OCTOBER 2021 || Volume 4, issue 2 |
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JWL Accepting Community Impact Grant Applications Through November 5th |
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Purchase JWL Pick 3 raffle tickets online or via a Junior Women's League of Smithfield Member from October 22 - November 27. Your $20 ticket purchase gives you 31 chances to win cash prizes throughout the month of December. Raffle drawings will be held each night from December 1-31, 2021, at 11:15 PM on WRAL LIVE. The winning ticket will be the first drawn evening Pick 3 and must be in exact sequential order. JWL Pick 3 Raffle tickets will make great holiday gifts for teachers, coaches, co-workers, family and friends. |
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Raffle proceeds will help fund JWL's Blessing Boxes, Student Scholarships, women's leadership development programs, and ongoing league initiatives. Ticket numbers can be drawn more than once so JWL Pick 3 raffle tickets should be kept for the month of December. Winners will be contacted by phone and/or email with prizes mailed out weekly. Follow along on our Facebook event page to stay up to date with JWL Pick 3 Raffle! Visit our website for further details. Thank you for supporting the Junior Women's League of Smithfield with your donation! |
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Touch-A-Truck is a unique and interactive fundraiser that allows children to see, touch, and safely explore their favorite big trucks and heavy machinery, as well as to meet the personnel who protect, serve, and build Johnston County communities.
The event is fun for children and adults alike and will also feature food trucks, inflatables, special guests, face painting, and so much more! Admission is FREE! $5 wristbands will be available to purchase for access to the Ford & Companies Playland area.
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Proceeds from Touch-A-Truck will benefit House of Hope of North Carolina in Clayton. House of Hope is a therapeutic school, home, and counseling center for hurting and vulnerable girls, ages 12-17, and their families. While living at the house the girls will work through a 3 Phase program, earning responsibility and privileges as they go while learning life skills in a safe and secure atmosphere. House of Hope's goal is to help heal each family member and bring reconciliation to the family as a whole. |
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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
OctoberEach month, we recognize members who embody our mission and go above and beyond in their service as a part of the Junior Women's League of Smithfield and extend our appreciation to them. Thank you to these amazing women! |
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SAVE THE DATE ~ NEW MEMBER INTEREST MEETINGS |
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The Junior Women's League of Smithfield will be accepting applications for new members for the second semester of the 2021-2022 league year beginning November 1 - December 15, 2021. Save these dates as we are hosting FOUR New Member Interest Meetings throughout Johnston County in November in Clayton, Benson, Selma and Smithfield. Our current members would love to meet you, answer your questions, and share what JWL is all about! | | |
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2021-2022 Board of Directors
President: Kelly Blanchard
President-Elect: Kendra Hancock
VP Membership: Kristen Brown
VP Public Relations: Lisa Bland
VP Community Outreach and Engagement: Sharon Turner
VP Fund Development: Dawn Willcox
Treasurer: Dawn Phipps
Recording Secretary: Heather Bryant
Past President: Sarah Edwards |
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