Jelinek has been a member of the Care Counsel for three years, an organization that helps sponsor activities for children, such as holding a family fun night at the Terp. Jelinek has also been a 20-year member of the Mower County Historical Society and was just recently put on the board. For 13 years Evelyn Guentzel, the principal at Glenville, Ruth Robinson, a second grade teacher at Neveln and Jelinek have been members of the Minnesota Reading Association. They hold button and coloring contests during this month and read stories to encourage children to read. Austin's yearly Fourth of July SPAM Jam is another time when the Minnesota Reading Association is active.
Children gather to perform radio plays and poems.
Reading is a tool Jelinek uses in her teaching today when she works at Woodson as a facilitator for expelled high school students. It's a wonder that after committing herself for so long Jelinek has not yet tired of being active in education.