Julie Gilbert Joins JLM for the September General Meeting
Julie Gilbert Joins JLM for the September General Meeting
Julie Gilbert Joins JLM for the September General Meeting
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Community<br />
<strong>September</strong> Birthdays<br />
continued<br />
Barbara Koch, <strong>September</strong> 16<br />
Blyth Bailey, <strong>September</strong> 17<br />
Rebecca Thompson, <strong>September</strong> 18<br />
Carol Ladner, <strong>September</strong> 19<br />
Amanda Marshall, <strong>September</strong> 19<br />
Mary Conlin-Warner, <strong>September</strong> 20<br />
M. Terry Hork, <strong>September</strong> 20<br />
Susan Seiler, <strong>September</strong> 20<br />
Andrea Fahrenkrug, <strong>September</strong> 21<br />
Kathrine Mat<strong>the</strong>w, <strong>September</strong> 21<br />
Beverly Meyer, <strong>September</strong> 21<br />
Dorothy Robb, <strong>September</strong> 21<br />
Joan Manolis, <strong>September</strong> 22<br />
Jen Theriault, <strong>September</strong> 22<br />
Gretchen Baker, <strong>September</strong> 23<br />
Mary Bowman, <strong>September</strong> 23<br />
Anna Lyon, <strong>September</strong> 24<br />
Margarette Minor, <strong>September</strong> 24<br />
Ann Johnson, <strong>September</strong> 25<br />
Janet Kinzler, <strong>September</strong> 25<br />
Katy Mulvehill, <strong>September</strong> 25<br />
Susan Bly<strong>the</strong>, <strong>September</strong> 27<br />
Lindsay Kallas, <strong>September</strong> 27<br />
Kerry Mahoney, <strong>September</strong> 27<br />
Susan Wright, <strong>September</strong> 27<br />
Leah Maki, <strong>September</strong> 28<br />
Cynthia Jurgensen, <strong>September</strong> 28<br />
Melissa Worrel, <strong>September</strong> 29<br />
Lynn Bechtol, <strong>September</strong> 30<br />
Chaleen Ciora, <strong>September</strong> 30<br />
Rachel LaTour, <strong>September</strong> 30<br />
Andrea Sticha, <strong>September</strong> 30<br />
Books 4 Kids<br />
Brooke Allocco, Books 4 Kids Committee<br />
Books 4 Kids is entering its sixth<br />
year as a <strong>JLM</strong> community program<br />
with its mission to give at-risk<br />
children books to keep and to<br />
provide <strong>the</strong>m with opportunities to<br />
come toge<strong>the</strong>r to read.<br />
According to <strong>the</strong> McKnight<br />
Foundation, 41% of third graders<br />
in <strong>the</strong> Twin Cities read below grade<br />
level. This year, Books 4 Kids plans<br />
to collect and distribute 30,000<br />
books to Minneapolis children in<br />
need by partnering with over 20<br />
organizations that serve children<br />
who are economically at risk.<br />
In addition to collecting books at<br />
member-sponsored book drives and<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r events throughout <strong>the</strong> year,<br />
Books 4 Kids will be participating<br />
in <strong>the</strong> fourth annual Read <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Record program. Sponsored by <strong>the</strong><br />
Pearson Foundation and Jumpstart,<br />
Read <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Record aims to enable<br />
over one million children to read Eric<br />
Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar<br />
on October 8, setting a world record<br />
in <strong>the</strong> process. To support this ef<strong>for</strong>t,<br />
Books 4 Kids will be collecting new<br />
and gently used copies of this book<br />
at <strong>the</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong>.<br />
Please bring<br />
a copy to <strong>the</strong><br />
meeting and<br />
help support<br />
this great<br />
program!<br />
6<br />
<strong>September</strong> 2009
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