National Association of Junior Auxiliaries
ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019
FAST FACTS
NAJA MISSION STATEMENT To provide support, resources, and educational, leadership, cultural, and specialized training for NAJA members in order to optimize community service by NAJA Chapters. J U N I O R A U X I L I A R Y S L O G A N : “ C A R E T O D AY — C H A R A C T E R T O M O R R O W ”
96 CHAPTERS IN 8 STATES Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee
MEMBERSHIP TOTAL: 15,621 Active: 2,795
Associate: 1,006
Non-Resident: 6
Life: 11, 811
Sustaining: 3
100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000
Total Service Hours: 86,016 Total Finance Hours: 54,053 Total Education Hours: 44,264 Total Admin. Hours: 47,084 Total Assoc./Life Hours: 6,825
20,000
TOTAL HOURS: 238,242
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TOTAL REVENUE OF CHAPTERS $2,772,408
TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF CHAPTERS $2,747,171
CASH ON HANDS IN CHAPTER $6,416,641
PEOPLE SERVED 198,710
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Junior Auxiliary and its members “Let their Light Shine through Love” each and every day by seeking out unmet needs in their communities and developing projects to meet those needs like providing backpacks of food for the weekend; distributing school supplies and clothing; teaching life skills; and providing scholarships in the communities our Chapters serve. This year we created a new National Focus, “Don’t Stand By: Stand Up, Stand Strong, Stand Together,” teaching children to support and encourage each other instead of bullying. Our members are encouraged to know that a backpack of food can ensure a child’s belly isn’t empty over the weekend, or to see a child’s face light up over a new school uniform or tears in a parent’s eyes over the bike they can now give their child for Christmas. Thank you to all the Chapter members for your dedication of time and skills to better your communities. You are making a difference, one child at a time. -Leslie James, NAJA President 2018-19
NAJA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Seated, from left: Emily Boyd, NAJA Marketing VP, Searcy, AR; Leslie James, President, Crittenden County, AR; Darlene Carey, First VP, Greenville, MS; Kelly Freeland, 2nd VP, Crittenden County, AR. Standing, from left: Jeannie Tinker, 3rd VP, Ruston, LA; Brandy Byrd, CSC, Region II, Lawrence County, TN; Martie Shull, Scholarship Chairman, Jonesboro, AR; Vickie Person, CSC, Region IV, Water Valley, MS; Debbie Jones, CSC, Region I; Forrest City, AR; Edith Crosby, CSC, Region V, Madison County, MS; Charlott Jones, Ex-Officio, Jonesboro, AR; Rhonda Bryant, CSC, Region III, Monticello, AR; Sandra Chavers, CSC, Region VI, Slidell, LA; Audra Gaines, Recording Secretary, DeSoto County, MS; Julie Gibens, Education Chairman, Tupelo, MS; Merrill Greenlee, Executive Director, Greenville, MS; Sug Borgognoni, Membership Chairman, Greenville, MS; Gina Spratlin, Treasurer, Greenville, MS Not pictured: Marian Chancellor, Foundation Chairman, Columbus, MS and Wilma Wilbanks, Parliamentarian, Leland, MS
We are proud of the fact that all members of the Board of Directors are Associate or Life members of Junior Auxiliary!
PUBLICATIONS
Above: Two issues of “The Crownlet�. Below left: E-Crown Points published Monthly. Below top right: Edited and printed Manuals for officers and chairmen and a Notebook for the Chapter President. Below bottom right: The Bulletin is a compilation of information on NAJA and its Chapters. The Handbook contains Bylaws and Policies of NAJA; Policies and Procedures for Chapters; and Bylaws and Policies of the NAJA Foundation.
PROJECTS For the past five years, the Junior Auxiliary of Columbus, MS has presented “Stand Up Speak Out”, an anti-bullying program, to area sixth graders. Nearly 30% of students in 6th through 12th grades admit to having been bullied, and with the use of social media and networking apps continuing to rise, those numbers are steadily increasing. The program focuses on the roles of bullies, victims, and bystanders, empowering students and preparing them to better meet the challenges of bullying in a proactive manner while making socially responsible decisions. During its five year period, “Stand Up Speak Out” has been praised as a muchneeded project to combat the bullying issue that plagues schools today. In communication with local teachers and administrators, they have also expressed a need for an anti-bullying project for younger students, as the issue is often already evident among sixth graders. Our 2017-2018 Provisional class chose to step up and meet this need with their class project, “Stand Up Speak Out, Jr. : Choose Kindness.” The program was presented this year to area fourth graders, and the students took away valuable information such as the ABCs of a positive bystander, the difference
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between bullying and conflict, and the various ways to combat bullying in a positive manner. The children were also given bracelets to remember the project’s motto, “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.” In addition to our continued service projects in the city and county schools, Junior Auxiliary of Columbus was extremely proud to be able to partner with the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors in the building of a playground at the Columbus Soccer Complex. JA of Columbus donated $75,000 to the building of the accessible play area, and “Crown Park” opened in Spring of 2018.
In November 2018, the Junior Auxiliary of McComb, MS debuted “Kind Kidz,” a new Service project created to combat bullying by educating children on the importance of showing kindness to others. The ladies of JA visited third graders in local elementary schools where they conducted interactive exercises and open discussion on the lasting impact —both positive and negative— their words and actions have on others. Students were given perfectly flat paper hearts that they were told to crumple each time they heard JA members say something unkind. After JA members made mean comments to each other, all of the hearts were wrinkled or crumpled into tiny balls. The children were then instructed to unfold and straighten their hearts when they
heard kind or uplifting words used by the JA members. As the JA members encouraged and complimented each other, the children unfolded and opened their wrinkled hearts.
JA of McComb, MS Although the hearts were flat again, they were not perfectly smooth like they had been before the unkind words were said. Through this visual exercise, the children could see that even though it is important to apologize when they offend others, apologizing does not completely take away the damage of harsh, unkind words. The ladies of JA provided examples of easy ways to show kindness, such as smiling, encouraging, complimenting, listening, sharing, and including others. At the end of their presentation, the JA ladies challenged all of the children to make a commitment to being kind by signing a Kind Kidz pledge card that they could keep. A poster stating, “Before you speak, think and be smart; it’s hard to fix a WRINKLED HEART!” was hung in the school hallway as a reminder that the students should always be Kind Kidz.
MEETINGS
Southern– August 18, 2018 Hilton Hotel Jackson, Mississippi
Northern– October 13 2018 Hilton Hotel Memphis, Tennessee
8:30 – 9:30
Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Business Meeting 10:15 – 12:30 Presidents, Treasurers, and Provisional Trainers Workshop 10:15 – 11:15 Jeff McManus—Leadership 11:30 - 12:30 Round Table Discussions or NAJA Web site Preview Workshop 12:30
Pick up NAJA Scrapbook Page & Hand book Inserts – Two Members per Chapter
MEETINGS
2019 NAJA Annual Education Conference Memphis, TN 569 Attendees FRI 3:00 - 5:00 Registration Lobby Annex 3:00 - 8:00 Galleria/NAJA Store Open Director’s Row 6 5:00 - 6:45 Plenary Session Speaker- Renee Rongen TN Ballroom A & B 7:00 - 8:00 Welcome Party TN Ballroom C, D, & E
SAT 8:00 - 9:00 Cash Concessions Southeast ballroom Foyer 8:30 – 4:00 Galleria/NAJA Store Open Director’s Row 6 9:00 - 10:15 Speaker– Deshauna Barber Ballroom A & B 10:30 - 11:30 Provisional Trainer Workshop Sug Borgognoni TN Ballroom C 10:30 – 11:30 Recording Secretary Workshop
Audra Gaines TN Ballroom D & E
10:30 – 11:30 Treasurer Workshop Gina Spratlin Southeast Ballroom A 10:30 – 11:30 Child Welfare Workshop Finance Project Exhibition Southeast Ballroom Foyer 10:30 - 11:30 CSC/Chapter Presidents Meetings Region I –Director’s Row 4 & 5 Region II –Director’s Row 6 Region III –Director’s Row 1 Region IV –Promenade 1 Region V - Director’s row 3 Region VI –Promenade 2 12:15 – 1:30 Scholarship Luncheon/ Awards Part 1 TN Ballroom A & B 2:00 - 3:15 Speaker– Clint Pulver Southeast Ballroom 450
SAT 3:30 - 5:00 Personality Test/Conflict Resolution + Teambuilding Tina Garrett TN Ballroom A 3:30 - 5:00 Presidents Workshop Leslie James & Darlene Carey TN CDE– Classroom 200
9:15 - 10:30 National Focus Workshop Nichole Nash Director’s Row 6 10:45 - 1:00 Garden Party Bunch/ Awards Part 2 TN Ballroom A, B, & C Installation of Officers
5:30 - 7:30 NAJA After Hours+ Raffle “Sip & Shop” Ridgelake + Lobby Annex
SUN 8:00 - 9:00 Cash Concessions Foundation Raffle Winner Pickup Lobby Annex/Ridgelake 9:00 - 9:15 Business Meeting Check-in Southeast Ballroom Foyer
2:00 – 3:15 Parliamentary Procedure Wilma Wilbanks TN CDE—Classroom 200
9:15 - 10:30 Business Meeting Southeast Ballroom
3:30 - 5:00 “Leader in Me” Presentation Heather Crowson Southeast Ballroom
9:15 - 10:30 Crown Club Workshop Paige Spears TN Ballroom D & E
FINANCIALS Statements of Financial Position
(June 30, 2019 and 2018)
Assets
2019
2018
Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and Cash Equivalents-Restricted Investments in Debt and Equity Securities Investments in Debt and Equity Securities-Restricted Accounts Receivable and Prepaid Expenses Inventories Property and Equipment at Cost: Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment Less: Accumulated Depreciation
$230,645 20,972 622,915 378,632 3,738 21,880
$146,615 26,634 543,398 368,895 5,828 20,477
71,705 (68,716)
71,705 (66,838)
$1,281,772
$1,116,714
$492 45,000 4,055
$2,476 32,060 5,432
Total Liabilities
49,547
39,968
Unrestricted Net Assets Other Restricted Net Assets Permanently Restricted Net Assets
141,032 663,630 427,563
77,468 585,057 414,221
1,232,225
1,076,746
$1,281,772
$1,116,714
Total Assets
Liabilities and Net Assets Accounts Payable Prepaid Dues and Fees Payroll Taxes Payable
Total Net Assets Total Liabilities and Net Assets
EXPENSES
REVENUES
2019
2018
2019
2019
2018
Chapter Dues & Fees AEC & Area Meetings Publication Fees Sales: NAJA Store Donations & Other Resource Center Corporate Endorsements Investment Income
$334,380 $140,840 $8,289 $34,973 $17,184 $4,860 $2,000 $1,029
$305,329 $126,560 $10,762 $33,630 $11,435 $4,997 $2,000 $4,064
Total Unrestricted Revenue
$543,555 $498,777
Revenues:
Expenses:
2018
2019
2018
Cost of Sales: NAJA Store Chapter Service & Committee Expense Occupancy General & Administrative Total Expenses
$22,388
$21,053
$153,549 $37,585 $266,469 $479,991
$159,697 $36,085 $287,238 $504,073
Increase (Decrease) in unrestricted assets
$63,564
($5,296)
REPORT OF THE FOUNDATION April 27, 2019
▪ Two new Foundation Fellows who have donated more than $5,000 to the Foundation. ▪ Two new Foundation Silver Donor who donated more than $10,000 to the Foundation.
Since the close of the NAJA Annual Education Conference 2018, The NAJA Foundation: Reported an income at AEC 2018 donations and fundraisers of $18, 535. Managed an Annual Fund campaign to increase donations and raise awareness for the Foundation. Recognized donations to the Foundation above $100 and memorials and honorariums in The Crownlet. Awarded AEC Grants to pay the registration of 9 representatives to attend AEC.
Recognized 7 JA Chapters for 100% Active member donations to the Foundation.
At AEC 2019, the NAJA Foundation: Sponsored the Plenary speaker, Renee Rongen. Hosted NAJA After Hours reception for all NAJA Members. Recognized ▪ Four significant individual donors.
Recognized 21 JA Chapters for Signicant Chapter Donations (over $250.00).
The funds raised by the Foundation for the year amounted to $52,588.00. ~Marian Chancellor Chairman, NAJA Foundation Board of Trustees, 2018-19
GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Seventy-three (73) completed applications were reviewed by the Scholarship committee. Seventeen (17) semi-finalists were interviewed via telephone. Eight (8) finalists were selected to receive scholarships totaling $41,000. To date, five hundred and sixty (560) scholarships have been awarded for a total of $1,349,504. The scholarships are awarded to individuals pursing graduate degrees in fields of study which meet the special needs of children. The National Scholarship Program is funded through donations from JA Chapters, honorariums, memorials and special gifts. This year seventy-eight percent (78 %) of the Chapters have given to the scholarship program. Eighty-eight (88%) of those chapters donated at a Crown level The National Scholarship Committee is very thankful to the Robbins family for their continued support of the National Graduate Scholarship program.
~Martie Shull National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Scholarship Chairman 2018-2019