ourMISSION:The Junior League of

Phoenix, Incorporated,

is an organization of women

committed to promoting

voluntarism, developing

the potential of women,

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community through the

effective action and

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volunteers. Its purpose is

exclusively educational

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SPRING 2007

ENGAGING THE MINDS, MUSCLES AND IMAGINATIONS OF CHILDREN

MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLSMARTINIS AND MASTERPIECES:

AN EXCITING EVENING OF SIGNATURE MARTINIS AND CELEBRITY DOODLES

JOIN US!

Join The Junior League of Phoenix today!Build leadership skills, contribute to our community and make lasting friendships through

The Junior League of Phoenix. Now accepting applications for new members!

For more information about joining the League, please visit our Web site or call our office:

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WELCOME from the presidentIn 1901, Mary Harriman, a 19-year-old from New York City founded the first Junior League. Moved by the suffering she saw around her, Harriman mobilized a group of 80 young women to work to improve the conditions in which immigrants were living in on the lower East Side of Manhattan. Mary Harriman’s vision for improving communities by using the energy and commitment of trained volunteers caught on. Since Harriman’s vision of sending trained volunteers out into the community, there are now 293 Junior Leagues across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom that are doing just that.

Harriman’s passion for improving the conditions of immigrants was only the beginning and only one area in which Junior Leagues have made a difference in various communities. Junior Leagues have been involved in health initiatives, environmental issues, advocating for children, literacy, preserving historic buildings and the list can go on and on. Just as Jackson Pollock says, “it’s all a big game of construction” and the Junior League is making a difference with their time and passion.

In this issue of the Valley Impact, you will see how the JLP has played a significant role in preserving, initiating and educating the Phoenix community in the realm of the arts. Not only will you have the opportunity to read about the projects that are from the past but also our more recent endeavors. The next time that you are looking for something to do, I hope that you will visit one of the museums and/or theatres that you have read about in this magazine!

Regards,

Jen MoziloPresident, Junior League of Phoenix 2006-2007

“It’s all a big game of construction, some with a brush, some with a shovel,

some choose a pen.”– Jackson Pollock, Abstract Expressionist Artist

That’s The Junior League. Since 1935, The Junior League of Phoenix has been the driving force behind the kinds of initiatives and institutions that make Phoenix a more vital place to live. We are accomplished collaborators who build coalitions, identify community needs and develop effective and responsive programs to serve those needs. The Junior League of Phoenix is a nonprofit organization that has contributed millions of dollars and volunteer hours to the community.

WOMEN BUILDINGA BETTER PHOENIX

• Educate and train women volunteers for community involvement and leadership.• Research and develop programs to meet the changing needs of the community.• Participate and contribute to community projects and programs through volunteer services, financial backing and board representation.

WHAT WE DO

Jen Mozilo

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FEATURES 4 Martinis and Masterpieces: An Evening of Cocktails and Doodle Art

5 How the Arts & Business Council Enhances the Community

6-7 Orpheum Theatre: a Phoenix Rising from the Desert

8-9 Engaging the Minds, Muscles and Imaginations of

Children through Art

DEPARTMENTS10-11 Past Program Highlights: Innovation and Restoration

12-13 The Junior League of Phoenix Community Programs

14 Junior League Members Making an Impact

15 Upcoming Events

A Note from the Editor of Valley ImpactI hope you are enjoying our third issue of Valley Impact magazine! If you would like to be added to or removed from our mailing list please email me at valleyimpactmag@jlp.org.

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VALLEY IMPACT STAFF

EDITORKim Markie

LAYOUTTristin Handley

COPYEDITINGShannon Brennan

Kim Markie

STAFFStaci Glass

LaTricia HarperKim Markie

JLP BOARD OF DIRECTORSPresident

Jen Mozilo

Administrative Vice PresidentMarion Rhoades

Community Vice PresidentLyra McCoy Contreras

Treasurer/Finance DirectorTheresa Esparza

President ElectKathleen Kassmann

Treasurer ElectLeAnn Scrimpshire

Nominating ChairKelly Hart

Provisional ChairSamantha Voth

BylawsKristen Foster

Recording SecretaryCarla Wright

Community Service DirectorLaura Bentzin

Community Development DirectorAlice Henderson

Communications DirectorShannon Brennan

Fundraising DirectorShay Pausa

Planning DirectorJill Kipnes

Membership Development DirectorStephanie Peyton

Sustaining AdvisorLisa Osselaer

THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHOENIX2505 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE

PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85004602.234.3388 / PHONE

602.241.9155 / FAXWWW.JLP.ORG

FEATURED ON OUR COVER:Museum Without Walls program participant. For more information on the Museum Without Walls program see story on pages 8-9.

14 JLP members, along with family and friends, packed over 500 boxes for military personnel with Packages from Home®

Kathleen Kassman has been a Junior League of Phoenix member since 1993. In this time, she has served in a wide variety of roles, including Community Service Council Director, Bylaws chair and Nominating Committee Vice-chair. Kathleen was also instrumental in helping the JLP bring the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to Phoenix and served as President of The Phoenix Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Board from 2003 to 2004. She is a partner in the Moulton Law Firm, but still makes time to focus on our community needs and is looking forward to accomplishing great things next year as the new President of The Junior League of Phoenix.

2007-2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORSPRESIDENT Kathleen Kassmann

PRESIDENT ELECT Kiffie Robbins

SECRETARY Kristen Foster

COMMUNICATIONS VP Cathy Planchard

COMMUNITY VP Victoria Whitmore

DEVELOPMENT VP Shannon Brennan

FINANCE VP LeAnn Scrimpshire

MEMBERSHIP VP Marion Rhoades

TRAINING VP Tomika Hargett

CONGRATULATIONSTO THE INCOMING 2007-2008 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHOENIXBOARD OF DIRECTORS AND LEADERSHIP BOARD

BYLAWS/PARLIAMENTARIAN Jill Bray

SUSTAINING DIRECTOR Kay Thompson

MEMBER LIAISON Samantha Voth 2007-2008 LEADERSHIP BOARD

NOMINATING CHAIRMAN Missy Gulick

PROVISIONAL Christi Christensen

PROVISIONAL ELECT Stephanie Peyton

TREASURER ELECT Carey Anthony

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MARTINIS AND MASTERPIECES: The Junior League of Phoenix and the Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix present

AN EVENING OF COCKTAILS & DOODLE ARTBy Shannon Brennan

Valley residents support the arts with their time, talents and money.

· In fiscal year 2000, attendance at Valley arts events totaled 8.2 million.· 85 out of every 100 arts attendees are Valley residents.· More than 15,000 Valley residents volunteered over 900,000 hours to the arts, a $14.7 million value and equivalent to 460 full-time jobs

THE ARTS ARE VITAL TO VALLEY RESIDENTS

Where can you find an extraordinary mix of sophisticated martinis and eclectic celebrity art doodles all in one fabulous location? The Junior League of Phoenix is excited to partner with the Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix to present Martinis and Masterpieces, an evening of signature cocktails and celebrity doodles. The event takes place Wednesday, March 28 from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Gold Spot Gallery. The address is 1001 North 3rd Avenue in Phoenix.

Some one-of-a-kind celebrity doodles to be auctioned off include Cheech Marin, Joan Collins, Janet Napolitano, Linda Evans, the Blue Man Group and more. There will also be a “Just Doodle-It” contest. Event guests are encouraged to create their own doodle and bring it with them to be displayed and judged by fellow attendees. Fabulous door prizes will be given to the creators of some of the most unique and zany doodles.

Tickets are $50. Funds raised by The Junior League of Phoenix will help those in need by supporting our community programs. Proceeds raised by the Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix will support direct services to nonprofit arts, cultural, and social services

organizations. Tickets will not be mailed as all reservations will be held at the door. The ticket is tax-deductible. To purchase tickets online, go to www.curtaincallplus.com. Then login DOODLE. Select JLP on the drop-down menu when asked where you heard about the event.

Doodle art by Joan Collins

HOW THE ARTS & BUSINESS COUNCIL Enhances the Community

“The Arts & Business Council is excited to forge this new relationship with The Junior League of Phoenix. Our partnership truly exemplifies the power of collaboration and it’s a win-win because doors are being opened for us both that haven’t been opened before.”

– Debbie Paine, Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix

businesses make in nonprofits. For the nonprofit, it strengthens the organization’s board and assists in diversifying its leadership ranks. BOB encompasses 25 hours of training, which is segmented into sessions that address the strategic, legal, ethical and financial responsibilities of the board.

Kimarie Aycock, an employee of APS and a BOB graduate stated, “The subjects covered and the knowledge acquired will not only be useful in my role in the community, but in my professional life as well. I would recommend the program to anyone who would like to serve on a board as an educated and effective member.”

If offering the benefits of BVA and BOB aren’t enough, the staff at A&BC also provides marketing and management workshops annually. Topics like Buzz, Blast and Blogs: Tools of the Internet and Branding Your Organization give nonprofits the tools necessary to grow and make their voices heard. American Express is the major supporter of the marketing workshops.

To deliver these values to the community, A&BC must raise money to pay the staff and the instructors in the training programs. Through a mix of earned income, program contracts, grants and special events the A&BC has been sustained for the past 17 years. However, in these competitive times, “it has become necessary for us to look at other creative ways to

make more money,” says Paine.

How did the Junior League come to be associated with Martinis & Masterpieces and the A&BC? A mutual business associate introduced the A&BC to the Junior League. One thing led to another, synergy developed and the two organizations decided to partner on the event.

“The A&BC is excited to forge this new relationship with the Junior League. Our partnership truly exemplifies the power of collaboration, and it’s a win-win because doors are being opened for us both that haven’t been opened before,” says Paine.

In the meantime, the A&BC intends to continue to get the word out about its programs to major local businesses. “We are the answer for a business seeking to engage their professionals in a meaningful experience that helps nonprofit organizations run better and smarter,“ says Paine, “and that kind of help runs deeper than anything else.”

Imagine a place where there is no art and culture…no Nutcracker Suite to take your kids during the holidays; no watching your child learning to play Chopsticks for the very first time; no sitting in a theatre listening to thunderous applause as the Phantom of the Opera leaves the stage.

If you are being real honest, you don’t want to imagine it. And, you are not alone. Most people would not want to imagine a cold place like that and we certainly won’t experience it here in the Valley. We have some of the best and most unique arts groups around…from the Phoenix Symphony and Art Museum, to Naked Theatre, the Zoo and the Phoenix Boys Choir, we enjoy some of the best in arts and culture. But to become world class takes a lot of work, and in challenging economic times like these, it require a heavy dose of savvy and creative thinking.

The Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix (A&BC) provides that savvy and creative thinking to nonprofit arts organizations in the Greater Metro Phoenix area.

Originally brought to Phoenix as Business Volunteers for the Arts by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, the A&BC, which has established itself as the premier capacity building organization, has been dedicated to building the capacity of local nonprofit arts organizations in the Valley and creating opportunities that enhance our community by connecting businesses with the arts.

To leverage the connections, the A&BC offers several capacity building programs, such as its flagship program, Business Volunteers for the Arts (BVA). Skilled volunteers from the business community are matched with arts organizations that would not otherwise be able to afford services such as marketing, IT, strategic planning and finance.

Another program that benefits businesses as well as the arts is Business on Board. Business on Board is a breakthrough program, filling the urgent need to enhance the performance of nonprofit boards of directors. What makes BOB unique is that it addresses the needs of both businesses and nonprofits. For the business community it provides low-cost high-yield leadership development, addresses succession planning concerns, and protects the investments that

By Kim Markie

The arts help to make metropolitan Phoenix a vibrant place for people and businesses. There are many benefits to a thriving cultural environment in any city. They range from a significant contribution to a community’s economic vitality to the unique benefits the arts provide in a child’s learning environment.

The surge in entertainment, arts, and culture in American cities in the past decade has been truly remarkable. Entertainment has been a staple of the American lifestyle for more then a century, and arts and culture have continued to be a high-level urban amenity through recent decades. Entertainment is now one of the fastest growing sectors of the U.S. economy. Furthermore, entertainment is becoming increasingly located in downtowns. Arts and culture are

THE ARTS ARE A VITAL COMPONENT of the Valley’s Community and Economy

becoming anchors of the revitalized downtowns creating a place that attracts both businesses and individual residents.

The arts are also an essential part of education. From dance and music to theatre and the visual arts, the arts give children a unique means of expression, capturing their passions and emotions, and allowing them to explore new ideas, subject matter and cultures.

Arts education not only enhances students’ understanding of the world around them, but it also broadens their perspective on traditional academics. The arts give us the creativity to express ourselves, while challenging our intellect. They integrate life and learning for all students and are integral in the development of the whole person.

The Junior League of Phoenix has been involved in many projects in the Valley ranging from historic preservations of Valley landmarks like the Encanto Carousel, Orpheum Theater and Rosson House to spearheading the opening of museums from the Arizona Science Center, Phoenix Art Museum Junior Museum and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix (opening in 2008).

Signature Martinis are provided by Club Downtown, Palazzo and Taneko Japanese Tavern. Masterpiece Sponsor: Bryan Cave; Brewmeister Signature Sponsors: Hensley and Anheuser-Busch Artisan Brews; Invitation and Print Sponsor: Swoozie´s.

“I would teach children music, physics, philosophy; but most importantly music, for in the patterns of music and all the arts are the keys of learning.”– Plato

“As the arts inspire creativity in each of us individually, they breathe life into our communities.”– Former President John F. Kennedy

“The Valley’s nonprofit arts scene generates the same money and jobs as some major corporations … The financial footprint is comparable to revenues of some of the states top publicly listed firms.”

– The Arizona Republic

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When you look at the rebirth of the Orpheum Theatre, “Phoenix” becomes such an ironic name. Like the bird from Greek mythology rising from its own ashes, the Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix and downtown’s premier performance venue, lives on.

The building construction began in 1927, along with several other downtown Phoenix projects. Along with the Orpheum Theatre, Phoenix had recently welcomed the Hotel Westward Ho, the San Carlos Hotel, as well as a new courthouse and City Hall building. It cost J.E. Rickards and Harry Nace $750,000 to realize their dream to build the most extravagant theatre in Phoenix. The Orpheum was designed to host traveling vaudeville shows, but was quickly adapted to a movie house, as the latter replaced the former. Opening night for the Orpheum was January 5, 1929.

In the 1950s, two things would conspire to nearly destroy the Orpheum Theatre: Phoenix moving to the suburbs and television. The migration away from downtown would be a great enough problem in the years to come, marking the areas steady decline. The advent of television, however, dealt a double blow to the Orpheum, which was sorely outdated as it was. Competing with television was too much to keep it open.

The theater would change hands several times and host many different functions over the next three decades, always coming close do being destroyed. After all, several other landmark Phoenix buildings had been razed over the years and all that its owner needed was a reason to destroy it and build something new there. This is largely what saved the Orpheum Theater - Phoenix didn’t happen to grow in that particular direction, therefore building on the site wasn’t profitable.

To save the Orpheum Theater, Phoenix Mayor Terry Goddard had the City buy the theater to keep it from being destroyed. Similar motives brought in The Junior League of Phoenix, which helped to get the Orpheum placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Orpheum’s complete restoration would take several years in the form of several different projects. In 1990 Mayor Paul Johnson introduced the idea of combining the Orpheum Theater, Phoenix City Hall and the infrastructure required for both. When the $14 million, 12-year project was completed, the Orpheum would stand as a modern theater production facility – just as it was intended to be when it opened over 75 years earlier.

Orpheum Theatre: a Phoenix Rising

• Built in 1929 by J.E. Rickards and Harry Nace in Spanish Baroque Revival style

• Cost $750,000

• The City of Phoenix purchased in 1984

• Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985

• Last remaining example of theatre palace architecture in Phoenix

• Supported and organized by The Junior League of Phoenix, the Orpheum Theatre Foundation was incorporated in 1989

• Restoration was completed in four phases, took 12 years and cost more than $14 million

• Re-opened in 1997 with Carol Channing in “Hello Dolly!”

• Seats 1,364

ORPHEUM FACTS

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A VOLUNTEER’S STORYBy Chaunci AeedJLP Sustaining Member and Past President

The Junior League of Phoenix played a pivotal role in the preservation and restoration of the Orpheum Theatre to its original beauty. In the mid-1980s, a developer considered razing the property to build a commercial building. Instead of demolition, community support, spearheaded by The Junior League of Phoenix, led to the City of Phoenix purchasing the theatre. In support of the City’s decision, in 1985 the Junior League designated the Orpheum Theatre as the recipient of its 50th anniversary gift. The League provided $50,000 for lobby restoration and an endowment. Two years later the League adopted the theatre as a project with a five-year commitment that was extended to 10 years. Ultimately, $150,000, 175 volunteers and thousands of volunteer hours were contributed to this project. The JLP provided the vision and leadership to realize the completion of the restoration effort and creation of the Orpheum Theatre Foundation.

Working with the Foundation, the League began the process of recruiting and training League and community volunteers who provided tours of the theatre, conducted historical research, monitored the architectural restoration and renovation process, developed a speaker’s bureau and began fundraising through brick and t-shirt sales as well as small special events.

During the years I gave tours of the theatre it was always special when someone who had been in the theater during its original days of splendor shared their memories. Off the mezzanine of the theater is a room some call the Kissing Room. It is rotunda-shaped with a brilliant turquoise and silver dome ceiling with several gold medallions of kissing couples on the wall. During tours I often heard accounts of family members and friends who were proposed to in that room.

Several surprises were discovered while the theatre was being restored. When air conditioning vents in the balcony were removed, beautifully painted oleanders were found on the walls. The public brought in pictures and other memorabilia they had of the theatre. Leslie Taylor, a JLP sustaining member and past president, had performed with the Gene Bumph Dancers at the Orpheum as a child. After performances her mother took pictures of all the dancers lined up on the beautiful peacock staircase. Upon further examination, we found the pictures also included views of the carpet, which we had never seen. Based on these photographs it was determined that a piece of material found years earlier on the theater catwalk was a remnant of the original carpet. It was replicated and can be seen in the theatre today.

During the restoration process I enjoyed going down to the basement and looking at the treasures from the past. Left behind were many old marquee letters. The City of Phoenix later allowed us to sell them off as a fundraiser for our Community Outreach program. I purchased enough letters to spell my name and those of my husband and daughters. We can only imagine what a thrill it must have been for the star of a show to see their name for the first time on the Orpheum’s grand marquee.

The legacy that the JLP began continues today through the Friends of the Orpheum Theater (FOTOT). If you are interested in volunteering as an usher or docent at the theatre please call our New Member line at 602-257-4300 or contact me directly at 602-944-1333.

from the Desert

Volunteer as an usher or docent, or donate

CONTACT FRIENDS OF THE

ORPHEUM THEATRE AT 602-257-4300.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

The Junior League of Phoenix donated $50,000 to the Orpheum Theatre lobby restoration as its

50th anniversary gift to the community,

MWW enhances the cultural and educational value of community events, adds to opportunities for low-income schools to host on-site field trips and fosters life-long learners who are eager to benefit from and support cultural programs and community programs. The program also builds community awareness that parent-child interaction and learning through play are critical components for strong emotional, social, physical and cognitive development in young children.

It addresses four community-identified needs:

1. A lack of early childhood education and hands-on learning experiences that meet the developmental needs of young children. 2. A need for support and education for parents and caregivers. 3. A need for a celebratory approach to the diversity of our community.4. A need for collaboration among cultural social service organizations that share a commitment to the well-being of children.

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The Junior League of Phoenix and the Children’s Museum of PhoenixEngaging the minds, muscles and imaginations of children through artBy Shannon Brennan

The Junior League of Phoenix is taking a visionary role in the development of what will be a Valley institution, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix (CMoP). It supports the plan of opening a children’s museum in downtown Phoenix that will engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them.

The Junior League of Phoenix is providing funding and volunteers to facilitate the start of the museum. When the renovation of the Monroe School, a historic downtown structure, is complete it will house not only the museum exhibits, but also The Junior League of Phoenix Classroom, which will be available for use by those visiting the museum.

visits, 20% reduced- or free-admission guests, and 18% children with special needs. The Museum expects to open its doors to the public in 2008.

The Junior League of Phoenix Classroom will provide a permanently dedicated classroom in the Museum that can be used for Junior League programs supporting children and/or families as well as other Museum programs. The approximate size of The Junior League of Phoenix Classroom will be 1,100 square feet.

Currently, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix is supporting its mission through the Museum Without Walls Program.

Founded in 1998 by a small group of volunteers, the notion of a children’s museum caught on quickly. In 2001, Phoenix voters overwhelmingly approved $10.5 million in bond funds to purchase and partially renovate the historic Monroe School as CMoP’s new home. Inside, the 70,000 square foot building is a combination of dramatic spaces and smaller, more intimate rooms; a perfect place for young children (ages 0-8) to safely explore with their families.

Plans include active small-scale workspaces for role play, large-scale building and inventing with recycled materials, collaborative art projects, travel-inspired exhibits for exploring the world’s diversity, urban landscapes for investigation and adventure and areas just for ages 0-3 to bond with their caregivers.

The projected annual attendance of 300,000 will include approximately 20% school

MUSEUM WITHOUT WALLS PROGRAMMWW currently consists of eight hands-on learning experiences which visit schools and community events around the Valley. The program targets disadvantaged audiences in the community; activities and exhibits are provided with discounted or reduced fees for low-income schools and at most community events.

The Junior League of Phoenix has been instrumental in insuring sufficient volunteers to staff this program. Volunteer-staffed activities include building 3-D mathematical structures at In the Pipeline, weaving colorful fabrics into a Bird of the World sculpture, building with blocks and images in Room to Build and developing balance and gross motor skills and exploring the properties of airflow with Get the Ball Rolling.

With volunteer help, CMoP provided MWW experiences to 32,500 participants last year. On-site surveys indicated that 95% of teachers are very pleased with the content, materials and presentation of MWW programming and will support and visit a children’s museum with their students.

More than 200 community members, including JLP volunteers and their families, joined together in April 2006 to break ground on the renovation of the historic Monroe School, the future home of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix. With sounds of a marching band in the background and bubbles filling the air, Mayor Phil Gordon, Jerry Colangelo and Suns owner Robert Sarver spoke about the importance of saving this historic landmark, the cultural value of the museum on the downtown community and its impact on early childhood education.

At the celebration, JLP volunteers worked hand-in-hand with children and their families on some of the Children’s Museum’s traveling exhibits including the Texture Café, Giant Bubble and In the Pipeline. In addition to the exhibits, the North High Marching Band entertained the crowd and a two-ton pile of magical sand amused young and old alike.

GROUND BREAKING

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RESTORATION FROM THE JUNIOR LEAGUEROSSON HOUSEBuilt in 1895, Rosson House was designed by the 74-year old architect Alexander P. Petit in the Eastlake Victorian style and is one of the few homes left in the original Phoenix town site. In 1882, Mrs. Rosson purchased block 14, at 6th and Monroe streets from her sister, Mrs. Margaret Richardson for $1,000. The neighborhood was becoming the most desirable and fashionable in Phoenix. Construction began in late 1894, was completed in six months at a cost of $7,525.

The 2,800 square foot, 10-room home was built by Dr. Roland Lee Rosson (elected as mayor of Phoenix in 1895) for his wife, Flora B. Murray and features pressed-tin ceilings, an elaborately carved oak staircase, gib doors, five fireplaces and fine parquet floors inlaid with oak, walnut and mahogany. The home’s kitchen sports not today’s wonder of a microwave oven, but a wood/coal burning stove, ice cooled refrigerator, pie safe, pastry table and all of the most

modern food preparation items available at the time. Not to be without the comforts of the late 1890s, this home was complete with running water, electricity, telephone and an indoor bathroom.

The Rosson House was entered into the National Register of Historic places in 1971. The house was acquired by Phoenix in 1974 and restored through a community-wide preservation effort that included a grant of over $40,000 from and spearheaded by The Junior League of Phoenix. Contrary to popular belief, the home was not moved from another location but stands today where it was originally built and is the cornerstone gem of Historic Heritage Square.

The 75th Anniversary Committee is in full swing again preparing for The Junior League of Phoenix’s big celebration! We’re cooking up more ideas for fun events and activities for the years leading up to our diamond year in 2010. Stay tuned for further details. For more information on our 75th Anniversary celebration or to inquire about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kim Markie at kimarkiejlp@aol.com or 480.242.7200.

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ARIZONA SCIENCE CENTERThe Arizona Science Center, formerly the Arizona Museum of Science and Technology, was conceived as a pilot science center by The Junior League of Phoenix in 1980. Incorporated in 1982, after thousands of volunteer hours and a grant of over $185,000 from the JLP, the facility opened as a small, 10,000 square foot storefront exhibition space located on the parking garage level of the downtown Phoenix Hyatt. Offering educational opportunities, the museum’s first year of operations saw more than 87,000 visitors. Many still remember the adjacent Swenson’s Ice Cream and the impactful, hands-on science exhibits – some of which are still found in the Center today.

Growth in attendance and an increasing demand for informal science education programs led to the Science Center being awarded more than $33 million in voter-approved disbursements by the 1988 City of Phoenix Bond to provide the land and construction of the Center’s new permanent home. Located in the heart of the downtown Phoenix revitalization, construction of the 120,000 square foot, Antoine Predock-designed facility was completed in 1997. An additional $4.1 million City of Phoenix Bond in 1998 added 22,500 square

feet of much needed classroom and dedicated gallery space for traveling exhibitions. The recent 2006 City of Phoenix Bond awarded the Center $5.2 million for facility improvements and the new Arizona Science Center (ASC) opened to the public in April 1997.

Before concrete for the new building was poured, the ASC, with the assistance of a distinguished Education Advisory Committee, that included representatives from the state’s universities, school systems, businesses and community groups, performed a needs assessment for science learning in Arizona. The findings were incorporated into the selection of exhibits, year-one programmatic offerings and strategies to reach key segments of the public: youth, adolescents, parents and teachers.

A new, voter-approved expansion opened in October 2004, including additional classroom and gallery space. Current facilities include more than 40,000 square feet of gallery space, containing more than 300 hands-on exhibits; the giant-screen Irene P. Flinn Theater seating 285; the modern, computerized Dorrance Planetarium seating 200; a suite of multimedia classrooms; amenities including a gift shop, food service and lunchroom and support facilities.

INNOVATION ANDpast program highlights

Celebrating 25 years of inspiring, educating and entertaining people about science, the Science Center is known for offering hands-on, interactive science experiences, including:

• More than 300 hands-on, interactive exhibits• Large-scale, nationally traveling exhibitions that cannot be experienced anywhere else in Arizona, such as Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit, Grossology, Sesame Street Presents: The Body (world premiere), Bond. James Bond. The Exhibition. and the current feature, Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS 3: The Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies• Irene P. Flinn five-story, giant-screen theater, seating 285• Multi-media Dorrance Planetarium, seating 200• Special educational programs and science activities for visitors of all ages, including daily demonstrations, summer science camp, Adults’ Night Out, thematic events (such as Astronomy Day and Solar Weekend) and Stroller Science® pre-school programs• For the school community: standards-based field trips, free and discounted school admissions, educator training workshops and resources, Science on Wheels outreach and more

CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

The mission of the Arizona Science Center is to inspire, educate and entertain people about science.

In 2007, there is more to explore than ever before at the Arizona Science Center – thanks to The Junior League of Phoenix. The popular Junior League of Phoenix-sponsored PlaySpace for early learners is now located within the Many Hands Make A Home Gallery. Lifelong learning opportunities are presented for visitors of all ages, from pre-school classes, to Institute for Teaching workshops, to free adult lecture programs. School group visitors have grown to more than 130,000 annually, with more than 30,000 at-

risk youth from Title 1 schools receiving free admission. Currently, the Center is one of only 10 venues in the United States to host a BODY WORLDS exhibition, drawing record-breaking attendance and providing unprecedented learning opportunities to discover what we’re made of. For more information about the Arizona Science Center or its history, please visit www.azscience.org.

LEAVING OUR HANDPRINT

WOMEN LIVING FREE Women Living Free provides women inmates with mentoring, life and job skills and the opportunity to reconnect with their children and most importantly the ability to break out of the cycle of abuse, domestic violence and ultimately crime. The recidivism rate for Women Living Free graduates is 16% compared to the average of 60-70%.

The Women Living Free mentor program has been a great tool that keeps newly-released women involved and on the right track. In addition to the JLP women who have mentored in the program, there is a group of graduates who have become mentors. We applaud these women who have been “in their shoes” and can give them guidance and a sympathetic ear that truly understands their frustrations as they are acclimating to their new lives.

The WLF program is in the process of transitioning back to the community. There is a new track of women in Perryville Prison who do not have Junior League pen pals. The pen pal program is a huge source of emotional support as these ladies are learning new skills. If you know a group who would be interested in writing these ladies, please contact the JLP office.

FAST BREAK PROGRAMThe Junior League of Phoenix is worked with Aid to the Adoption of Special Kids (AASK) to promote childhood literacy. JLP volunteers will served as reading coaches for the foster children and organized activities at the AASK center to create a positive environment that encourages the love of books and reading.

CONTINUING JLP COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF PHOENIX The Junior League of Phoenix is taking a visionary role in the development of what will be a Valley institution, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix. The Junior League is providing funding and volunteers to facilitate the start of the museum. When the renovation of the Monroe School, a historic downtown structure is complete, it will house not only the museum exhibits, but also The Junior League of Phoenix Classroom, which will be available for use by those visiting the museum. The museum plans to open in 2008.

JOURNEY OF ME - LIFE BOOKS PROGRAM Imagine yourself as a child, plucked out of your home. No longer with your mother, father or siblings. All you have are the clothes on your back. All your favorite toys, friends, photos are all left behind. On top of being removed from your parent’s home, you are now moved from group home to foster home to even more foster homes. Your life is one big transition. This is foster care. Maricopa County, Arizona is home to approximately 8,575 children in out of home placements (1).

The Junior League of Phoenix and Arizonans for Children have teamed up to capture and document the often lost life history of foster children in Phoenix. These books often provide the only history of a foster child’s life. In addition to documenting their life

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For additional information on any of these Junior League of Phoenix programs, please contact Kiffie Robbins, Community Collaborations Chairman, at kmr731k@cox.net or 602.234-1567.

JLP COMMUNITY ADVISORS

George DiazSr. Public Affairs Representative

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

D. Lee DueringerExecutive Director

Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation

Sue GlaweDirector of Community Relations

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Cathy GraeffSr. Vice President, Industry Relations

National Council for PrescriptionDrug Programs (NCPDP)

Dave HowellVice President

Wells Fargo Bank

Karen OrtizDirector

Arizona State School Readiness Board

Carolyn Polson O’MalleyExecutive Director

Dorrance Family Foundation

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history, Life Books help foster children to focus on the positive and establish goals.

Arizonans for Children exists to help serve the unmet needs of abused, neglected and abandoned children and support the work of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a past program of the JLP. Arizonans for Children provides a visitation center in downtown Phoenix for a safe place for family and CASA visits with foster children. In addition to the visitation center, Arizonans for Children provides activities for children and their CASAs; birthday parties, school supplies, tutoring, music lessons, toys, clothing and personal care items. They are now adding Journey of Me-Life Books due to the partnership with the Junior League of Phoenix.(1) Footnote: Arizonans for Children

HEARTS AND HANDS DAYS PROGRAM The Junior League of Phoenix is organizing community volunteer days that encourage voluntarism for entire families while helping the homeless and economically disadvantaged. Instilling the value of giving back within children and families is extremely important to our future. Through partnering with Society of St. Vincent DePaul to organize these Hearts & Hands Days programs, the JLP and Hearts and Hands Days volunteers will accomplish service projects including sorting donated items, working in the kitchen, mailings and assembling crafts and personal care packs for the homeless.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul has been serving homeless and economically disadvantaged populations since 1946 through home visits, shelter, food assistance, employment services, thrift stores and outreach programs.

RYAN HOUSE The JLP is a founding member of Arizona’s and the Southwest’s first freestanding children’s palliative care house, providing a community of support and comfort care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Ryan House is a freestanding, small-scale children’s

center that will provide a community of support, emergency, short-term respite and palliative/hospice care in a home-like setting to children with life-limiting conditions who are cared for on a daily basis in their own homes. Located at 1st Avenue and Merrill, it will be an eight bedroom house, six beds for respite/palliative care and two beds for pediatric hospice. In addition, there will be four family suites on the second floor.

The vision for Ryan House comes from Holly and Jonathan Cottor. The Cottors have made it their mission to bring this kind of facility to Arizona in order to help many other families who devote their lives to caring for and loving their sick children. The model for this Ryan House comes from similar successful homes in the U.K. and Canada, as well as the just opened George Mark Children’s House in Oakland. Phoenix’s Ryan House will open in early 2008.

MAKING AN IMPACT: Junior League of Phoenix 2007-08 Continuing Programs and New InitiativesVALLEY IMPACT Valley Impact provides short-term projects that give JLP members the opportunity to offer hands-on assistance to organizations in the community. Valley Impact was formed in 1990, providing League members the opportunity to learn about their community’s needs, while assisting other volunteer organizations. Past projects include Rebuilding Together, Race for the Cure, Salvation Army Angel Trees, March of Dimes Baby Bundles, La Casa di Cristo, Homeward Bound, Golden Gate Christmas Box Distribution, the Phoenix Rescue Mission and Done-in-a-Night projects. Done-in-a-Night projects are short-term projects where wish list items are collected, typically at our General Membership meetings, for community projects or Valley non-profits based on the need of agencies. A few of the past recipients have been The Salvation Army, Phoenix Theatre and My Sister’s Place.

NEW INITIATIVES

FIRST SATURDAYS - GIRL SCOUTS First Saturdays is a program designed for low-income girls ranging from Daisy Scouts to Girl Scouts at four locations in the East Valley. The girls spend the first Saturday of each month (Sept.-May) doing scouting activities like any other troop; they even sell Girl Scout cookies. However, these scouts all live at or below the poverty level and would not otherwise be able to join the Girl Scouts. Many of them move often due to their financial circumstances, making it difficult or impossible to participate in a regular Girl Scouting troop. They pay $1 per meeting, although no girl will be turned away if she cannot pay. Typically, there are 60 girls of varying ages at each meeting site.

The Junior League is making a financial commitment as well as providing volunteers to be the “Troop Leaders” for one First Saturday site. They will direct their Troop in accordance with what badges will be earned and will plan age appropriate activities for each Scouting level.

THE WELLNESS COMMUNITY The Wellness Community (TWC) is located in a historic home just blocks south of the Junior League headquarters. The purpose of TWC is to provide information and resources to cancer patients and their families in a quiet and comfortable setting. Many people stop into TWC between doctor appointments, radiation or chemo treatments. Additionally, TWC offers support groups for cancer patients, families and caregivers, as well as monthly classes in everything from Tai Chi to card making. The Wellness Community was approached by a group of teens who felt too old for the support groups offered through the pediatric cancer programs at various local hospitals. Yet, they also felt they didn’t fit into the traditional adult activities and support groups; they needed the social dynamics of typical teen life. Together with TWC, these teens have begun their own unique program.

The Junior League will be making a monetary donation as well as working with The Wellness Community to plan, coordinate and deliver a new series of events that focus on outreach and experiences to teens that are impacted directly by cancer.

PHOENIX DAY One of the oldest preschools in Phoenix, Phoenix Day has evolved since its inception more than 90 years ago. Originally offering child care to women going to work during the first World War, it was one of the test sites for Sesame Street in 1971, utilizing the curriculum that would make up the award-winning PBS children’s show. Today, Phoenix Day serves a varying clientele, with the majority of families living at or below the poverty level. Many of these families are getting off welfare and heading back into the workforce. Phoenix Day offers these families “a hand up, not a hand out.” The preschool is nationally accredited for early childhood education, which allows a low child to teacher ratio. Children are offered breakfast and lunch as part of their school day. In order to help parents become better members of the community, Phoenix Day offers quarterly education and nutrition classes.

The Junior League component of this program will be to plan, coordinate and execute a quarterly education and nutrition program for parents with children attending the Phoenix Day School. There is also a financial component to this two year program.

OTHER WAYS TO GIVE TO JLPJUNIOR LEAGUE OF PHOENIX FOUNDATION As part of our celebration of 71 years of service to this community, The Junior League of Phoenix, Inc. established The Junior League of Phoenix Foundation. Through your gifts, our foundation can serve as a support organization in the years to come.

JLP TILE CAMPAIGN Create a lasting legacy with a personally inscribed tile located in the courtyard of the JLP headquarters. This is an opportunity to honor a League member, a family member or be honored yourself. What a great birthday, Christmas, Hanukah or Mother’s Day gift!

COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE FUND The JLP is excited to reach out to non-profits across the Valley by providing an opportunity to apply for and receive grant funds through the Community Assistance Fund. Each year, we set aside fundraising dollars to assist a well deserving 501(c)3 organization in the Valley. In fact, we’re now celebrating over 71 years of service and millions of dollars in contributions to the community.

UNITED WAY If your employer has a United Way Workplace Campaign, then you can give directly to The Junior League of Phoenix. Just designate #0306 for the Valley of the Sun United Way or #2520 for the United Way of Mesa.

UPCOMING FUNDRAISERS INCLUDE:

CARECARD Shop from the heart at our next CareCard event in October 2007. In partnership with The Board of Visitors, the JLP sells these fabulous 20% off discount cards good at over 350 Valley

retailers. They include jewelry, boutique stores, restaurants, spa treatments, housewares, children’s stores and more! One hundred percent of the proceeds go to support the Ryan House and other

community programs of the JLP. Discount shopping while helping our community! Call 602-234-3388 and order your CareCard today!

POMEGRANATES AND PRICKLY PEARS Pomegranates & Prickly Pears, the fifth cookbook from The Junior League of Phoenix, is a collection of flavorful entertainment-style recipes. You will find these kitchen-tested delights to be a true reflection of our community’s diversity. Whether you are hosting a backyard barbeque or making a candlelight dinner for two, you can choose from nearly 250 recipes throughout the book to perfectly suit any occasion. In addition to the themed chapters, you will enjoy a handful of specialty recipes from the Valley of the Sun’s finest celebrated Chefs.

Also available for purchase is Reflections Under the Sun (the JLP’s fourth cookbook) and a variety of cookbooks from Junior Leagues around the country. Call the JLP Cookbook Hotline at 602-230-9573 for pricing and assistance.

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The JLP provides short-term hands-on assistance to many organizations in the community. Here is a sample of some of the help that we provided children’s organizations last fiscal year.

Junior League Members Making an Impact

PACKAGES FROM HOME® Twenty-five JLP members along with family and friends met recently for a “packing party” to assist Packages from Home®. Kathleen Lewis, founder of Packages from Home®, commended the JLP volunteers for packing a record number of boxes – over 500 in one morning!

Founded by a local soldier’s mother, Packages from Home® has been a grassroots effort to provide our military personnel in harm’s way with items to make their long days more comfortable. Donations, which include personal care and recreational items as well as tasty treats, are carefully packaged by volunteers and sent to Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea and other places around the world.

MICHAEL’S HOUSE Michael’s House is the newest home of Maggie’s Place, a shelter for homeless pregnant women and their new babies. In January, Junior League volunteers and their families planted flowers, trees and bushes, moved topsoil, attended to flowerbeds and mended a fence.

BREAST CANCER SEWING PARTY To complement other breast cancer awareness events in the fall, eleven JLP members participated in a sewing party to create 234 heart-shaped pillows for breast cancer patients at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center.

PHOENIX RESCUE MISSION On any given day in the Valley, over 13,000 men, women and children are in need of basic life necessities. For over 53 years, the Phoenix Rescue Mission has been serving the homeless and needy families.

Recently 15 JLP members volunteered their Saturday to sort mountains of donated food for the Mission’s food pantry. Noting that “volunteers are the lifeblood” of their organization, Stephanie Farwig, Development Director at Phoenix Rescue Mission, praised the JLP members for their hard work as they organized hundreds of canned goods and other food items.

HOMEWARD BOUND Helping prepare Thanksgiving meal boxes for Homeward Bound, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and homelessness, was a great way for 24 volunteers to give

back during the holidays. Several members also had the enviable job of holding babies and playing with infants in the shelter’s child care area.

“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.”

- Mother Theresa

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NEW ORLEANS Last fall, a group of JLP volunteers descended on New Orleans. They joined the New Orleans Junior League and other Leagues across the country to make a combined workforce of over 800 volunteers. The Phoenix members worked on rebuilding

the home and restaurant of 93 year old Willie Mae. Mae is famous for her fried chicken and believes that when her home/restaurant is complete, the rest of the neighborhood will come back from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. Over the long weekend the group assisted with painting the inside and outside, as well as some mudding and sanding and general cleanup.

MARCH 28, 2007Martinis & Masterpieces: Signature Cocktails & Celebrity Doodles

OCTOBER 19 - OCTOBER 28, 2007CareCard 2007

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Junior League of Phoenix is dedicated to helping the Valley Art Scene. Volunteers are needed in all areas, including:• Board Members • Docents • Ticket Takers • Ushers • Production and Technical Support • Speakers Bureau • Clerical/Office Support

VOLUNTEER WITH THE ARTS!

Doodle art by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano