The Arkansas Jaycees Year-End Celebration will be held on February 6-8, 2009 in Magnolia. Registration will be $50 per person.

Rooms are blocked under the Arkansas Jaycees name. And can be reserved starting January 1st. We will be staying in the Quality Inn at 411 E. Main Street in Magnolia. The room rate is $68 + applicable taxes and fees.

The Year-End Celebration allows us to celebrate the previous year and usher in the new. Year-End Awards will be presented and the 2009 Executive Committee will be sworn in.

An agenda will be posted when it becomes available as well.

The Paragould Jaycees recently went visiting and caroling with the elderly at the local mini rise Sat Dec 21. We made cookies, snacks, muffins, etc for those we visited. We also purchased food baskets for 6 meals on wheels participants. These food baskets from the Jaycees were given in addition to other items for 6 participants that were adopted by employees of Sr B’s. We also adopted 5 kids from DHS for Christmas and our kids were given a great Christmas due to the generosity of our members.

Jaycees do a lot throughout the year in their various chapters, but one of the most rewarding is lending a helping hand.

The 2009 Arkansas Jaycees Executive Committee was elected at the Arkansas Jaycees Annual Meeting on November 22 in Conway.

Chad Peterson of Conway was elected 72nd President of the Arkansas Jaycees. Toby Stephens of Magnolia was elected as Individual Development Vice President. Shonna Laws of Jonesboro was elected to serve as Business Development Vice President. Jeff Taylor of Jonesboro was elected to serve as the 2009 Membership Development Vice President. All officers’ terms will begin on January 1st, 2009.

Mid-Year Awards were also announced at the Annual Meeting:

Membership Development Area of Opportunity, Chapter Activities Commission:

1. Jonesboro Jaycees - 2007 New Year’s Eve Party, Shonna Laws, Chair
2. Jonesboro Jaycees - Stephen Goad Rooster Party, Jeff Deniston, Chair
3. Jonesboro Jaycees - 2007 Hockey Night, Shonna Laws, Chair
4. Jonesboro Jaycees - 2007 Christmas Party, Shonna Laws, Chair

Community Development Area of Opportunity, Community Fundraising Commission:

1. Jonesboro Jaycees - March Of Dimes WalkAmerica Kid’s Corner, Erica Swindle, Chair
2. Paragould Jaycees - Main Street Mardi Gras
3. Jonesboro Jaycees - Women’s Crisis Center Casino Night, Erica Swindle, Chair

Community Development Area of Opportunity, Community Service Commission:

1. Jonesboro Jaycess - 2007 Christmas for Kids, Beverly Judd, Chair
2. Jonesboro Jaycees - 2007 Goodfellows, Jeff Taylor, Chair
3. Jonesboro Jaycees - 2007 Special Olympics Basketball Skills, Terry Crosby, Chair

Business Development Area of Opportunity, Financial Management Commission:

1. Jonesboro Jaycees - Wild Night in the Bayou
2. Jonesboro Jaycees - Christmas for Kids Motocross Benefit Race, Beverly Judd, Chair

Business Development Area of Opportunity, Strategic Planning Commission:

1. Jonesboro Jaycees - 2008 Awards & Installation Banquet, Stacey Harvey, Chair
2. Paragould Jaycees - Arkansas Jaycees Year-End Celebration

Charlie Davis of Jonesboro won the First Timers competition.

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Two projects of the Jonesboro Jaycees have been featured in The Sun, the regional newspaper of Northeast Arkansas. The first article is about Jonesboro’s Christmas for Kids program which donates toys to hundreds upon hundreds of underprivileged children in Jonesboro and the surrounding area. Last year, Christmas for Kids served nearly 1,700 kids.

The second article is about the 60th Annual Jonesboro Christmas Parade which is hosted by the Jonesboro Jaycees.

If your chapter makes news, please let us know by sending a message to webmaster@arjaycees.org.

Early registration will be $50 per person with late registration of $65 after November 8th. Please register here.

Room rates are $89 per night. Please call (501) 329-8548 to make reservations. Rooms are blocked under Chad Peterson’s name.

An agenda for the weekend will be posted as soon as it becomes available.

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Jeff :)

For those attending the 2008 NCI meeting in Little Rock this weekend, here’s a copy of the agenda.

NCI 2008 Agenda

Participants are asked to make a $15 dollar donation or bring $15 worth of school supplies. Hamburgers and hotdogs will be available after the completion of the parade.

El Dorado Jaycees Motorcycle Parade Flyer

“By establishing this endowment fund, the Jaycees are making a commitment to the education of the future leaders of Union County for all time,” said [El Dorado Jaycees President Laurin] Rickenbacker.

Read more at the El Dorado News-Times (paid registration required).