JLCNB History
1990 - 1999

1989-'90

During Susan Brodnan's presidency, we saw that we can accomplish much as our "League Reaches Out."  Two goals-better membership communications and fundraising-were achieved by establishing two Member-at-Large representatives on the Board and a New Actives Chairman and by holding three successful fundraising events.  An in-League fundraiser raised $9,121; the first Black & White Gala raised $22,495; and our best-ever Attic Sale brought in $31,072.  The League's Goals & Objectives were updated and significant Bylaw and Standing Rule changes were made relating to dues and Provisional fee increases.  The League office moved to larger facilities to accommodate increasing demands.  An exciting highlight of the year was the opening of the Central Brevard Sharing Center/Emergency Housing Shelter.  The JLCNB continued to support Teen Town; nine agencies received $5,000 in Mini-Grants; and three graduating seniors received $400 each.

Statistics: 133 Actives, 22 Provisionals and 148 Sustainers.

1990-'91

"Our Community is Our Commitment" is how Patti Fansler's year began and ended.  With continued emphasis on our community, she led the League in approving eleven new projects and six current ones during her year.  The League's community commitment was never so evident as at the "Breakfast with  Santa" held at the Sharing Center.  Community businesses and member involvement was tremendous and over forty children had a memorable holiday because of the Junior League.  We were successful in our fundraisers as well.  The Attic Sale and Auction brought in over $20,000 despite record breaking cold weather for both events.  And over $13,000 was raised at our Black and White Gala II, held in the Spring.  With Ann Shelley leading the Admissions drive, we had our largest Provisional class ever.  They wrapped up their training with the Provisional Project, "Closet '91."  A multitude of clothes, toys and childcare products were presented to the Emergency Housing Shelter.

Statistics: 133 Actives, 21 Provisionals and 159 Sustainers.

1991-'92

During Diane Dixon's presidency, our second Follies hit the stage.  "Hello Follies II" netted our League approximately $40,000.  This was an accumulation of two years in the making.  Our annual Attic Sale stood by itself this year.  Due to our League's commitment to the Follies, the Attic Sale Auction was not held.  AJLI's annual conference was held in New York City, where a three-year study was voted on and approved by all 280 Junior Leagues.  The "Partnership Project" saw Junior Leagues making a difference in the overall structure in AJLI's Bylaws and Policies.  For the first time our League was represented by the election of Patti Fansler to AJLI Area III Nominating.  Diane's year did see us caring, sharing and making a difference.

Statistics: 131 Actives, 23 Provisionals and 170 Sustainers.

1992-'93

During Shirley Buchanan's presidency, the 10th Anniversary as members of AJLI was celebrated.  The League reaffirmed its primary focus of commitment to those exposed to Domestic Violence.  Life skill educational modules were implemented at the Domestic Violence Shelter.  Ongoing projects of Attic Sale, Teen Town Titusville, Scholarships and Community Children's Celebration were continued.  Hallmark's Kaleidoscope approached us for a revisit and was a great success.  New endeavors included an Art Auction, Spring Fashion Show, revision of the Provisional classes into modules and two (2) Provisional classes per year.  The League also participated in the Soup Kitchen, Southern Living Cooking School and Immunization Clinics.

Statistics: 149 Actives, 3 Provisionals and 152 Sustainers.

1993-'94

Kay Brown led us through the 1993-'94 year in her quiet, unflappable manner.  We continued with our commitment to Domestic Violence and education modules were held on a weekly basis for the clients of the Salvation Army Domestic Violence Shelter.  In addition, League members were afforded the opportunity to participate in a number of one-day community projects (e.g., Sharing Center's canned food drive, Soup Kitchen Saturdays at the Sharing Center, Children's Home Society gift wrapping at the mall, beach clean-up).  The success of this idea led to the formation of a Done-In-A-Day placement which will give members the opportunity to meet their placement requirement while serving several community agencies.  Additional projects supported by the League involved children.  In coalition with several community agencies, we helped staff two Immunization Clinics at which hundreds of free vaccinations were given to the children in our communities.  Teen Town dances continued for high school students in Titusville and the Children's Community Celebration Committee held several holiday parties for children from the Emergency Housing Shelter and other agencies.  Throughout the year, fundraisers were held to raise money to support our various projects.  We kicked off the year with our 2nd Annual Art Auction ($5,272) followed by our annual Attic Sale ($8,849).  After the first of the year, we held our 1st Annual Azalea Sale ($1,513) which was followed by a very successful Goods & Services Auction ($7,030).

Statistics: 140 Actives, 29 Provisionals and 152 Sustainers.

1994-’95

Judy Casper’s presidency was a busy one with many fundraisers scheduled to support our community projects.  Funds raised for domestic violence were put towards the purchase of a van for Serene harbor, a privately run shelter.  Our Community Children’s Celebrations continued with Halloween and Christmas parties for children living in area shelters.  Members were able to reach out to a variety of community organizations through Done-In-A-Day projects which included an Immunization clinic, recruiting volunteers for the Nestor Hebert Shoe Fund, gift wrapping for the Children’s Home Society, a March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon, helping with a beach clean up and staffing the soup kitchen.  In October, we held our annual Attic Sale and an Art Auction.  February ushered in another of our fundraisers for the year - The Azalea Sale.  In March, the Goods and Services Auction brought the Streets of New York to Brevard.  The 1994-’95 Provisional class took on the World’s Greatest Baby Shower as their class project.  Way and Means presented new fundraiser options to us, and it was decided that we would drop the Attic Sale as our annual fundraiser and channel our efforts into the Goods and Services Auction and a new one entitled “A Seashells & Daffodils Weekend”.  Members voted to begin a new project - Crosswinds Youth Services which will allow numerous and varied opportunties for volunteer work..

Statistics:   139 Actives     27 Provisionals     153 sustainers

1995-’96

Mindy Thompson’s presidency began with the bang of the starter’s gun at HeartWalk ’95 with many League women and their families walking and organizing teams from other groups and businesses in the community.  Other community events included a Halloween Party for children in the area emergency housing and domestic violence shelters hosted by sustainers.  At our annual Holiday Dinner, new members organized a collection of gifts for the youth at Crosswinds.  The JLCNB also began serving on a Domestic Violence Task Force organized by Judge Lisa Kahn.  As part of tis commitment to Crosswinds Youth Services, two Work Days were organized at the Merritt Island shelter to plant flowers, paint, lay sidewalks, and spruce up the grounds.  Two scholarships were awarded in May to Christopher Geiger of Merritt Island High and Jessica Furman of Cocoa High.  To support these community efforts, two major and very successful fundraisers were held.  The Goods and Services Auction, held November 11 at Premier Cruise Terminal No. 5.  Wuesthoff Health Systems was the sole underwriter for the event which raised over $9,500.  A new fundraiser, Seashells & Daffodils, featured daffodil sales, a Culinary Classic and the Masters of Brevard Golf Tournament.  Eighteen area restaurants and caterers participated in the Culinary Classic and the evening was sold out.  The Masters of Brevard Golf Tournament hosted 110 golfers at Baytree National Golf Links.  Seashells & Daffodils raised over $30,000 to help support JLCNB’s community projects.

JLCNB received much recognition within the community during the 1995-96 year.  Metropolitan Life Volunteer Ventures presented our League with a grant of $1,000 for work with the Crosswinds Youth Services.  The highlight of the year was FLORIDA TODAY’S selection of JLCNB and the Junior League of South Brevard as Reaching Out Volunteer Organization of the Year.  To round out the year, Judy Casper was named out volunteer of the year.

Statistics:   110 Actives     29 Provisionals     140 Sustainers

1996-’97

Ann Crane led the 1996-97 League year with a training retreat for Board members and committee chairs held at the Space Coast Stadium in Viera.  Active and Sustainer members served as presenters sharing their skills they developed professionally or through League involvement.  A new approach was established to assist in recruiting new League members, a membership social.  Both the Spring and Fall membership socials were hosted by Vicki Pettit and the Membership Development committee at Vicki’s home.  The Fall Provisional Class undertook a new project called Teens At Work.  The Spring Provisional class enthusiastically joined in to implement the program where League members volunteered to mentor a Titusville or Astronaut High School at-risk girl.  This one-day workshop started with breakfast and a motivational speaker, then off for a day at work.  Each girl’s interests was matched with that of a League member’s profession.  This took place during “Take Your Daughter To Work Day”, and was featured in FLORIDA TODAY.

In October, League members volunteered at the Southern Living Cooking School which earned the League $1700.  The Goods & Services Auction was successful in raising over $10,000.  This year’s auction was held at the Space Coast Stadium with Wuesthoff Hospital being the major sponsor for the event.  Seashells & Daffodils second annual Culinary Classic and The Masters of Brevard Golf Tournament was held April 12 & 13.  The Culinary Classic was held this year at Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal #10 and the Masters of Brevard Golf Tournament at Baytree again.  We raised over $40,000 for community projects.

Statistics:   109 Actives     17 Provisionals    143 Sustainers

1997-’98

Jerilyn Bird’s presidency resonated with the theme “Reaching out, lifting up, touching hearts”, highlighted by a delightful mascot affectionately named “Loopy”.  The year kicked off with board training at the Brevard Zoo. The first fundraiser, “Under the Harvest Moon” Goods & Services Auction, was held on October 11 at Turtle Creek Country Club. The romantic evening was successful in raising over $11,000. Later that month, 21 past presidents enjoyed an elegant lunch at the home of Shirley Buchanan.  As “Sustainer Social Events Coordinator”, Rose Duszkin organized many gatherings for the sustainers, including luncheons and a day trip to Disney’s Celebration. Members voted, in March, to adopt the Cocoa Police Athletic and Activities League as a new project to focus on.  In April, Seashells & Daffodils proved to be our most successful yet, raising a net over $28,000. The event was held at the Historic Porcher House and the Cocoa Civic Center. Our “Teens at Work” project saw 22 at-risk girls from Cocoa and Rockledge High Schools participate. We finished off the year by donating six scholarships of $500 each to area teens and also gave out four mini grants of $250 each to local charities. At the end of our year, we approved the new logo for our League.

Statistics:     92 Actives     11 Provisionals    134 Sustainers

1998-1999

Under the leadership of Terri Lynn Arnold, the 1998-1999 League year will be remembered not only as the first year of our new project, Cocoa P.A.L., but also for bringing back the Family Picnic and the League Children’s’ Holiday Party.  The year also included numerous events aimed at recognizing and celebrating past and present members' hard work and commitment to the League.  Beginning with a weekend Board retreat in June to discuss strategies and projects for the year, we welcomed five new women into our fall provisional class and eight women in the spring.  The fall was highlighted by our new service project, cleaning, painting, and planting at Cocoa P.A.L. for Make A Difference Day, followed by the fall fundraiser, the Goods & Services Auction, at the Brevard Community College Planetarium, from which we raised approximately $11,000.00. In November and December, we honored our past presidents and sustainers respectively with beautiful luncheons hosted by past president and sustainer Shirley Buchanan and sustainer Pat Lacano.

In January, with the assistance of local Rotary Clubs, we sent Sherry Truex and twenty-two (22) of her Cocoa P.A.L. kids to the All Star Gridiron Classic Football Game at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. In March, we voted not to organize a Goods & Services Auction next year and instead put our focus into making Seashells & Daffodils even more prosperous. Our 4^th Annual Seashells & Daffodils Weekend Extravaganza was held April 9 and 10 with cocktails at the Porcher House, dinner and dancing at the Cocoa Civic Center, and the golf tournament at LaCita Golf & Country Club.

Statistics:     79 Actives     11 Provisionals    123 Sustainers