Roadmap for the Future

On behalf of the Board of Directors, welcome to a new year of Junior League volunteers generously sharing their invaluable gifts of time, talents, and treasures. I would like to express our gratitude for the privilege of working with so many wonderful members, donors, and community partners. It is through collaboration that we will successfully fulfill our 3-fold mission of promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through effective action.

Our theme for this year is “Roadmap for the Future.”  This theme is fitting as we pursue the best strategic direction to continue our League’s 50-year legacy of outstanding community impact.  We will continue our focus on the prevention of child abuse and neglect through direct support of Isabel’s House and Done in a Day Projects, as well as additional Discretionary Grants and the Community Emergency Fund.

We congratulate our signature project, Isabel’s House, as they begin their fourth year of operations; and we welcome Francine Pratt, the new Isabel’s House Executive Director.  We are also excited about our ongoing relationship with Isabel’s House, including our recent increased pledge of financial assistance and continued committee support.

Furthermore, our partner agencies for the Done in a Day Projects include the following: Ambassadors for Children, an operating agency of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks Kid’s Clothes Closet; Boys and Girls Town, Pink Power; Freedom’s Rest, a Christian County Family Crisis Center; Isabel’s House, the Crisis Nursery of the Ozarks; Lighthouse Child and Family Development Center; Ozarks Regional YMCA, on behalf of Girls on the Run of the Queen City; and Springfield Regional Arts Council. 

Since 1959, the Junior League of Springfield has contributed over $4.6 million and 1.3 million volunteer service hours to our community. We are truly an organization of women committed to building a better community and leveraging all of the support gained through our trained volunteers to make a positive, sustainable difference for generations to come.

I am honored to have the opportunity to serve as our League’s President this year as we embark on another 50-year journey and am proud to know that the tradition of passionate volunteers doing great things for the Springfield community still continues today. I look forward to all that we will accomplish together.

Sincerely,

Lynn Tynes
2010-2011 President                                                                                                                            
Junior League of Springfield, MO

 

 

Updated 07/26/10