ABOUT OUR CHAPTER
We are inspired to fulfill our mission of dedicated service to others.
2024/2025 Board Of Directors
President - Ashlee Hagan
First Vice President - Paula Zeagler
Second Vice President - Dana Calderone
Provisional Trainer - Stephanie Patton
Recording Secretary - Chandra Crane
Assistant Recording Secretary - Brooke Benefield
Corresponding/Membership Secretary - Shawnta Gandy
Hours Secretary - Brittney Hawkins
Treasurer - Beth Ann Rayborn
Assistant Treasurer - Hayley Smith
Fundraising Chair - Olivia Miley
Constitution & Bylaws Chair - Erin Rigel
Community Enrichment Chairs - Katie Anthony &
Chandler Hawkins
Education Chair - Whitney Southwell
Child Welfare Project Chair (Room Moms) - Elizabeth Morris
2024/2025 Leadership & Committee Chairmen
Lifetime Member Affiliate - Brooke Boyd
Awards Committee Chair - Hilleri Burks
Scholarship Committee Chair - Alea Ausmer
Nominating Committee Chair - Ashley Forman
Membership Committee Chair - Paula Zeagler
Projects Evaluation Committee Chair - Dana Calderone
Crown Club Chair -Mindi Selman
Budget Committee Chair - Beth Ann Rayborn
Public Relations Committee Chair - Leslie Lambert
Marketing Chair - Denetria Gamble
Social Committee Chairs - Carolyn Howard & Meagan Hurt
OUR CHAPTER
Junior Auxiliary of Hattiesburg, Inc. was built on the foundation of improving the community, especially where children are concerned. In 1941, the Junior Auxiliary of Hattiesburg was born with 23 ladies ready to volunteer their time for the betterment of the community and its children.
In 1943, the Hattiesburg chapter of 37 members was granted a charter by the National Association of Junior Auxiliaries, the twelfth volunteer group to be given such a charter in the nation.
As we enter the new century, the Junior Auxiliary of Hattiesburg continues the tradition of volunteer community service in meeting the needs of the underprivileged. The faces of the many thousands of individuals whose lives are touched by the efforts of nearly a hundred women of the Junior Auxiliary inspire us to fulfill our mission of dedicated service to others.
See all of our chapter's current members here.
JA PRAYER
Send us, O God, as Thy messengers to the hearts without a home, to lives without love, to the crowds without a guide. Send us to the children whom none have blessed, to the famished whom none have visited, to the fallen whom none have lifted, to the bereaved whom none have comforted.
Kindle Thy flame on the altars of our hearts, that others may be warmed thereby; cause Thy light to shine in our souls, that others may see the way; keep our sympathies and insight ready, our wills keen, our hands quick to help others in their need.
Grant us clear vision, true judgment, with great daring as we seek to right the wrong; and so endow us with cheerful love that we may minister to the suffering and forlorn even as Thou wouldst. May the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, rest upon us and upon all our work. May He give us light to guide us, courage to support us, and love to unite us now and forever more. Amen