Spring 2020 LeagueLink

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President’s Letter Greetings my beautiful friends, Weren’t we just saying “hello” to the 2019-2020 year?! The days were long, but this year certainly flew by. It would be easy to spend time reflecting on the last couple of months because they seem to be defining this year for us. Not taking part in our usual events and celebrations is heartbreaking, and we should give ourselves the time we need to feel that disappointment.

However, I would encourage you not to stay in that space for too long because, before March, we worked hard to accomplish big things and serve our community with passion.

While we aren’t out of the dark with understanding how COVID-19 will continue to affect the coming year, please hold on to the simple truth that the Junior League of Oklahoma City (JLOC) has been here for 92 years. We have weathered acts of terror, wars, economic downturns and the roller coaster ride of social change. HERE WE STAND. STILL. When we come out on the other side, Oklahoma City will need the Junior League more than ever, and I hope each of you is ready to answer that call.

Please take a moment for yourself to sit back and soak up all the wonderful accomplishments shared throughout this edition of the League Link. Be proud of what we have accomplished!

We should be especially proud that when the best way to serve our community meant we had to stay home, we heeded that call - putting aside our desires to conduct business as usual, and prioritizing everyone’s safety first.

I hope you know how important you are to me and JLOC’s continued success. Saying goodbye to you is only tolerable because it allows us to all say “Howdy!” to a whole new group of leaders and new opportunities to serve.

With all my love and admiration, Mandy 2019-2020 President Junior League of Oklahoma City P.S. Have you watched the May General Membership Meeting video yet? Check it out on our YouTube channel - there was so much to celebrate. Hugs!

REACHING OUT STATEMENT The Junior League of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Inc. reaches out to women of all races, religions and national origins who demonstrate an interest in and a commitment to voluntarism. The Junior League of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or national origin.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION The Junior League welcomes all women who value our Mission. We are committed to inclusive environments of diverse individuals, organizations and communities.

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LINK VISION To inform members and increase awareness of Junior League of Oklahoma City, Inc. projects and events.

2019-20 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Mandy Heaps PRESIDENT-ELECT Leslie Coale-Mossman ADMINISTRATIVE VP Lori Mayhue

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COMMUNITY VP Adrienne Nobles EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT VP Alexis Lux FINANCE VP Ann Richard-Farinha FUNDRAISING VP Angie Huffaker MEMBERSHIP VP Lindsay Riddel

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NOMINATING CHAIR Natalie Fix

LEAGUE LINK STAFF CO-EDITORS Jamie Manoles (A) and

Leslie Buford (S)

COMMUNICATIONS VP Suzanne Singleterry

HQ Makeover by Lauren Willingham

EMPOWER [

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Provisional and OK House Rep, Chelsea Branham by Molly Brantley

CHANGING LIVES [

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EmpowHER by Stephanie Hinton New Council: Education and New Development by Stephanie Hinton

SUSTAINING ADVISOR Ann-Clore Duncan CHIEF OF STAFF Jenna North

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Sustainer Profile on Maxey Reynolds by Leslie Buford

BYLAWS CHAIR Bria Hanlon COMMUNICATIONS VP Suzanne Singleterry

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JLOC Year-End Summaries

CONTRIBUTORS Stephanie Hinton, Molly Brantley, Lauren Hensley, Jessica Hoang, Alyson Kubat, Ashley Rivers

League Link is published by the Junior League of Oklahoma City, Inc.

Also included: Membership Status Report, 2020-2021 JLOC Provisional Member Class, 2019 - 2020 JLOC Provisional Member Class Graduates, JLOC Membership Service Recognition Awards, JLCO Leadership Institute, Class II Graduates, SHEroes, Little Leaguers, Nearlyweds & Newlyweds, League Leash, Letters to the League, Remember When, JLOC Member-owned Business Directory, Reinstatement Campaign

HEADQUARTERS The Junior League of Oklahoma City, Inc. 1001 NW Grand Blvd.

Oklahoma City, OK 73118 Phone (405) 843-5668 Fax (405) 843-0994 www.jloc.org

ON THE COVER: Our top 9 photos of 2019-2020

FUNDRAISERS Mistletoe Market Speaker in the City Whale of a Sale Annual Campaign

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JLOC HQ : Makeover Edition

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BY LAUREN WILLINGHAM

he Junior League of Oklahoma City has its headquarters, or HQ, in the heart of the city on Grand Boulevard near Western Avenue. In the past year, you may have noticed changes to HQ, which have made the space both beautiful and more functional. This has been an intentional effort on the part of JLOC Leadership to create both social and educational opportunities for its members.

“One of the strategic goals is to be the premier training organization in OKC. An important part of that goal is a need for the infrastructure to accommodate top-quality training and educational experiences,” JLOC President Mandy Heaps said.

With that strategic goal in mind, the HQ’s Large Conference Room was fitted with a brand new large LCD screen which allows members or guest speakers to plug in their laptops to show presentations, videos, budget spreadsheets, etc. to those gathered in the room. Further, the furniture in the Large Conference Room was refreshed with new seats and backs for the chairs and more manageable lightweight rolling tables.

“The space required updated technology and furniture that could be easily moved to accommodate a variety of group sizes,” Heaps continued. “But we didn’t want to stop there. We also learned that, if we didn’t have as much furniture in the lobby, we could have a more open space that allowed members to engage with our history as well as be used to host events.”

Utilizing the services of Christy Howell with CRH Design and Custom Build, and under the guise of the JLOC Executive

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Committee, other areas of HQ also received a redesign. Heaps described the new HQ style as a mix of traditional and mid-century styles, so the space feels fresh.

One of the more important visual aspects of the redesign is the original artwork that now adorns the walls. Past JLOC President Ann-Clore Duncan led these efforts to collect

beautiful pieces of artwork from some of our talented sustaining members who are also artists. Featured JLOC Sustaining Member artists include Joy Richardson, Lana Lopez, Christa Chain and Jane Covington White.

Visit JLOC HQ to see both the beautiful redesign and the functional changes that will take JLOC into the future.

Nearlyweds and Newlyweds 1. Laura Cunningham & Luke Reese married December 21, 2019. 2. Megan Hansen and Alec Hansen married December 31, 2019. 3. Breann Hagar married Tyler Miller, Feb. 29, 2020. 4. KK Frates & Matt Palmer, engaged December 25, 2019. 5. Sheena Karami & Kyle Hollander married May 14, 2020. 6. Stephanie Weeks and new husband Zack Manek, married March 13, 2020 at Bella Vista in Durant, OK. 7. Katie Rose & Henry Gorton, Feb. 2 2020.

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Sustainer Spotlight:

Maxey Reynolds

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BY LESLIE BUFORD

unior League members searching for inspiration on their impact in the community should look no further than Margaret “Maxey” Reynolds. Her lifetime commitment to the Junior League and Oklahoma City leaves an indelible mark on our community.

Maxey joined the Junior League in the 1960s when one of the cornerstone projects was the traveling puppet shows that canvassed the city entertaining school children.

Her first job with the League involved making puppets for the shows by putting her sewing skills to use. As she became more involved in the project, she wanted to enhance her skills and attended the National Puppet Convention in Florida, where none other

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than Jim Henson critiqued the two puppets she had taken with her.

Attending the convention took her puppets to the next level: while there, she learned the process of creating plastic wood heads for puppets. The time-intensive process involves sculpting a clay head, then making a mold, and filling that mold with plastic “wood.”

Through this process, Maxey created memorable puppets such as Jack and the Giant in “Jack and the Beanstalk” and a witch with a mole on her nose for “Gerald and the Witch.”

She also devised the scenery for each of these shows, her most memorable prop being a tree that “grew” and moved thanks to a pulley system she created.

Not wanting to take time away from her children, Maxey spent many late nights creat-

ing the magical puppets and the scenery in her home, often staying up until 3 a.m. to assure the puppets were completed. Sadly, the trunk containing her creations were stolen from Junior League headquarters in the 1970s and never recovered.

After the puppet shows concluded, Maxey took her creativity to the Oklahoma City Zoo, where Junior League members volunteered as docents. When Maxey arrived, there was no information for the League members to rely on as they completed their duties, so Maxey took the initiative to create a docent book with at least three fun facts per animal to tell zoo visitors. During one very memorable tour with a school group, she was standing in front of the old lions’ den telling the class about the animal when several children in the group simultaneously grew fearful. She turned around to find a little boy crawling on the rocks surrounding the old enclosure, which at the time was a pit. One wrong step and the child could have tumbled over into the den. Very calmly, Maxey ordered the boy down then chastised the teacher for not paying better attention to her pupils.

Junior League Members also took animals from the zoo to the schools. Animals were transported in plexiglass boxes to the schools for show-and-tell. Animals included a rabbit, several birds with different claw types to teach the children the difference between how each bird functioned, and a snake. The snake always led to memorable moments, including getting loose in a classroom during a presentation and scaring a parking lot attendant in downtown Oklahoma City so much that he refused to get near the car.

Once Maxey made her mark on the zoo,

she moved to the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Museum. At the time, the League had a puppet show at the museum.

Once the placement ended, she found she enjoyed the museum so much that she stayed on as a docent giving tours to various groups.

Maxey was honored last year for her 50-year commitment to the Cowboy Hall of Fame and continues to serve today and enjoys learning new things each time she is there.

Maxey’s impact on the education of children in Oklahoma City extends beyond her time in the Junior League, and her organizational skills came to the forefront when she became one of the founders of Heritage Hall school.

The school began in 1969 when several parents attended orientation at Taft Junior High. While there, they found that the school was overcrowded to the point that teachers had lost control of their classrooms and were resigning in frustration. The head of the science department taught 300 students at once in the auditorium of the school. Maxey, her husband and twelve other parents determined there must be a solution and decided they wanted to start a private non-denominational school as an alternative to the public schools or the religious-based private schools. On August 6, 1969, the group invited 80 families to an information session at Penn Square Mall. The tuition that year would be $1,000 per child with a $100 down payment. At the end of the evening, the new school had 144 students enrolled.

With the orientation session being an overwhelming success, the founders went to work getting the school set up. They rented the basement of All Souls Episcopal Church and hired a headmaster for the school. Maxey served as the HR director for the school and waded through 250 teacher applications to hire 23 for that first year.

School opened one month after the initial orientation session on September 8. By the end of the school year, Heritage Hall grew to include over 200 students.

That Thanksgiving, Maxey, her husband and her brother-in-law went on a search for land to build a permanent home for Heritage Hall. They settled on some acreage just east of the quickly developing Quail Creek area.

While the school now boasts 69 acres, eight buildings, a football field, baseball fields, walking trails and more, in the early days, all the parents pitched in to build the campus.

Maxey would personally ask businesses that were developing land or re-landscaping if the school could have their old trees and bushes.

The group would spend their free time planting trees, bushes and flowers to make the campus what it is today.

Maxey and her husband also built the Canterbury retirement community next door to Heritage Hall and purposefully chose that location so that seniors and children can develop relationships. The first sidewalk built in the Canterbury complex was one that leads to Heritage Hall. It was important to Maxey that there was that connection by inviting the seniors living in the complex to the school to give living history lessons or having children come to Canterbury to sing continues to be a hallmark of the school.

Not one to stay still for long, Maxey continues to volunteer and help others in the community. She helped with the League’s remodeling of the jungle gym at the zoo a couple of years ago, where she assisted her daughter, former Junior League President Margaret Hogue, in painting a new mural.

She also utilizes her crocheting skills for vulnerable babies in the neonatal intensive care unit, where her granddaughter-in-law serves as a neonatologist. The first year her granddaughter-in-law requested stocking caps for all the babies in the unit for Christmas.

Maxey made 105 caps that first year. Due to their popularity, she completed 360 hats for Halloween and Christmas in 2019. Currently, she is working on octopus “lovies” that hide oxygen cords and small hearts that parents wear then leave with the babies so that babies can have the scent of their parents with them while in the NICU. She also makes prayer shawls for nursing students at OU and several area churches.

Maxey truly exemplifies the giving spirit of the Junior League and how a lifetime of volunteering can start with just one puppet.

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Empower JLOC Members in Our Community

A Spotlight on Representative Chelsey Branham

By Molly Brantley

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embers of the Junior League have a gift of using skills learned professionally and from the League to benefit their communities and beyond.

Rep. Chelsey Branham (D-District 83) is no exception. A member of the 2020 Provisional Class, Branham is utilizing her skill set to serve not only her district, which encompasses much of Nichols Hills, North Quail Creek, the Village, Camelot, Benttree, Greystone, Chisholm Creek and Fairview Farms, but to better the Oklahoma City community as a whole.

A native of rural Oklahoma and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Branham previously worked in Zambia. It was a position with the YWCA that brought her back to Oklahoma in 2014. When she is not in session, she consults non-profits in the areas of training and strategic development and recently traveled to New York to work with the Ms. Foundation.

Branham sought to join the League in 2019 to serve the community in other ways and to

have the ability to communicate directly with more of her constituents.

“Many Junior League members live in my district, and I wanted as many opportunities as possible to learn what their concerns and values are,” Branham said.

Additionally, she holds a degree in international economics and development, so much of her legislation involves how the social infrastructure impacts the economy and vice versa, as well as legislation focused on children, families and criminal justice reform.

Her experience as a legislator has impacted her experience in the Junior League. “I knocked on over 15,000 doors during my campaign, and so I learned how to listen and connect with people about hard topics and things that are important to them. I get to do the same thing in the Junior League because we are all working together to improve people’s lives to make an impact, and to leave someone better off than before they came in contact with us.”

Next year, Branham will embark on her first year as an Active Member. “I’m looking forward to getting an opportunity to share my passion for service with others that are also passionate about making their communities and their neighbors’ lives better, as well as bringing attention to groups that are not otherwise receiving attention.”

Much like her role in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, Branham hopes to work with her fellow League members to devise creative, modern solutions to long-term problems affecting the community.

Whether it is through her work as a legislator or involvement in the Junior League, Branham’s focus will remain on working with others to serve the community better.

2020-2021 JLOC PROVISIONALS MEMBER CLASS Alexandra Adkins Athen Andrade Sandra Andresson Smith Vivian Armitage Kenzie Arms Lynda Backstrom Barbara Bahner Katie Blankenship Alexandra Bridges Emily Burris Laura Butler Lauren Carter 8 SPRING 2020

Jessie Chavez Jade Coale Kirsten Collins Kati Conners Abigail Conte Jessica Dano Jakey Dobbs Sarah Dumas Shannon Easter Haley Esche Ashley Ewers Jennifer Fillmore Suzanne Frewaldt

Jennifer Grover Shaundra Hicks Katie Hill Jordan Horn Amanda Houska Brittani Hunter Elizabeth Isensee Jamie Jackson Elena Johnson Kelsey Jones Jessica Leonard Rachel Leonard Hannah Liles

Madison Lippert Sarah Lynch Madison Malget Lindsey Marczewski Sarah Masterson Danyale Matthews Alexandra McCurdy Kelli Miller Hannah Moore Teryn Moorman Katie Morgan Annie Mueller Ashley Narayan

Ashton Neufeld Kendra Norman Maribel Orduna Claire Painter Alicia Patterson Amanda Patterson Whitney Pittman Victoria Powell Sara Powers Elizabeth Rice Lauren Riepl Brandi Rizzi Erica Robinson

Mary Kate Roy Angela Shen Pooja Singhal Talia Sperry Brook Tipton Sara Watkins Rebecca Weingart Meagan Wilbourn Allyson Wilcoxv

JLOC Membership Service Recognition Awards 5 Years of Service

Morgan Cason Kayli Christensen Emily Crouch Elizabeth Daniel Nadine Davis Sarah DeWitt Dana Gillett Katie Hayes Whitni Hays Miranda Hines Katelyn Hudson Tina Izadi Lauren Hammonds Johnson Danielle Lidwell Grace Meyer Jennifer Nightingale Tiffany Rager Deemah Ramadan Chelsea Rickett

Mindy Rule Amanda Seay Natelie Simon Kailey Stephens Becca Sullivan Rachel Uraneck Amy Wilson Jacquelyn Wright

10 Years of Service Leslie Coale-Mossman Summer DeFehr Beth Jennings Lauren Johnson Lori Mayhue Cortney Smith Laura Steen Caroline Turan Kelli Hayward Walsh

CLASS II GRADUATES JLOC LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Hillary Ashton Emily Carmichael Samantha Corriero Julia Diane Lauren Fassio Ashley Feeback Andrea Flores Katherine Hager Sarah Hartman Krissy Holman Gretchen Jeane Lauren Hammonds Johnson Christy Kastl Emily Martin Jill Merritt Grace Meyer Kaci North Kathy North Brooke Nolte Michelle Phillips Amanda Quelly Catherine Ratliff Denise Ridpath Kristin Van Nort Jennifer Vickery

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BY STEPHANIE HINTON

he Junior League of Oklahoma City is known throughout the community for its projects. From our ongoing community projects to our signature projects, we are proud of the work that we do to improve the community through committed and welltrained volunteers.

By now, many of you have heard about Project EmpowHer, JLOC's latest signature project. Project EmpowHer was developed

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out of a call from League membership to move the needle on a critical women's issue while striving to achieve our focus on health.

Over the past year, the Research, Education and Development Committee, or READ, has researched other Leagues, reviewed projects, and spent the last year focused on developing a signature project that JLOC members can take ownership of and get behind.

"I've loved seeing our members think outside the box and develop this project. They have spent countless hours

brainstorming, discussing, questioning and prioritizing and have set this project up for success for years to come. Seeing everyone come together and give their talents has been truly special and one of the best parts of this entire project," READ Committee Chair Rachel Henderson said.

So what is the League's new signature project? Project EmpowHer is tasked with ending period poverty in the Oklahoma City Metro by providing access to menstrual supplies and health education to women who

cannot afford these necessities. Through drives, Project EmpowHer has already collected 3,910 tampons, 2,161 pads and 1,900 liners from our first JLOC donation drive at the December General Membership Meeting. Our League has also partnered with the Alliance for Period Supplies, which has brought in an additional 37,512 pads and liners from U by Kotex.

This League year, the READ Committee has worked to collect a base of products to distribute to women involved in the ReMerge, a comprehensive female diversion program designed to transform pregnant women and mothers facing incarceration into productive citizens. Through this partnership, we have distributed 440 liners, 1,186 pads and 2,380 tampons to ReMerge clients. Members serving on the READ Committee have worked together to inventory and distribute the items at events for the clients of ReMerge, including a widely popular Galentine's Event, where

in partnership with OU Medicine, women were able to learn about their health and ask questions to gynecologists.

As a League, we have collected so many products that the READ Committee is now working with project managers to distribute products to community partners where appropriate.

The 2020-2021 League year will mark the inaugural year of Project EmpowHer. With the newly established committee appointed by the current League Board of Directors, preparations are already being made.

Henderson and the READ Committee have begun dreaming of the future for this project.

"I would love for this project to expand and distribute products in schools, libraries, hospitals and other non-profits," Henderson said. "A primary goal is access to these supplies. I would love for JLOC to provide access to anyone who needs it."

DID YOU KNOW? • 1 in 4 women struggled to purchase period products within the past year due to lack of income.

• 1 in 5 low-income women report missing work, school or similar events due to lack of access to period supplies.

• Lack of access to period supplies is linked to using substitute products (toilet tissue or socks), stretching product usage, and missing important events.

• An overwhelming 88% of women agree that period products are a basic necessity.

• Only 4% of women are aware of a local resource where free or reduced cost period supplies are available.

• State and federal safety-net programs cannot be used to purchase period supplies.

Source: 2018 U by Kotex survey conducted with YouGov

The Alliance for Period Supply recently announced that JLOC’s Project EmpowHer would be receiving a $2,500 grant to further our mission of providing access to menstrual supplies and health education for girls and young women. This announcement was made during Period Poverty Awareness Week, May 25-31.

Henderson also dreams of having multiple designated locations across the city where people know they can access supplies at any time and to develop a curriculum to educate everyone. This includes helping youth understand happening to their bodies and becoming a resource for foster/single parents on how to speak to their children.

"I hope that the League becomes known for ending period poverty in our area and for empowering everyone to acknowledge their periods as something natural and a result of a healthy life," Henderson said.

MISSION Empowering women and girls in the Oklahoma City Metro by providing access to menstrual supplies and health education.

VISION End period poverty in the Oklahoma City Metro.

STRATEGIC GOALS Access Offer period resources and support to women of all ages Culture Shift Advance the conversation on period poverty Engagement Grow impact through education and community network Sustainability Structure for growth, inventory, financial support and commitment

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Changing Lives

A New Council: the Education and Development Council

By Stephanie Hinton

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uring the summer of 2018, thenPresident Pam Campbell and PresidentElect Mandy Heaps held focus groups on a variety of topics, from membership to fundraising. Out of the focus groups, it became clear to the League’s leadership that members were proud of the League’s mission of “developing the potential of women” and were asking for more opportunities to connect and develop their skills. With this common thread, a restructuring of the League’s organizational chart began with the creation of the new Education and Development Council.

According to the Policies and Procedures, this new Council would “develop the potential of women by providing training opportunities to broaden membership skills; provide professional, social, educational and networking opportunities for members to gather.” In previous years, the Training, Development and Leadership Chair (TLDC) was averaging over 50 events a year. In contrast, other pieces of training existed in other areas of the League, yet it was clear that there was a need for the events to live in one place and to be more in line with our League’s mission and vision. Creating the Education and Development Council ensured that events did not overlap and that members were getting a healthy mix of training opportunities that would help them succeed

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in their placement and their careers.

The Council would include some new roles and the restructuring of some past positions. The Education and Development Vice President, held by Lexy Lux, would be the newly created Board position. Under the VP, the committees include Logistics Chair, Networking & Social Chair, Leadership Institute Chair, Training Chair, Volunteer Development Chair and Provisional Training Chair.

The Education and Development Vice President guides and ensures that the training courses are aligned with the League’s newly formed strategic plan by developing a training plan in conjunction with the new Council members. Lux saw her Vice President role as “inspiring and empowering the individual chairs” in their positions on this new Council.

The Logistics Chair is tasked with working with the President and President-Elect to plan and organize the General Membership Meetings.

The Leadership Institute continued into its second year under the new Council. This year saw the Institute even more focused on developing leaders in our League. The Leadership Institute Chair planned an eightcourse, leadership-focused program for 50 JLOC members. This program was valued at over $1,000 in benefits to our members and

was offered at the cost of $50 per member.

Lux believes that continued support and growth of the Leadership Institute will create a strong pathway for League leadership and to develop leaders to serve outside of the League in the work or on the community, non-profit boards.

The Networking & Social Chair works with her committee to plan monthly socials that would meet a variety of interests, from an oyster tasting at the Drake to make-up tutorials at Cos Bar. The committee also fueled the development of JLOC Interest Groups, which included book clubs, running clubs and cooking clubs, among other things. Chair Hayley Moore believes that socials offer League members a chance to get to know each other outside of volunteer placements and required events. These are some of the best opportunities to bond over mutual interests.

The Training Chair and her committee similarly created opportunities to gather together with a focus on learning new skills.

Members participated in monthly events that covered self-defense, understanding your finances, and probably the most popular event of the year brought in Linda Clark, a Dare to Lead facilitator. Chair Blair Bradley was surprised by the wide variety of topics requested by League members. In this role,

EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL BY THE NUMBERS General Membership Meeting Attendance: September: 154 October: 154 November: 106 December: 154+ January: 90

Leadership Institute: • 50 Members started • 35 Members are on track to graduate

Networking Socials: • 68 Members have attended League-sponsored events to-date

Training Opportunities Attendance: Females & inance: 21 Nominating: 12

she greatly appreciated member feedback in developing training opportunities.

“Through this committee/council, we can provide a direct request from our membership, hopefully creating member satisfaction,” Bradley said.

The Volunteer Development Chair focuses on training our League members placed in the community while our Provisional Training Chair focuses on training new members through their Provisional year. Both chairs worked closely with community coordinators and the Provisional chair, respectively to create training opportunities that would further inform and prepare membership in their respective roles.

Volunteer Development Chair Sabrina Froehlich saw her role as an opportunity to improve the volunteer experiences for our community volunteers.

The Council worked through some difficult issues that arose throughout the year, including attendance and the role of costs for training sessions. Lux found it surprising that attendance would be a dominant issue. Still, throughout the year, it was clear that members were looking for educational opportunities and were engaging in those opportunities.

This inaugural year of the new Council has been a fulfillment of a board vision in response to listening to the needs of the membership. Lux stated that she is proud of the work done this year but sees the opportunity for more development.

“It was an important step to have the Council fully staffed and given a budget to fulfill the desire of our membership,” Lux said.

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Summaries [ J L O C Ye a r - E n d S u m m a r i e s ]

President

Submitted by 2019-2020 Junior League of Oklahoma City President Mandy Heapst

What an incredible and memorable year 2019-2020 has been for the Junior League of Oklahoma City! The Board of Directors and our appointed leaders hit the ground running on Jun. 1 with the annual Leadership Workshop held at OCU’s Meinders School of Business. The featured speakers included Heady Coleman, who presented his “7 Ways to be Engaged” workshop and Diane Rudebock, who taught valuable ways to incorporate self-care with leadership. It was an inspirational and motivating way to start the year.

The newly adopted Strategic Plan drove the work of the Board from day one.

We immediately began working on the Strategic Plan's accountability goal, as well as establishing strategies for all the other goals. Our work over the summer led to the introduction of new member obligations adopted by the membership at the September General Membership Meeting.

Requiring an increased level of engagement by all members is one of the many ways we have worked to retain our members and help them build lasting connections in the league. We wrapped up our work on the strategic plan in December after two Saturday workdays of walking through each goal and finalizing the timelines for all corresponding strategies.

The Board of Directors was committed to creating a culture of philanthropy at JLOC. Nearly 100% of the Board contributed more than $8,000 to the annual campaign. This shared contribution was used to issue a challenge to our members, which they surpassed by the thousands. Beyond investing in the league, we also invested in developing our leadership skills. In October, the Board was joined by the Mettise Group, who led a training on radical candor. This experience highlighted the need for JLOC to establish core values to use as a guide for our new accountability obligations.

Core values would communicate a higher purpose for the work we do both internally and externally. In January, a joint incoming/ current board training was held, and Lyn Watson (sustaining member) facilitated the creation of JLOC’s new core values, their definitions and acronym: I.C.A.R.E. · Integrity: Commit to doing the right thing 14 SPRING 2020

· Collaboration: Invest in each other and the community · Accountability: Own our responsibilities and exceed expectations · Respect: Honor others and ourselves · Excellence: Go above and beyond in all we do General Membership Meetings were a combination of business and social events. All business meetings were held at The Auditorium at the Douglass with networking beginning at 5:15 p.m., and business starting at 6 p.m. while social events occurred in various locations.

The schedule for the year was:

· Sept. 10 – Welcome Message from Councilwoman Nikki Nice, Keynote with Sheri Guyse of Big Bravely · Oct. 8 – Mistletoe Market Kick-off Party @ The Paramount · Nov. 12 – Women’s Health Panel Discussion with panelists from OU Medicine: Joanne Skaggs, MD, Rachel Funk-Lawler, Ph.D., and April Sandefur, communications director · Dec. 10 – Holiday Soiree @ JLOC Headquarters · Jan. 14 – JLOC Jam Sessions – homes around OKC · Feb. 11 – Whitney English, creator of the Day Designer and Week on One Page Planner · Apr. 9 – Virtual Webcast w/ Beth Silvers and Sarah Stewart-Holland, co-hosts of Pantsuit Politics podcast JLOC Jam Sessions held in January took focus groups to the next level. With the help of Advising Mentors and PAT Advisors, Board Members hosted about a dozen members in their homes for candid and intimate conversations about how JLOC can improve the member experience. The Jam Sessions were well-received by participants with multiple requests to host them again next year.

JLOC hired CRH Design and Custom Build to give Headquarters a refresh. The front lobby, vestibule, staff and executive offices, and the large conference room all received new paint, furniture and fixtures. The redesign was guided by the goal of having spaces that were open, inviting and flexible for multiple purposes. Included in the refresh was original artwork by four Sustaining Members: Lana Lopez, Joy Richardson, Jane Covington White and Christa Cain.

Their beautiful pieces have brought even more color and life to HQ. JLOC operations received several up-

grades thanks to the leadership of Kellian Schneider, managing director, and Helen Jones, financial services provider. Bill.com was instituted so all bill payments and invoicing could be done digitally and paperless. We also integrated with Stripe to make for a more seamless online external payment experience for member dues and event ticketing. A significant investment was made in HQ technology to improve data protections and upgrade the equipment used by staff, which was a huge benefit later in the year as we moved to remote work.

At the March Informal Board Meeting, the Board of Directors voted to cancel or postpone in-person events, meetings and activities due to COVID-19 and subsequent shelter-in-place orders that came from the city and the state. Due to technology upgrades and other preparations made by the JLOC staff team, we seamlessly transitioned to working remotely. Headquarters was closed, and all meetings moved to virtual platforms. The April and May GMMs were virtual and streamed across our YouTube and Facebook Live channels, which had the positive effect of reaching more people and generating lots of online engagement.

Although we had to stop our in-person community projects, the Board approved sending $500 to each of our partner agencies to express our support for them during such an uncertain time. The long-term effect of this virus remains to be seen. Still, it was comforting to see how quickly JLOC could adapt its operation and continue providing opportunities for members to see value in their affiliation with the organization.

While it felt like the year ended in March, the Board of Directors kept working. It established two new groups to begin their work in the next year: a JLOC Anniversary Planning Committee and a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force. I am grateful to the Board for acting on both of these opportunities. The Anniversary Planning Committee will create structure and make recommendations on planning for the 95th and 100th anniversaries. The DE&I Task Force is the next step as part of a larger AJLI movement to increase the diversity of the organization and make JLOC a place that is inviting and encouraging to all women who share our mission.

UNSTOPPABLE is the perfect way to describe this year because, truly, even a global pandemic could not stop the Junior League of Oklahoma City. I am humbled by every member’s commitment to building a better Oklahoma City. Serving this organization and its membership has been my HONOR.

President-Elect Submitted by President-Elect Leslie Coale-Mossman

What an amazing year of growth and education! As JLOC President-Elect, I have

spent 11 months training for the 2020-2021 JLOC year under the direction of President Mandy Heaps. Here are some highlights: Projects and Committee Evaluations Committee The Projects and Committee Evaluations (PACE) Committee, under the direction of Becca Sullivan, worked tirelessly this year. The women of PACE met twice a month, August through March, auditing the work and direction of the league. They are to be commended for asking tough questions, having thoughtful conversations, and making bold recommendations.

During the fall, PACE members met with community projects and voted to continue the following community projects, including Wiggle Out Loud (Community Impact Event), PIVOT, Car Seat Safety Checks and Thrive for three (3) additional years. Members spent the spring reviewing many JLOC committees and events, including Mistletoe Market, Nominating Committee, Bylaws Chair, and the JLOC Board of Directors.

Appropriate recommendations and ideas were sent to applicable members.

Thank you to the PACE Committee for your hard work!

Advisory Council President Mandy Heaps and I took a slightly different approach to the Advisory Council this year and spent time in October and November 2019 meeting in small groups with various members. These meetings helped shape some new ideas for the Council as we move into next year. Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we were unable to meet in the spring and just communicated electronically. Incoming President-Elect Ann Richard-Farinha and I will be working during the summer to write some policies and procedures around this group. Our goal is to develop a revised Council with some new members and an outline of expectations for all Council members.

JLOC Board of Directors 2020-2021 I am grateful to the Nominating Committee for their work in placing the incoming Board of Directors. The 20202021 Board of Directors slate was approved in December 2019 and includes the following women: President-Elect: Ann Richard-Farinha Administrative Vice President (VP): Anastasia Svec Bylaws Chair: Angie Huffaker Communications VP: Julia Daine Community VP: Katherine Chandler Education and Development VP: Ashley Rivers Finance VP: Candace Beaty Fundraising VP: Hillary Ashton Membership VP: Kelli Hilgenfeld Nominating Chair: Jamie Manoles Sustaining Advisor: Margaret Hoge Chief of Staff: Rachel Henderson

During the spring, even with social distancing, we were able to train and connect. We were lucky enough to be able to travel together to Lake Texoma for Board Retreat Weekend and made appointments for the coming year. Congrats to these women, and I’m excited about our year together.

As I reflect on this past year, I want to acknowledge how eternally grateful I am to the 2019-2020 JLOC Board of Directors for their support and friendship. It has been my absolute pleasure to work alongside you. The amount of work we have accomplished is staggering and shaped the incoming Board’s path for the next year.

Most of all, I want to say thank you to President Mandy Heaps. The amount of information I have absorbed this year is astounding, and I feel that you have prepared me for my year. I feel so lucky that I had you as a guide and role model. Under your direction, JLOC has flourished, and you have laid a solid foundation. I will miss your face, but I know you’re just a phone call away. We can always meet and catch up at our Zoe’s Kitchen office. Just know there aren’t enough words for me to express how grateful and encouraged I am. Thank you for being such a wonderful servant leader.

Well, here we go, team. Let’s do this!

meetings, including Formal Board of Directors Meetings, Informal Board of Directors Meetings, Human Resources Committee Meetings and Executive Committee Meetings. Minutes were also taken at General Membership Meetings. One particular goal for this year that was accomplished was ensuring sure that all minutes were saved into one shared folder, which could be passed down from year to year for the new Administrative Vice President at the end of each JLOC year. The Administrative Vice President also prepared the board packets for each Formal Board of Directors meeting and ensured that those were also saved in the shared folder to be passed along for the next year. There were many significant improvements made to Headquarters, primarily led by the President, Managing Director and Executive Committee. Those improvements included a new audio/visual system in the large conference room to better fit the needs of meetings and trainings at Headquarters.

The other spaces which received an update included the entryway, common seating area, President's office, Managing Director's office, updated countertops, chairs and tables in the large conference room and reception areas.

Project and Committee Evaluation Committee Chair Submitted by Project and Committee Evaluation Committee Chair Becca Sullivan The Project and Committee Evaluation (PACE) Committee met twice a month to ensure community projects were running smoothly, membership expectations were being met, and current procedures were effective. We held six scheduled reviews of community projects and several special reviews. We also met with committee chairs to assess how their committees were functioning, reviewing eight committees.

PACE sent recommendations to each committee it met. PACE was placed under the President-Elect this year. The Committee also recommended making a few changes to the staff of the council. Due to COVID 19, the PACE Committee did not meet with Legacy and Legends. The 2020-2021 Committee will touch base with those committees at the beginning of the League year. With the implementation of a strictly timed agenda, we were able to efficiently and effectively review all these projects and committees. We had a very productive year.

The Board of Directors worked hard this year, along with their councils, to dive deep into our Bylaws and Policies and Procedures and brought multiple motions to that were adopted. These motions cleaned up and aligned our Bylaws and Policies and Procedures to reflect more of how we operate and bring new changes that will have a positive impact for years to come.

One of the significant set of changes this year was to membership requirements in Bylaws and Policies and Procedures that were brought from Membership Council and were also proposed by the Board of Directors and adopted by the Active Membership in September 2019. The change to Bylaws included adding in shifts to be worked at events to fundraising obligations for our members. The changes made to Bylaws and Policies and Procedures included requiring Active and Provisional Members to attend a minimum of three (3) General Membership Meeting per year to remain in good standing, semiannual interview requirements based on years of service for Active Members. First, year Actives being required to participate in a JLOC committee. All of these changes were thoroughly evaluated by the Board, as well as opening up the conversation to our membership for input before bringing this to a vote. The motions passed overwhelmingly, and we were thrilled about these changes.

I took on the challenge this year of completely restructuring our Policies and Procedure document. For years this document has been edited with changes and became a mess. Along with help from many others, I was able to take our document and

Administrative Council Administrative Council Vice President Submitted by Administrative Vice President Lori Mayhue

This year the Administrative Vice President continued taking minutes at all board

Bylaws Chair Submitted by Bylaws Chair Bria Hanlon

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Summaries separate our Policies and Procedures from our Job Descriptions into a much more user friendly and easier to navigate document for our membership. I am very proud of this accomplishment!

It has been such a joy to serve as the 20192020 Bylaws Chair. I will miss serving in this position, and I will especially miss my time with the women who served on the Board this year, it was such a fantastic group of women. I love the League so much, and I look forward to serving for many more years to come.

Communications Council Communications Council Vice President Submitted by Communications Council Vice President Suzanne Singleterry

This year the Communications Council sought to build upon last year’s success to focus on measurable results. The success of each Communications’ committee speaks for itself.

We made great strides this year in raising the profile and mission of the Junior League of Oklahoma City in our community, receiving several featured stories across print, broadcast and digital media.

Video production took center stage.

The Mandy Minute, a one-minute video, featuring a personal message from our president to our members, was produced by the Communications Vice President and included in Member Emails at a minimum once a month. This effort culminated in a series of videos released daily during Member Appreciation Week in mid-April. Reception was overwhelmingly positive. One Sustainer remarked, “There is nothing quite like the power of hearing from and seeing our JLOC president speaking directly to members – that makes a HUGE impact!”

Professional video efforts were undertaken to recruit prospective Provisional Members, to promote EmpowHer and celebrate our Legacy & Legends awardees. These assets were used across external platforms and helped in further our message of building a better OKC. Additional attention was paid to develop members skills to become JLOC brand ambassadors externally through several trainings, including creating an authenticallyowned JLOC elevator pitch and media trainings to prepare those in contact with the media.

COVID-19 impacted the last quarter of the League year, placing an emphasis on crisis communications response and a need to transform the member experience. We increased email communications and moved events online through live-streaming. Our April 14 virtual event, An Evening with Pantsuit Politics: Learning to Disagree with Grace, drew more than 200 participants from Oklahoma, California, Maryland and Brazil.

The May General Membership Meeting was pre-taped and broadcast on May 12 on JLOC Facebook and YouTube channels. It featured the passing of the gavel to the new president 16 SPRING 2020

and messages of from the Board of Directors congratulating the accomplishments of our Provisional graduating class and those being recognized for ten years of service.

More than 400 members tuned in to watch the May GMM live and others viewed it afterwards at their convenience. Reception was positive with glowing comments from Actives and Provisionals, Sustainers and League Presidents from around the country.

All of this was accomplished through the leadership of the small but MIGHTY all-star Communications Team, who made it all possible. To my Link Co-editors Jamie Manoles and Leslie Buford, thank you for bringing your experience and bullet-proof League expertise. Katie Rose-Gorton, our PR/Social Media magician, thank you for stepping up whenever an opportunity presented itself and excelling every. Single.

Time. Laura Reese, who assisted our Member Emails contributed her skills when she could. Last but not least, thank you to our amazing Sustaining Advisor Shelly Soliz for your fantastic guidance and council. I truly am a better person, League member and leader from having worked alongside all of you.

League Link Committee Co-Editors Submitted by Active and Sustainer Co-Editors Jamie Manoles and Leslie Buford

There has never been a Junior League year quite like this one and we were able to present a new look to our League Link publication as we wrap up more than 90 years of building a better Oklahoma City.

This year's League Link fall issue was created using material from the delayed summer issue and our wonderful new committee. We had a theme of Homecoming and used that to tie each piece together. We were very thankful for all of our committee members for their contributions and dedication to completing their articles.

The spring issue ended up morphing into something new, much like our League year. With the closures and cancellations, and with the recommendations of a League Link task force, we have several regular features and articles, and as you can see, added the year-end summaries our appointed positions complete annually.

We both want to personally thank our fabulous Communications VP, Suzanne Singleterry, who was truly the third editor.

She was essential to this endeavor, and for that, we are forever grateful!

Public Relations & Social Media Committee Chair Submitted by Acting PR Chair and PR Vice/Social Media Chair Katie Rose-Gorton

The Public Relations Committee had excellent success in creating this year's first stand-alone Annual Report publication. We worked with our Finance, Fundraising and Community Councils to ensure that all of the information was accurate and timely.

The collaboration allowed us to create this

document and create systems to ensure that it goes even more smoothly in the future.

The Committee also acted as a sounding board for some preliminary ideas surrounding the new project EmpowHer. The PR Committee also was restructured to merge the Social Media Manager position with the PR Vice Chair role. In this new role of PR Vice/Social Media Chair, I worked very hard to revitalize the message given out to the public to reflect the League as it is, but also as we hope for it to be. We took great strides in making sure our messaging was diverse, vibrant, inclusive and informative. It was important to make sure that anyone of any culture would feel accepted in our League, so we introduced some groundbreaking posts (such as our very first Pride and Ramadan posts), which were met with great success.

We also strived to recognize the achievements that not only our League had, but what some of the amazing women in the League had. After a few posts featuring women who were doing amazing things in and out of the League, we realized that celebrating our own women on social media was a huge hit among members and a great way to interact with other organizations.

The results from these efforts demonstrate that this year was a great success. The engagement rate on our page increased by 25% while the number of fans increased by 172. Our Page Impressions were steadily over 10k each month, often without the use of paid ads. We put out more videos this year to follow the trend in social media, and views increased by 8,100 compared to last year. Content from our Instagram was picked up and shared by AJLI and other highly recognized accounts on multiple occasions.

Web Content Editor Submitted by Assistant Web Content Editor Laura Cunningham Reese

In communications, this year was marked by a reinvigorated Member Email, new approaches to events, and an unforeseen pandemic that took us virtual. We created new internal and external web forms on Digital Cheetah to streamline information-gathering, reimbursements, event sign-ups, and other tasks while tracking and maintaining data reports on JLOC web traffic.

The redesigned the Member Email for optimum readability and engagement resulted in increased Active and Sustainer communications engagement. Member Email open rates increased by 6 percent and click through rate by more than 7 percent as compared to the 2018-2019 League year. The most popular features were the additions of the Mandy Minute and the What Leaders Are Reading section featuring news articles to inform and provide value to JLOC volunteers about the world around them. We also sent several special emails to members as needed, notably as operations updates during shelter-in-place.

Community Council Community Council Vice President Submitted by Community Council Vice President Adrienne Nobles

Our Community Team leaders and the members volunteering in our community projects made an indelible impact on the Oklahoma City metro area during the 20192020 League year. We had a strong Project Management team led by Co-Community Coordinators Katherine Chandler and Nichole Glover. Refreshingly, we had very few problems this year with our community volunteers staying on track with hours. This can be attributed to a key focus by our leaders to keep women engaged in meaningful projects and also finally dispelling the notion that they had to clock "40 hours" to complete their placement successfully. Instead, we asked each project manager to articulate what "successfully" completing a project placement meant for their individual project and had the members sign a contract at the beginning of the year, committing to those standards. You can read about all of the great things they accomplished in their year-end summaries.

The READ Committee devoted it’s time to developing a new signature project for the League. Project EmpowHer grew out of the JLOC's surveying of members and the resulting strategic plan, which identified making a significant impact on women's issues in the community as a priority. The Committee's research found there was not an organization in the Oklahoma City metro focused on addressing period poverty – or barriers to accessing menstrual products. Lack of access to these products can keep women home from work or make women feel ashamed and embarrassed. Guided by the principles that these products are a basic necessity and help women move through life with dignity, the Committee spent significant time building a framework for the Project Committee, building a strategic plan, and were ultimately able to begin distributing products. You can read the details of their success in the READ Committee report. The first Project EmpowHer Committee was placed for the 20202021 year, and I can't wait to see how they positively impact our community.

Our year of service in the community was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As our members joined the rest of the community in sheltering in place, the JLOC Board of Directors voted to donate $500 to each of our community partners, using the funds that would have supported our volunteer activities with them for the remainder of the League year. Though the year did not end as planned, I am exceedingly proud of our Community team leaders and our members who volunteered in the community. We made a difference and are poised to continue making an impact for years to come. We are truly women building a better Oklahoma City.

Research Education and Development Committee Chair Submitted by Research Education and Development Chair Rachel Henderson

This year's Research Education and Development (READ) Committee devoted most of its time to pilot testing JLOC’s new signature project, Project EmpowHer. The project grew out of an awareness of the barriers many women face to getting period supplies. With JLOC staff’s strategic planning assistance, the READ Committee was able to develop a mission, vision and strategic goals to guide this project in the future.

READ gathered all the Oklahoma statistics, implementation plans, and goals created by last year's committee and began purchasing and distributing products in Oklahoma City. Our first distribution partner was ReMerge, an OKC-based nonprofit that offers an alternative to incarceration for women. The first distribution was a "build your own period pack" lunch, where the JLOC volunteers provide the women in the ReMerge program liners, pads and tampons. Since the initial distribution, JLOC has shifted to pre-assembled packages of single items for the women.

We hosted our first internal product drive at the December holiday party and collected almost 8,000 individual products. In addition to this drive, JLOC was accepted as a member of the Alliance for Period Supplies, a part of the National DiaperBank Network. Through this partnership, we received two donations of pads from Kimberly Clark U by Kotex, totaling over 45,000 pads.

In addition to ReMerge, JLOC began distributing products to our partners at PIVOT and YWCA and can’t wait to add more partners to our distribution list. Total distribution numbers for this league year-to-date are more than 15,000 individual tampons, liners and pads (even throughout the COVID-19 crisis).

We have a significant inventory in addition to these numbers.

In addition to distributing products, JLOC has worked with ReMerge to serve lunch to the women in their program, hosted a cookie decorating holiday party and, through our partnership with OU Physicians, hosted a Galentine’s Day event complete with ObGyns to answer all health and wellness questions.

We are planning on expanding activities with ReMerge participants next year as we grow this project and think this will be incredibly impactful for JLOC members and ReMerge.

The 2019-2020 READ Committee is excited to see next year’s committee continue the momentum and excitement we experienced this year as they implement our first official year with Project EmpowHer. Project Management Team Submitted by Co-Community Coordinators Katherine Chandler and Nichole Glover

This year we continued to build upon the groundwork from last year by providing training for the project managers and accountability for members volunteering in the community. We also implemented monthly

budget reporting and attendance reports that were shared with the advising mentors.

We worked closely with the Advising Mentor Co-chairs to ensure the Project Managers and Advising Mentors were in regular communication regarding member attendance and participation, life events and feedback on the project. Each month the Project Managers would email the attendance report and budget to the Advising Mentors and Co-Community Coordinators. This allowed the Project Managers and Advising Mentors to reach out to members proactively if they began to miss sessions.

This year the Co-Community Coordinators also split their time to have representation on both the Community Council and Membership Council. This truly helped the relationship between the two Councils stay stronger and make it easier to work as a team.

Working on the budget each month allowed for an easy transition to do the finance reports for the Finance committee. This also helped them plan out their activities when they would see if they had funds left over from an activity that could be applied to a future event.

We worked with the Training and Development Chair to provide three additional trainings for Project Managers. We started the year off with StrengthFinders. This was the perfect kick-off to our year to allow the project managers to see their strengths and what the strengths/personalities are of other PMT members. Being armed with this information helped them work with each other as a team.

The second training was the annual volunteer training that is mandatory for all Project Managers and members volunteering in the community. This year’s volunteer training was centered around trauma sensitivity.

This training intended to help members to connect appropriately with those they are working with and show empathy.

The final training was on how to have an effective transition with the incoming Project Managers. This training covered the key points that needed to be communicated to the incoming project managers, being open to questions and feedback on the direction they see for the project and reviewing Digital Cheetah and other tasks that pertain to the position.

In February, the Community Coordinators and Project Managers hosted the Community and Committee Placement Fair at JLOC headquarters. Our theme was “decades,” with each room at Headquarters being transformed into a different decade (20’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s). Costumes of each decade were also encouraged as well as food and prizes to create more of a fun evening while learning about all of the amazing volunteer opportunities JLOC has to offer.

Shift outputs were recorded throughout the league year. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19, all projects had to stop in-person activities in March. The 17

Summaries Project Managers continued to reach out to our community partners to check in and see if there were any other ways we could continue to help. Each community partner received a donation of $500 from the placement budget. Several of the project managers were able to use some of their remaining budgets to purchase items to help the community partner such as formula, diapers, car seats, a gift closet for YWCA and running shoes are being purchased for those that were participating in Kids on Track. We are proud of the Project Managers and how they have handled the interruption. They have been in constant communication, fulfilling all requests that are asked of them and are still checking in on their members to see how they are doing during this time.

We had a truly exceptional group of Project Managers. They did a wonderful job leading the members and working with the community partners. Each project manager demonstrated exceptional dedication in their commitment to representing both our league and its mission. Our goal was to provide support and encouragement. They made our job easy.

Car Seat Safety Checks Submitted by Project Manager Brooke Powell

Car Seat Safety Checks had their fifth successful year with the help of the Provisional class, our partner agency, Infant Crisis Services, and the dedicated volunteers. This Junior League year was shortened but the COVID-19 pandemic, but we were still able to help so many families in our OKC metro community.

Our primary focus was to properly install safety seats, check current safety seats, and install seats provided by the parents or guardians while educating them on the current child safety techniques. Active and Provisional Members were provided with two mandatory training sessions at Infant Crisis Services in June 2019 and had additional Community Volunteer Training at JLOC Headquarters later that summer.

Our events were held in July, September, November, January and March. The events are all on Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. to noon.

During our events, the Actives and Provisionals worked hand in hand. Our volunteers filled out the paperwork needed for each installation, kept the children occupied, helped the technicians with install, organized paperwork and car seats, directed traffic, helped with questionnaires, handed out numbers and paperwork, accepted donations, and gave out information about services at ICS. This calendar year, we were able to distribute 562 safety seats to families, making 562 children safer while on the roads. The volunteers dedicated themselves at the events to the clients during the installation process. There were laughs, stories shared, questions and connections made in every bay at every event.

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Community Impact Events

The Children’s Hospital Events

Submitted by Co-Project Managers Hillary Ashton and Debra Ridpath

Submitted by Project Manager Katelyn Kelly

Community Impact Events kicked off the 2019-2020 year with “back to school” with Citizens Caring for Children. Members assisted children living in foster homes in picking out new school supplies and outfits before the new year began. Members helped to price and hang clothing in advance of the event and went “shopping” with the children at the on-site shop to make sure they had new clothing and supplies to help ensure success in the upcoming school year. Members also packed backpacks after the event for children who were not able to attend.

October was busy with two big events.

First, we helped Wiggle Out Loud during The Children’s Hospital’s free festival on the lawn at Myriad Gardens. The event celebrates families, music and healthy lifestyles.

JLOC members provided large yard games and a coloring station for the children to help keep kids’ bodies and imaginations active all day long. Later in the month, we joined the Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma for GirlFest at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Members led activities for children and their families focused on Oklahoma history and achieving a State patch.

In December, we “decked the halls” of Positive Tomorrows for the holiday season.

Positive Tomorrows is a charter school for elementary-aged children that are currently homeless and may not be able to decorate where they are currently living. This was a huge year for Positive Tomorrows as they moved into their new school in early December. Members decorated each classroom and hung stockings for each student.

In addition to providing holiday cheer, JLOC donated gifts for each classroom, plus copies of “Goodnight OKC” for the library.

Due to changes in the needs of the community partners, we did not renew our contracts with the Oklahoma CityCounty Health Department for Open Streets or with the Oklahoma History Center for a spring event. This left us with a gap in spring events for volunteers. We were pleased to be able to help fill this gap by partnering with the OKC Zoo for Read Across Oklahoma. Each year, hundreds of children from across the state gather to celebrate literacy and participate in educational activities. We were asked to create a hands-on activity that focuses on literacy for children ages 4-7 years old.

Volunteers chose to develop a Rhyming Game for kids to help them with their reading skills.

In May, we were scheduled to wrap up the year with the Girls on the Run Celebratory 5K. Girls on the Run promotes self-esteem and healthy life choices through running. Members were scheduled to assist with cheering on the runners and man a water station. However, this event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

For the second year, The Children’s Hospital Events placement held monthly Zone Nights, starting in July 2019, and Prom in January 2020 at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medicine. Keeping these two events combined allows our volunteers to stay engaged and become more comfortable with the hospital staff, and help Prom run smoothly.

Zone Nights were held the first Tuesday of each month in The Zone – a place for the patients and their siblings to play, explore and forget their worries. Zone Nights allow patients and their families to get out of their hospital room and participate in fun activities and make new friends. We supplied a healthy snack dinner and a craft for the patients and their families to do together.

Crafts ranged from paper fireworks and painting pumpkins to friendship bracelets and Christmas ornaments. This year, we implemented Zone-To-Gos to stay engaged during the months where the hospital census is either incredibly low or many patients are “on contact” and cannot come to The Zone because of various illnesses going around like the flu. The Zone-To-Gos contained all the supplies needed for the craft and allowed nurses to grab bags easily to take back to their patients without trying to carry numerous supplies and worry about returning things to The Zone. The three months that we did this, bags were gone in mere hours, whereas if we were in The Zone, we could have had more than half the supplies leftover. The budget allocated for the monthly Zone Nights was spent on the craft supplies and snack dinner for each session.

Prom planning began in June 2019, where volunteers split up duties to plan and execute “Get Ready to Glow!” for about 120 patients and their families. One of the biggest aspects of planning is reaching out to community members for various in-kind donations, including volunteers to do hair, makeup and seamstress work during PreProm. During Pre-Prom, patients choose a prom dress or suit/tie – which is altered on-site mere moments later – before getting their hair and makeup done. Volunteers spend part of the morning setting up and decorating the SAMIS Center with a photo booth, dance floor and tables for Prom night. While some patients danced alongside their families, physicians and healthcare providers, others enjoyed the photo booth, food and community. And before the night ended, we crowned a new Prom Queen and King with the help of Miss EOC/Mid-Del. Kids in the Kitchen (KITK)/Top Chef Submitted by Co-Project Managers Mayra Hernandez and LeeAnna McNally

Although our time was cut a little short this year due to COVID-19, KITK/Top Chef had another great year with the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County. The volunteers came in eagerly each session to spend time with the kids and were ready to

teach the kids about healthy foods.

In KITK, the session leaders, along with the volunteers, taught a new lesson to the students about healthy eating. The lessons ranged from healthy after school snacks to learning to use utensils while still enjoying a healthy snack. Volunteers always kept the lessons fun so that the students would continue to be engaged.

At Top Chef, the students learned about different cuisines but also learning to cook some of the most well-known meals. We were able to get a couple of students to try new ingredients that they did not know about or have always been hesitant to try. The session leaders were creative with their recipes too.

The student's favorite activity was competition night. The student loved being competitive and enjoyed making their own recipes.

One thing we worked hard on this year is their cutting skill. They learned how to properly hold safely use a kitchen knife while they are cooking. We made great progress.

We also held a December Farmer's Market, and the kids enjoyed it. We set up the cafeteria like a Farmer's Market, and each student got to go through the market and pick fresh produce and pork tenderloin. The students enjoyed this activity, and they are so proud of all the food they can get to take back home. Of course, we also had them do a small holiday activity with food since we would all be going on holiday break.

Kids on Track Submitted by Project Manager Whitney Swyden

Kids on Track with the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County had quite an interesting year, much like other projects.

With this program, we capped the number of students to 30. Over the year, we instructed the children on how being active is crucial to a healthy lifestyle, now and in the future.

The kids each week learned by running laps, playing games and different stretching techniques. These games included freeze tag, sharks and minnows, duck, duck, goose and four corners. After each training session, the kids were provided a healthy snack and water.

The kids would have celebrated their hard work on April 26, 2020, by running the Oklahoma City Memorial Kids Run to Remember. Due to COVID-19, our year came to an abrupt end, but many new opportunities are coming their way this fall.

The Kids on Track volunteers this year truly were amazing helping with the kids.

The communication between them and the kids was life-altering. You can see it by the looks on not only the kids' faces but ours as well. This year was not a normal one by any means, but I am beyond proud to be a part of this fantastic team.

Food and Fun at Pivot Submitted by Project Manager Heather Whiteside

At Pivot, our primary focus areas were to teach the kids life skills, plan mental and physical wellness activities, as well as promote healthy eating. We had a yearlong group of volunteers, different from past years with

separate concentrations in the summer, fall and spring. For each session, we participated in a physical and/or life skill activity with the children and shared a meal at the table.

Some of the activities we participated in were: taking the kids to an art class, where they could exhibit their creative side; game nights with the kids to build bonding between everyone; a nature hike and scavenger hunt to explore outside; bringing zoo animals in to learn more about animals, and sunset yoga to help create a relaxing and calm environment.

Another focus this year was connecting with and building relationships with the Pivot management and executive team. For the first time, we gave a presentation to the Pivot Board of Directors to raise awareness about what JLOC does at the shelter, which was very well received.

All in all, it was a wonderful group of volunteers, a great experience and the children/ Pivot team conveyed how grateful they are for what JLOC is doing in the community.

Single Parent Support Network Submitted by Project Manager Krissy Holman

Single Parent Support Network had a busy year. We were able to partner with this organization and provide single-parent families with a monthly health-focused activity and a meal for each meeting. Activities for our monthly meetings included: Yoga, hip hop dance, paint night, self-defense, family game night and our large event was our Christmas party. At our Christmas event were able to provide gifts to approximately 180 parents. Each parent made a wish list, and we were able to provide at least one gift or gift card for each parent on our list.

The families we served this year are a very deserving part of our community that has little assistance available to them. Our volunteer numbers were high this year, and each meeting we had at least five to ten volunteers to interact with the families that were present. We did have lower attendance at the monthly meetings than last year, and I feel this was due to a change in leadership between several individuals this year. Overall, I think that the families we were able to serve this year were grateful and appreciative of what we provided.

Thrive at Sunbeam Family Services Submitted by Allie Dodson and Nicole Doherty, Project Managers

This was the first year for the Thrive at Sunbeam Family Services placement.

This placement took place at the Sunbeam Emergency Senior Shelter. We met twice a month on Thursday evenings with any current residents in the shelter. Our usual routine included providing dinner for the residents, eating with the residents and current on-site staff members, and planning a wellness-based activity for any current shelter residents that wanted to participate.

The members assigned to this placement were extremely committed and took a lot of pride in planning their activities. They went

above and beyond to plan fun and interesting activities geared toward senior citizens experiencing transition and homelessness in their life and with a focus on the many dimensions of wellness. The placement intended to help shelter residents focus on wellness and mindfulness while providing comfort and support through meaningful relationships and conversation.

Each time we had our placement, we focused on providing activities on a topic we could talk about with the shelter residents.

We were also able to provide take-aways that the residents would be able to use once finding a place of residence in the future. Some of the activities included chair yoga, board game nights, holiday-themed activities, including pumpkin painting for Halloween, cookie decorating for Christmas, decorating calendars and planners with important reminders and stickers, planting herbs, bingo and much more. We were able to provide personal care packages, such as toothpaste and toothbrush, nail care kits, reusable water bottles, and shampoo and conditioner.

The shelter residents enjoyed getting to know our members, and some of our most memorable times came through simple conversation and "get to know you" games.

Each of the residents had such unique stories to share, and our volunteers loved getting to sit down and talk about life and the experiences that they have had. While most of the residents were there for one session, we did have a few regulars that we were able to build close relationships with, and I know seeing them from session to session brought joy to both them and our volunteers. Our first year in this placement went great, and we cannot wait to see how it continues to grow into the future!

Wellness Wednesdays with YWCA Submitted by Co-Project Managers Rachel Benbrook and Lauren Quick

What an incredible year we had supporting our long-term partner, the YWCA. In October, we started the year by receiving the Team Impact Award for 2019 on behalf of the Junior League to represent our partnership with YWCA. Four of our members in the placement were able to accept the award at the ceremony put on by the partner agency. The YWCA thanked us for providing recreational activities that promote emotional well-being for the residents. Following our mandatory training, which gives our volunteers information on domestic violence and sexual assault in our community and prepares us to be more trauma-informed in our volunteering, we were able to begin providing Wednesday night sessions for the residents of the shelter.

Each Wednesday, our members helped plan a unique activity meant to boost the well-being of the Thelma Gaylord Emergency Shelter residents. This year, there were two activities planned for every session, one for the kids and another for the adults. We did multiple art projects, including making seasonal dĂŠcor to decorate their rooms, art 19

Summaries collages, journal decorating and friendship bracelets for the kids. We engaged their brains with a game night that included a competitive game of Jenga. We moved our bodies with several sessions of yoga and Zumba hosted by community instructors to support our physical health.

Throughout the year, we also partnered with the YWCA advocates and staff to celebrate several holidays. We celebrated Halloween with a carnival that included trick or treating in the shelter, as well as a winter holiday party with self-care gift bags, hot cocoa from Café Nova, ornament making and tree decorating. One of our members, a photographer, helped take pictures to give to the residents, and we helped make their frames. We also had fun making Valentine’s cards and cookie decorating to celebrate love in all its forms.

This spring, we intended to celebrate Easter with a party that included crafts, candy and an egg hunt, as well as provide Mother's Day cards and activities to the residents. We hoped to wrap up the year at the shelter with an end of school year bash with sno-cones and outdoor games borrowed from JLOC. But our in-person time at the shelter was cut short by COVID-19. Despite our social distancing, we were still able to donate Easter candy, supplies for Mother's Day cards and lots of leftover craft supplies from our year to the residents. Our hope is, even from a distance, that these donations coupled with organizational items for the new birthday closet, our $500 JLOC monetary donation, and using the rest of our budget to purchase items on their current needs wish list, we can finish the year out strong continuing to provide support from afar.

We had an incredible year providing emotional, mental and physical wellness activities and building relationships with the residents and YWCA staff. We hope this wonderful partnership between JLOC and YWCA continues to thrive.

Wellness for Life at Concordia Submitted by Ashley Feeback, Project Manager

Junior League members and Concordia residents had a great time together this year.

Our year was abruptly cut short at the end of February due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We had such a wonderful time reconnecting with the residents and furthering the intergenerational friendships we have built. Residents enjoyed supporting other nonprofits in the community through Wellness for Life’s programming multiple times this year. They created purple decorations for a 24-hour NuStep Alzheimer’s awareness event, sent holiday cards to Oklahoma troops that were deployed through the season, made Christmas ornaments that were delivered to The Children’s Hospital, and decorated bandanas to help adoptable dogs find their fur-ever homes while interacting with therapy dogs and socializing. The beach party in December, as well as partnering with Concordia to host a campus-wide 80s party, meant lots of fun and amazing pic20 SPRING 2020

tures. Volunteers and residents alike seemed to enjoy the calendar and benefit from the intergenerational friendships formed throughout the year. We especially enjoyed interactive stories and games. Charades was a crowd favorite this year, and the Thanksgiving Show and Tell is always such a treat for everyone involved.

Education & Development Council Education & Development Vice President Submitted by Education & Development Vice President Lexy Lux

I was honored to serve alongside this fantastic group of dedicated Leaguers and to follow through on our mission of developing the potential of women. Consolidating all of the events for the League year under one Council made for less duplicative events and more productive alignment and activities. With our diverse membership base, we needed to plan events that were of interest to a variety of topics, expertise levels and a healthy balance of educational and social offerings.

We set a fee of $50 per applicant for the Leadership Institute, Class II, and included an application process. This helped to cover some of the expenses of the Institute but also left it at an affordable price point for a year-long leadership program. Creating the Provisional Training position was a strategic decision to ensure that the curriculum and content are consistent year to year. This position specifically works closely with the Membership Council and the Provisional Admissions and Training (PAT) Advisors, while at the same time providing an educational resource for our Provisional Members.

Logistics, Training, and Networking & Social Committees ensured a robust schedule of various events and helped to utilize connections of many League members. The streamlining of the membership check-in processes through Digital Cheetah made it more efficient for those attending meetings and events and properly utilized our Committee members in a more meaningful way.

This year also brought the return of Junior Groups-smaller affinity groups by specific topics for our members to continue to be engaged and form relationships. The Volunteer Development Chair was also a newly created position to ensure that our community volunteers have the proper training before engaging in our projects and representing the League.

This tactic proved quite successful as we had our highest attended community volunteer trainings in years. I am thrilled to report that this newly formed Council was able to provide 69 individual events for our members to take part in this year despite the challenges presented by COVID-19.

Through the Jam Session focus groups and general member feedback, it is appar-

ent that League satisfaction correlates with opportunities and activities. This Council set out to provide some structure for such events and provide an opportunity to advance our membership benefits and offerings.

Leadership Institute, Class II Chair Submitted by Leadership Institute Chair Lauren (Rutledge) Fassio

We started the Leadership Institute, Class II, off with a bang. There was a great number of sign-ups and we will graduate 25 ladies. COVID-19 did bring a little damper to our schedule, as we had to cancel meetings for March. We had a hiccup in February with a speaker not showing up, but we turned that course into a great feedback session.

To start the year strong, we came up with workbooks to allow the ladies to have something in their hands to follow along during each course. We were able to provide light snacks at each event and made each course “workshop” style, where each member was able to interact with others during the experience. It also allowed each speaker to come up with their way of presenting their material without feeling the pressure of coming up with talking points for two hours. This year, we changed up the format by being able to train everyone on the same day, at the same time each month, and to utilize our beautiful space at Headquarters so that we could save some money on rentals.

Leadership Institute Schedule for the 20192020 Year: · Your Professional Personality (Strengths Finder) – Presented by Erin Logan · Professional Etiquette – Presented by Carey Sue Vega · Public Speaking 201 – Presented by Toast Masters “Early Risers” · Business Finances – Presented by Jerry Wright · Diversity & Inclusion – Presented by Kayla Storrs · Personal Pay Negotiation – Presented by Kayla Clements (no show) · Secrets for Building a Great Boss – Presented

by Gene Hopper (canceled due to virus) · Executive Leadership Training – Presented

by Dale Carnegie Training Overall, I think it was a great success and cannot wait to watch it continue to blossom as we continue to grow the program. Feedback every year so far has been very positive.

Materials and forms for the 2019-2020 year are available in the Leadership Institute, Class II GroupMe on Digital Cheetah.

Provisional Education and Training Chair Submitted by Provisional Training Chair Anastasia Svec

This year was a great year full of change and new beginnings. I was proud to serve at the first Provisional Training Chair and served on the newly added Education and Development Council. We kicked off the year by changing the schedule to add the first training in August with Technology

and Social Media Dos and Don'ts. Social Media Chair Katie Rose and Communications Vice President Suzanne Singleterry volunteered to lead the communication portion. Provisionals also received a full overview of Digital Cheetah and how to utilize other resources available.

In September, we had the honor of past-President Pam Campbell and Sustainer Christi Coyle lead the training on JLOC's history. They brought such a bright and enthusiastic presentation and got the Provisionals excited to learn more. We had so much positive feedback from this, and I thoroughly enjoyed getting to be a part of it. The JLOC Board of Directors came, and we had a panel discussion to go over each of their positions. They learned about the Board, councils and also the structure of committees. To wrap it up, we also had a fun game of JLOC trivia. The Provisionals got competitive with it, teaching them a lot about the terminology within the League.

Our November training was on Business Etiquette, and we had two different sustainers volunteer their time and expertise. Sustaining Member Carey Sue Vega led the first session, and in our second session, we had the pleasure of hearing Sustaining Member Hilarie Blaney.

We adjusted our schedule to add a training in January as well. Adding January and August helped us spread the trainings so that the Provisionals had one topic per month instead of overlapping. We also combined the Course vs. Training language to make it more uniform. Communications VP Suzanne Singleterry presented her elevator speech and showed the Provisionals how to share their "JLOC Why." She showed us how to promote the JLOC in any setting and gave us some simple tips to make this more comfortable.

Provisionals also learned the importance of self-submitting for Leadership and the impact they can have on the League.

February was dedicated to the community.

We had a panel discussion with many of the Project Managers and the Provisionals had an opportunity to ask questions and engage with them on the various projects available for them in the coming year. This was a great lead-in to the upcoming Community Fair and allowed them to preview the projects and then get more details at the fair.

Past President, Whitney Tero joined us for March to discuss Meeting Facilitation and How to Manage Minutes. She also covered a few aspects of Parliamentary Procedures, and we watched a brief video on Robert’s Rules of Order. We were cut short due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and were only able to do one session.

For the grand finale, we were able to set up our April speaker via Zoom. Past President Pam Newby spoke from the heart on how the Junior League has impacted her over the years and gave some words of wisdom to the Provisionals about to start their first active year. What a great way to finish off a fantastic year. Thank you to the great women speakers, who gave their time throughout the year.

Training Committee Chair Submitted by Training Committee Chair Blair Bradley

This year the Training Committee met over the summer to brainstorm training ideas for the year. Our goal was to host a variety of trainings on different topics in hopes of generating interests for all members. Our first training was called Females and Finance hosted at The Establishment in downtown Oklahoma City by one of our Sustainers and her company. We combined the training over Finances with Wine 101, and it was a big success. Our next training was over the JLOC Nominating process by Pam Newby, past JLOC & AJLI president.

In October, we went to Guardian Complete Wellness & Protection Services for a hands-on self-defense class. After Mistletoe Market, Sustainer Christi Coyle lead a training titled Party Planning 101 at her home, where she talked about being a fantastic hostess and making bows and diaper cakes.

Leading into the holidays, Active Member Hilary Ashton, led us in a Canva training and taught us how to design holiday cards, invitations and social media posts.

Our largest training this year, we opened to guests of JLOC members. This event was held at the auditorium inside Special Care and lead by Dare to Lead certified trainer, Linda Clark. This training based on Brene Brown’s book, "Dare to Lead," was the perfect way to start 2020. Due to COVID 19, these were the only trainings we were able to host this year, but the Committee and I feel like they were all successful.

Logistics Committee Chair Submitted by Logistics Committee Chair Samara Terrill

This year was an excellent year for efficiency! Our Committee was nine members strong, including seven Provisionals and one Active. As the Logistics Chair, I worked with the President to secure our locations for General Membership Meetings (GMMs). We chose The Auditorium at The Douglas for our regularly GMMs, and The Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club for our May GMM, which unfortunately was canceled due to COVID-19. The Douglas provided a beverage cash bar, and we catered appetizers from Hospitality 84. We also used Arete Valet to assist with parking when we had unexpected weather or planned for large crowds. It was a delight to work with these local businesses.

We implemented membership checking in through Digital Cheetah at all events - and GMMs went great! We were able to have immediate Logistics Committee numbers as to how many Actives, Provisionals and Sustainers were in attendance. Because our check-in process was streamlined, our Committee was able to take shifts to assist in checking in and welcoming members.

This change allowed the Committee to participate in the networking hour and let those who had to work later than others to still be a part of our Committee.

Working with the President, and being

aware of the upcoming speakers, trainings and locations planned for our GMMs made my position a great liaison on the Education and Development Council, as the other officers planned trainings and events throughout the year.

Thank you for the opportunity to serve as your Logistics Chair.

Networking & Social Committee Chair Submitted by Networking & Social Committee Chair Hayley Moore

The inaugural year for the Networking and Social Committee was full of learning and building relationships. The Committee was made up of 14 League members: 11 Provisionals and three Actives.

Successful events with high attendance usually included food and beverages such as a brewery crawl, a post-placement fair party at The Eleanor Champagne Bar, and Cos Bar’s makeup, hair and lite brunch.

We started back up the Junior Interest Groups, and they were a major success.

They included Book Club, Supper Club, Needleworking Group, Marathon Running Club, Bachelor Watch Party and Cooking Comforts Club. The Networking and Social Committee Chair serves as the contact for those interested in leading a group and I helped get their information on the League calendar and in the Member Email, but the lead is responsible for all other communication with their interest group.

The year was cut short due to the Covid-19 shutdown, and it was challenging to plan virtual events for the last three months of the League year. We had conservatively spent our budget in the fall to spread the budget through May, but with the shutdown, we were unable to spend a large portion of the budget allocated for the year.

We struggled with attendance at familyfriendly events. We received feedback that family events need more notice - at least one month - so families can plan to attend.

Overall, the year was great until activities were shut down, and I look forward to what the future holds for this Committee.

Volunteer Development Chair Submitted by Volunteer Development Chair Sabrina Froehlich

This was a very exciting year for Junior League with the creation of the Education and Development Council. It was fun to have a team of leaders focused solely on League volunteers' training and development. The purpose of the Volunteer Development Committee is to develop JLOC Community volunteers and increase their capacity to serve and lead in their respective community placements.

In July, the Project Management team participated in the StrengthsFinder workshop, led by a certified StrengthsFinder instructor.

The Project Managers discovered their top five strengths and learned how to utilize their strengths in their professional, personal and volunteer lives. In August and September, 170 Junior League members attended one of three 21

Summaries community Volunteer Trainings at JLOC Headquarters. Community Volunteers heard from a local Community Partner, PIVOT, on their relationship with Junior League and the impact our volunteers make every week.

Active Member Ashley Rivers presented the women with “Keys to Success at Your Community Placement.” This included tips on how to make this a rewarding Junior League year by engaging with the community, connecting with other volunteers, and being a reliable volunteer. Active Member Stephanie Hinton educated the volunteers on “How To Be a Compassionate Volunteer.” Volunteers were introduced to the concept of trauma and how we can recognize and empathize with the community we serve.

Feedback from the Community Volunteer Training was very positive and genuinely helped the JLOC volunteers begin their year with the tools necessary to succeed.

In March - right before COVID-19 brought the world to a screeching halt, Stephanie Hinton led a more in-depth training on Compassionate Volunteerism. She went deeper into the topic of trauma sensitivity and led volunteers in a discussion of what causes trauma, how to recognize it, and how to empathize with a person suffering the effects of a traumatic circumstance or experiences.

Volunteers left informed and more aware of how to be sensitive to the needs of those they serve.

Finally, in late March, the Project Management Team turned their focus to the leadership transition of their Community Project. We talked about how to effectively transfer the knowledge and experiences of the past year to the next Project Manager, making her feel more comfortable, informed and empowered to pick up where the 20192020 volunteers left off. It was a great time to reflect on the great things that happened this year, as well as look forward to continuing the work that has already been done.

It was my honor and privilege to develop this Committee and to serve on such a fantastic Council. I look forward to seeing how it grows and changes to meet the JLOC community volunteers.

Finance Committee Finance Vice President Submitted by Finance Vice President Ann Richard-Farinha

The 2019-2020 Finance Committee worked tirelessly to manage the League’s budget, review financials, prepare the 2020-2021 JLOC budget, oversee the annual audit and tax filings, manage the investment portfolio, and ensure compliance with existing policies and procedures.

To prepare the annual budget, the Finance VP, with the assistance of the Managing Director and Finance Manager, created a Digital Cheetah form for all budget submissions in January. They then compiled a draft budget 22 SPRING 2020

with the budget requests, following up with budget stakeholders as needed if a requested budget was to be amended. The Committee reviewed all requests for additional funds and worked together to create a balanced budget the Committee supported. The Committee ensured that revenue projections were reasonable and attainable and worked to preserve or increase funding for our community projects, including JLOC’s newest project, EmpowHer. This budget was approved by the Board of Directors in April and will be presented to the membership in May. The Finance Committee prioritized both accuracy and detail within this year’s budget, including as much information as possible related to the expected breakdown of expenses, to provide additional guidance to next year’s budget holders.

IN FY 2018-2019, the Finance Committee approved a new spending policy for the Headquarters Fund that provided that the Finance VP would make an annual recommendation to the Finance Committee for approval of the annual spending policy, for any fiscal year, not to exceed three percent (3%) of the average market value of The League’s investment balances for the previous twelve (12) calendar quarters to support current operations, and not to exceed actual investment performance for that year.

Heritage Trust provided the Finance Committee and the Board of Directors with a thorough presentation on the health and performance of the fund.

In light of that information, the Finance Committee and ultimately the Board of Directors approved a revised spending policy that allowed for a disbursement up to five percent (5%) of the average market value of The League’s investment balances for the previous twelve (12) calendar quarters, ending with the fourth quarter of the fiscal year previous, to support current operations, and not to exceed actual investment performance for that year.

The Board of Directors elected not to use the Emergency Relief Fund for FY 2019.

The audit, performed by Engelbach Roberts, concluded successfully with no significant findings. An exception was made in that we did not have a CPA independently conduct a review of the audit. Our auditor informed us that most small nonprofits do not have a CPA to review the audit, so the exception is not one of great significance.

The investments at Heritage Trust continued to perform through the end of 2019.

However, with the turn of the market due to the coronavirus pandemic, the fund did experience a decline. However, it is anticipated that the fund will rebound in the coming months as the economy reopens.

The Finance Committee and the Finance VP also took on a great deal of Policy and Procedure changes relating to requests for budget increases, reimbursement requests and timelines, and other financial matters.

It is anticipated next year’s Committee will tackle our investment accounts for which no policies exist, as well as assisting in drafting some overall financial and fundraising

policies centered on proper cash handling and reporting of fundraising income.

Thanks to the Finance Committee for their hard work and commitment to the Committee and the League throughout the year.

Fundraising Council Fundraising Council by Fundraising Vice President

Submitted by Fundraising Council by Fundraising Vice President Angie Huffaker

It was a great year for the 2019-2020 Fundraising Council. As leaders of JLOC's fundraising events and financial development, we all took great pride in continuing the efforts to streamline donor requests and ensure that our asks were done strategically.

This year we successfully implemented a sponsor package for a League-wide partnership, allowing funds to be spread across multiple events rather than a single event ask.

OU Medicine continued its partnership with JLOC as our first JLOC fundraising sponsor, spreading their donation across both Mistletoe Market and the newly reimagined Legacy and Legends event.

As our League's largest fundraiser, Mistletoe Market was a huge success for 2019-2020.

The Mistletoe Market Committee made key decisions to help propel the event even further for years to come, such as online ticketing and switching back to a Friday through Sunday event.

Our Financial Development Committee exceeded all expectations with the return of the Annual Campaign. Their carefully developed ask letters targeted each level of membership and challenged our members to impact lives through their donation. Also, the team worked on plans to grow the sale of our books, “Goodnight OKC” and “Western + Grand.”

In addition to all of our hard work on the fundraising events and campaigns, the Fundraising Council worked thoughtfully to update our Policies and Procedures regularly, bringing motions that updated job descriptions to reflect current job duties, adjusting outdated policies, and adding in new policies to reflect to ensure that fundraising continued to be successful for JLOC. It was unfortunate to see the year end with the postponement of both the new Legacy and Legends event and Whale Of A Sale.

Both committees were hard at work putting these new events together, and I know they would have seen success. Although unfortunate and disappointing, these ladies should be incredibly proud of what they were able to do and their willingness to lead something new.

I look forward to seeing their visions at the rescheduled events!

Even though the 2019-2020 year didn’t end as expected, it was a year to be proud of all that was accomplished! I am very honored to have been able to work alongside this

extraordinary group of women dedicated to JLOC. Mistletoe Market Chair Submitted by Mistletoe Market Chair Whitney Pence

This year marked our 26th Annual Mistletoe Market. The Mistletoe Market Committee was placed in January 2019, and we began meeting every month to plan this year's event in February 2019. The Committee worked diligently throughout 2019 to make our event a huge success. There were several changes made in 2019, and the Committee took them all in stride. Per the request of many shoppers, we added food inside the Mistletoe Market halls. We also made a huge change this year and moved to an online ticketing platform, Accelevents. This change allowed us not only to go green and cut down on printing expenses but also to track valuable data for the future of Mistletoe Market and the Junior League of Oklahoma City.

Mistletoe Market 2019 was held November 8-10, 2019, at the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City. It was great to have our event back in November, and both our shoppers and guests seemed to enjoy the later date.

We changed shopping days this year, moving the preview party to Thursday, November 7, and hosting general shopping hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday. We had 107 merchants this year from across the U.S. and welcomed over 8,600 shoppers throughout the event. As always, our hospitality room was a highlight for the merchants. Thanks to our generous sponsors, we were able to provide breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks to our merchants every day of Mistletoe Market. Our hospitality room is unique to the Junior League of Oklahoma City, and we always enjoy showing what the Oklahoma Standard means to our merchants. We also provided a fan-favorite "Man Cave" courtesy of Mathis Brothers again this year for our guests to relax while watching TV.

We opened the doors on Thursday, November 7, at 5 p.m. for our VIP Hour, followed by Preview Party at 6 p.m. This is always such a special evening for both our shoppers and our Committee. It officially marks the start of Mistletoe Market and is a fun evening. Guests walked through a magical winter wonderland entrance, complete with lit birch trees, a beautiful mirrored table and two giant white polar bears courtesy of Eventures. We wanted the décor to feel elegant yet homey this year, so we focused on clean whites and mints with a few metallics to keep things festive. With a giant white Christmas Tree in the middle of our special events area and surrounded by smaller gold and white decorated trees, guests were able to relax on beautiful white couches and enjoy live music from Born in November featuring C-Plus, tasty small bites from local Oklahoma City restaurants including Fuzzy's, Texadelphia, Pie Junkie, Café Cuvee, Café Disco and Revolucion, and walk around bidding on items in our silent auction, wine raffle, and gift punch wall.

We also had several special events during Mistletoe Market. Throughout the event, shoppers were able to purchase Mistletoe

Money. On Friday, we had several performances from local school choirs, orchestras and dance groups and closed the night with our new DIY Paint-N-Sip with AR Workshop and a raffle from Kendra Scott. The fun continued on Saturday, starting with Santa's Gingerbread Bash, an instrument playground from the OKC Philharmonic. We also had a visit from Mayor David Holt, who read The Junior League of Oklahoma City's own "Goodnight OKC," illustrated by Margaret Hogue. We wrapped up Saturday with a final performance from a local school choir.

We also provided pictures with Saint Nick throughout Mistletoe Market so our shoppers could get first dibs on pictures with the big man himself!

The Mistletoe Market Committee deserves recognition for all of the time and hard work they put into this event. Putting on an event this large isn't easy, but I can happily report we had such a smooth year working together as a Committee. I have gained lifelong friends from my time serving as the Market Chair.

The Committee cannot thank all of our Junior League members enough for all they did to make the event a success as well. The 2019 Mistletoe Market net $194,511.06 this year, and it was all possible thanks to our wonderful volunteers, sponsors and donors.

Whale Of A Sale Submitted by Whale Of A Sale Co-Chairs Kathy North and Whitney Tero

This year was one of learning and preparation for Whale Of A Sale (WOAS) to have a long and successful run as a JLOC fundraiser.

In addition to bringing in revenue for JLOC, WOAS is an event that will bring League members together, provide further visibility in the community, and provide invaluable leadership and event planning skills to the committee members. In its second year, WOAS had a structured and motivated Committee. The WOAS Committee started meeting in the fall to plan the spring sale.

League members were excited, telling the Committee about all the items they had collected in anticipation. Unfortunately, it became necessary to cancel the 2020 WOAS for the safety of all involved and our community in general. Although the event did not take place, the process of preparation laid some groundwork that will assist the 2020-2021 Whale Of A Sale committee and hopefully contribute to the success of next year's sale.

Speaker in the City/ Legacy & Legends Co-Chairs Submitted by Speaker in the City/ Legacy & Legends Co-Chairs Morgan Hopson, Betsy Mantor, Cortney Smith, Amy Parrish

Speaker in the City (SITC) entered into its fifth year. After much deliberation, it was decided that the event would be restructured to join forces with Legacy & Legends. These two events merged, to be reimagined into an elegant fundraiser, to honor the League's outstanding women, honoring the traditions of Legacy & Legends, while also hearing from a nationally known outstanding woman

speaker, carrying on a part of Speaker in the City. Legacy & Legends would remain the name for the newly reimagined event. It was decided that the name for the new event would encompass the "legacy" of the League's outstanding women who are making a difference in our OKC metro by changing lives and impacting the community and encompass "legends" by bringing in a speaker who would inspire and communicate the importance of giving back and how she has been able to make a difference.

SITC Co-Chairs Morgan Hopson and Betsy Mantor teamed with Legacy & Legends Co-Chairs Cortney Smith and Amy Parrish and a core of competent JLOC members in June. One of the first tasks at hand was to decide who the guest speaker would be. After deep consideration and research of many speakers and even a singer/ songwriter panel, the Speaker Selection Committee decided to pursue Megan Mullally as a speaker. The chairs were able to secure Megan for the event consisting of a 20 to 30 minute moderated conversation and one-hour meet-and-greet at the VIP reception, through Will Friedman with Greater Talent Network, a United Talent Agency Company. Megan's husband Nick Offerman, an actor, writer, comedian, and producer in his own right, offered to moderate the conversation with Megan during the program at no additional cost. Megan was selected to be our speaker, not only because of her ties to Oklahoma City, as a past resident and performer with the OKC Ballet but also because of her ties to JLOC. Her grandmother, Hattie Belle Mullaly, was the ninth president of JLOC in 1937, and her mother, Martha Mullally, was also a member. Megan is now an award-winning actress, Broadway star, well-known comedian, author and musician.

Friday, March 27, 2020, was selected as the date of the event, and the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum was chosen as the venue because of its capacity for guests, its atmosphere, and its proximity to OKC, Nichols Hills and Edmond residents.

Throughout the planning process, a logo for Legacy and Legends was designed and approved, sponsorship levels were created and approved, an online ticketing platform was set up through Accelevents, letters to potential donors and past-presidents were written and sent, email marketing was deployed through JLOC’s Member Email to actives and sustainers, an old Hollywood theme was decided, and invitations were designed and printed. The invitations, inserts and envelopes were done at a significant discount, thanks to Linus Williams owner of Stigler Printing.

Requested table seating of actives and sustainers was also taken and organized.

In January, the Legacy & Legends honorees were announced: Linda Garrett – Mary Baker Rumsey Lifetime Achievement, Jamie Farha – Sustainer of the Year, Ann Cameron – Spirit of Commitment. The Women to Watch were also announced: 1-4 Active Years – Marcella Morgan, Tracie Simard, Tabitha Narvaiz, Selena Skorman and

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Summaries Stephanie Hinton. 5+ Active Years – Kathy North, Rachel Petty Henderson, Hayley Moore, Samara Terrill and Jessie West. A big thanks to Mindy Wright and Shannon Love for taking headshots of the honorees. A huge thank you to Weston Waugh, Stout Multimedia, LLC, for creating fantastic videos of the Sustainer honorees (3) and Women to Watch awardees (2) that would be presented during the Legacy & Legends program. These videos will be compiled into another promo video for JLOC as well, "This is the Junior League."

The Speaker in the City quota ticket for Provisional and Active Members was set at $50 before the reimagination and merging with Legacy & Legends. With this said, the Committee realized we had a large hill to climb to make the event profitable and present an elegant evening with a plated dinner, entertainment, and a notable speaker. As of the beginning of March, the Committee had secured 29 confirmed sponsorships, sold numerous General Admission Tickets and VIP tickets, and had raised over $70,000.

Legacy & Legends Special Event Chairs Sally Kernke and Carey Sue Vega organized three revenue generators for the evening.

These revenue generators entailed a drawing where attendees could purchase tickets - one for $20 or an arms-length of tickets for $100 for an opportunity to win any of the three prizes of their choosing, including a Thunder experience, a trip to Mexico, a Yeti filled with bar essentials, a 50/50 game where attendees could purchase a ticket for $50 for a chance to win half of the money collected during this game, and an opportunity to purchase a small gold or silver jewelry box, valued at $50 retail, for $100 through a partnership with BC Clark. In one of the jewelry boxes provided by BC Clark, there would be a note indicating that the guest was the grand prize winner of a David Yurman necklace valued at $2,000. Through this partnership, BC Clark would receive $25 for every box sold with 100 boxes provided. In another attempt to fundraise that evening, a donation card would be placed in the cars of guests by Jay's Valet, as a thank you for attending and to provide another opportunity to make a "soft-ask" for a donation to JLOC. In preparation for the event, the Committee met with various vendors who were critical in helping our vision for the evening come to life. The Petroleum Club, the preferred caterer of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum and Jay's Valet, also a preferred vendor, were set to provide their services the night of the event. A big thanks, to Eventures and Whitney Tatum, for helping design décor for the VIP area and ballroom and for donating the stage décor for the evening. Thanks to Cyndee Mashburn, a dear friend of Ann Cameron, for her creativity and being willing to create our vision of a balloon wall, balloons for the entryway, balloons for the step & repeat, and being flexible as we came up with new ideas. OKC Marquee was set to provide large letters (JLOC and L&L) for décor and insta-worthy photo-ops.

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provide "Old Hollywood" style music during the cocktail hour. Oklahoma Party Pics was set to photograph the evening. A local band, OneTwoTen, donated 100 percent of their time and talent to provide entertainment after the event, and a member of their team was set to video throughout the evening. A big thanks to Matilda Clements, Clements Foods, for her generosity in being willing to provide printing of the step and repeats, banners, posters, directional signs and more.

In an attempt to make the evening special for our honorees, a VIP reception was to occur before the event, where they could receive friends and family and have an opportunity to meet and greet Megan Mullally. Bistro tables were also to be set outside of the ballroom with honorees photos and guest books for signing by attendees. The honorees were also going to be able to present a grant to the charity of their choice during the program.

As the beginning of March approached, the Committee was set to finalize all aspects of the event, with 400 guests scheduled to attend. On March 11, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Oklahoma City, and on the same day, COVID 19 was declared nationally as a pandemic after alarming levels of spread and severity. On March 16, 2020, a decision was made to postpone the safety of our members and community. The committee chairs worked frantically to secure a new date, confirm the venue, and secure the speaker once again. February 26, 2021, was confirmed as the new date for the event. The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, as well as Megan Mullally, were willing to rebook. Addendums to the prior contracts were approved and signed.

Notifications were sent out to our Active and Sustaining Members as well as all sponsors and ticket holders announcing the new date of the event and ensuring that all tickets and sponsorships would transfer to the new date. Also, refunds were offered to any ticket holder or sponsor, and quota ticket refunds were offered to Provisional and Active Members. As of April 30, 2020, 70 refunds were requested as follows: 62 Provisional and Active Member quota tickets, three general admission tickets, two VIP tickets and three sponsorships.

We are excited to celebrate and honor Linda, Jamie and Ann as well as ten JLOC Women to Watch in February 2021. Even though this event did not come to fruition as planned, all four Legacy & Legends Chairs owe a massive thank you to our hard working Committee for being flexible and understanding as we planned a brand new event together and navigated through unprecedented times during a pandemic. We are proud of this Committee for successfully fundraising, organizing a fun and elegant evening, honoring our honorees and members' hard work, and setting the foundation for a highly successful event to come.

Financial Development Committee Chair Submitted by Financial Development Committee Chair Tabitha Narvaiz

I am incredibly proud to share that it was a banner year for the Financial Development Committee. The Committee recruited the most members it’s had in a few years and, because of their drive and commitment to the mission of the Committee, were able to focus on and achieve success in three areas: annual campaign, book sales and the Christmas Crawl.

This year’s annual campaign promoted the work the ladies of the Junior League do that impacts lives around our community.

The campaign kicked off in October with a social media blitz, was followed closely by a direct mail piece, and wrapped at the February General Meeting. Three unique letters were mailed to each of the membership levels, Provisional, Active, and Sustainer, making each letter feel more personal. The Impact Lives campaign raised an incredible $27,449!

Thank you to every person who made this a raving success, including the Financial Development Committee, Fundraising Council, Communications Council and the Arrangements Committee.

In December, we again partnered with Prodigal to host the Christmas Pub Crawl.

Given the decreasing number of bars and restaurants in the Deep Deuce neighborhood, combined with the new office location of Prodigal, we relocated the Crawl to Automobile Alley. The event raised $3,898, which is about $500 less than the previous year and presented a unique set of unanticipated challenges. Some of these challenges included overlapping events in Automobile Alley, the route was more spread out than the previous year, so we lost participants, and less than exciting swag. While any event can always expect unanticipated challenges when changing venues, I believe that we can make strategic changes to promote the Crawl better and get people excited. Should JLOC leadership decide to continue the Crawl in 2020-2021, we would suggest this event to be taken over by the Provisional class, or have a truly dedicated group of volunteers, as we needed more members to volunteer at each location.

The Committee continued its efforts to sell Goodnight OKC and Western + Grand throughout OKC and at JLOC events.

Not only did we successfully sell books at Mistletoe Market, primarily at the Gingerbread Bash, we also sold another case of Goodnight OKC to the OKC Airport and one example to the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Our most significant push in selling cases to retailers throughout the community was planned for the spring, but those efforts were put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic. They will be one of the main focuses of the Committee this next League year.

I want to give special acknowledgement to the Financial Development Vice Chair Leslie Crissup Sunnarvik and the Fundraising Vice President Angie Huffaker for their hard work and support. We are a small but mighty team and could not have been successful without their dedication.

Membership Council Membership Council Vice President Submitted By Membership Vice President Lindsay Riddel

What an incredible honor it has been to serve as Membership Vice President this year. I am so very proud of the accomplishments of our Council and overall membership. It has been a true privilege to serve our organization and community alongside such impressive and fun women. This year, we have worked hard to implement significant changes that impact each of our members and drive our organization's success forward.

It has been a busy, challenging and fulfilling year for our Council.

One of the most impactful changes that we put in place this year was our amendment to our League’s Bylaws and Policies & Procedures changing our membership obligations. A primary focus point of our feedback sessions with members that drove our strategic planning was related to membership accountability. While it is not the most fun topic to discuss, expectations and obligations for our members provide a firm foundation for our organization to have continued success and growth. Last fall, our membership voted in favor of the following changes to our membership requirements, beginning with the 2020-2021 League year: New Requirements: 1-4 ACTIVE YEARS

5+ ACTIVE YEARS

General Meeting Attendance

Minimum of three (3) per year

Minimum of three (3) per year

Fall & Spring Interviews

Both are required

One is required

Committee Participation

Required for first-year Actives*

Not required

Fundraising Obligations

Must complete a shift at one fundraising event of member's choice

Must complete a shift at one fundraising event of member's choice

*Excludes women serving in Member-at-Large positions; the Committee is member's choice Former Requirements: 1-4 ACTIVE YEARS

5+ ACTIVE YEARS

General Meeting Attendance

Not required

Not required

Fall & Spring Interviews

Both are required

Not required

Committee Participation

Not required

Not required

Fundraising Obligations

Must complete a shift at Mistletoe Market

Must complete a shift at Mistletoe Market

The requirements listed above were the product of many hours of research and discussion conducted with our overall membership, individual councils and among our past and present Board of Directors. Our membership welcomed these changes. While these requirements elevate the expectations that our members must meet, they will also elevate the quality and value of membership in JLOC. Our Advising Mentor team deserves recognition for the tireless energy they put forward into educating our members about these changes. They fielded questions and had many meaningful conversations with their Mentees about the changing expectations of our members and helped to rally their support and excitement for things to come.

We had many other significant and meaningful accomplishments in Membership Council this year. Our Legacy & Legends event got a major overhaul when we were asked to combine with the Speaker In The City Board to launch an entirely new fundraiser. Our Legacy & Legends Co-Chairs, Cortney Smith (Active) and Amy Parrish (Sustainer), along with their Committee's help, embraced the challenge and worked tirelessly over eight months to create an exciting new event for our League. While we ultimately postponed the event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Legacy & Legends team was still able to honor the recipients of the annual Sustainer awards and the Women to Watch awards for Active Members.

We were thrilled to welcome 100 new Active Members into the 2019-2020 League year, as well as 71 new Provisionals, which will become Active for the 2020-2021 year.

Our Provisional class benefited from a more robust training and development curriculum with the Provisional Training Chair's role under the Education & Development Council this year. The Provisionals also had another tremendously successful community outreach year, working with Infant Crisis Services to help families at five Car Seat Safety events throughout the year and handing out over 500 new car seats to families in need across OKC. Membership Council rounded out the year by launching a Reinstatement Campaign, contacting over 300 former Active and Sustaining Members who previously resigned in good standing. Our goal is to reconnect with former members who may have an opportunity and interest in joining JLOC again. It has never been a more compelling time to be a part of our organization.

In summary, this was a year of great change for our organization in many ways.

Our Council worked hard to implement thoughtful and impactful changes that will drive the continued success of our membership in the years to come. I sincerely thank the incredible women who served on our Council this year. It was a challenging and busy year, and each one of them brought positivity and valued insight to the table and kept the best interests of our membership at heart. I truly believe that our best days are yet to come!

Courtesy & Recognition Committee Co-Chairs Submitted By C&R Co-Chairs Sarah Miller (Active) and Catherine Armitage (Sustainer)

The Courtesy and Recognition Committee had a very productive year. The Committee was large and mighty, consisting of 31 members – including 12 Sustainers, 13 Actives, four Provisionals, and two Co-Chairs.

Throughout the year, we reached out to over 130 members with baby bibs and handwritten notes for all congratulatory, care and concern and sympathy needs. This year, we gave a special gift to all newly married members that they were able to pick up at any time from the Courtesy and Recognition box at JLOC Headquarters.

Most of the Committee's communication was handled via text message, but we did meet officially three times throughout the year at the homes of our various Sustaining Members. Thanks to Catherine Armitage and Marion Paden for hosting us!

It was a great pleasure serving as this Committee's Co-Chairs, and we look forward to watching our Committee members succeed in the League.

Nominating Committee Chair Submitted by Nominating Chair Natalie Fix

The Nominating Committee had a busy and productive year. We hit the ground running in June with training and teambuilding and spent considerable time and thought discussing where we saw JLOC, both in the coming year and in the future.

The group took our responsibilities to heart and took each and every discussion seriously.

This year, we continued the newly added process of interviewing each prospective board of directors member before slating.

On top of this, we were tasked with separating the PEE interviews and selection from the board selection. This took quite a bit of flexibility and scheduling on members' part.

From the chair, liaison, and adviser perspectives, we don't know that this last step was necessary or impacted any PEE candidates more/less than the prior structure.

While interviewing all candidates is a considerable amount of work – on top of their other placements and life commitments, this group truly enjoyed the experience. They took the process seriously and carefully considered the strengths and areas of each candidate's strengths and areas of improvement and how they might use their skills within the League. The discussions were respectful and productive during this and all processes. After a very busy October, the Committee placed an incoming board of directors that we are confident can lead JLOC through the coming year and leave a lasting impact on our organization.

The Committee placed many other roles and worked well together on each task. They upheld the highest level of confidentiality and integrity all year long. And they had fun together as well.

We want to suggest that the incoming Nominating Committee and Board of Directors take a hard look at all roles within 25

Summaries JLOC. We think there are some areas where roles could be condensed, combined or eliminated. Factors such as difficulty filling/keeping filled, time commitment, duties, and actual value to members and League should be considered.

I cannot stress enough how proud I am of this Committee, and all they accomplished. They consistently showed up ready to work well together and make decisions to benefit JLOC and members. I am confident we will see the benefits of their hard work in the coming years.

Thank you for trusting me to chair the Nominating Committee this year. It has been an experience I will treasure.

Provisional Admissions and Training (PAT) Chair Submitted By PAT Chair Kelli Hilgenfeld and Vice Chair Tracie Simard

We started the 2019-2020 JLOC year with 84 Provisionals and will graduate 71 Provisionals into Active membership at our virtual May General Membership Meeting. We began our year with each Provisional completing an interview with their PAT Advisor in April 2019 to review all of their requirements, receive their binder for the year, and sign all required paperwork.

We also held our Welcome Celebration at Rococo NorthPark, so Provisionals could get to know other Provisionals in their group. After that, the Provisionals participated in a team-building exercise at the Boys and Girls Club of Oklahoma County in June. Also, each Provisional was placed in a Provisional Committee (Course Meals, Social Events, May General Membership Meeting and Community) and a standing JLOC committee.

This was the first year for JLOC to have an Education and Development Provisional Training Chair to plan the Provisional trainings. This allowed me, as PAT Chair, to concentrate on the needs of the Provisionals. Our trainings covered technology, Digital Cheetah, social media, the history of JLOC, the board, councils and committees of JLOC, business etiquette, promoting JLOC, community placements, meeting facilitation, taking minutes, and parliamentary procedure. Each training is more fully explained in the Education and Development Provisional Training Chair’s Year-End Summary. Our last training of the year was conducted online by pastPresident Pam Newby, who spoke about her experience in JLOC and its impact on her life.

Our Provisional community project was the Car Seat Safety Checks at Infant Crisis Services (ICS). We were scheduled to complete six events, but due to COVID-19, we were only able to complete five events. The Provisionals were responsible for filling out the appropriate paperwork, entertaining children, putting together and retrieving car seats, directing traffic, and fulfilling any other ICS needs. These events were incredibly successful and provided car seats 26 SPRING 2020

to many families in need. Our Provisional Community Committee also did an amazing job of recruiting community organizations that set up tables to disperse information to families at the car seat events. Each family could enter to win gas gift cards if they visited all of the community organizations at the car seat event.

Additionally, the Social Events Committee planned and executed a summer social at 360 Restaurant, a Friendsgiving and a painting party at Painting with a Twist.

These were outstanding events and a lot of fun. Each PAT Advisor also organized entertaining socials for their groups to bond.

Further, PAT Vice Chair Tracie Simard has recruited 63 Provisionals for the 2020-2021 JLOC Provisional class. The new Provisionals are completing their interviews with their PAT Advisors and beginning their Provisional year.

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we were unable to have our graduation party or complete additional events we had planned. However, we are planning to host a celebration for the Provisionals in late summer 2020. We have an excellent Provisional class, and I am very excited to see the impact that they will make within JLOC and the OKC community.

Advising Mentor Committee Chair Submitted by Advising Mentor Co-Chairs Sabrina Herrmann and Katelyn Hudson

We worked this year on two primary goals: 1.Growing the relationship and communication between Membership and Community Councils 2.Continuing the overall focus on member accountability

Membership and Community Beginning a few years ago, those before us sought to expand the collaborative work between Membership and Community.

We expanded on that effort this year by: · Encouraging Advising Mentors to meet face-to-face and work in tandem with their Project Manager(s). This provided a more unified message to members. · Scheduling happy hours or other events outside of project time allowed women to connect with their PM’s and AM’s in more casual, relationship building environments. · One Advising Mentor Co-Chair sat on Community Council, and one Community Co-Coordinator sat on Membership Council this year. It allowed each 'set' of leaders to have more information and a greater toolbox for their respective roles.

Member Accountability Advising Mentor’s are an essential part of JLOC's multi-year focus on accountability. We continued this year with a digital interview form, and expanded the questions to channel relevant information getting to other JLOC leaders such as information about provisionals going to the PAT chair;

information about babies, engagements or condolences going to Courtesy & Recognition and also important information about those interested in leadership getting passed to Nominating Chair.

We spent the year discussing the changes to Membership requirements that will begin next year. During the fall, we distributed information through AM's, and after the changes were passed, our AM's began coaching women about expectations for next year.

During 2019-2020, we worked overall to raise the visibility of Advising Mentors and encourage members to be comfortable and open with this group of leaders. AM's were integral leaders at the January Jam Sessions’' showing up at each location and taking notes and ideas back to their other work in JLOC. Our women worked to offer smaller social activities for their mentees (often scheduling a brunch or happy hour with another AM's group). They helped to facilitate intra-JLOC connections between members. We have all worked to foster trust in the role of Advising Mentor's in the JLOC ecosystem and hope we've continued to build a foundation for this important relationship between advisors and their mentees.

Sustainer Engagement Co-Chairs Submitted By Sustainer Engagement Co-Chairs Katie Moore and Kim Riley

Based on feedback from our predecessors and input from our Sustaining Members, we set our goals for the year: · Meet our JLOC mission by supporting and connecting women in and with our community · Focus on League history and highlight OKC by offering “behind the scenes” tours and providing opportunities for interests expressed in Sustainer survey responses · Send out a postcard designed by the JLOC Communications team With these goals in mind, we developed a 6-month schedule of activities that accomplished at least one of these aspects: social, educational, and/or hands-on learning.

These are the events we held this year: September: Sustainer KICKOFF Social · This evening event, held at JLOC HQ, provided an opportunity for Sustainers to socialize and interact over food and beverages.

The tailgate theme provided a fun atmosphere to kick-off the year. Future Sustainer events were promoted, attendees heard from JLOC President Mandy Heaps and a Mistletoe Market Committee member spoke. There was no charge for this event.

October: Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Hard Hat Tour · Sustainers had the opportunity to tour the new Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center while construction was still underway. Museum staff and architect Rand Elliott provided a wealth of information to Sustainers, including specifics regarding JLOC's involvement with the Arts Center from its inception. This morning event was well received by Sustainers of all ages. It provided a great opportunity to celebrate the history of JLOC as well as a glimpse into the future of a key part of the arts community in

OKC. There was no charge for this event. · Betsy Mantor brought forms for the annual Sustainer awards and briefly spoke about the nomination process.

November: Our main focus for November was encouraging Sustainers to support and attend Mistletoe Market. · We hosted one small (maximum of 15 people) event at CosBar, where attendees were taught how to perfect a flawless complexion and create a beautiful holiday eye look. The cost for this hands-on opportunity was $50 per person, which was applied toward product.

December: Focused on celebrating the holiday season, we held two opportunities in December. · Sustainers gathered together for an afternoon at Belle Kitchen to learn how to decorate holiday cookies. The cost to attend was $35 and included six cookies and supplies used to decorate during the class. Also, we offered attendees their choice of beverage from Belle Kitchen. · We partnered with the Active membership for the JLOC Holiday Party at HQ. This evening event, while well-attended by Active Members, was dismally attended by Sustainers. Our recommendation going forward is to hold a separate holiday party for Sustainers.

January: Looking Back, Thinking Forward: 25th Anniversary at the OKC National Memorial and Museum · This fabulous event was the highlight of our year. Hosted at the OKC National Memorial and Museum, this morning event featured past JLOC Presidents Polly Nichols, Sara Sweet, Karen Luke and Ann-Clore Duncan.

These women, each uniquely impacted by that day in April 1995 that forever changed our community and our nation, shared their personal stories and then led attendees on private tours through the museum, including a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the archives, which are not open to the public. This event provided a unique and impactful way to engage our Sustainers in both the history of JLOC and our community, and also provide insight into how they can continue to be involved in the Museum's efforts. This event was free of charge.

February: OKC Town Hall Lecture Series, featuring David Grann, author of “Killers of the Flower Moon” · Sustainers had the opportunity to attend the OKC Town Hall Lecture Series, an event founded by JLOC in 1933, to hear author David Grann speak about his book "Killers of the Flower Moon." Sustainers paid $25 to attend the event, where Grann spoke of his research and writing process for this book based on a dark chapter of history from our state.

range, working status, availability, interests, etc.), there is not a one-size-fits-all approach to planning Sustainer events. Success should not be measured only by attendance numbers, but instead by the "engagement" of event attendees. (2) Ask for help! Sustainers were more than willing to help us with planning when needed, and promotion of our events this year. Get them involved! (3) Joint events with Active membership are not of interest to our Sustainers. Keep them in the loop with current League happenings, but keep low expectations beyond that for involvement in joint activities. (4) Our predecessors worked very hard to increase the budget for Sustainer Engagement. We could not utilize all of these funds for events due to the abrupt ending of our year. We strongly recommend leaving the budget amount as is for next year’s chairs.

Unfortunatel, the COVID-19 pandemic ended our year early and abruptly. We were finalizing plans for a couple of Sustainer-only events, beginning promotion for the Leaguewide Legacy & Legends event and the Whale Of A Sale event. We will pass along these ideas to next year's chair-women.

Incoming Transfers: · Active Transfers: 17 · Sustainer Transfers: One

A few thoughts we wish to pass along from our experience this year: (1) Due to the different make-up of our Sustainers (age

Transfer Committee Co-Chairs Submitted by Transfer Committee Co-Chairs Whitney Tatum (Active) & Sarah Frank (Sustainer)

Committee events: October: Scissortail Park & Social Capital – Transfer Social Event · Private Tour of Scissortail Park · Social following at Social Capital · Eight Committee Members in attendance o One was Transfer November: Mistletoe Market – In-League Event Assistance · Assisted with gingerbread house prep work for MMkt Committee · 13 Committee Members in attendance o Three were Transfers January: Re-gifting Social at Fassler Hall – Transfer Social Event · 12 Committee Members in attendance o None were Transfers February: Galentines Social – Transfer Social Event · 10 Committee Members in attendance o Four were Transfers Events did not happen due to COVID-19 cancellations: March: Legacy & Legends – In-League Event Assistance · Committee members are donating their social for March to volunteer for the L&L Committee April: Festival of the Arts – Community Volunteer Project · This is our transfer group volunteer project within the community · Based on feedback that transfers want some interaction within the community

Incoming Transfer Recap: After a PACE review, the Transfer Committee was tasked with P&P changes that resulted in the Transfer Chair acting as the Advisor to the incoming Transfers.

This was a good transition, and I think

it will continue to be an excellent change for JLOC. I attempted to do incoming interviews with each incoming Transfer.

However, it proved to be a challenge in that many of them have transferred before moving or are in the process of going back and forth to their former residence.

I do think the Transfer events should be sufficient for them. However, the individuals I was able to have an interview with seemed to benefit from that meeting.

Challenges: · Communication - Through the year, I found that several incoming members were not receiving my emails via Digital Cheetah, because they weren't added to the Committee. Once we realized this glitch, Digital Cheetah emails did become my best source for communication. · Attendance at Socials - Since this is the first year Transfers' placement, my recommendation moving forward is that we make all Committee socials and trainings mandatory in some way or another. Maybe a total number of hours, but that is tricky if they transfer in late in the year.

Successes: · Incorporating socials into In-League Projects - This was well received by the incoming Transfers. I think they like the idea of learning more about the League and helping out with a group of ladies that they can call "their group," instead of just working their shift with no one else they know. · Having Committee members plan socials -This was also a success, and the Actives were on board to sign up to take on these assignments. They signed up to plan the outings and did a great job of thinking through details that would engage the incoming transfers while keeping the Actives and Provisionals entertained.

Outgoing Transfer Recap: Outgoing Transfers received an email from the Active Transfer Committee Chair thanking them for their service to JLOC and wishing them all the best.

Challenges: Advising Outgoing Transfers: When members request Transfer out status, they are directed to the Active Transfer Committee Chair. I received quite a few of these and led them to take the appropriate steps to officially request the Transfer out within Digital Cheetah. I made this a template to send the same information out to each member.

Essentially, their standard advisor should be able to send them this info in future years.

Successes: · Most of these outgoing Transfers that I had actual correspondence with were moving to these locations instead of moving status to get out of JLOC to another nearby League. The individuals that did respond were very kind and a great representation of JLOC. 27

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MEMBERSHIP LEAVE OF ABSENCE/ SABBATICAL (THRU 5/31/20) Nadine Davis Laura Steen Motahareh Nickel Emily Chancellor Alexandra Cochran Emily Whipple Laura Rudicel Glenda Parker Alysha Hancock Bailee Cartwright Sarah Klepacki Camden Means Allison Parker Morgan Lyness Vanessa Stewart Abbigail Nail Renee Pollard Meredith Wilson Meredith Stubenhofer Mindy Rule Brittany Soliz Samantha Corriero Laura Brinlee Jocelyn Taylor Catherine Schultz NON-RESIDENT ACTIVE Lauren Blick

RESIGNATION Kristin Wolf Rebenitsch Hayden Fuller Cassie Holmes Hayley Stillwell Anika Stuckey Jayna Sunmugavail Sarah Richert Emily Waldrip Meredith Massey Erica Ernzen REINSTATEMENT Veronica McCasland Kathy North TRANSFER OUT Robyn Matthews – Washington, D.C. Lauren Watts – Charleston, SC Erin Lucas – Dallas, TX Adrienne Johnson – Ft. Collins, CO Morgan Lyness – Ft. Worth, TX Bailee Cartwright – Norman, OK Katie Carpenter – Ft. Worth, TX

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TRANSFER IN Ashton Yancey – Tulsa, OK Emily Eudy – Texarkana, TX Chelsea Johnson – Houston, TX SUSTAINER (EFFECTIVE 6/1/20): Blair Bradley Becky Taylor Krystal Murer Kimberly Swan Christy Wilson Corinne Simon Lauren W. Johnson Heather Ward Cook Amanda Harding Meredith Armstrong Beth Jennings Kelli Hayward Walsh Ashleigh Ahrberg Kathy North Ashley Baker Laura Steen Katie Mueller Lauren Schwartz Courtney Mae Tomasz Caroline Turan Motahareh Nickel

SABBATICAL (EFFECTIVE 6/1/20): Laura Neal Chelsea Rickett Sabrina Herrmann Sabrina Froehlich Jenna Hudson North Samara Terril Whitney Pence Lindsay Riddel Suzanne Singleterry Paige Ross Tina Izadi Victoria Raines

Jocelyn Taylor Laura Brinlee Beth Armstrong Natalie York Kayla Bourland Julie Shannon-Phelan Catherine Schultz Emma Flinton Emily Chancellor Lauren Bisel Anna Lawrence Rebecca Lee Laura Eiszner Amanda McCormack Madeline Burger LEAVE OF ABSENCE (EFF Meghan Dunn Gordon 6/1/20): Crystal Craig Alyson Gilbert Jessica Lyle Sheena Karami Allison Hix Sara Elder Sarah Bertolucci Alex Brady Jennifer Goodall Michelle Frazier Kristen Ferate Samantha Kobs Audra Doty Kristin Gillock Lisa Wheeler Sara Mason Kathryn McMillan Beth Wilson RESIGNATION (EFF Rebekah Capps 6/1/20): Caroline McMurty (S) NON-RESIDENT ACTIVE Coe London (S) (EFF 6/1/20): Arden Pentz Katie Craig Glenda Parker Melissa Carocci Jasmine Chwick

With all that is going on in the world, we hope that our former Junior League members might consider reinstating with the Junior League of Oklahoma City to reignite their passion for serving in our community.

For the months of May and June 2020,

we are waiving all reinstatement fees.

Returning members will pay dues, but no additional fees.

Reinstating their membership is quick and easy! Just direct them to our Reinstate Your Membership page found on our public website at www.JLOC.org/reinstate.

SHEroes

Leslie Coale-Mossman

Sustainer Nancy Coats-Ashley

Co-owner of Pie Junkie was listed as one of the top OK Pie shop by People Magazine.

Ashley was named the featured Benefactor in the Oklahoma Community Foundation’s 2019 annual report.

Janelle Archer and Jennifer Burgess-Wright named your 40 under 40 by Gazette. Adrienne Nobles prompted to VP of Communications and Public Affairs at UCO. Kadee French was named to the Board of Directors for Edmond Board of Realtors. Kelli Hayward Walsh, Amy Cottrell, Lela Sullivan, and Debby Hampton were named Panhellenic Women of the Year.

Angie Huffaker started a new job at Oklahoma Corporation Commission.

“Congrats to our members who were recognized by the OKC Friday’s 50 Most Powerful Young Professionals inaugural list as winners and nominees!” Mandy Heaps, Suzanne Singleterry, Erin Engelke, Amanda Kirkpatrick Lawler, Lauren Ottoway Johnson, Becky Taylor, Selena Skorman, Janelle Archer, Brittany Attaway, Allison Parker and Megan Young.

Sustainer Brenda Jones Barwick Brenda was recently named a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Awardee by Enterprising Women magazine, the only Oklahoman to make the list. She is also a nominee for the Journal Record’s Most Admired CEO. Jones Public Relations, a company she started 19 years go at her kitchen table, was also recently recognized as PR Agency of the Year by the local Public Relations Society of America-OKC Chapter. Go, Brenda, go!

LITTLE LEAGUERS

“A baby is as pure as an angel and as fresh as a blooming flower.” —DEBASISH MRIDHA

Tristan Fassio

Bailey Marie Cefalo

Marlowe Jean McGee

Wesley DeWitt

Lucy Attaway

Born 9/28/19 to Lauren and Brent Fassio

Born 10/18/19 to Jenifer and Marco Cefalo

Born 02/03/20 to Aubree and Jordan McGee

Born 12/30/19 to Sarah and David DeWitt

Born 4/2/20 to Brittany and Josh Attaway

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Charlie

Nicole Jacobsen

Haley

Pixie

Marian Kiker

Jamie Manoles

Huck & Truman Leslie Buford

Genevieve & Dexter Abbey Sullivan

2019-2020 JLOC PROVISIONALS MEMBER CLASS GRADUATES Mackenzie Barnes Jamie Benda Lauren Bernhard Chelsey Branham Molly Brantley Melissa Carocci Kathryn Carpenter Samantha Cassidy Christina Chicoraske Ashlyn Colbert Julie Confer Christin Cornelius

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Allie Cox Ruth Davis Myriah Downs Emma Elkins Kristen English Autumn Everett Jackie Fix KK Frates Kadee French Mary Griggs Paige Gubler Sarah Haight

Megan Hansen Clarisse Hare LaLinda Harrison Meaghan Hatch Makenzie Hill Hayden Hisey Jessica Hoang Jena Hunter Madison Ivy Kristin Kochevar Lindsey Kogut Allyson Kubat

Erin Laumer Leah Long Amanda McCellon Sarah McDonald Samantha McEntire Karen McGuire Kimberly McLean Allyson Meron Vaughn Mitchell Laura Morton Kelsey Murphy Sydney Nelson

Kellie Nicholas Bridgette Nichols Kethzia Njikam Sammi Payne Danielle Pelargos Emily Ramseyer Kyra Reed Thea Roegner Natalie Sainz Victoria Schwaner Lisa Settle Taryn Sheldon

Megan Sittig Stephanie Skiles Anna Smith Cassidy Smith Colleen Smith Abbey Sullivan Kellie Turner Stephanie Turner Alejandra Villar Stephanie Weeks Kelly Whelan Deanna White

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Also Included

League Owned Businesses During this time of uncertainty, JLOC would like to promote and support our member-owned businesses. Shop Local. Shop JLOC owned businesses.

ART/DESIGN

GRAPHIC DESIGN/ADVERTISING/ PR/MARKETING

Howell Gallery

Concrete Titans

Owner: Linda Howell, Designer/ Gallery owner 405-840-4437, lch@howellgallery.com Howellgallery.com Interior Design business started in 1972, Art Gallery started in 1989

Owner: Ann Thaxton, Marketing Consultant 817-999-9730, ann@annthaxton.com concretetitans.com I provide marketing and lead advertising services to the home construction and repair industry.

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES

Lemonheads Mobile Detailing Owner: Jamie Benda, Scheduling Clerk 405-283-2750, info@lemonheadsdetail.com lemonheadsdetail.com

Okie Express Auto Wash Owner: Jenna Hudson North club@okieexpressautowash.com okieautowash.com Exterior express tunnel car wash located throughout the metro. We’ll get your car in and out in about three minutes.

FINANCIAL

Jones Public Relations Owner: Brenda Jones Barwick 405-516-9686, Brenda@jones.pr Jones.pr Jones Public Relations specializes in comprehensive, integrated communications marketing campaigns for Oklahoma and national companies, government entities and associations. From strategic planning to full implementation, we focus on delivering results for our clients to be heard anywhere.

Whitney Porch Design Owner: Whitney Porch-VanHeuvelen, Graphic Designer 405-415-5654, ewporch@gmail.com WhitneyPorch.com Graphic Design & Creative Services

INTERIOR DESIGN

I help my clients look and feel their best with the way they dress for every occasion in life. Size 0 -18 clothing in luxury fabrics, and clothing detail that will simply delight and amaze you!

Hairstylist & Makeup Artist Whitni Hays Owner: Whitni Hays, Stylist & Makeup Artist 901-508-0414, hairandmakeupbywhitni@ gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/HairbyWhitni/ Sole proprietor, entrepreneur & lover of helping others to feel more confident and beautiful.

PRINTING Rocket Color, Inc. Owner: Gayle Semtner 405-842-6001, mcarter2@rocketcolorprints. com Rocketcolorprints.com Rocket is a full service print/copy/design shop. See our ad for a special offer for JLOC members.

REAL ESTATE & STAGING

Keller Williams Realty Elite, Hart Home Selling Team Owner: Jamie A Manoles, Realtor 405-822-6607, Jamie.Manoles@gmail.com Okcmetrohomefinder.com

Heritage Interiors

Synergy Wealth Management Owner: Samara Terrill, Wealth Manager 832-746-1205, samara@synergywmgmt.com www.SynergyWMgmt.com We are a full financial firm; IRAs, Institutional Moneu Management, Asset Management, Retirement & Estate Planning, Comprehensive Employee Benefits, and Life, Health, Home, Accident and Auto Insurance.

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Owner: Jacquetta LeForce, Interior Designer 405-630-5453, jacquettaleforce@yahoo.com I am very passionate about providing solutions for your home with the expertise gained from my curated career.

PERSONAL CARE & WARDROBE STYLISTS Carlisle Collection Owner: Shelly Soliz, Wardrobe Stylist 405-831-2157, Shelly@ShellySoliz.com shellysoliz.carlislecollection.com

Rose Team Homes Owner: Katie Rose, Realtor 405-514-8202, katie@roseteamhomes.com Roseteamhomes.com We’re a family real estate team that services the entire OKC Metro.

Staging Oklahoma Owner: Kimberly Swan, Accredited Staging Professionals Master (ASPMA) 405-742-4476, kimberly@stagingoklahoma.com StagingOklahoma.com Staging to Live, to Sell, and to Work. Staging for your Life!

RESTAURANT

SPECIAL EVENT PLANNING & ENTERTAINMENT Judy Lehmbeck Bridal and Party Owner: Judy Lehmbeck 405-630-5453, Jlehmbeck@cox.net I am a sole-owner event and wedding plannerI

Laura Naturally, LLC Owner: Laura Reese, Violinist

Nashbird Owner: Jenny Dunham 405-600-9718, Jenny@nashbirdchicken.com Nashbirdchicken.com Nashville style hot chicken restaurant. Located in Automobile Alley with 2 new locations, Edmond and Norman opening soon.

405-740-4870, lauranaturally@me.com lauranaturally.com Violin Solo and String Ensemble Services for Weddings and Events

STAFFING SERVICE Accel Financial Staffing Owner: Meg Salyer, President & CEO 405-232-3100, msalyer@accelfinancial.com accelfinancial.com We provide employment opportunities primarily in the field of accounting and finance, and top talent for client companies

Proudly Serving OKC for over 20 Years!

Located on Grand and May at the Lakeside Shops

FAST

RETAIL & CONSUMER PRODUCTS

FRIENDLY Black Swan Boutique Owner: Kimberly Swan 405-842-7926, theblackswanok@yahoo.com www.BlackSwanBoutique.com BSB brings you an assortment of on-trend fashions for women, girls, and toddlers as well as unique gifts for all ages at affordable prices! We are excited to welcome Tan2Go North, Master Certified custom spray tans, to the Nichols Hills Plaza!

SERVICE

Under New Ownership!

Couture Collective Owners: Cortney Smith & Christy Wilson 405-625-6481, cortney@cc-okc.com cc-okc.com Couture Collective founders, Cortney and Christy, met while volunteering with the Junior League of Oklahoma City. Our Mission: Shopping with a purpose. Couture Collective is dedicated to fashion, fun and philanthropy.

Sparrow Park Goods & Co. Owner: Jennifer Andersen, Owner 720-339-4362, jennifer.e.andersen@gmail.com Sparrowparkgoods.com High quality, machine washable picnic blankets in bright colors & fun patterns. All products are designed in Oklahoma City and made in Chicago.

Northside Tag Agency 7527 N. May Oklahoma City, OK 73116 (405) 843-1727 Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm Saturday: 9am - 12pm

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