Organized: September 27, 1956
Founder: Ocie Mayberry (1903-1987)
Theme: Our Today's Make Our Tommorrow
Club Motto: We Build Today the Home of Tomorrow's
Club Colors: Red & White
Junior Ocieleta was founded in 1956, by Ocie Mayberry. Junior Ocieleta Club is a group of ~30 women. We are a women’s service organization that has one major fundraiser each year, the Christmas Home Tour held the first Saturday in December. Money raised from this event is used to support many local community needs and organizations as well as our annual scholarship drive.
Junior Ocieleta supports the following organizations through the efforts of the Christmas Home Tour: United Way, The Manger, Safenet, Rogers Co. Youth Shelter, Rogers Co. School Foundations, Christmas Charity (Adopt a Family), Bit by Bit, CASA and Big Brother/Big Sisters. In addition, these organizations were supported during 2009: Friends of the Library, BLAST After School Program, Safe Kids, Claremore High School Graduation, United Methodist School Supply Drive and Safenet Festival of Trees.
Standing Committees
Technology/ Communications- Communicate with club in an efficient manner all meeting dates and important reminders. This can be achieved through mail or calling trees.
Scholarship-Provide the club with all information surrounding our annual scholarship program. Responsible for getting applications to local schools and posting notices in paper. All applications must be reviewed and applicants chosen and presented to club. Annual scholarships to be distributed as voted by the club. After winners are chosen, coordination with the treasurer is required to get checks to them. Pictures of the recipients also need to be put in the paper with notice of their accomplishment.
 Budget-officers meet in an annual summer meeting to review the past years budget and estimate the coming years income and expenditures. Theclub will vote to approve or disapprove of the budget at the first meeting in the fall. The budget is to be posted in the Red Book for all members to haveaccess to.
Club Courtesy-send cards for illnesses, purchase baby gifts for the babies born to members. A memorial gift shall be sent to any member in case of death in the immediate family.
Make, Bake, Grow- coordination of the yearly club auction. Half of the proceeds from this auction go towards our installation event. This committee coordinates hostess, co-hostesses, invitations, and auctioneer.
Installation- this committee coordinates our annual officer’s installation with half of the proceeds from our Spring Fundraiser such as the Make, Bake or grow auction.
Social- Plan all gatherings outside of regular club meetings. Such gatherings can include, but are not limited to, a fall party, a spring gathering (Easter egg hunt), and Christmas party. This committee works without a budget and must be funded by the members of the club unless otherwise voted on. |
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