up of community leaders who exemplify
the merits of voluntarism, will select approximately 10 nominees
to be recognized for their dedicated voluntarism. Each of the 10
nominees will be invited onstage at the Luncheon where they will
receive an elegant etched Crystal Bowl. From among these out-
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We are always inspired to hear the
stories of our tremendous nominees,
but we also wanted to share with you
an example of what being recognized
means to our award winners. Last year,
VRL recognized Good Karma Bikes
founder James T. Gardner, who patiently teaches homeless and at-risk individuals how to build and repair bikes
to use as transportation when leaving
InnVision community programs.
Mr. Gardner has donated countless
hours to this empowering program
and has touched many lives with his
dedicated work. After receiving his
award at VRL, Mr. Gardner sent a
letter to last year’s VRL Co-Chair,
Marsha Locicero, explaining all the
“good karma” that came to Good
Karma Bikes after Mr. Gardner was recognized at VRL.
Mr. Gardner explained that at the luncheon, Good Karma Bikes
was able to recruit two new board members, received at least two
donations to their agency, and received valuable introductions to
Supervisor Ken Yeager and Councilmember Sam Liccardo. We
encourage you to read and be inspired by Mr. Gardner’s letter
and be proud of the “legacy” JLSJ left with Good Karma Bikes.
We are honored to be a part of the time-honored tradition that is VRL, and encourage you to participate in this inspiring event. If you are a member of JLSJ and interested in
serving as a hostess, please contact VRL Co-Chairs Adrienne
South or Alicia Hom, at vrl@jlsj.org. If you would like to attend the event, Luncheon tickets are $35.00 per person and
will be available soon online at www.jlsj.org, or you may email
the Co-Chairs at vrl@jlsj.org for more information. Join us at
VRL to surround yourself with positive energy and be inspired
to live your own legacy!
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STRATEGIC PLAN
Our Strategic & Annual Plans…
BELIEVE Them & ACHIEVE Them!
By Valerie Tingley, Strategic Planning Chair
E
ver wonder how the Junior League of San Jose decides on the important work we do each year? The process starts with the
evaluation and development of a rolling Strategic Plan. Each spring, the incoming Strategic Planning Chair works with the
incoming Board of Directors to review the previous Strategic Plan and develop an updated version for the coming three
years. During this review, the previous plan is discussed and reviewed to see what goals have been achieved, which ones are
or should be ongoing, and what the League’s next goals might be.
According to the Association of Junior Leagues International (AJLI), Strategic Planning is the process that defines the results a
League seeks to accomplish consistent with its Mission and in fulfillment of its Vision. The outcomes/goals are long range. They
are specific, measurable and time-defined, and they emphasize results, not process.
After the League’s Strategic Plan is set, the next step is to establish an Annual Plan. This Annual Plan focuses on the specific objectives from the Strategic Plan. It takes the Strategic Plan and answers the question, “What can we expect to accomplish this year
and how will we go about it?” It is a “one-year bite” of the longer-range Strategic Plan, identifying specific, measurable objectives.
The current Board of Directors defines the League’s Annual Plan, with broad-based input from Councils and/or Committees.
The final step in the process is the establishment of Committee goals, also known as SMART Goals (Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely). Committee goals are defined by the Council Managers and Committee Chairs, and are designed
to address the current Annual Plan and Strategic Plan for the League.
So now you know more about the process and steps that go into establishing these important, goal-setting practices. If you’re
unsure about what your committee’s SMART goals are, and how you and your team are helping to move the League’s Mission
forward, talk with your Committee Chair or Council Manager to find out! Without your hard work and involvement, the League
cannot be successful!
b. Each quarter, update members with information on the Signature Project (e.g., at General Membership Meetings, in The Flair
and The Flair Online, in Speak-Ups packet, etc.)
c. Provide at least two opportunities for members to participate
with the Signature Project (e.g., Done-in-a-Day events, Done-ina-Meeting events, other volunteer events, etc.)
2) Successful sunset of current Signature Project
a. Agency able to run the project after JLSJ sunsets the Project
b. Internal and external recognition of JLSJ impact
3) Selection of next Signature Project
a. Research and education about the needs of the community
b. Member involvement in selection process
Priority #3: Heighten community awareness about JLSJ through
concentrated internal and external publicity efforts.
In order for JLSJ to make an impact in the community and promote
voluntarism, the community needs to know who we are and what
we offer.
Objectives:
1) Reach out to women in the community who might want to
become members
2) Reach out to community partners and potential sponsors
3) Publicize opportunities for the community to connect with JLSJ
(e.g. VRL, Community Grant Fund, fundraisers, etc.)
4) Publicize what JLSJ does for the community (e.g. VRL award winners, projects, etc.)
Priority #4: Develop the leadership potential of every member.
Here are the specifics of our current Strategic Plan and
Annual Plan:
2012-2015 STRATEGIC PLAN
Priority #1: Create committed and engaged lifelong members
of Junior League.
Women join JLSJ to volunteer with other women committed to
making a difference in the community. We will focus on providing
a membership experience that nurtures a lifelong commitment to
Junior League.
Objectives:
1) Members who are knowledgeable, supportive and accountable
a. Provide regular education about the importance of our Mission Statement.
b. Provide clear guidance on Member roles and responsibilities.
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c. Cultivate a team environment that is supportive and accountable to each other.
2) Foster an environment of inclusivity
3) Allow members to easily connect with one another
4) Provide meaningful opportunities to make an impact in the
community
5) Maintain a reasonable and sustainable workload
Priority #2: Develop and implement an impactful Signature
Project.
Support JLSJ’s current Signature Project under the Community
Program “helping children ages 0-8 enter elementary school ready
to learn and thrive”.
Objectives:
1) Communication of progress of current Signature Project
a. Provide official report to League at end of League year
JLSJ members learn a variety of professional and community
organizing skills “on the job” by taking advantage of opportunities
they could not get elsewhere. JLSJ offers Board positions, leadership
positions and committee assignments – 100% reserved for women.
Women of Junior League become the wider community’s leaders
and lifelong volunteers.
Objectives:
1) Create an environment where members can grow
a. Where opportunity meets practice
b. Safe place to take risks by allowing members to take on leadership roles (take a challenge and reap the reward)
2) Expand each member’s concept of what’s possible for herself
a. Spotlight JLSJ leaders
b. Share Sustainer success stories, wisdom and experience
through one Sustainer Panel/Training at a General Membership
Meeting and through highlights in The Flair or The Flair Online at
least three times during the League year
c. Engage MRAs, League Leaders and Board Members to help each
member realize her strengths and move toward League opportunities that utilize those strengths
d. Provide leadership education and training not found elsewhere
– provide at least two leadership trainings for all members of JLSJ
(not just League Leaders).
Priority #5: In order to support and simplify the League’s dayto-day operations and strategic directions, define and create a
framework for the League’s infrastructure.
Objectives:
• Assemble a taskforce to study, recommend and oversee suitable
improvements to JLSJ’s information systems every 3-5 years
• Develop a centralized knowledge management system
• Implement a centralized JLSJ donor database
• Evaluate the JLSJ member placement and membership tracking
database
THE 2012-2013 JLSJ ANNUAL PLAN GOALS & OBJECTIVES
1. Create committed and engaged members through leadership
development, inclusivity and simplification of the League’s infrastructure by:
a. Improving member retention
b. Streamlining the League’s day-to-day activities
c. Increasing inclusivity for all members, including Sustainers
d. Creating a Mentor program for New Actives
2. Create sustainable Signature Projects and community impact by:
a. Modifying the Signature Project selection process to include improved education to potential agencies and a more inclusive decision
process involving League members
b. Creating a well-defined transition process to ensure the sustainability of our current Signature Project
c. Educating members and providing them the opportunity to touch
the Signature Project
d. Elevating the importance of fundraising by each individual member
3. Heighten awareness of the Junior League of San Jose’s impact by:
a. Utilizing SPAC to raise external awareness of JLSJ
b. Using MAL to spread awareness of projects, sponsors, friends and
family
c. Increasing effectiveness of external PR to highlight the importance
of the Mission and impact of JLSJ fundraisers
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FUND RAISING
FUND RAISING
Fund Development is Changing…
Junior League Has FUN While FUNdraising!
for the Better!!!
By Cheryl Barker, Corrine Fabie and Beth Brigadier, 2013 Rummage Sale Co-Chairs
By: Juliette Davis, Development Vice President
HOW WILL THIS WORK?
THE HISTORY OF JLSJ FUNDRAISERS AND
SPONSORSHIPS
Until five years
ago, our primary
fundraisers
had
been traditionally
only Rummage Sale
and Fashion Show.
Trivia Challenge
was brought on board five years ago to
ease the financial burden of the other
two fundraisers. Thanks to the hard
work and dedication of both our Actives
and Sustainers, it has been a fabulous
success. Now we have two very successful fundraisers a year! This is wonderful
from a diversification standpoint, but
it created some natural competition as
both fundraisers were vying for the same
sponsors. However, the proceeds from
these two fantastic events go to the same
wonderful Community Program: helping
young children ages 0-8 enter elementary
school ready to learn and thrive.
Our primary goal this year was to
have both fundraisers and VRL work
together as a team to approach potential sponsors and approach our sponsors
in a coordinated manner. We no longer
have event-specific sponsors, but ALL
LEAGUE SPONSORS and our goal
is to approach each potential donor
ONCE for the entire year.
Shortly after our lovely Trivia Challenge and Rummage Sale Co-Chairs
were announced, we started to update
the Fund Development Database of previous donors to include new potential
donors and establish a primary contact
for each during the 2012-2013 League
year. We all met as a team to discuss this
coordinated approach and we also put
into place an “ASK” timeline to give Trivia Challenge a head start on approaching their donors, since their event falls
roughly four months before Rummage
Sale. Each event will be using the same
sponsor packet with all event, advertising and recognition information for all
events in ONE document. However,
a donor may STILL choose to allocate
their funds to the event of their choice, if
that is what the donor prefers.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?
1. As an ALL LEAGUE SPONSOR,
we want to recognize you at ALL
events, ALL year long regardless of
the event you would like to allocate
your funds to. If you do not choose to
allocate your funds to one event or the
other, we will allocate it fairly for you.
In the end, it all goes toward the same
fantastic Community Program.
2. This is also a great way for the many
RUMMAGE SALE
of you who donate to multiple events
to “pool” your money to get a higher
sponsorship status. For instance, if you
are usually a Silver Sponsor to both Trivia
Challenge and VRL, you would now be a
Gold Sponsor ALL year long!
3. We would like to improve our communication with you! We will do our
very best to contact you ONCE this
League year for a potential sponsorship,
instead of having each event representative call you.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!
We would absolutely love for you to be
an ALL LEAGUE SPONSOR! Our ladies
have been working hard at reaching out
to many of you already, to much success.
Thank you to the many of you who have
made very generous donations already!
However, there are almost 800 fabulous
Active and Sustainers and countless community partners, yet a mere handful of us.
We would love to hear from you if you are
interested in becoming an ALL LEAGUE
SPONSOR for the 2012-2013 League
year. Please email me at juliettedavis@
yahoo.com and I would also love to the
opportunity to walk through the benefits
with you and answer any questions you
may have. We thank you in advance for
your support!
SAVE the DATE!
March 9, 2013
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, Expo Hall
344 Tully Road, San Jose
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T
he Junior League of San Jose’s biennial
Rummage Sale debuted in 1969, and customers have been lining up in the wee
hours of the morning and rushing through
the doors at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds
ever since! The Rummage Sale, also known as
The Greatest Garage Sale on Earth,
has become one of the most
popular events in our community and is a League member
favorite. In its 22-year history,
the Sale has raised over $1.7
million dollars! The 23rd
Rummage Sale, Hollywood
Nights, will be held on March 9,
2013 and is looking to raise over $100,000.
The Rummage Sale serves thousands of
families in Santa Clara County with high-quality
items at low prices. Over 45,000 square feet of
bargains will be for sale, including kitchenware,
linens, baby items, bicycles, sporting goods,
hardware, electronics, furniture, toys, clothing
for all ages and more.
Community members will also have the opportunity to attend the free Community Health
& Service Fair, held right outside the Expo Hall.
There will be 40 providers in attendance this
year, an expansion over years prior. New participants in 2013 will provide information on bicycle safety, legal services, do-it-yourself projects
and more. Junior League of San Jose’s very own
Kids in the Kitchen will also have a booth to promote the “ReThink Your Drink” campaign, which
shows the sugar content in sodas and juices,
and promotes drinking water as the healthiest alternative. The healthcare participants
will check blood pressure, provide cholesterol
screenings, dental checks and more.
The Junior League of San Jose holds fundraisers each year to support its Community
Program and projects, as well as fund community grants to local nonprofits, to fund Together
Reaching Out grants to prior League projects,
to train and empower women and to donate to
the JLSJ Endowment Fund.
There are a lot of moving parts to Rummage
Sale! Our committee has been hard at work since
last June….
Hospitality Chairs Ali Mead & Charm Bianchini
are obtaining food and drink donors, and vendors
for a delicious work week menu and a fabulous
Sale Day lunch.
Business Managers Saskia Hanselaar-Choudry
& Yan Chen are planning the department layouts,
securing rolling racks and will keep us organized
during work week.
Volunteer Coordinators Bryce Wend, Jessica
Johnson & Heather Cressall are planning work
week and Sale Day schedules for VolunteerMatters sign-ups and helping members with pre-sale
work hours.
Supplies, Signs, Pricing & Graphics ladies
Amy Witmer, Amanda Alfonso & Kellie Kemp
calibrated prices in the Handbook by shopping at
local agencies and have a full inventory of all our
supplies we will use during work week.
Preview Party planners Lisa Foley, Christine
Fitzpatrick & Rachel
Voorhees are planning
a fabulous and fun Preview Party, Hollywood
Nights style, on March
8, 2013! There will be
a wine toss, a photo
booth, a DJ and lots more fun!
Silent Auction trio Marilyn Dukala Hoss, Katie
Koerner & Allison DeBerard are busy creating fun
baskets for YOU to bid on. Keep an eye out for the
“Red Carpet” auction behind the velvet ropes, too!
PR sister duo Jackie Gandenberger & Lindsay
Newman are helping write Flair Online articles
and Facebook posts. Look for Hollywood trivia
questions soon!
Fund Development Chair Allison Stember
not only secured a silent auction basket from her
employer, but is writing our thank you letters and
helping to manage our database.
Quota & Handbook crew Natasha Hayes,
Christina Mauro & Mary Costello overhauled the
Handbook so it’s clear and concise, and full of tips
for a fun, stress-free week!
Event Treasurers Jessica Brar & Tina Medeiros
are getting ready to count that cash!
Department Manager, SuperMen & Teen
team Kathryn Brown & Jenn Field are recruiting
men for the heavy lifting, teens to bag items on
Sale Day and members to manage the departments…AND they’re managing work shirt and
patch sales!
Online Sales stars Ashley Winsor, Kelly Sparrer
& Kim Moynier are super busy selling designer
items on eBay. They’ve raised over $1,000 so far!
Spirit & Assistant fab four LeeAnn
Boennighausen, Erica Cooke, Tina Medeiros &
Heather Cressall take notes, send out invitations, collect reports and will keep the fun going during work week with Hollywood-themed
games and trivia.
Trucking, Sorting & Storage gurus Dev Davis
& Erin Reuther have scheduled early drop-offs and
are scheduling Quota drop-off and sorting shifts.
Community Health & Service Fair gals
Rachel Lehto & Wendy Savinar have been lining
up new and repeat participants this year to expand the Fair to new heights.
Boutique Chairs Stacy Galasso, Moe Walsh &
Maribeth Portz are recruiting Sustainers to work
the boutique. Get ready to polish that silver!
For more information on donating, volunteering or becoming a sponsor, please contact
RummageSale@jlsj.org.
See YOU at the Fairgrounds March 5-9, 2013!
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FUND RAISING
5th Annual Silicon Valley
Trivia Challenge 2012
By Ginger Baden, Trivia Challenge Co-Chair
W
hat are the names of Elizabeth Taylor’s ex-husbands?
With their correct answer,
during the sudden death round, Nugae
Mirabiles clinched the title of Silicon
Valley Trivia Champions for the second
year in a row, winning $1,500. NBC
Bay Area’s La Triviata came in second
and won $1,000. The Harker School
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Eggheads took third place and generously donated their $500 winnings
back to the Junior League of San Jose.
All of the fun took place Saturday,
November 3, 2012 at the Computer
History Museum in Mountain View,
where 47 teams competed during the
5th Annual Silicon Valley Trivia Challenge. They answered questions about
literature, sports, science, history, pop
culture and music. For the fifth time,
NBC Bay Area’s traffic man, Mike Inouye,
returned as Master of Ceremonies, and
Santa Clara County Tax Assessor Larry
Stone acted as Head Judge.
Once again, the costume contest was
difficult to judge with many teams vying
for the title. Primordial Souper Heroes,
Where’s Waldo, Bangers and Burgers, Union Bankmen, More Cow Bell,
Control Freaks and many more could
not catch the JLSJ Board Team, the
Smartinis, who captured the crown.
Jen Grove, Trivia Challenge Co-Chair,
remarked, “It all came down to Souper
Heroes versus the Smartinis but the
Smartinis’ costumes were homemade,
so we had to give them the edge.”
New this year was Spectator Trivia.
Over the course of the evening, spectators answered four questions and won
prizes. In addition, five fabulous Donation Drawing packages tempted guests
to buy tickets for their chance to win
a silver cuff bracelet, a wine package, a
Valentine’s weekend at the Ritz in San
Francisco, a family getaway to Indian
Wells, a sail on San Francisco Bay or
$1,000 in cash.
the answer to the winning question?
Elizabeth Taylor’s husbands were: Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike
Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton,
John Warner and Larry Fortensky.
Save the date
Among the yellow, blue and red star
balloon decorations, three themed food
stations, City by the Bay, Santa Cruz
Beach Boardwalk and Picnic in Napa,
served dinner-by-the-bite. Guests enjoyed beer, wine, plus the signature
“Smart-tini” cocktail.
Save the date for next year’s Silicon
Valley Trivia Challenge: November 2,
2013. In case you were wondering about
Nov. 2, 2013
Winter 2013 THE FLAIR 17
SUSTAINER NEWS
Sustainer Spotlight:
Kris McCann
By Margo Westfall, Public Relations and Recruiting Chair
B
efore joining the Junior League
of San Jose (JLSJ), Kris McCann
knew nothing about homelessness. But for the last thirty years, Kris
has made it her mission to help provide
shelter for those who need it most.
Kris held a number of positions in
JLSJ throughout the 80s and 90s, while
working in commercial real estate, consulting and raising a family. However,
it was helping create the Georgia Travis
Center that was her most memorable
JLSJ experience.
Georgia Travis came to JLSJ with the
idea of doing something about homelessness in San Jose. The goal was to
develop a place where homeless women
and their children could go during the
day to receive the services they needed
to become self-sufficient. It was through
this initiative that the Georgia Travis
Center was conceived and became a reality. Today, The Georgia Travis Center is
the primary gateway to emergency assistance for homeless women and children
in Silicon Valley.
Kris led the JLSJ team which helped
make the Georgia Travis Center become
a reality. The team started by forming
relationships in the community and
getting community leaders involved.
They conducted research to understand
the needs in the community and took
the best ideas from various models that
existed across the country. Next, the
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team obtained corporate sponsorships
along with other funding, including
grants from JLSJ. Besides funding, the
“grounds-up” plan included defining a
location for the facility, picking a site
and identifying a nonprofit organization, InnVision, to run the program.
According to Kris, “It was really an
amazing process that changed the direction of my life. Up until that point in
time, I had not done anything in that
world.”
Based in part on this experience, Kris
took her career in a new direction. She
became a consultant with the County
of Santa Clara and helped to create
the Homeless Collaborative, enabling
organizations to collaborate and effectively compete to raise funds to address
homelessness. The collaborative – which
includes county, city or nonprofit organizations – still exists today.
Over 14 years ago, Kris was recruited
to become the Executive Director of
Housing Choices Coalition. Kris focused
her sites on creating housing choices for
people with developmental disabilities
in a four-county region. From this work,
over 600 units of affordable housing
were created in Santa Clara County.
Thereafter, Kris became the Executive Director of Bay Area Housing Corporation. There, Kris was responsible
for developing and implementing the
Bay Area Housing Plan, to create quality permanent housing for people with
developmental disabilities who were
transitioning into the community from
Agnews Developmental Center. In partnership with other stakeholders, the
nonprofit organization created a $90
million bond that would provide longterm funding for the group homes they
developed. Today, the nonprofit organization currently owns and manages 35
homes, providing permanent housing
for people with developmental disabilities in Santa Clara County.
Asked what experiences from JLSJ
helped her most, Kris noted that, “Getting to know the power brokers, learning
how to make deals and knowing how to
run a big initiative are all tied to my experiences with the Junior League of San
Jose. The Junior League is a group of dynamite women who just know how to
get things done.”
Winter 2013 THE FLAIR 19
LEAGUE LEADERSHIP
FINANCE REPORT
MEMBER- AT-LARGE
Aloha from the
Member-at-Large Committee!
By Jessica Hooley, Member-at-Large
League Leadership – Believe
It, Submit It, Achieve It!
Junior League of San Jose
Finance Vice President’s Report
Cash & Investments
as of October 31, 2012
By Julie Paulsen, Nominating Chair
One of the best things about the Junior League of San Jose is
Cash Accounts
171,256
Cash/Money Accounts
6,338
Short & Long Term Investments
759,215
Total General Fund
936,809
Cash Accounts
66,245
Cash/Money Accounts
156,808
Short & Long Term Investments
709,610
Total Endowment Fund
932,663
Total Cash & Investments
1,869,472
that our Members have a tremendous amount of leadership talent
and potential. We’ve all seen it, experienced it and hopefully have
been inspired by it.
By self-submitting for a leadership position, you can be that inspiration to other Members. Or encourage one of the many incredible Members of JLSJ to self-submit for a leadership role. Believe in
yourself and believe in others.
There are two separate groups of self-submissions for leadership. Each has its own form and deadline.
Form A
Complete Form A if you would like to be on the Board of
Directors, Trivia Challenge, Endowment Fund Advisory Board or
hold other special leadership positions. There are a number of
changes that may take place for the 2013-2014 League year so
make sure you research possible new roles. The deadline for sub-
Family Fun Day Picnic
W
e have had an exciting year so far
and there are many more opportunities to come!
Total Revenue/Sources of Funds
Total Income - VRL Revenue - FS Expenses
- TC Expenses + Interest Income
Come out and hike the Los Gatos Creek
Trail, join us for a Thirsty Thursday or stay
tuned for some new and exciting events
from the MAL committee for you, your
family and your friends!
August Hike
September – Lindsay Newman, for
Form B
Fill out Form B for most Committee Chair, Marketing and
2012 - 2013
Actual
2012 - 2013
Budget
Remaining
Budget
201,076
409,562
208,486
Emma Prusch Farm
Process
19,464
Finance & Development
26,778
56,795
30,017
mittee will evaluate each submission as applicable and pair
Outreach Council
2,450
45,805
43,355
each Member with the best possible position. Although we
Communications Council
5,910
21,400
15,490
try to give everyone who self-submits the perfect position, it
Membership Council
5,597
12,020
6,423
is not always possible to give every person their first choices,
Projects Council
5,865
28,665
22,800
Administrative Council
8,368
18,425
10,057
Leadership Development Council
3,321
10,025
6,704
21,894
134,660
112,766
121,376
388,450
267,074
79,700
21,112
Revenue in Excess of
(Deficit over) Expenses
Net Increase (Decrease) in Fund
Balances
November Hike
ments and Download section on the JLSJ website. The deadline
60,655
Endowment Fund Distribution
bringing enthusiasm to Done-In-ADay and Rummage Sale in all that
she does!
descriptions (listed in “The Guide”) will be available in the Docufor submissions is March 10, 2013.
Both the Nominating Committee and the Executive Com-
so don’t take it personally if you don’t get that first choice. As a
result, it is important that you self-submit for several positions
you might be interested in.
Provisional, Active and Sustaining members are encouraged to
self-submit. For Sustainers who would like a more active role in the
League, we suggest they become Platinum Sustainers, if they are not
already. Platinum Sustainers continue the participation level of an Active Member while they enjoy the many benefits of being a Sustainer.
Other Income
November – Heather Cressall for
Executive Committee. Updated Forms, as well as complete job
41,191
Total Expenses/Uses of Funds
Thirsty Thursday
Liaison positions. Form B submissions will be evaluated by the
Board Expenditures
Operating Expenses
working tirelessly this summer with
the PR & Recruiting team.
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be evaluated by the Nominating Committee.
Expenses/Uses of Funds
Each month we take time to recognize
members for their outstanding service to
the League in our Member Spotlights. Let’s
take time to celebrate the three Big Kahunas who have “Believed and Achieved” great
things this League year. You could be next!
October – Allison Stember is the ultimate Fund Development super star!
mission will occur in January 2013 and Form A submissions will
Junior League of San Jose
Finance Vice President’s Report
Profit and Loss vs. Budget
as of October 31, 2012
-
25,000
79,700
46,112
We encourage every Member to believe in herself, self-submit for
several positions and share her gift of leadership with the League. In
return, our leaders receive both formal and informal training which
helps them evolve into even better leaders.
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THANK YOU
TO OUR VERY GENEROUS SPONSORS!
With the generous support of our sponsors, the Junior League of San Jose has contributed more than $5 million to our community
over the past 46 years through our collaboration with numerous local nonprofit agencies. As a result of the support from our JLSJ sponsors
we help ensure that young children in San Jose continue to enter elementary school with the tools they need to succeed in life.
Diamond
Platinum
Gold
The Barker Family
Elizabeth & Tyler Barnett
The Howard Graham Family
Juliette Davis & Jerry Glembocki
Ernst & Young
Maribeth Portz & David Wanek
Silver
Corrine & Rodley Fabie
Tiffany & Co.
Heritage Bank of Commerce
Marika & David Sykora
Lexus of Stevens Creek
Andrea & Joe Thomas
Anonymous
JLSJ Board of Directors
Mary & Lance Werthman
Bronze
Union Bank
Dennis Dunphy,
Diamond Physique
Rummage Sale 2013 Co-Chairs
Bayside Storage
Thibault Builders
Edge Law Group
The Alarm Company
Katherine Kinney,
Allstate Insurance
Valerie & Jeff Tingley
The Cressall Family
Mary & Angelo Danna
Anne Karrigan
Lola & Steve Cox
Marcia & Chris Riedel,
Hunter Labs
Leanne & Steve Troy,
AeroFund Financial
Hopkins & Carley,
a Law Corporation
Barbara & Charles Bocks
Margaret & Kapil Nanda
Gina Jarin,
IBP Insurance Services
Kathy & David Cima
Jessica Alameda Burroughs,
Alameda Family
Funeral & Cremation
Raley’s & Nob Hill Foods
Additional
Friends
of the League
Rolly Fabie
Santa Clara County Correctional
Peace Officers Assoc.
Nancy Conway
Nicki Barnes
Al Barron
James Mann
Katie & Kevin McLarney
Virginia & Homayoun Talieh
Tricia & Dave Niederauer
Party Helpers
Vardy’s Jewelers
Bay Area Self Storage
Dryco Construction Inc.
Susan Winston
jetBlue