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Events
Meeting Reminder
Date: Monday, 8/8
Time: 7p-8p
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reminder that our General Membership Meeting is Monday night.
We'll be discussing the results of the membership survey. There will also be two projects running at the meeting:
Adopt-A-Soldier:
We have the opportunity to gather supplies for a military unit
dispatched to Iraq. Basically, we are looking to collect personal
hygiene stuff, used paperback books, canned food and powdered drink-mix
with sugar, like Kool-Aid (but not Gatorade). Bring
these supplies to any meeting from now until September 8th. Help
someone smile from across the miles. The full list is quite varied,
please contact Tim Miller to get the list emailed to you. See you at the meeting!
Also at Monday's meeting...our last collection for "Seeds of Change"
will occur. This project collects pocket change in a flower pot...we
then count up how much money there is and donate the sum to a charity.
The charity for this round of "Seeds of Change" is the Duke Cancer Center.
Chapel Hill is going to match whatever the fundraiser collects. Small
things can grow into big things...thus they are the "seeds of change."
Durham Bulls Game Fundraiser (Selling Beer)
Date: Thursday, 8/11
Time: 5:15p-9:30p
Our
very last Durham Bulls Fundraiser this year will be this Thursday.
We'll be selling beer during the game at one of the beer carts. Melissa
Feder has the following people signed up so far, but it is not too late
to join us! Contact Melissa Feder if you're interested in helping out.
Tim Miller and Kim Winson(5-6:30 only to help set up)
Sara Hogan
Rob Thompson
Erin Robinson
Sarah Crouch from the Cary Jaycees
Whitney Kahn (by 6:15)
Todd Dawson (by 6:30
Kristi Baleno (by 6:30)
Happy Hour: West End Wine Bar
Date: Friday, 8/12
Time: 8:30p-?
Come
hob-nob with wine snobs on Franklin Street. Discussions about "bouquet"
and "good legs" are not required (in fact, we might look at you kinda
funny...), just come hang out with your Jaycees pals. Check out the
rooftop ambiance. Contact Tim Miller for more information.
NC Jaycees Executive Meeting: Duke Cancer Center
Date: Saturday, 8/20
Time: 10a-2p
Come
out to the NC Jaycee Executive Committee meeting at Duke University.
Watch the executive team in action, get freebies, stay for an excellent
lunch and cap it off with a tour of the outpatient cancer treatment
facility. There may be a carpool. RSVP to
Brody Underhill so that they know how many people to expect for lunch. His cell phone is 619-5413.
AIDSWALK + RIDE, Raleigh
Date: Saturday, 8/20
Time: 6p-7p
Our current donations are at $455!! THANK YOU. The Jaycees Team ROCKS. Once again, I hope to have a team of 15 and...raise $1,000.
Every success starts with a dream...
If
I told you that at least ten young motivated women and men were walking
one-mile in downtown Raleigh on one of the hottest days of this summer
to help people living with HIV/AIDS, would you support us?
Very
soon, Jaycees from (currently) three North Carolina chapters will be
participating in a very special and powerful event, the
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area AIDSWALK + RIDE. The participating
Jaycees chapters are Chapel Hill, Cary, and Raleigh.
This event is being held to raise thousands of much needed dollars to
aid those suffering from the effects of HIV and AIDS in the triangle
area.
On August 20, 2005, at least ten North Carolina Jaycees
will join 1,000 other walkers, in addition to 300 bicyclers in the
inaugural AIDSWALK + RIDE. The Jaycees AIDSWALK Team is looking to
raise $1,000, 1?^2 of which will support the Duke Pediatric AIDS Unit.
It would be awsome if members from many NC chapters joined our team. We
need your help...would you help us in one or all of the following ways?
1)
Join the Jaycees AIDSWALK Team. Any current or former Jaycee, their
friends, and their family are welcome. Any individual of Jaycee age
(21-40) is welcome. Anyone who makes a donation is welcome. Join online at
http://aidswalkandride.kintera.org/teamjaycees.
2) Would you please make a pledge to help us reach our $1,000
goal? Click on the link and decide the amount that is right for you.
Please keep in mind the how hot and humid it will be that day, as well
as the dedication and the motivation of the Jaycees team. We are
enacting the closing line of the Jaycees Creed, "Service to Humanity is
the Best Work of Life." Donate online at http://tinyurl.com/a4anl.
3)
Help our team spread the word. Mention our efforts to your friends,
family, and co-workers. Show this letter to them. Let them know that
there are young women and men that are working hard to improve the
health and well-being of those in need.
Thank you in advance for
your time and generosity. It means a great deal to the Jaycees AIDSWALK
Team, to me, and to those that we are helping. Contact Kim Winson (secretary@chapelhilljaycees.org) with any questions.
Guests are welcome to all of our events and meetings.
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News and Notes
Birthday Party!
The
Chapel Hill Jaycees are turning three next month! On Sept. 20th, come
have cake and celebrate with us at the Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce.
Stay tuned for more details. Contact President Amber Neill if you have any questions or if you'd like to help out.
LEAD Training: Sept. 10th-11th
LEAD
is a top-notch two-day seminar to designed to help you become a more
effective leader--both in the Jaycees as well as other aspects of your
life. The focus will be to teach Leaders the key roles that they must
play and the abilities they must have in order to be successful in any
domain. This training is open to all current and prospective Jaycess. It will be held at the Greensboro Jaycees headquarters. Please note that we need at least 20
individuals from all over NC to hold this program; this is due to the
structure of the seminar. I have no current information on cost, but it
will probably be $75 + hotel and food. Contact Kim Winson (
secretary@chapelhilljaycees.org) or Joanie Cramer (joaniecramer@bellsouth.net) if you're interested.
Convention Coming Soon
The
fall installment of the NC Jaycees State Convention will be returning
this fall. It will be held in at the downtown Marriot hotel in Winston-Salem, Sept. 23-25.
The theme is the "Jaycees Oscars," dressing for the "red carpet" is
encouraged but not required :) It's a fun way to meet Jaycees from
other chapters; elections for State President and the VPs will also be
held. Click here for the tentative agenda, click here for the registration form. Cost is $55 for early bird registration, which is due by Sept. 9. Hotel room is an additional $92/night, roommate arrangements can and will be made. There will be a carpool. Call Brody Underhill, the State Director, for more information. His cell is 619-5413.
NC Jaycees State Newsletter: Submissions being accepted
Want to tell the NC Jaycees about an upcoming event?
Got a touching thank-you note from one of our charities? Want to share
some great advice or guidance you got through the Jaycees? We welcome
articles written by members for each monthly newsletter. Articles should be no longer than ~300 words,
digital photos are welcome. Please have the article edited and ready
for publication in the state newsletter. For examples and inspiration,
check out the state website: http://www.ncjaycees.org/newsletter.htm. Please email all articles to the secretary, Kim Winson (kim.winson@gmail.com), so that she can email them in one group to the state editor.
NC Jaycees State Website
BJ Smith,
the webmaster for the State's website, is overhauling the website to
make it more user-friendly and up-to-date. He is taking suggestions for
any changes you would like to see on the site. Please click here to email him. Did you know...
As a member of the Jaycees, you get a complimentary subscription to the entrepreneurial magazine, "
Fast Company." It's a monthly publication and you receive it as long as your Jaycees membership stays current. Please email Kim Winson if you are a member and you haven't been getting your copy.
AIDSWALK Part II: Thank you...
I'd like to thank the people who have joined and/or donated to the Jaycees Team thus far:
Kristi Baleno
Sarah Crouch, pending (Cary Jaycees)
Todd Dawson
Lisa Hallenbeck (Hickory Jaycees)
Tim Miller
Amber Neill
John Reeves
Erin Robinson (guest)
Courtney Romero, pending (Cary Jaycees)
Sharon Woolf (Raleigh Jaycees)
Suggestions Wanted!
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? We want to know them. All submissions can be done anonymously. |
