Meet GSSJC Board
Member Sherea McKenzie
Sherea
McKenzie is one of GSSJC’s newest board members, having
joined the Council in June 2005. This is not her first experience
with Girl Scouting, though.
She fondly remembers her own childhood
as a Girl Scout. The one thing that stands out in her memories
is the feeling of community she had with the other girls in
her troop. “The Girl Scout movement affected us directly
by emphasizing the importance of being part of something, whether
it was teamwork or just something positive and social. I was
a Girl Scout and now my daughter Madison is one as well,”
she says.
Sherea wants to make sure that
every girl can share in that feeling of belonging, expressed
in the Girl Scout Law as “being a sister to every Girl
Scout.” Her goal as a board member is to increase Council
outreach to girls who have not traditionally been served by
Girl Scouting. “All girls, regardless of race and socioeconomic
status, can benefit from the lessons and experiences of the
Girl Scouts,” says Sherea.
Sherea is confident that, with
the help of her peers on the board, she can do just that. As
the executive director of the Joint City/County Commission on
Children, Sherea already spends much of her time advocating
for youth in the Houston area. Before her job with the Joint
City/County Commission on Children, Sherea practiced law in
the area of Probate and Estate Planning. She has also assisted
a number of non-profit organizations with legal and organizational
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addition to her work with GSSJC, Sherea sits on the board of
the Center for Hearing and Speech, the Education Foundation
of Harris County, the Center for Public Policy Priorities, the
Texas Network of Youth Services, Houston’s Downtown Management
District, and the American Bar Association’s Presidential
Advisory Council for Diversity in the Profession.
Sherea received her Juris Doctorate
in 1981 from Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall
School of Law, and she received a BA in Public Administration
from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1978. She is
married to Carl Poston, III, and is the mother of three children:
Carl IV; Kirkland; and Madison.
More About Sherea:
What is your favorite Girl Scout Cookie?
Thin Mints
What did you want to be when you grew up? Broadway Producer
What is your favorite saying? Just do it! |
Family Partnership co-chairs announced
My husband and I, Martin and Julie Ullrich, would
like to introduce ourselves to the members of Girl Scouts of
San Jacinto Council. Martin and I have the privilege of being
appointed co-chairs for this year’s Family Partnership
Annual Giving Campaign. We are especially pleased as we both
believe that Family Partnership is one of the Council’s
most worthwhile programs.
We have been involved with Girl Scouts for sixteen years. Each
of our three daughters, Betty, Anne, and Marie became Girl Scouts.
All three girls earned Silver Awards and Anne earned the Gold
Award. Betty graduated from Baylor University last May and has
moved to Fort Worth. Anne will be a senior at Texas Tech University
majoring in Studio Art. Marie will be a junior at Lamar High
School and has been very busy this past year volunteering for
the SPURS program and Earth PACT at the Houston Zoo as well
as participating in the CREW program. Marie has been president
of Troop #2263 for the past two years and has served on three
Girl Planning Boards for service unit events. Marie was also
elected as a National Delegate to the convention in Atlanta,
Georgia, and she has begun her journey to earn her Gold Award.
While Martin and I believe the awards are great, they are not
the only reason we encouraged our girls to stay involved in
Scouting. The girls wanted recognitions they could pin on their
uniforms or frame on the wall. We wanted them to have the things
that the Girl Scout program gave them that they could not see.
We watched them learn how to plan, to take chances, and to grow.
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They learned how to meet people, meet deadlines and meet
their responsibilities.
What they actually had was an opportunity to participate in
many worthwhile activities. They had the chance because the
girls and parents that came before them supported Girl Scouts
in their time and now it is time for us to contribute as well.
Over the next year we hope that every member of Girl Scouts
of San Jacinto Council will help us by promoting and participating
in the Family Partnership Annual Giving Campaign.
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