They will help set agenda for Job’s Daughters this year
By Jason Arndt
Editor
When Sarah Korducki and Ashton Campbell were younger, they often followed their older sisters around at Job’s Daughters events in the Burlington area.
A decade later, the Burlington duo emerged as statewide youth leaders, with Korducki earning Miss Wisconsin Job’s Daughter while Campbell was elected Grand Bethel Honored Queen.
The two were selected to their Wisconsin Job’s Daughters leadership posts at the group’s annual Job’s Daughter Jamboree Aug 16-18 at Green Lake Conference Center.
Job’s Daughters is a Masonic-affiliated international organization for girls and women ages 10 through 20 and has members from five countries.
The international organization, according to a news release, helps women build life skills that will benefit them now and in the future.
“Members learn important skills that benefit them now as well as in the future, such as leadership, organization, teamwork, public speaking and self-reliance in a fun, educational and uplifting environment,” the news release states.
“The lessons of Job’s Daughters are taught around the framework of respect for parents and home, loyalty to flag and country and reverence for God.”
One of the organization’s missions is also to raise funds for hearing aids and other adaptive equipment for families unable to afford the tools.
The two newly minted leaders, meanwhile, are members and Past Honored Queens of Bethel 76 chapter in Burlington.
State representation
Korducki, 18, a Burlington High School senior, will compete in the July 2020 Miss International Job’s Daughter pageant at the organization’s Supreme Session in Omaha, Nebraska.
“It will be a really cool experience,” said Korducki, daughter of Kristie and Bill.
She follows in the footsteps of her sister, Jessica, 21, who captured the crown five years earlier and served as the 45th Miss Wisconsin Job’s Daughter.
Korducki, who looks forward to the pageant, said the current Miss International hails from the Philippines and has spent time “traveling around different countries” representing the organization.
In addition, Korducki will serve as the public relations representative, help local chapters promote the organization, and work with area youth.
Campbell, 18, who graduated from Burlington in 2019, attends University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and plans to study nursing.
Campbell’s role as Bethel Honored Queen includes representing Job’s Daughters in Wisconsin to other Masonic organizations until August 2020.
“I get to be a liaison for the other Masonic organizations,” said Campbell, daughter of Todd and Mary. “I am there on behalf of Job’s Daughters and I run the state meetings for all of the girls that get selected from all the jurisdictions.”
Started young
Although the organization is for girls ages 10 through 20, Korducki and Campbell were exposed to Job’s Daughters earlier, thanks to family tradition and having older sisters involved.
“When my sister, Jessica, and Ashton’s sister, Payton, were in Job’s Daughters together at the same time, we both followed our sisters around, we met each other and so we joined Job’s Daughters together,” said Korducki, as she looked back to when she and Campbell were both 8 years old.
Campbell, four months older, decided to wait until Korducki was old enough so they could join the organization together.
Family affair
The duo comes from a long line of family members who were either involved in Job’s Daughters or Master Masons.
“Personally, for me, mine was kind of a family tradition,” Korducki said. “I was never forced to, but since I got experience when I was little, I wanted to.”
Korducki’s grandmother, Edith Landry, was the first generation of her family to become a member of Job’s Daughter and passed on the tradition to daughter Kristie.
“My mom, when she was old enough, became a Job’s Daughter in Milwaukee and she is a past Honor Queen of Bethel 6 in Milwaukee,” Korducki said.
“When my sister was old enough, she joined and after that, I kind of followed her around on events and started getting to know people and understanding more of what this is,” Korducki added.
Campbell’s path to Job’s Daughters came from her grandfathers, who were Masons.
“In order to be part of (Job’s Daughters), you need to be related to a Master Mason or be sponsored by a Mason and a majority member,” Campbell said.
Her father, Todd, later joined the Masons along with her sister’s Godfather, Ron Gebel.
“My sister’s Godfather, who is currently a Mason at the Burlington Lodge, introduced it to my sister when she was 10 years old,” Campbell said. “Being the younger sister, I really wanted to do what my older sister does.”
Since Korducki and Campbell joined, each has held multiple leadership posts within Bethel 76, which meets at the Burlington Masonic Center on Kane Street.
Korducki said her experience with Job’s Daughters gave her a positive outlook on life, and introduced her to her closest friends.
“This has impacted my life in so many areas – building life skills that are needed to succeed,” Korducki said. “If it wasn’t for this organization, I would have never met my best friends.”
Community involvement
Aside from Job’s Daughters, both of them were heavily involved at BHS, where each were part of Key Club and DRIVEN.
Korducki, who plans to start Best Buddies at BHS, has been a member of the dance team as well as track and field team and Partners2.
Best Buddies, she said, involves pairing students with and without disabilities and fostering friendships.
“We will meet up once a month and we make a craft, or we do something holiday themed, just so they have somebody besides being stuck in a special education room.”
Campbell, a former cheerleader, bowled for Burlington and will continue the sport at UW-Oshkosh.
For more information about Job’s Daughters, visit www.jobsdaughtersinternational.org or www.wijdi.org. For information on upcoming events or how to join, contact Bethel Guardian Kristie Korducki at [email protected] or (262) 210-6170.
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