Junior League of Lufkin presents
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Vol. XVI No. 136
November 2011
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General Meeting Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Museum of East Texas Social at 6:30 p.m. Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Remember to bring diapers and wipes for the Rainbow Room!
Table of Contents Bulletin Board................................................................... 2 Leadership Lines............................................................... 3 October Meeting............................................................... 4 Council Chat..................................................................... 5 New Year’s Eve Ball......................................................6-7 Helping Hands.................................................................. 8 Words of Gratitude............................................................ 9 MVP................................................................................ 10 Family Fun Night............................................................ 11 Members in the Spotlight............................................... 12 Focus on the Community ............................................... 13 Motivational Minute....................................................... 14 Walk Down Memory Lane............................................. 15 Sustainer News............................................................... 16 Events & Birthday Calendar........................................... 17
The Board of Directors
Communications Council V. President Communications Mendi Brent Our View Editor Sharon Kruk Internal Public Relations/Website Elisabeth Grimes External Public Relations April Earley Photographer/Archivist Allison James
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President.......................................................... Jennifer Webster President-Elect....................................................... Marcy Weibe Secretary............................................................. Julianne Greak Treasurer........................................................... Michelle Haney VP Finance................................................................ Cindy Neal VP Communications..............................................Mendi Brent VP Membership........................................................Gina Green VP Community Projects........................................ Emily Parks Strategic Development Chair..............................Susan Belasco Parliamentarian..............................................Allyson Langston Sustainer Advisor.............................................Barbara Peterson Helping Hands Annual Chair...........................Michelle Briley
Vision Statement The Junior League of Lufkin welcomes all women who are committed to volunteerism. The League educates and challenges its members to be effective community leaders, advocates, and individuals. Trained volunteers and collaborators will address and respond to community needs with positive solutions. The League focus is to educate and empower individuals, primarily children, by providing the resources and tools that will address all aspects of their well being.
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Please contact All ison James (mustangallie@ro cketmail.com or 936.414.2249) for an y League events that need a Photog rapher.
Want to submit an article, suggest an idea, or have something to add to the Bulletin Board for the next issue of Our View? Please email Sharon Kruk (srkruk@yahoo.com) before the 15th of the month. We welcome your ideas, suggestions and feedback!
Actives, Sustainers and Provisionals are invited to the Holiday Tea honoring the 2011-2012 Provisional Class on Wednesday, November 30. Join us at the MET from 4:00-6:00pm (come and go) and bring an unwrapped gift for The Rainbow Room.
Special Thanks To Our Helping Hands Meeting SponsorRebecca C. Brightwell, Attorney at Law
Bring diape rs and wipe s to the Nove mber meet ing to suppo rt The Rain bow Room .
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at Burley Primary 18! is scheduled for November
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to our Food Sponsor for the November meeting, Milagros Tea Room!
Please contact Julianne Greak (jcgreak@yahoo.com) for a change of address, email address, or phone number.
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Leadership Lines By Mendi Brent, Vice President Communications
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he Communications Council has been busy at work keeping members and the community informed about all League news and happenings. Sharon Kruk, Our View Editor, has already rolled out four issues of Our View and has come up with some new and interesting ideas to keep us all reading. If you are like me and you use our website daily, then you’ve already noticed all the updates Elisabeth Grimes, Internal PR, has made. The website is an excellent resource that everyone should utilize, so be sure to check it out at www.juniorleagueoflufkin.org. Elisabeth also puts together all the fabulous Seat Sheets that are on our tables for every meeting! Then there is April Earley, External PR, who helps keep our public in the loop by writing press releases and doing community projects like Zoo Boo. Oh and be sure to smile if you see Allison James, League Photographer, as she is liable to snap a quick picture of you! All these ladies are doing a wonderful job in their placements and, as always, welcome suggestions. So, if you have a great idea that you would like to share, please do not hesitate to grab one of us. Now, to get everyone involved we would also like a little help! The Communications Council wants to use YOU! Each one of us is like a walking, talking billboard sharing information and news with everyone we see. The League does so many amazing things for the community each year. Let’s be sure we all know a few fast facts that we can share! Fast Facts • The Junior League of Lufkin was started in 1953 by 23 women. • The Junior League of Lufkin has over 100 active members and over 200 sustaining members. • The first Charity Ball was held in March of 1977. • The League conducted vision screening for over 4,500 students last year in Angelina County and has done so almost every year since 1973. • The League distributes at least 5 scholarships annually to high school graduates in Angelina County. • The Lufkin Service League became the Junior League of Lufkin on May 1, 1996. • The Junior League of Lufkin serves the community through Vision Screening, Family Nights, Career Conference, Kids in the Kitchen/Camp Get Fit, MVP, and Back to School Bonanza.
Billie Jean Johnson, LVN Administrator/Owner
• The 2011-2012 Junior League of Lufkin fundraisers are: Annual Campaign, Charity Ball, Spring Market and a 5K Fun Run. • Total disbursed to community and League in 2010-2011 was $117,288.64 • The Back to School Bonanza served approximately 1,300 children. I am looking forward to a great year! Thank you for volunteering and giving back to our community!
Mendi Brent
The JLL Sustainer Board cordially invites you to a
Holiday Tea honoring the JLL Provisional Class of 2011-12 Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Museum of East Texas Four o’clock – Six o’clock In the Spirit of Giving this Christmas Season, please bring an unwrapped new toy for a boy or girl (age 0-12). These gifts will be given to the Rainbow Room for the children of Angelina County in foster care.
Billie Jean Johnson, LVN Administrator/Owner
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October Meeting Welcome to the 2011-2012 Provisional Class!
Pat on the Back
Leslie Day
The Pat on the Back this month goes to a member who stepped in and fulfilled a placement for another member... on the spur of the moment. She also went above and beyond her duties as a provisional last year. We appreciate you, Leslie Day, and you deserve a “Pat on the Back”!
Simply Done
Volunteer of the Month
Julianne Greak
Thanks to the JLL members for supporting our Simply Done projects for the month of October, Books that Benefit and Zoo Boo.
Our Volunteer of the Month is incredibly organized, and if you ask her to do something, you can expect that it will be done thoroughly and quickly. She is a very active mother of two adorable girls, a devoted wife, and would do anything for her family…not to mention she is an awesome cook! Outside of her daily routine with family and Junior League, she volunteers for coffee time and Vacation Bible School at St. Cyprian’s Church. She is a room mom, and is in charge of the Bayou Bash auction display at St. Cyprian’s School. Her friends say she genuinely cares about what is going on in other’s lives. She has a great sense of humor and a contagious laugh and will drop what she is doing to listen to a problem. Congratulations, Julianne Greak, Volunteer of the Month.
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Council Chat
Sprint into Spring 5K Run and 1 Mile Kid’s Fun Run By Julianne Greak, Secretary
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am honored to be chairing the first ever Junior League of Lufkin 5K Run and 1 Mile Kid’s Fun Run. This is going to be a spectacular event! The fun run will be held on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Crown Colony Country Club. The 1 Mile Kid’s Run will start promptly at 8:00 a.m. and the 5K race will start at 8:30 a.m. Children ages 5 – 12 years of age will be able to register for the kid’s run. Ages for the 5K race range in age from 10 years to 80 plus! If you are not a runner, do not fear! We welcome walkers! This will be a “chipped-time” event. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that term, it means that we are using a timing device attached to your running bid number that will clock the exact time it takes you to run the 3.1 miles or 1 mile race. Awards will be presented to the first male and first female to cross the finish line for the 5K and 1 Mile race. Medals will be awarded to the top three finishers in each age division. We have some awesome sponsors for this event. We are excited to have Smoothie King making sample smoothies after the race and Cindy Hammond with Body In Sync available to give massages before and after the race! JLL Member Renee Robertson will be responsible for course safety and JLL Member Paula Werner will ensure that all aid stations for the 5K race and 1 mile kid’s run will have plenty of water. Registration for this event is $25.00 per participant through March 23rd. If you register the morning of the event, the cost will increase to $30.00 per participant. You can obtain a registration form by going to www. juniorleagueoflufkin.org, and printing the form from our website and mailing in your registration information and money or you can go to www.active.com and register online. Please go to www.facebook.com/JLL5K and “Like” the page. The name of our page is called JLL Sprint into Spring 5K Fun Run. I will be providing you with race information updates such as where and when we will have packet pick up the day before the race. I have already posted the course map for the 5K and 1 Mile Kid’s Run on our facebook page. If you have any questions about the event or would like to help out the morning of the race, please contact me at jcgreak@yahoo.com. Happy Training!
Julianne Greak By Samie Montes, Hospitality
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want to express a huge amount of THANKS to everyone for the amazing Salad Supper turnout! We had the most incredible display of fabulous food! The Merry Christmas Social is just around the corner. We are blessed to have our Social this year at the most spectacular home of Sustainer, Ann Watson. Her home is decorated for the holidays like none other! She transforms her home into a Christmas showplace with the help of her daughter and JLL Active, Tara Watson-Watkins. We will have the meal catered by Classic Fare from Nacogdoches. On the menu...Italian Pasta Entree, Salad, from scratch breads and dessert! Our special friend, Dan Huerta, will be doing the wine selections of the evening. Be on the lookout for more information. We hope you can make it! The Done in a Meeting activity for the Merry Christmas Social will benefit a few families from Herty Elementary School. We are asking each of you to generously donate gift cards (Target or Walmart) in order to help make a child’s Christmas merry and bright. $5, $10, $20...anything is appreciated! Sustainer Cindy Tierney is the Principal at Herty and will personally purchase gifts for these special children during the holiday. She will be able to do this because of your kindness collected at the Merry Christmas Social. Thanks so much in advance for your help!
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New Year’s Eve Ball By Lora Huerta, Charity Ball Chair and Tara Watkins, Charity Ball Co-Chair
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ello Friends! Are you ready to count down and bring in the New Year? After much prayer and consideration we decided that it was time to shake things up and if we were going to make changes---well, let’s make BIG ones! The Junior League of Lufkin is proud to announce a new spin on our 36th Annual Charity Ball--- New Year’s Eve in the City! Mark your calendar for December 31st –8PM to 1AM at Crown Colony Country Club. We are thrilled to bring The Drywater Band, a Houston-based band, to Lufkin to help get this party started! They have recently been voted the Best Dance/Wedding Band in the Houston’s Knot Magazine for the second year in a row! So needless to say, “Bring Your Dancing Shoes!” Thank you Urgent Doc for helping make this possible and being our Exclusive Band Sponsor! There will also be a new spin on the auction items. Get ready to bid on a “Party with a Purpose!” Not only will this be a great item to bid on, but we are hoping you will think it is a great idea to host a party! It can be anything from a crawfish boil to a birthday party to a senior party or anything in between! The sky’s the limit on ideas! Vanessa Durham is in charge of the auction so if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to give her a call. You can’t have a New Year’s Eve bash without good food and if we are going to keep the theme NY style, then we have to keep the food NY style! Take a look at the menu and get your taste buds ready! Don’t miss out on great raffle prizes. We are proud to once again partner with Beard Fine Jewelers, Brookshire Brothers, Texas State Bank and The Center for Sight. Raffle tickets are currently being sold at $5 each or 3 for $10. You will be entered to win one of the following items: a ladies elegant Rolex watch, $800 fuel and grocery gift certificates, a Browning Model B78 .300 Winchester Magnum or an iPad. The drawing will be held on the evening of the ball but you do not have to be present to win. Tickets will go on sale November 1st so start watching your mailbox! If you need to make a change to your address or would like to add an additional address to receive an invitation, please contact Lora at lhuerta@consolidated.net or 414-0903 or Tara at twatkins@cityoflufkin.com or 229-1724. We are looking forward to bringing in the New Year with YOU! See you soon!
Lora Huerta & Tara Watkins New Year’s Eve in the City China Town
Menu
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Crab Rangoon Mini Egg Rolls Sweet & Sour Chicken Oriental Stir Fry Station
Large Steamship of Beef Carving Station with Dollar Rolls and condiments Martini Mashed Potato Bar Baked Brie en Croute with Roasted Tomato Chutney Waldorf Salad
Little Italy
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Caprese salad with Balsamic Glaze Fresh Margarita Pizza Bruchetta Hand Tossed Pasta Station
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Kolaches Assorted donut holes Breakfast burritos with fresh salsa Mini Quiche Waffle Station with fresh fruit toppings, nuts, whipped cream and syrup
New Year’s Eve Ball By Paula Scherry, Raffle Hello Ladies! We arranged some dates for you to sign up for selling raffle tickets. If you want to secure your spot to sell tickets now, please email me at paula.scherry@ yahoo.com. Otherwise, I will have sign up sheets with times at the next meeting. If you need additional tickets, signs, or if you know of a great location to sell raffle tickets, please let me know. You can call or text me at (936)414-1371. So far, we have scheduled the following dates and locations:
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Helping Hands
2011-2012 Helping Hands Campaign Partners Corporate Partners Platinum Hands - $10,000 Brookshire Brothers Silver Hands - $2,500 First Bank & Trust Performance Auto Sales Blue Hands - $1,500 A Compassionate Care Home Health Systems DP Solutions Johnson Pools & Spas Lufkin Industries Rebecca C. Brightwell Woodland Heights Medical Center Red Hands - $1,000 Bettye & Murphy George Foundation Green Hands - $500 Abeldt’s Pharmacy BancorpSouth Haglund Law Firm, P.C. Winston & Denman Timber Zeleskey Law Firm Yellow Hands - $250 Angelina Hardwood Sales Bartlett, Baggett & Shands Insurance Borgfeld & White, P.C. Chance Law Firm Cross Medical The Advanced Financial Group Wes Combs CRNA, P.C. Whataburger Purple Hands - Advertisers Abeldt’s Pharmacy Alexander, Lankford & Heirs, Inc BancorpSouth Beard’s Fine Jewelry Dr. Brian Humphreys El Chico Merle Norman Milagros Tea Room Morgan Insurance Agency Nacogdoches Pediatric Dentistry Popeye’s Roderick of Texas Floral The Very Thing! Vince Treadwell- Edward Jones Zeleskey Law Firm
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Extra Hands BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc. Body In Sync- Cindy Hammond Carla Morgan, CPA LLC Cascade Health Services Chad Morgan- State Farm Insurance The Children’s Clinic Coastal Plains Trucking Community Title Company Dunn Construction Fit & Firm GNC Goff & Herrington PC Homer Mini Storage Klotz Associates, Inc. Larry Cain Lisa Crow Photography & Events Lufkin Boot Camp Co. Mercer Nissan Mazda Security & Guaranty Abstract Co. Smoothie King Southern Chrysler Dodge Jeep Southwest Securities Suzy Lou Stationery & Invitations Urgent Doc Sustainer Partners Thank you Sustainers for your monetary contribution to our Annual Campaign: Sustaining Hands - $1,000 Lisa Griffin Mary K. Grum Serving Hands - $251-$500 Dot Brookshire Rebecca Chance Daphene H. Clarke Lorelle Coleman Llewellyn Frazier Mary Martha Henderson Kathi Johnson Nancy Moore Supporting Hands - $250 & below Ann Shands Carol Bradley Anita Caraway Dianne Croom Jennifer Cumbie Jean Dillahunty Brigettee Henderson Theresa McKewen Hilda Mitchell Debra Moore Kelley Moore Susan Morgan Barbara Peterson Janice Ann Rowe Ellen Sorrell Thalia Tierney Jetta Westerholm
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MVP By Anita Boyd, MVP Chair
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he Middle School Volunteer Program (MVP) is underway for the 2011 – 2012 school year. We have had a fantastic turn out for volunteers. There are fifty-four students signed up from Lufkin Middle School and seventeen students from Hudson Middle School. This is a fantastic number of kids wanting to give their time to our wonderful community. They are excited and thrilled about getting to help out where help is needed! As many of you know, I teach at Lufkin Middle School. Mrs. Evans, my principal, has allowed me to have my MVP volunteers during my advisory period, which is once a week for thirty minutes at the end of the day. This is a blessing! I will have 6th, 7th, and 8th graders during this time, most of whom I will not know. This advisory time will give me a chance to get to know these kids on a personal basis. It will also give the students time to get to know one another and, hopefully, they will build some long-lasting friendships. It also gives us time to prepare for our upcoming events, and I will have that personal contact to remind them of events that will soon be taking place. We have several activities planned for the upcoming months. October was Adopt-A-Dog month at the Kurth Memorial Animal Shelter. The volunteers made posters for “October Adopt-A-Dog” awareness. The posters were displayed throughout the community to encourage adoption of homeless puppies. The volunteers also cleaned “Paw Park” and helped to walk and bathe the puppies. The Animal Shelter is continuing to ask for donations of newspaper, paper towels, dry dog food, and toys to accommodate the needs of homeless animals. At the end of October, MVP will be assisting Anne Reyes and the Museum of East Texas with their October Pumpkin Patch activity. The students will have various responsibilities throughout the day to help make the day a huge success for the children of Angelina County. In the month of November, MVP will be going to the Angelina County Senior Citizen’s Center. The American Legion is graciously allowing the volunteers to help sort through and pack supplies for soldiers. The volunteers will also be making Christmas cards, during their advisory time, to be sent along with the supplies. What a super experience for these kids! During the month of December, the MVP volunteers will be going to the Lufkin State School. Here they are going to be assisting the staff with the giftwrapping of numerous Christmas presents. This will be another fantastic act of service for our volunteers. These are just a few of the volunteering events that MVP will be doing from now until the end of December. As you may have noticed, some of the months will have two community projects. I think this will work well with the total of seventy volunteers. I won’t need seventy kids at one event, so I can split the group and give them the option of which event they would 10 November 2011
like to attend. Hopefully, this will give everyone a chance to participate in some activity. I also have community projects lined up for the spring, January through May. As soon as I have confirmation dates from these organizations, I will let the League know. If there are any questions, concerns, or suggestions, you can email me at aboyd@lufkinisd.org. The MVP volunteers are eager to begin their community service. I know this will be a great year for everyone involved! I want to say a special thank you in advance to parents for transporting their children to and from our functions. I know everyone is busy, and this is just one more thing to add to the list of things to do…….but, it will be worth it! Thank you again, and God bless to all!
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Family Fun Night By Lindsey Goforth, Family Fun Night Chair
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ur first Family Fun Night was a great success at Kurth Primary on October 18. We served almost 300 individuals a pizza dinner. We were very excited to host Principal and Rev. Don Jackson as our speaker regarding ways parents can be involved in their child’s education. We had very exciting activities for the kids, including: ball skills (thanks to Coach Jeff Cook), games, Bingo, puppet show and cheerleading. We were also fortunate to have a few organizations available to help educate families about resources available in our community, including: Kurth Library, Lufkin ISD Technology, and Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council. We had a fantastic evening at one of Lufkin’s great schools! We will also be hosting Family Fun Night at Burley Primary on November 15 and Brookhollow Elementary on March 6. We are excited about reaching out to our community through our school-age children and their parents. Please come join us at these great events!
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Members in the Spotlight
Can you guess the JLL member? By Elizabeth Grimes
1. I am a full time wife and mother to 3 great kids. My favorite placement has been Charity Ball and Family Nights. I bet you didn’t know that I earned my Bachelors degree from University of Nebraska @ Omaha!
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2. I am a Federal Employee working for the Social Security Administration. I enjoy volunteering at the Museum of East Texas and for the American Cancer Society in my free time. I am a wife and mother to 3 wonderful kids. I bet you didn’t know that I wanted to be a journalist when I was growing up! 3. I am a take charge, fun-loving mom of two beautiful daughters. I teach 6th grade language arts at LMS and in my spare time volunteer for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. I bet you didn’t know that I like to wear flip-flops year round if possible!
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4. I am a very organized Science Instructional Specialist at LMS. I have a wonderful husband and 2 great boys (1 is a Sr. this year). I am a graduate of Texas A&M and love to tutor kids in science and math. I bet you didn’t know that I wanted to be a Pediatrician when I grew up and still would like to be an MD! 5. I hold 3 full time jobs – wife, mom to 2 great kids and Sr. Health Inspector. In my spare time I volunteer for Angelina Alliance for Kids, the Mosaic Center, Angelina County Science and Tech fair, Hudson ISD and First Christian Church. I bet you didn’t know that my hidden talent is twirling batons! 6. I am a court appointed social worker. I am married to Chris and have 2 great kids. I’m a graduate of the University of North Texas with both a Bachelor’s and Master’s of Social Work. I love traveling and volunteering at the Rainbow Room. I bet you didn’t know that I do not like public speaking or asking for donations!
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7. I am your ‘go- to’ girl for planning events and public speaking. I am the Executive Director of the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau. My husband Brent and I love to relax on the beach or spend time in the mountains. I bet you didn’t know that I wanted to be an astronaut when I was growing up and that I went to Space Camp twice! 8. I am a full-time mom to two wonderful kids. I am also married to my wonderful husband Jerrod. I love travelling with my family and volunteering at my son’s school. I bet you didn’t know that my favorite placement was Prevent Blindness!
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9. I am a 1st grade 2 way dual language teacher at Burley. My husband and I are not only raising our 2 wonderful kids, but also our nephew. I volunteer with the Lufkin Football Mother’s Club, LHS Choir Boosters and teach Sunday School. I am very shy, but I bet you didn’t know that I am going to get ZUMBA certified! 10. I am a CRNA, but most importantly I am mom to my son and daughter with my husband, Tim. I also have 2 step-sons. I obtained my Associate’s in Nursing from Lamar, my Bachelor’s in Nursing from SFA and my Master’s in Nurse Anesthesia from UT Health Science Center. When I am not working, I volunteer at St. Cyprian’s School and church. I bet you didn’t know that I can rebuild an alternator!
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Focus on the Community grief, and the JLL provides the necessary funds to support these programs. While bereavement is a required service mandated by the regulatory agencies, no funds are allocated to cover the expense. The funds received by the Junior League of Lufkin are used to develop programs for children through grief camps, literature, and resources. Recently Executive Director Demetress Harrell collaborated with the Stephen F. Austin State University Theater Arts division on a play devoted to the loss of a child titled “Rabbit Hole.” Demetress Harrell presented on the impact of children suffering the loss of a loved one. Hospice in the Pines also created “grief kits” with a foundation in Austin, Texas which are distributed across the nation to families of fallen soldiers. These kits are given to each hospice family, as well and have proven effective in managing grief, especially the age specific book written by Executive Director, Demetress Harrell, which is used to guide ver 25 years ago the remarkable service of Hospice parents and professionals on measures to help children cope with in the Pines entered the Angelina County community. death. This is just another example of how the funds granted by This local vision of “Hospice” began when five the Junior League of Lufkin are used to aid in enhancing the lives professional business men and women collaborated of children impacted by the death of a loved one here in Angelina and combined their efforts to undertake the philosophy of the County. original founder of end-of-life care “Dame Ciciley Saunders.” On April 18, 1986, under the former name Hospice of Lufkin, this exceptional program began and today remains dedicated to providing care to those suffering a life limiting illness. Hospice in the Pines operates as a free-standing, not-for-profit organization directed by a volunteer assembly of local professional men and women leaders, who serve as the Board of Directors. The Directors provide financial advice and guidance while establishing the provisions to assure the organization’s success. Currently, the Hospice in the Pines is an accredited program and is a Board President appointee is the distinguished Mr. Bob Brown, a longstanding member of the Texas & New Mexico Hospice true man of compassion who is defined by his unselfish devotion Organization, as well as the National Hospice and Palliative to our community. Care Organization. Information regarding Hospice in the Hospice in the Pines recently received an amazing face lift and celebrated the “Ribbon Cutting” of our new location at 1504 West Pines is accessible on Facebook, as well as on the web at www. Frank Avenue on August 4, 2011. Hospice in the Pines was honored hospiceinthepines.com. As we celebrate National Hospice Month by the commitment of DETAB (Deep East Texas Association of this November, Hospice in the Pines will host our 8th annual Builders) to renovate the property owned by Hospice in the Pines. Memorial Walk, a business after five event and a Healthcare This is another demonstration of the dedication shown to this Luncheon available to our community. After 25 years of service, the commitment to excellence in unique organization. providing end of life care to individuals suffering a life limiting Hospice in the Pines is rated as one of the best independent illness still remains steadfast and strong. healthcare providers to effectively address pain management
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within East Texas. With the changing environments in healthcare, hospice continues to receive delayed referrals, resulting in minimal time frames to successfully serve the patients prior to their terminal event. While this is a challenge, Hospice in the Pines has continued to implement proactive strategies to advance traditional hospice care. Hospice in the Pines provides more than $150,000.00 in charity care annually and is very devoted to assuring every patient requires the highest standard of end-of-life care. Hospice in the Pines is also very appreciative of the community’s support, and especially the annual contributions received through the Junior League of Lufkin. Each year, Hospice in the Pines creates innovative programs to address children’s
Demetress Harrell, Hospice in the PinesExecutive Director
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Motivational Minute
In the Words of Nike - Just Do It! By Kathi White
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am once again dragging myself to Zumba and to get on exercise equipment that I promised to use if I just got it. It is so easy to set yourself up for failure when it comes to working out. You know - like making those New Year’s Resolutions – which are just around the corner. Taking care of SELF, especially if you live a multi-tasking lifestyle filled with a family, a job, volunteering, etc. YOU become the least of your worries. I believe it is inherent in most women to give, give, give, and do for others to ensure everyone in our lives is happy, healthy and wise, until we just throw ourselves away. Examine this! You go, go, go and do, do, do until you get that slap in the face telling you to STOP and smell the roses and take care of SELF. This could be anything from a health issue to just catching a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and thinking “OMG!” For me it was precisely that- a health issue. One that required me to make a choice between having surgery or taking a shot that has one of the worst side effects in most women’s eyes – weight gain. STOP – pause here for VANITY. The obvious key to staying healthy and keeping the weight off is eating healthier and exercising, right? It should be so easy! You join a gym or some other exercise program – boot camp, Zumba, Pilates, yoga, etc., and you’re feeling good. But then life happens (working late, meetings, Mom time) and before you know it, a week has passed without much exercise and the next battle of the bulge is staring you in the face. These days for me, if I go a week without being active, then the hips, thighs and midriff are like inflated balloons. And that glimpse in the
mirror becomes my slap in the face. I have the will and the want to get to Zumba everyday or to get on that machine and get moving – but life just sometimes gets in the way – of course usually at my urging. I love Zumba and dancing and feel like a million bucks with steady attendance. I think back to those days of being an athlete in high school and continuing to be active well into the mid-30s and then just letting go because everything else in life (kids, family, volunteering, stuff) became more important than “ME.” So to you ladies, especially those under 30, never stop exercising or doing some kind of physical activity to help you stay fit. I tell my 24 and 26-year-old daughters this all the time. It is good to be a little selfish. Your body will thank you for it because starting from scratch in your 40s is tough. Exercising and eating right really will keep you feeling and looking better. Just Do It!
Kathi White
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highlight of 1997 was a reception held at the Museum of East Texas in October honoring the First Lady of Texas, Laura Bush. The guest list included Sustainers, Actives, Provisionals, M.E.T. Board members, L.I.S.D. Superintendent David Sharp and L.I.S.D. School Board members. As a sustaining member of the Junior League of Austin, the First Lady of Texas used her public role to highlight education in Texas and promoted a statewide reading initiative, the First Lady’s Family Literacy Initiative for Texas, which focused on the reading skills of entire families. League President Emily Watts wrote about the exciting event in the October issue of the League Laments and said, “I hope you feel as I do that Mrs. Bush is not so different from us. Yes, her schedule is quite a bit more exciting than ours, but we care about the same things. We care about women’s and children’s issues, and we take pride in the work we do to improve those in our community. We are wives, we are mothers, we are volunteers!”
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Sustainer News By Lisa Haglund
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usan Morgan and Ginger Bates did a great job with the decorations, food and arrangements for the Sustainer Fall Coffee and Meeting. We received our Purple Book (formerly called the Blue Book). Sustainer President, Barbara Peterson and Active League Members, Jennifer Webster, Lora Huerta, Tara Watkins, Emily Parks and Hilary Walker previewed the upcoming year and informed us of ways that we can help. Barbara distributed a service survey for us to indicate our areas of interest. From those returned at the end of the meeting, you have already volunteered to help in 74 placements! Linda Malnar will be emailing the survey to Sustainers, so if you missed the meeting, you can still sign up to help. Let Barbara know if you prefer to receive yours by postal mail. Her contact information is: phone - 936-637-7689, address – 1501 Woodland Drive, Lufkin, 75904 and email – bpeterson@consolidated.net. Here are some of those league events, the dates and the contact person for each: • Back to School Bonanza - just before the start of school, Shelli Ellis • Camp Get Fit - ½ day for 1 week in the summer, focused on healthy lifestyles for kids, Laura Mikeal • Helping Hands Campaign - consolidated fundraiser for the league, Michelle Briley • Vision Screening - help is needed for trained and non- trained volunteers, current, Tracy Nichols • Charity Ball Fund Raiser - silent auction theme will be “Party with a Purpose”, every item in the silent auction will be a party of some sort, everyone should consider creating a party to donate, the auction will be held December 31st (New Year’s Eve) at Charity Ball, Reba Squyres, Dana Smithhart, Vanessa Durham, Lora Huerta, Tara Watkins • Family Nights - 1 ½ hour events held on 3 different school campuses, no advanced training necessary, October 18 at Kurth, November 15 at Burley, and March 6 at Brookhollow, Lindsey Goforth • MVP, Middle School Volunteers Program - encouraging volunteerism, ongoing, Anita Boyd
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• Spring Fun Run Fund Raiser - March 24, 2012, Julianne Greek • Spring Market Fund Raiser - sustainer help will be needed for ticket sales on Friday and Saturday, serving (not cooking) snacks to vendors and lunch service for the fashion show luncheon, April 19-21, 2012, Mary Jane West • Career Conference at Lufkin Middle School – ½ day, help is needed with the “College Road Trip”, no advanced training required, May 10, 2012,Vickie Evans, Hilary Walker If you are interested, there are many opportunities for you to help. If you want to know more about an event, please contact the person listed. Their contact information will be in the new Purple Book, formerly known as the Blue Book. Also for the Holiday Tea on November 30, 2011, we have been asked to each bring a new, unwrapped toy for a child (age infant-12 years). This toy will be donated to the Rainbow Room. Contact Lisa Griffin or Kathi Johnson if you have questions. Later in the Spring, Len Medford, Jane Johnson and Judy Perry will put together our Spring Social event. Janice Ann and Ernest Rowe entertained grandchildren Isabelle, 16, George, 15, and Sarah, 12, while her daughter, Nancy Jumper Herde, and husband, Michael, were in town celebrating Nancy’s 30th LHS reunion. Thanks to Cinda Taylor and her daughter, Mollie, Isabelle and George made new friends in Lufkin. Things are different in New Canaan, Connecticut for “high schoolers”! They want to come back for another visit. Their oldest daughter, Hannah, attends Wellesley College in Massachusetts and could not come. Dr. Dan and Barbara Carter are proud grandparents again. Lila Catherine arrived to Dr. Jason and Nicole Carter on Sunday, September 25. She weighed 7 pounds and 13 ounces. Her big sister, Claire, is 3 years old. Remember to take care of yourself as you care for so many others during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Be blessed with peace and joy. Send your news to: haglund@suddenlink.net
Lisa Haglund
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