2009-2010

President History – Lisa Snyder
389 members as of May 2010: 178 actives and 195 sustainers

The theme for the year was “Strong Women, Strong Community”

Highlights of the year include:

Community Impact Council

Hosted Halloween Parties at Sarah’s House and Allen Apartments
Held Food Drive collection to support AA County Food Bank
200+ Winter Survival Kits collected & delivered to Sarah’s House and LHS
Assembled & delivered 1,000 book bags to area school children in need
Held Spring and Fall Fun Fit after school program for approx 70 children at Georgetown East Elementary school
Children’s Literacy continued Talk, Play, Read sessions in Eastport community and began sessions at YWCA; also held a Story Time at St. Martin’s pumpkin patch
Participated in Earth Day event at Sarah’s House
Held a “Ship Shape” children’s health fair
Assembled and delivered 75 flu survival kits to AAMC pediatric unit
Supported multiple sessions of YES program at Tyler Heights Elementary
Coordinated drives to collect & deliver toys for 160 foster care children
Participated in Anne Arundel County’s Homeless Resource Day
Entered into 1 year partnership with Huggies (along with several other Junior Leagues) in the Every Little Bottom national campaign to educate our membership and community about diaper depravation; the 2010-2011 Public Advocacy committee will lead the membership education and diaper drive events on this campaign

Financial Resources Council

Registered 285 participants for Fun Run – net income of $9,500k
Continued a positive working relationship with the mall and had Gift Wrap sales of approximately10k
Educated general membership about importance of cookbook sales by having a representative from our publisher speak at the November GMM
Promoted “Gracious Giving” campaign to solicit member donations
Secured free banquet space at Loew’s hotel for Chefs by the Bay with an “Around the World” theme. 400 participants attended the event which netted $41k
Presented motion to membership to increase annual dues which did not pass
Motion passed by membership to enable members to elect a “points option” to fulfill their annual financial obligations effective 2010-2011
Motion passed by membership to enabled members to pay a total of $500 to cover both membership dues and other financial obligations effective 2010-2011 league year
Motion was passed through membership to change the name of the “Chefs by the Bay” fundraiser to the “Gala” fundraiser to allow more flexibility for future event planning

Communications Council

Hosted GMMs at several new locations throughout the county with positive feedback from membership and incorporated monthly “themes” including breast cancer awareness
Held February area meetings; main discussion was the need for a membership dues increase and was facilitated by various board members
Hosted several happy hours & other social events for league members including a party at the St.Johns/Navy croquet match; Tea at Reynold’s Tavern; year-end fiesta/dinner at Harbor Hills Clubhouse
Launched a Facebook fan page for JLA and posted content regularly
Organized Bluebook on the JLA website and improved regular updates to the website
Published a LOG each month
Launched new LogoWear line

Membership Council

Created a new Consulting Committee (effective 2010-2011 league year) for all consulting status members to be assigned to
Sent several members to ODIs
Implemented an online membership satisfaction survey and presented results to membership
Implemented Coffee and Conversation trainings where members read books based on JLA’s target community issues including childhood obesity and homelessness
Held CPR Certification training, tour of Banneker-Douglas museum, Estate/Financial Planning and Self-defense trainings
Causes of homelessness with tour of Sarah’s House
Organized State House Tour & luncheon with Junior League of Baltimore members
Implemented weekly “Blasts of education” into our Blast email
60 provisional members joined and 43 members were voted in at the April GMM.
Developed and implemented new provisional curriculum that incorporated provisional placement on active committees in January
Created and implemented an online year-end chair assessment survey for membership
Membership passed a motion to implement “competency-based” placement of executive board positions via new procedure effective 2010-2011 league year.

Community Partners/businesses JLA worked with this year: