The unique thing about Jaycees vs. some other groups is that the Jaycees are primarily solely responsible for everything from the idea generation all the way through the execution and the evaluation. The reason we do that is a lot of young professionals have great potential, but in their day-to-day business life aren't truly given the opportunity to lead projects. This is the way to help them get that experience.
Quotes about jaycees (8 Quotes)
Some of our Jaycees were married to these Finnish gals from Astoria, ... so the gals said, Let us see if we might enlist the Brotherhood to do some carpentry.'
In many, many countries, to be a member of the Jaycees you have to be put on a waiting list and become approved. You are selected or chosen, you 'get' to be a Jaycee and it is considered a big honor. It's fascinating to travel to Jaycee conventions and talk with people from all around the world, and they talk about how lucky we are in the U.S. to actually be able to just decide to go and do this.
There are many people, including the members of our new Foundation Board and the Greensboro Jaycees, who have worked tirelessly to make this happen.
I have to give credit to Justin Conrad and the leadership of the Greensboro Jaycees where we could set this up and succeed. The Greensboro Jaycees' board of directors really came through in a big way.
The Charles City Jaycees are in need of new members that are willing to step up and help lead this chapter. We need people with fresh ideas and a new prospective on how the activities of this chapter can benefit our community.
We've had a great relationship with the Hartford tournament and the Greater Hartford Jaycees for a long time. We are talking to them about continuing as the official car of the tournament and hope to be involved for years to come.
We know Johnston is a growing community. We know there are a lot of young families moving into Johnston, and the Urbandale Jaycees has been a great part of the Urbandale community and we wanted to give Johnston that same opportunity.