Our Layette Shower was a resounding success!  What a warm welcome and blessing to new babies and their families that are in-need in Pitt County.

A huge thank you to everyone who participated!

(Photo & write up courtesy of Gigi Walter.)

Annelle West, (left), president of The Service League of Greenville with Missy Hasty, Layette Chairman, look over items donated by the members of the league during a baby shower at the October meeting.

The baby items go to the Brody School of Medicine, OB/GYN Department; the Carolina Pregnancy Center and the Pitt County Health Department Baby Love Program. Recipients of the layettes are determined by the needs of the families registered with each program. Layettes include diapers, sleepers, blankets, booties and caps.

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Our May Luncheon is our time to take stock of our year and celebrate our hard work and many accomplishments.  A delicious luncheon at Rock Springs was enjoyed by all as outgoing President Mary Lee Hobbie presided over the final meeting of her tenure and walked us through The Service League of Greenville year that was 2015-2016.

We welcomed those who were new within our ranks:

New Service League members  — Debbie Adams, Donna Kraus, Nancy MacGilvray, Carol Rados, Carolyn Reed, Martha Watson and Brenda Whichard.

New Gift Shops Manager — Marianne Conway

We gave recognition and thanks to dedicated board and committee members who make the function of such a large organization possible and the many accomplishments we all made possible through our commitment of time, talent and treasure.  (Here is a fun look at our year that was):

78 — Years of service to Vidant Health and our community by The Service League of Greenville members
15,721 — Service hours by membership in 2015-2016
174 — Total membership
114 — Weekly volunteer slots (fall & spring) completed for our gift shops and carts.
104 — Pediatric blankets completed.
320 — Patients helped through Laughinghouse Fund.
25 — Members who have served 35-66 years as Service League of Greenville volunteers.
64 — Christmas Food Boxes purchase and delivered to Greenville families.
165 — Christmas and Easter bags filled for Ronald McDonald House.
13 — Bloodmobile sites worked.
89 — Food items prepared at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter for Ronald McDonald House.
1724  — Layette items donated by League members
0  — Number of “Dining with the League” Cookbooks left to sell.

We honored Service League members of extraordinary service:

President’s Tray — to outstanding board member — Danette Pugh
Ormond Service Cup — to outstanding member – – Helen Parrott
Agnes Wilkerson Award — to outstanding sustaining member – – Barbara Hall

And finally, Mary Lee set in motion the hands of Service League change by installing:

Second Vice President — Danette Pugh
First Vice President — Ann Taylor
President — Annelle West

Click to see the complete list of our 2016-2017 Service League of Greenville Board.

Luncheon photos courtesy of Joan Giordano.

2016 May Luncheon

May luncheon skit

2016 May Luncheon

Outstanding SL Awards 2016

2016-2017 Board

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In March, The Service League of Greenville donated a total of $12,000 to local nonprofits in our community.  During a ceremony at Third Street Academy, Service League president Mary Lee Hobbie and projects chairwoman Barbara Bowser, with the help of Cookbook Chairwoman Charlot Emerson, presented $3,000 to each of four organizations: Third Street Academy, Salvation Army, Pitt County Council on Aging, and Community Crossroads Shelter.

All funds were generated through sales of our cookbook, DINING WITH THE LEAGUE —  the tried and true recipes of Service League of Greenville Members.   (Hint: It takes a lot of cookbook sales to make these donations happen.)

Kudos to Charlot and her cookbook committee for their determined efforts to get the last cookbook sold.  Well done, Ladies!  Thanks to all the members who worked hard to sell cookbooks and special thanks to retail outlets that made DINING WITH THE LEAGUE available to their customers.

Accepting donations from the Service League were Walter Strathy and Troy Milburn of the Third Street Academy, John Sikes of the Salvation Army, Christal Curran of the Pitt County Council on Aging, and Bob Williams of the Community Crossroads Shelter.

Pictures from the ceremony can be viewed at the Daily Reflector.

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