November 2008 - Junior League of Minneapolis
November 2008 - Junior League of Minneapolis
November 2008 - Junior League of Minneapolis
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Members<br />
10<br />
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS<br />
Lucienne Taylor, ED.D., <strong>November</strong> 1<br />
Janet Nelson, <strong>November</strong> 3<br />
Julie Owen, <strong>November</strong> 3<br />
Frances Roen, <strong>November</strong> 3<br />
Sharon Mattison, <strong>November</strong> 4<br />
Stephanie Bartling, <strong>November</strong> 5<br />
Judith Jaffee, <strong>November</strong> 6<br />
Timmara Sektor, <strong>November</strong> 6<br />
Maria DiRico, <strong>November</strong> 7<br />
Ann Gorath, <strong>November</strong> 7<br />
Nancy Berg, <strong>November</strong> 8<br />
Helen Jones, <strong>November</strong> 8<br />
Sonja Hinrichs, <strong>November</strong> 9<br />
Kay Parkhurst, <strong>November</strong> 9<br />
Amber Arnold, <strong>November</strong> 10<br />
Emily Uelmen, <strong>November</strong> 10<br />
Mollie Petersen, <strong>November</strong> 10<br />
Glenda Corrigan, <strong>November</strong> 11<br />
Stacy Shaleen, <strong>November</strong> 11<br />
Rebecca Spilman, <strong>November</strong> 12<br />
Suzie Wilmot, <strong>November</strong> 12<br />
Georgia Forchuk, <strong>November</strong> 13<br />
Kirsten Hanson, <strong>November</strong> 13<br />
Mary McCary, <strong>November</strong> 14<br />
Mary Jane Hauser, <strong>November</strong> 15<br />
Carol Mulheran, <strong>November</strong> 15<br />
Jennifer Shinners, <strong>November</strong> 15<br />
Velia Melrose, <strong>November</strong> 16<br />
Elizabeth Bahra, <strong>November</strong> 17<br />
Jan Hale, <strong>November</strong> 17<br />
Kathy Jerde, <strong>November</strong> 17<br />
Patricia Andersen, <strong>November</strong> 18<br />
Paula Caryotakis, <strong>November</strong> 18<br />
Marcia Levine, <strong>November</strong> 18<br />
Rita Thysell, <strong>November</strong> 18<br />
Rebecca Brown, <strong>November</strong> 19<br />
Susan DeJute, <strong>November</strong> 19<br />
Jill Sigelman, <strong>November</strong> 19<br />
Joan Swendseen, <strong>November</strong> 19<br />
Mary Caswell, <strong>November</strong> 20<br />
Margo Denessen, <strong>November</strong> 20<br />
Anne Holloran, <strong>November</strong> 20<br />
Mary Robbins, <strong>November</strong> 20<br />
Stephanie Brabant, <strong>November</strong> 22<br />
Melissa Moe, <strong>November</strong> 22<br />
Katherine Mulheran, <strong>November</strong> 23<br />
Katherine Recher, <strong>November</strong> 25<br />
Carolyn Dahl, <strong>November</strong> 26<br />
Loranda Watson, <strong>November</strong> 26<br />
Sandra Lindquist, <strong>November</strong> 27<br />
Christine Martin, <strong>November</strong> 27<br />
Julie Drake, <strong>November</strong> 28<br />
Jill Gierach, <strong>November</strong> 28<br />
Sally Warner, <strong>November</strong> 28<br />
Cadd Lauren, <strong>November</strong> 29<br />
Ann Birt, <strong>November</strong> 30<br />
85 LEAGUERS: KARIN ABEL<br />
DRIVING CHANGE THROUGH<br />
LEADERSHIP<br />
By Leah Maki, External Communications Chair<br />
FUN FACTS<br />
Joined the <strong>Junior</strong> <strong>League</strong>: 2003<br />
Current Committee: Chair <strong>of</strong> Gilda’s Club<br />
Most Rewarding Past Committee: Book Drive Director for Books 4 Kids<br />
Education: St. Olaf<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>ession: Specialist in Community Relations at<br />
Target Corporation<br />
Describe yourself in one word: Passionate<br />
Karin Abel (right) with her sister<br />
Heather and mother Renee<br />
If you’ve had the opportunity to meet<br />
Karin Abel, then you know that her<br />
passion for community service is<br />
transparent in all that she does. Her<br />
background depicts a woman that stands<br />
up for her values and who acknowledges<br />
that change can not be reached standing<br />
on the sidelines. Perhaps that’s why her<br />
favorite quote is “Be the change you wish<br />
to see in the world” - Gandhi.<br />
Like most undergraduates, Karin debated<br />
about her career path, trying to find a<br />
career that combined both her passion for business and community. Her first job out<br />
<strong>of</strong> college at Scholarship America made Karin realize that non-pr<strong>of</strong>it work<br />
comprised the perfect balance. Karin’s work at Scholarship America included leading<br />
a program called Dollars for Scholars that helps communities raise money for<br />
scholarships – scholarships similar to one that Karin herself received in high school.<br />
Through her then colleague, Karen Miller, she was introduced to the <strong>Junior</strong> <strong>League</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>Minneapolis</strong>.<br />
During her first active year in the JLM, Karin joined the Books 4 Kids committee<br />
which was in its first year in existence. As the book drive director for Books 4 Kids<br />
the following year, Karin understood what a lot <strong>of</strong> work could be – yet she<br />
describes that busy year as the most rewarding experience she’s had in the <strong>League</strong> and<br />
one that helped shape what the JLM means to her. Although she wasn’t working<br />
directly with kids, Karin knew that the committee’s work gave kids who didn’t have<br />
books the opportunity to read.<br />
In Karin’s current position as the chair <strong>of</strong> Gilda’s Club and working in community<br />
relations at Target, she continues to work as a change agent. Karin’s advice for new<br />
members: “Get involved with something early in your league career, and take pride<br />
and ownership in what you’re doing.” Through her passion for influencing positive<br />
change and her involvement in new JLM initiatives, Karin seems to be driving that<br />
message home.
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