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2008 Celebrity Luncheon A Huge Success!
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The 3rd annual celebrity luncheon was a huge success. Thank you to the Texas Roadhouse for providing us with a great fundraising opportunity.
Much thanks to our 21 celebrities for their great job as servers. Our celebrities were asked to sell 20 tickets and donate a whole day to be a celebrity server for this event. Thank you so much!
Thank you to Kathy Colby and Lani Coulter as well as the Junior League volunteers (Kimberly Garrison, Tracy Jelneck, Gabrielle Johnson, Becky Paalman, Amy Suhrheinrich, and Betsy Svanda) for taking the time to assist as hostesses, servers, busers and cashiers, you were all wonderful. The luncheon also received sponsorships from eight companies and exceptional media coverage.
The luncheon was packed with diners filling up the seats from the beginning of lunch at 11am to close at 2pm. Many Junior League members came to enjoy the wonderful food and fellowship with friends and family. Everyone had a terrific time and our celebrities served over 350 diners. We are still crunching the numbers but can safely say we raised over $8,700 even after expenses this year!!
David Baker collected the most tips at $465 and Phil Joseph sold the most tickets at 61. Both servers and a guest will enjoy a special dinner with Tom Izzo and his wife and Suzy Merchant and her husband. Congratulations David and Phil! |
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Thanks to the 2008 Celebrity Luncheon Sponsors and Servers
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2008 Celebrity Luncheon Sponsors
Financial Independents, Inc
Heat n’ Sweep
Ingham County Women’s Commission
PTD Technology
Small Business Association of Michigan
Stewart Title
Texas Roadhouse
WILX
2008 Celebrity Luncheon Servers
Michael Ashton, State of Michigan, Department of Information Technology
David Baker, Farm Bureau
Tony Baltimore, Office of Congressman Mike Rogers
Terri Beard, Community Mental Health
Bryan Beverly, Volunteer
Joseph Campbell, CapCom Credit Union
Mark Criss, City Rescue Mission of Lansing
John Fauver, Community Mental Health
Camron Gnass, Vision Creative
Bob Hoffman, Wharton Center
Calvin Jones, Lansing Board of Water and Light
Phil Joseph, General Motors
Becky Myers, Junior League of Lansing
Chad Myers, Jackson National Life Insurance Co.
Rico Neal, Ingham County Prosecuting Attorneys Office
Chad Paalman, NuWave Technology Partners
Nick Panetta, The Trainers Studio
Doug Rademacher, Local 602, UAW, President
Joe Ruth, Sparrow Health System
William Schaub, The Trainers Studio
Melanie Zaremba, Techniques of Alcohol Management (TAM)
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Signature Project
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FEAST Food Education and Story Time
Childhood obesity is a serious concern in our society. Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other weight related illnesses are seriously affecting the health of our children. In an effort to educate children and their families on the benefits of healthy eating habits, the Junior League of Lansing and the Greater Lansing Food Bank have created our current Signature Project, FEAST. Junior League members will be visiting second grade classroom in the Lansing School District to implement the FEAST program, using popular children's literature to reach students with a message of improving their health and nutrition. As a means to bring the message home, the students will be given a copy to keep of each book and a FEAST passport booklet with activites and recipes for families. |
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Shopping - a fundraising opportunity
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1,300 retailers have joined to help Junior Leagues by donating a portion of their online proceeds. Merchants include Target®, Macy’s®, Best Buy®, Nordstrom®, Barnes and Noble® and web-based giants such as Expedia®. You do the shopping - they give a donation!
The Junior League shopping mall works like any other online shopping vehicle except now our League benefits from the experience. After entering the shopping mall (by clicking the link at the bottom of this page) and selecting an online retailer to visit, you will be sent directly to the retailer of your choice to start shopping and the Junior League of Lansing will benefit from your shopping experience.
Enter the shopping mall by clicking on the Shopping Mall link located at the bottom of this Home Page.
Thank you for your support!
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Meet JLL Community Advisory Board Members
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Mark Criss, Executive Director, City Rescue Mission of Lansing
Scott Dzurka, President/CEO of the Michigan Association of United Ways (MAUW)
Michael Gadola, Michigan Supreme Court and the State Court Administrative Office
Sam Singh Mayor of the City of East Lansing & President & CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association
Beany Tomber Coordinator, Ready To Learn (RTL) for WKAR/TV, MSU
Lynne VanDeventer, Realtor, Coldwell Hubbell Real Estate Company
Annie Whitehouse, Jackson National Life Insurance Company
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MISSION
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The Junior League of Lansing, Michigan is a non-profit 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. |
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VISION
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Dynamic Women Impacting Lives.
This JLL envisions a community where the health, safety and welfare of all individuals are assured, where citizens work together to solve problems, and where the Junior League of Lansing, Michigan trains and inspires leadership, so our lives and the legacy of our organization reach their fullest potential.
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FOCUS AREA
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Supporting Children and Families at Risk |
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Junior League Office Contact Information
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Junior League of Lansing
271 Woodland Pass Centre, Suite 115
East Lansing, MI 48823
TEL: (517)324-3734
FAX: (517)324-3735
Email: office@jllansing.org |
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VALUE STATEMENT
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Because we value the positive impact our League makes in the community, we are committed to identifying problems that face greater Lansing and developing solutions; using fundraising dollars to support community projects; and executing community projects within collaborative partnerships that include a diversity of people and organizations.
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