Heather McConaghey & Eve Warren

Magaret Cartier & Nikki Rabon

Valerie Bogar & Silvia Hockaday

Sarah Bailey White & Kendall Andrews

Marissa Rollins & Rebekah Thomas

Hilary Brown & Asha Kennedy

Bethany Worley & Shea Boykin

T

he Junior League of the Emerald Coast held their annual Recruitment event for 
potential new members on August 14 at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Destin. 
The JLEC is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, 
developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective 

action and leadership of trained volunteers. The JLEC currently boasts of nearly 300 energetic, 
smart, illustrious, and beautiful ladies who contribute in so many ways to the community. 
They have this annual event to bring on more competent ladies to help make a difference in the 
communities they serve.

The Junior League of the Emerald Coast (JLEC) began in 1964 with fi ve women dedicated to 

making a difference. Today, there are nearly 300 members from the Northwest Florida Panhandle 
of varying backgrounds with a common interest in voluntarism and the development of female 
leaders within the local community. The JLEC hopes to continue their impressive growth by 
attracting a new group of women to join the League for the 2018-2019 year. Potential members 
and active members must be 21 years or older and reside in Okaloosa, Walton, or Santa Rosa 
County. The JLEC’s purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.

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Zhalman Harris

   VIP Destin at Corpus Christi Catholic Church

Courtney Falasca & Bethe Manning

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