May 2010 - Junior League of Minneapolis

May 2010
Mini
Katherine Phelps Winner, Emily Anne Staples Tuttle,
Wins National AJLI Award
President’s Page 2
Board of Directors 3
Membership 4
Community Projects 8
Fundraising 10
Sustainer Activities 13
Calendar 16
For more information visit
www.JLMinneapolis.org
Leah Maki, VP Marketing | marketing@jlminneapolis.org
On May 11, we will gather
together to celebrate all the
wonderful accomplishments
of the 2009-10 League year.
One of the most noteworthy
items we’ll be celebrating is
that our Katharine Phelps
Lifetime Achievement Award
winner, Emily Anne Staples
Tuttle, has won the AJLI Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award.
The award, named after the founder of the Junior League Movement
and one of the Association’s most prestigious awards, recognizes a
Junior League member whose ability to motivate volunteers, overcome
challenges and create positive change provides inspiration to women
everywhere.
The Junior League of Minneapolis has never before had a member
win this national award. Emily Anne received this award on April 16 at
a luncheon at the AJLI conference in Orlando, Florida. The luncheon
was sponsored by Talbots and Emily Anne was honored in front of an
audience of over 1,000 Junior League annual conference attendees.
Some of Emily Anne’s greatest accomplishments will be highlighted
at the May General Meeting. In addition to her role as a leader of the
Junior League of Minneapolis, Emily Anne has been a Minnesota
State Senator, a Hennepin County Commissioner and an advisor to
former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura. She was also instrumental
in organizing the first Minnesota Women’s Political Caucus, the first
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President’s Page
JLM is in Bloom!
Mission
The Junior League of
Minneapolis is an organization of
women committed to promoting
voluntarism, developing
the potential of women and
improving the community
through the effective action and
leadership of trained volunteers.
Its purpose is exclusively
educational and charitable.
Reach Out Statement
The Junior League of
Minneapolis reaches out to
women of all races, religions,
and national origins who
demonstrate an interest in and
commitment to voluntarism.
April showers bring not only May flowers,
but also the end of the 2009-10 JLM
year. Many of you have asked me if I
am sad that my Presidential year will
be ending soon. To be honest with
you, it doesn’t feel like the end at all;
in fact, it feels like we are in full bloom
and ready to blossom! It has truly been
a spectacular year filled with so many
accomplishments and triumphs for our
organization.
If you imagine the JLM as a flower
garden, we were bountiful this year. Our
garden was filled with a diverse planting,
and every seedling was nurtured with
the love and attention it needed to bloom
and thrive. When we started our year,
one would never have imagined that our
garden would produce:
• The JLM’s first national AJLI Mary
Harriman Community Leadership Award
winner, Emily Anne Staples Tuttle
• A new corporate sponsorship program
bringing on board wonderful partners
such as Nordstrom, Minnesota Monthly,
Eminent Design and Metro Magazine
• Two amazing new projects – Backpack
Buddies and Between the Lines – which
both received incredible support from
our members and the community
• Successful fundraising events and a
diversified fundraising portfolio to bring in
more dollars to support our mission
• New grants from Pentair Foundation and
Thank you to our
corporate sponsors:
• PLATINUM •
Nordstrom
Metro Magazine
• GOLD •
• SILVER •
Eminent Interior Design
General Mills to support our projects
• A much more visible JLM brand through
publicity in local newspapers, magazines
and television as well as the use of
social networking websites, Facebook
and LinkedIn
• Our user-friendly new website and
management tool for our members
And the list could go on…
Our garden was cultivated and
grew because of the hard work,
thoughtfulness, stewardship and passion
of our JLM members and incredible
Active and Sustainer leadership teams.
It brings tears to my eyes when I think
of our fearless leaders who have been
“in motion” all year long working to fulfill
our mission. I am so proud, humbled
and privileged to have been a part of this
amazing year.
More so, I am honored to be passing the
Presidential gavel to an incredibly gifted
and talented woman and dear friend
of mine, Sarah Borchers. Sarah has
a spectacular vision for the upcoming
years and I am confident our JLM garden
will be even bigger and better because of
her leadership!
Thank you all from the bottom of my
heart for being a part of our Mission in
Motion this year!
With love, respect, gratitude and best
wishes always,
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May 2010

The Stories that Make a Difference
Sarah Borchers, President 2010-11
The stories come from so many sources:
President
Anna Lyon
Board of Directors
President-Elect
Sarah Borchers
CFO/VP Finance
Katy Farley
Recording
Secretary
Kerry Mahoney
VP Administration
Maggie Kirchoff
VP Community
Rachel LaTour
VP Fundraisers
Lorie Gardner
Board Notes
VP Marketing
Leah Maki
VP Membership/
Training
Rachel Smith
VP Projects
Suzie Wilmot
Legal Advisor
Jen Reusse
Sustainer
Representative
Carolyn Dahl
Kerry Mahoney, Recording Secretary |
recordingsecretary@jlminneapolis.org
• The Board reviewed the membership
surveys for content and timing for
distribution to membership.
• The Board discussed recommended
changes for Programs and
Arrangements for the 2010-11 year.
• The Board reviewed the financial
report again. JLM is still on track with
our budget.
• The Board discussed details for
recognizing Emily Anne Staples Tuttle
as the 2010 winner of the prestigious
AJLI Mary Harriman award.
• From the mom of the Girl Scout who still talks about what she learned at a
Kids in the Kitchen event two years ago
• From the shopkeeper who tells you how he saw an increase in new
business during the Shop, Save, Share Card promotion
• From a New Member who expresses how much more connected she feels
to her new community after being transplanted to Minneapolis from the coast
• From your neighbors, family and friends when they see the amazing
coverage we have received this year in the press, from an entire spread in
the Star Tribune for Boots & Bling to the poignant story on WCCO TV about
an incarcerated mom reading to her kids as part of our new Between the
Lines project
These are the stories that feed our souls. These stories are only possible
because of the incredible work our Junior League of Minneapolis members
put forth each year. The 2009-10 year was no different; members built upon
the success of existing projects, events and fundraisers while exploring
new avenues for meeting our mission. Thank you to Anna Lyon, our 2009-
10 President, as well as to the Board of Directors, Chairs, leaders and
every single member-at-large for embracing our Mission in Motion this
year!
In keeping with a great tradition, the 2010-11 League year beginning June
1, 2010 will have members building on our strong foundation while creating
new solutions to meet our changing membership demographics and
interests and community gaps.
• In the community, we will continue to serve women and children through
Between the Lines, Kids in the Kitchen, LeagueAires, Backpack Buddies
and Helping Hands, through which we’ll join forces with Read Indeed as we
transition our Books 4 Kids program.
• Our fundraisers will include American Girl, One Night Fundraiser,
Special Events, Shop, Save, Share Card and Donor Relations,
all of which will be generating success off of previous years’
accomplishments.
• Our members, the source of everything, will enjoy our terrific
Leadership & Lattes program, the community roundtables,
the mentorship program and other training and networking
opportunities.
With your help, the 2010-11 League year will generate more
amazing, fulfilling stories that remind us that our volunteer life
enriches our community and ourselves in ways we can only begin
to imagine. Thank you for remembering and connecting with our
mission of developing the potential of women, improving our
community, and promoting voluntarism through effective action. I
look forward to volunteering with you in the new League year!
Board of Directors
May 2010
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Membership
May Birthdays
Ann Ware, May 1
Mary Mork, May 3
Emily Anne Tuttle, May 3
Jennifer Craig, May 4
Jane Hopkins Gould, May 4
Deborah Larson, May 4
Nancy Priedeman, May 5
Stephanie Ruppert, May 5
Connie Blodgett, May 6
Nancy Humphrey, May 6
Jessica Putman, May 6
Bridget Walsh, May 6
Sharon Richardson, May 7
Mary Countryman, May 8
Frances Tobian, May 8
Marilyn Hoghaug, May 9
Brooke Allocco, May 10
Lisa Gardner, May 13
Stephanie Carleton, May 14
Susan Eklund, May 14
Kate Leman, May 14
Jane Matthies, May 14
Rachel Rodriguez-Schwab, May 14
Roberta Thorpe, May 15
Sally Blood, May 16
Richa Goyal, May 17
Wendy Lundsgaard, May 17
Gloria Smith, May 18
The Junior League
of Minneapolis
bloom
in
celebrating our year, our members and our mission
Tuesday May 11, 2010
6 pm - Social Hour & Cash Bar
7 pm - Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony
Birth Announcements
Cost $15
Please RSVP by May 6, 2010
www.jlminneapolis.org
Minikahda Country Club
Dessert and Champagne will be served
Complimentary Valet Parking
& Cash Bar
Congratulations to Kami Graff and husband
Jason who welcomed baby Adalyn Daisy to
their family on February 27, 2010!
Congratulations to Emily Backstrom and
husband Eric who welcomed baby Margaret
Morgan to their family on April 18, 2010!
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May 2010

Continued from cover
Katherine Phelps Winner, Emily Anne Staples
Tuttle, Wins National AJLI Award
Leah Maki, VP Marketing | marketing@jlminneapolis.org
Women’s Institute for Social Change, the first Minnesota Women’s
Economic Roundtable and the United Nations Association of
Minnesota.
May Birthdays Continued
“Emily Anne has devoted her life to voluntarism and inspiring women
to share ideas in order to support their communities,” said Delly
Beekman, President-Elect of the AJLI Board and member of the
Junior League of Monmouth County. “She is a long-time supporter of
women’s issues and continues to encourage women to get involved
in leadership roles to make a difference in their communities.”
Help us celebrate our 2009-10 League year and attend the May
General Meeting on May 11 at the Minikahda Country Club. The
Sustainers will have a reception in Emily’s honor at 4:30 p.m., prior
to the May meeting. The LeagueAires will be at the May General
Meeting to serenade Emily Anne Staples Tuttle, and we will show the
DVD put together on Emily Anne’s behalf. In addition to celebrating
this wonderful award, the recipients of the 2009-10 membership
awards will be announced. All 2010-11 Directors will be announced
and all Active members will learn of their placement for the 2010-11
League year. This is a celebration you don’t want to miss. Please log
on to the JLM website for more information and to RSVP.
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Elizabeth Brown, May 19
Janessa Meyer, May 19
Aaliyah Shafiq, May 19
Amanda Reierson, May 20
Sherilyn Seifert, May 20
Joyce Guelich, May 21
Marsha Carlson, May 22
Amy Ewald, May 22
Lindsey Hudson, May 22
Marie Melroe, May 22
Maryanne Dennis, May 23
Mallette Parry, May 23
Wendy Simpson, May 25
Lisa Solinger, May 25
Sara McLenighan, May 26
Angela Powers, May 27
Mary Eck, May 28
Tene Wright, May 28
Andrea Marquette, May 29
Addie Ingebrand, May 30
Elizabeth Colburn, May 31
Allison Harkness, May 31
Membership
May 2010
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Membership
Advocacy and JLM
Jennifer Hobbs, Training & Leadership Development Chair |
training@jlminneapolis.org
Did you know that the Training & Leadership Development Committee
is bringing advocacy back to the Junior League of Minneapolis? With
a newly formed Advocacy & Public Policy sub-committee, the JLM will
expand its education forum and create more ways to meet its mission.
What is advocacy?
Advocacy is the collective term for the work done to promote, protect
and preserve an organization or cause. Key functions of an advocacy
group include:
Placement News
Rachel Smith, VP Membership |
membership@jlminneapolis.org
Thanks to all who participated in
the Placement Fair! The event
was attended by both Active and
Sustaining members who learned
about the exciting committee plans
for the 2010-11 League year. Each
Chair did a great job educating
members about her committee’s
goals for next year. There was also
a fun display of food, beverages and
decorations focused on countries
that participated in the recent winter
Olympics. Chairs were also able to
recruit for director and member-atlarge
positions.
Please make plans to attend the
May 11 General Membership
meeting at Minikahda Country
Club to find out your committee
placement for the 2010-11 League
year! This will give you a chance to
meet up with your new committee
and share your excitement as we
look forward to a new year together!
• Giving a voice to citizen interests
• Mobilizing citizens to participate in the democratic process
• Supporting the development of a culture of democracy
• Assisting in the development of better public policy
• Ensuring governments’ accountability to citizens.
Advocacy is sharing your views and opinions with the people elected
that make decisions impacting your organization, including:
• City council members
• Mayors
• School board members
• County commissioners
• County judges
• State Representatives and Senators
• Congress
History of Advocacy in the Junior League
Junior League advocacy efforts over time:
• 1920s – 1930s – began in response to the Great Depression to
influence public welfare policy
• 1940s – war-related organizations
• 1950s – quality television programming for children
• 1960s – environment, education, housing, social services and
employment
• 1970s – children’s health and juvenile justice
• 1980s – child welfare system, domestic violence, impact of alcohol
abuse on women.
• 1990s – early childhood immunization
• 2000s – Kids in the Kitchen - childhood obesity and poor nutrition
Stay tuned for more information in the 2010-2011 League year!
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Congratulations to the 2010-11 Leadership Team!
The 2009-10 Nominating Committee would like to congratulate next year’s leadership team. We are so grateful for
all you do for our League!
Board of Directors
President
President-Elect
Legal Advisor
Secretary
Sustainer Rep to the Active Board
VP Administration
VP Community
VP Finance/CFO
VP Fundraisers
VP Marketing
VP Membership
VP Projects
Chairs
American Girl
American Girl
Backpack Buddies
Backpack Buddies Work-Up
Between the Lines
Communications
Communications Work-Up
Donor Relations
Donor Relations Work-Up
Fundraiser Development
Sarah Borchers
Suzie Wilmot
Gretchen Baker
Melissa Krusemark
Virginia Conklin
Heather Tansey
Karin Abel
Theresa Pertz
Lorie Gardner
Kerry Mahoney
Stephanie Ruppert
Tara Sullivan
Elizabeth Bahra
Katie Hollerman
Sarah DuBois
Jennifer Reusse
Michelle Fettig
Laura Ginsburg
Mary Eck
Rachel LaTour
Lisa Solinger
Annalee Habstritt
Fundraiser Development Work-Up
Fundraiser Treasurer
Helping Hands
Kids in the Kitchen
New Member
New Member Work-Up
One Night Fundraiser
Placement
Programs and Arrangements
Project Development
Project Development Work-Up
Training & Leadership Development
Transfers
Special Events
Placement Advisors
Kim Bow-Sundy
Megan Foley
Katie Hetherington
Sara Minors
Sara Schmidt
Anna Lee Wahls
Hannah Kuhn
Jessica Ahrenstorff
Maggie Kirchoff
Beth Broich
Jennifer Hobbs
Jenn Abel
Sarah Curfman
Kelly Leiker
Jilly Eldring
Elizabeth Brown
Megan Ruwe
Bethany Connelly
Elizabeth Kong
Laura Lindboe
Jennifer Foehl
Leslie Golinvaux
Rafina Larsen
Elizabeth Monico
Angie Shea
Directors
American Girl Logistics Kelly Jorgensen
American Girl Model
Rachel Rodriguez-Schwab
American Girl Model Work-Up Natalie Lau
Communications Advertising Abbey MacKenzie Kerl
Communications Public Relations
Kristy Badger
Communications Technology Jennifer Trujillo
Helping Hands Literacy Kirsten Muller
Helping Hands Shifts
Sondra Hayes
Kids in the Kitchen Event Molly Broman
New Member Recruiter Christina Lee
One Night Fundraiser Logistics Meleah Follen
One Night Fundraiser Marketing Sarah Jewett
One Night Fundraiser Procurement
Sarah Punch
One Night Fundraiser Procurement Work-Up
Allison Berres
Placement Mentor Program LeAnn Gfrerer
Special Events Cookbook Diane Douglas
Membership
May 2010
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Community Projects
JLM Announces the 2010 Wallin
Scholarship Recipient
Rachel LaTour, VP Community |
community@jlminneapolis.org
Backpack Buddies’ First
Year a Success
Katie Hollerman, Backpack Buddies
Co-Chair | backpackbuddies@jlminneapolis.org
As the League year wraps up
and the projects slow down, it is
with great pride that Backpack
Buddies reflects on its inaugural
year. We have served 115
first graders at Andersen
Open Elementary School in
Minneapolis over 35,000 meals,
which translates into over
38,000 pounds of food! We also
successfully obtained $10,000
in grant money from General
Mills and Pentair, companies
that recognized the importance
of our project and mission. The
committee held two successful
community food drives this
year. Thanks to everyone who
came out and supported our
project. As we look forward to
next year, we are gearing up to
serve twice as many students
and further our mission of
eliminating childhood hunger.
The Junior League of Minneapolis is proud
to recognize our 2010 Wallin Scholarship
Recipient, Phoebe Lynn Chastain from
Southwest High School. Phoebe has been an
active volunteer throughout her high school career,
primarily through the Planned Parenthood Teen Council. The Teen Council
is a peer education group that presents in classrooms and the community on
reproductive health topics such as birth control, healthy relationships, puberty
and HIV prevention. Through the Teen Council program, Phoebe has visited
twelve schools in the Twin Cities and has taught in more than fifty classrooms.
This year alone, she has donated nearly 300 hours of her time to the Teen
Council and her community to improve the lives of people her age.
In March, Phoebe was chosen to attend the One Voice Summit in Washington,
D.C., sponsored by SIECUS, the Sierra Club, Advocates for Youth and
Americans for an Informed Democracy. During the summit she learned about
reproductive health and sustainability and had the opportunity to lobby at
the Capitol. Phoebe is a passionate activist, is excited about advocating for
women’s health and feels she is just beginning. She will be attending Carleton
College in the fall where she hopes to study Political Science and Women’s/
Gender Studies. Phoebe is looking forward to being involved with the campus
organizations, including the campus radio station, theatre, as well as playing
Ultimate Frisbee.
Congratulations, Phoebe Chastain!
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May 2010

Rob Zeaske joins Junior League of Minneapolis Community Advisory Board
Rachel LaTour, VP Community | community@jlminneapolis.org
The 2009-10 Board of Directors is proud to announce that Rob Zeaske, Executive
Director of Second Harvest Heartland, will be joining the Community Advisory Board
for the next League year. Rob joins a talented and well versed advisory board already
in place including Sandy Vargas from The Minneapolis Foundation, Randi Yoder from
United Way, Patrick Smith from Wells Fargo, Noelle Hawton from Tunheim Partners,
and Karla Ekdahl, community activist.
As Executive Director, Rob Zeaske has overall responsibility for leadership, planning
and management of Second Harvest Heartland. Rob is a hopeful voice intent on
finding more efficient and innovative ways to help neighbors in need. “We in hunger
relief can see the finish line,” Rob likes to say. “In Minnesota, ending hunger need
not be a coin-in-a-fountain-wish. I am hopeful because, although the root causes of
poverty are complex, feeding a neighbor isn’t. We can do this.”
Rob’s experience speaks for itself. He’s directed important organizations like Bostonbased
Jumpstart, which is nationally recognized for preparing schoolchildren for success and Mercy Corps, where
he served as Harvard Business School Service Leadership fellow.
Rob holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA in political science from Stanford University. He lives
in south Minneapolis with his wife and Junior League Member, Jessica, and their three young children.
Girlfriends, Growth and Gratitude
Kathleen Watson, LeagueAire | leagueaires@jlminneapolis.org
Spring seems to have truly sprung. We’re raking yards,
planting flowers, and generally preparing for the growth
and greenery of summer.
However, the beginning of these short-but-blissful warm
months signals the end of the LeagueAires’ trouping
season. That means May is a time of mixed emotions
for us. Although each of us has contact information
for the whole group, the very busy-ness of summer
means it will be more challenging to stay in touch with
our singing sisters and enjoy their company. It also
means that we won’t get our weekly fix of bright faces
at the senior residences, nursing homes, workshops for
developmentally disabled adults and inner-city schools
where we perform.
While we’ll certainly miss connecting with our audiences,
we’re grateful for the chance to have performed for
literally thousands of people during this trouping season
We give of our time and talent, and our audiences give
of their openness and appreciation for what we offer. It
humbles us to hear comments and stories like these:
“The music selection was great, the sing-along songs
were perfect...I can’t think of anything you could do to
better meet the needs of our residents.”
May 2010
“LOVED the
performance!! No
need to look for
ways to do better.”
“With [your] natural motherly and caring
instincts, you made quite an impression on the residents
as you went out to sing with them and get them
involved.”
“You can’t help but smile by just looking at them!”
“Wonderful as always! Great enthusiasm.”
“The performance was great. I really appreciate
how comfortable and friendly you all are around
[Midwest Special Services’] clients.”
“You made a wonderful difference in the lives of
all the residents.”
So, as we get ready to put our sparkly vests
away until next January, we’re sad to be done for
this season, delighted to have brought sunshine
into so many lives, and grateful for the chance to
do good with the abilities we’ve been given.
Life is good.
Community Projects
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Fundraising
Books 4 Kids – Year Six
Mary Mathiowetz, Books 4 Kids Chair | books4kids@jlminneapolis.org
A huge shout out to the entire Books 4 Kids team who started working in April of 2009 and to the New Members who
joined the committee in November. Your efforts and passion made this year a success!
This year, Books 4 Kids collected and distributed over 43,000 books collected from hundreds of books drives to 15
organizations. We raised awareness in our community not only around Books 4 kids but also for JLM. We collected
from many member book drives, Books 4 Bowling, 27 organizations, and seven schools.
Many thanks to everyone who supported the team by hosting book drives, sorting and delivering books, funding the
project and helping out with all that goes on behind the scenes. A special thanks to:
• Our VPs Suzie Wilmot and Rachel LaTour, who worked together to help us throughout the
year
• Our Sustainer rep, Kris Newcomer, for her advice and guidance
• Elizabeth Monico, for working with Wendy in helping us secure collection sites
• Deb Johnson, for helping the committee in numerous ways
You will be hearing more about the Books 4 Kids program transition to Read Indeed in the
days to come. We are excited to continue to be involved in getting books into the hands of
kids who need them.
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Kids in the Kitchen Year-End Recap
Charlotte Lozier, Kids in the Kitchen Chair | kidsinthekitchen@jlminneapolis.org
The Kids in the Kitchen committee is wrapping up a
great year with four events under our belt and two
events remaining. This past year has included some
amazing opportunities to engage children in the Twin
Cities community in learning the benefits of healthy
living and help address the issue of
childhood obesity.
In September, we partnered with
Bolder Options, a one-to-one youth
mentoring program for children ages
10-14. At this event, we set up food
stations to teach the children how to
read labels and make healthy food
decisions. We also invited a trainer
from Lifetime Fitness who demonstrated fun exercises
kids can do during commercial breaks of their favorite
TV shows. Our November event took place at the Boys
and Girls Club.
In December, we again partnered with Bolder Options
and taught kids healthy recipes using leftover turkey
May 2010
from Thanksgiving. We also played a spin-off of
Family Feud, “Kitchen Feud.” This visit also included a
presentation from dentists on how kids can keep their
teeth clean.
In February we teamed up with Big
Brothers Big Sisters and hosted a
“heart healthy” event themed around
Valentine’s Day. Children were able
to visit different stations to learn
about heart healthy foods while
playing games.
We are planning two more events!
Our remaining events include an
Earth Day-themed event planned
by our New Members on April 26 at Expo Elementary
School. Our last event is May 4 at Green Central
Park Elementary School. Please look online for shift
opportunities for these events – we’d love to see you
there!

It was Simply the Best!
Michelle Thomas, ONF Marketing Director | onenightfundraiser@jlminneapolis.org
View more Spring Fling photos here: http://mjf.SmugMug.com/
Events/JrLeague
THANK YOU for helping make Simply the Best, Spring Fling 2010 a huge success this year. On April 17, over 200
people gathered at the Wayzata Country Club to enjoy an evening full of entertainment, a celebration of the year’s
accomplishments and to help raise funds to support the Junior League of Minneapolis.
This event would not have been possible without the help from everyone. Thank you to:
• The attendees and Junior League of Minneapolis members. You helped make this year’s Spring Fling Simply the Best!
• Our live and silent auction donors: Five one-of-a-kind packages were auctioned off during the live auction with
a combined donor estimated value of $16,700. In the silent auction, donations for over 100 items were received
with a combined donor estimated value of $21,000. To everyone who donated, THANK YOU as all auction bids
went directly to the bottom line!
• Our sponsors: BareFoot Wine & Bubbly provided wine and champagne, The Davis Group gave a $1,000
in-kind donation, Minnesota Monthly sponsored our event advertising, Lisa Weisman provided a $500 in-kind
donation, and the Wayzata Country Club donated the space for the event.
• The One Night Fundraiser Committee: Chair: Diane Douglas, Logistics Director: Kristin
Lindquist, Procurement Co-Directors: Sarah Punch and Laurie Young, Marketing Director:
Michelle Thomas, Treasurer: Jessica Ahrenstorff, VP Fundraising: Lorie Gardner, Jen Allie,
Mallary Barr, Allison Burns, Tanya Cottrell, Erin Davenport, Beth Dikeman, Amy Ewald, Michelle
Feller, Amy Feyerherm, Julie Glynn, Jill Johnson, Sarah Lutterman, Kelly McDermott, Melissa
Moe, Sonal Philip, Jessica Putman, Katie Robinson, Anne Sause, and Catherine Wang.
• Our Sustainer representatives: Carolyn Dahl, Jane Hopkins-Gould, Karen
Krygier, Claudia Sefton and Rita Thysell. The ONF Committee appreciates all of
your guidance and support!
May 2010
Fundraising
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Fundraising
Thank you JLM!
Jenna Schultz, Gifts & Grants Director | specialevents@jlminneapolis.org
The Gifts & Grants Committee would like to take the opportunity to express our thanks to everyone who has so
graciously given to the Annual Fund throughout the year through personal donations, in-kind donations as well as
company match donations. Because of your generosity, we have raised approximately $35,000 to date. We couldn’t
have done it without you!
The Annual Fund is vital in supporting our projects and mission in the years to come and helps sustain our
organization. It is only through the generous support of our members through both time and financial contributions
that JLM continues to support our community and improve the lives of women and children living in our community.
SEGG thanks you!
Jen Trujillo, SEGG Chair | specialevents@jlminneapolis.org
Prepare Your Child’s Heart & Mind for a Lifetime!
From Boots & Bling to the Crush Party, the Shop,
Save, Share Card to the Ultimate Pajama Party,
participating in Dinner Club, buying a case of
cookbooks or by attending either of the familyfriendly
Breakfast with Santa or Bunny Brunch, all
of these fun activities were planned and executed
by the Special Events, Gifts & Grants committee
(SEGG) during the 2009-10 JLM year. Whether
you purchased a ticket or volunteered your time
at one of these events, it all made a difference.
Thank you!
Because of your generosity, SEGG exceeded its
financial goal. It is because of your support that
JLM is able to sustain our projects and improve
the community, provide effective training and
develop the potential of women. Thank you all
from the bottom of our hearts; we hope you had
as much fun at these events as the committee did
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May 2010

Congratulations to Emily Anne Tuttle, Recipient of the AJLI Mary Harriman Community
Leadership Award 2010
L to R: Active President Anna Lyon, Emily Anne Tuttle, Sustainer President Cynthia Courtney, Mary Harriman, and Emily Ann Tuttle
receiving the AJLI’s Mary Harriman Community Leadership Award
Above, L to R, Mary Cederberg, Sarah Borchers, Anna Lyon, Cynthia Courtney and Suzie Wilmot; The Mary Harriman Community
Leader Award and Husband Gedney Tuttle, Daughter Missy Thompson, Emily Anne Tuttle, Cynthia Courtney and Mary Cederberg
Sustainers
May 2010
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Sustainers
Interest Groups
The Book Club . . .
May 12 - 10:00 a.m.
Book Club Author Event
Kate Saint Vincent Vogl
The Woman’s Club
$10, presentation and book signing
$25, includes lunch RSVP by 5/10
Questions, Marilyn Hoghaug
952.474.6672
Mahjongg . . .
• Continues through summer
2 nd and 4 th Mondays
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Caribou Coffee at
The Bookcase, Wayzata Contact
Sharon Richardson 763.550.1249
Sustainer Reflections
• Jennifer Stoltenberg with the loss
of her Mother in Iowa.
• Elizabeth M. Bennet and Robin
Bennet Schoenwetter with the
loss of Husband and Father on
April 7 in Minneapolis.
Congratulations, New Sustainer Management Board Leadership!
Sustainer President, Mary Cederberg
Sustainer President-Elect, Sue Eklund
Sustainer Rep to Active Board, Virginia Conklin
Sustainer Secretary, Terri Carlson
Sustainer Treasurer, Jennifer Dewberry
Sustainer Past President, Cynthia Courtney
Sustainer Snip-Its
Interested in being part of the planning team? Have a specific idea for a
Sustainer event for next year? Contact Mary Cederberg at mtcederberg@gmail.
com or 612.860.3246. The Sustainer Program Committee will meet in June to
develop the 2010-2011 Sustainer Calendar.
Calling all Sustainers…have you been involved with the Community Trust Fund,
the Capital Campaign or the recent Annual Fund? If so, we need your input to
capture the history of the JLM and past campaigns. You will be treated to lunch
on Thursday, June 3 at 12 noon at the Edina Country Club. RSVP to Donor
Relations Chair Rachel LaTour at rachellatour@hotmail.com or 612-868-3718 by
May 25.
Right: At Backpack
Buddies event: Katie
Hollerman and
Melissa Krusemark
(Active Chairs), Molly
Lagermeier, Joyce Wahr
and Bette Englund,
(Sustainer Reps)
Sustainer Snap Shots
Top, Becky Odland, Cynthia Courtney and Linda
Bartling at One Night Celebration Spring Fling Gala
Above, Sustainers were ‘hands on’ at the March
Backpack Buddy workshop
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Left: At Backpack
Buddies event: Jo
Damhof, Dorothy
Hautman, Virginia
Conklin, Lisa Thompson,
Patti Christianson,
Shannah Gillespie,
Carolyn Dahl, Joyce
Wahr, Sally Blood, Karie
Bergerson, Melissa
O’Connor, Bette
Englund, with Melissa
Krusemark and
Katie Hollerman
(Active Chairs)
May 2010

Sustainer President’s Remarks
A recent conversation with Emeritus Joan Warner . . .
Joan Warner joined the JLM in 1957 and became a Sustainer in
1962. She is in her 90’s now. She has happy memories about her
League membership and has close friends from those years. Joan
fondly remembers her work with the blind (JLM project) to teach
children to bowl on Saturday mornings at the Lake Street and
Hennepin Avenue Bowling Alley. She says she didn’t even know
how to bowl before that! Now, her eyesight is poor and she doesn’t get to do all that
she used to do. However, she keeps busy with two little dogs and a friend who comes
to her apartment to read her mail to her everyday. Even back then, JLM volunteers
stretched themselves and honed their skills to accomplish the tasks at hand!
While serving as JLM Sustainer President this past year, I have witnessed numerous
displays of personal and collective outreach efforts and acts of kindness and
friendship from our JLM volunteer friends. From a committed Sustainer Management
Board (comprised of 37 Sustainer Program Planners and Event Chairs, 43 Sustainer
Reps to the Active Board and Committees, and the 6 Sustainer Executive Committee)
to the hardworking Actives, New Members and Sustainers at-large who have rolled
up their sleeves to work to better our organization and Minneapolis community. We’ve
truly been “Members in Motion” all year long to fulfill our “Mission in Motion” theme.
It ever reinforces my belief that, together, we do make a difference!
Come celebrate with me at the May events!
- Cynthia Courtney, Sustainer President 2009-2010
Sustainer Salutes
• Bette Englund, Molly Lagermeier and Joyce Wahr - Sustainer Reps - for
coordinating the Sustainer Backpack Buddies social, light supper, information
session and packing in March, so 112 children had food over the weekend.
• Teresa Benson, Erin Brass, Gloria Jones, and Lisa Thompson - Sustainer
Reps - for their tremendous support with American Girls, its 9th year, coordinating
6 shows with 350 models + 1,050 enthusiastic audience members, raising
$30,000+ for the JLM.
2009 - 2010
Bulletin Board
Pay online at
jlminneapolis.
org or mail check
to Sustainer
Treasurer (payable
to JLM) before the reservation
deadline. Jane Truckenbrod: 1491
66th Avenue NE, Fridley, MN 55432
May 11
For Friends of Emily Anne Tuttle,
AJLI Mary Harriman Community
Leadership Award 2010
4:30 p.m. Minikahda Club
Active General Meeting to follow
6:00 p.m. Minikahda Club
May 12
Book Club Author Event with
Kate St. Vincent Vogl
10:00 a.m. The Woman’s Club
June 22
JLM Presidential Social
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Home of Mary Cederberg
June 13
JLM Presidential Social
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Mitrebox Framing Studio, Mpls.
• Sandy Warner - Sustainer Rep - who coordinated the Sustainer table with a Netherlands theme at the Placement Fair with
Sally Blood, Mary Cederberg, Virginia Conklin, Cynthia Courtney, Carolyn Dahl and Sara Sternberger working the
event and to Christie Boeder who compiled an 18 minute slide show with 215 pictures highlighting Sustainer happenings
from the year.
• Mary Cederberg, Virginia Conklin, Cynthia Courtney, Carolyn Dahl, Molly Lagermeier, Margarette Minor and
Sara Sternberger for making 444 telephone calls in March to remind Sustainers to pay their dues and complete the
end-of-year surveys.
• Linda Wilson, winner of the Pay Your Sustainer Dues Early Contest, who generously and graciously donated the
$100 to the JLM Annual Fund!
• Carolyn Dahl, Jane Hopkins Gould, Claudia Sefton and Rita Thysell - Sustainer Reps – who helped the Actives
plan and execute the April One-Night Celebration, Simply the Best, Spring Fling 2010 Gala.
• Jeanne Nardi for chairing the Spring Sustainer Luncheon at Woodhill Country Club with committee - Barb Beard,
Sally Blood, Vicki Brunsvold, Mary Cederberg, Cynthia Courtney, Susan Frommelt, Sharon Meisnitzer and
Jennifer Shinners.
• LeagueAires for their stellar performance at this Sustainer Luncheon with particular accolades to Michelle Lackey
(LeagueAires Chair), Jeannie Brindley Barnett (LeagueAires Director) and Velia Melrose (Sustainer Rep).
• Marilyn Hoghaug for organizing the ever-popular Sustainer Book Club Author and Luncheon event at The
Woman’s Club in May.
• Nancy Lindahl for being honored as a 2010 Woman of Distinction at the Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valley of
the Girl Scouts Council and to Nancy and John as recipients of the Champions of Children Imagine Award at the
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital and University of Minnesota.
Sustainers
May 2010
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Mark your
calendar
May
4: BOD Meeting
10: New Member Information Session
11: May General Meeting
18: BOD and Joint Boards Meetings
27: New Member Information Session
June
1: BOD Meeting
15: BOD and Joint Boards Meetings
17: New Member Information Session
22: Presidential Social at Mary Cederberg’s home
23: New Member Information Session
July
6: BOD Meeting
6: New Member Information Session
13: Presidential Social at Mitrebox
20: BOD and Joint Boards Meetings
21: New Member Information Session