2010 North Region Jaycees

Hello Illinois Jaycees,

The 2010 Relay For Life program is in full swing! Register your team today and start your fundraising efforts!

Relay For Life is the American Cancer Society’s signature activity. It offers everyone in a community an opportunity to participate in the fight against cancer. Teams of people camp out at a local high school, park, or fairground and take turns walking or running around a track or path. Each team is asked to have a representative on the track at all times during the event. Relays are an overnight event, up to 24 hours in length.

The United States Junior Chamber is a national partner of the Relay for Life program and each chapter is encouraged to participate in their local Relay.

To register your team and show your Jaycee Pride as a Non Corporate Partner with the American Cancer Society, it is very easy to get started:

• Visit the US Jaycees Relay for Life Page: http://main. acsevents. org/site/ TR?company_ id=77985&pg=national_ company
• Click on Find a Relay, and search by zip code or City and State to find the RFL that your team wishes to participate in.
• Once you have found your event, click on the blue “event website” link
• Select “Sign Up”
• Select “Start a Team”
• Enter your Team Name. Please Use your Chapter Name and two letter state code in your team name (Example “Your City, State Jaycees”)
• Next, VERY IMPORTANT STEP, Click the Team/Company Organization Drop down box, scroll down and select JAYCEES
• Continue through the registration process….and save. In order for your team to show immediately on the USJC/RFL website, please make a minimum of a $10.00 donation. (Even though your team is registered it will not show online until your first online donation is received)
• Please make a print screen of your registration confirmation, for future reference if needed.

Once you’ve registered, please contact me with the date of your Relay so I can add your event to the State calendar!

Please contact me at nationalprograms@ iljaycees. org or 773.814.4806 if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Sue Warmuskerken
2010 National Programs/Government Involvement Chairman

The BFC program can be a big money-making project for the Illinois Jaycees and local chapters. There is NO RISK to this project. There are no out-of-pocket expenses. Whatever amount of money collected in pledges and donations will be the NET amount received. All administrative and promotional costs of the program will be paid by John Deere Health. The John Deere Foundation handles the collection of money. Individuals making pledges are eligible to win over 500 prizes.

The John Deere Classic Foundation and John Deere Health Foundation sponsor Birdies for Charity in association with the John Deere Classic PGA golf tournament held at Deere Run Golf Course in Silvis, Illinois on July 5-11, 2010. The objective of BFC is to obtain pledges of one cent or more for every birdie made during the tournament.

Based on 2,000 birdies being recorded, each one-cent pledge will earn $20. The Illinois Jaycees and the local chapter soliciting the pledge each earn $10. Fifty cents worth of pledges will earn a local chapter approximately $500. How easy can that be to raise money for your chapter—and you don’t have to collect the money?

The following POC points have been established for the 2010 Birdies for Charity project:

250 points – .01 – .20 cents worth of pledges collected
500 points – .21 – .40 cents worth of pledges collected
750 points – .41 – .60 cents worth of pledges collected
1000 points – over .61 cents worth of pledges collected

Further information can be found on the Illinois Jaycee website. Click on the Birdies for Charity logo on the home page and learn everything about this project. Pledges can be solicited until July 1, 2010.

Since participating organizations must be a registered 501[c]3 organization, the Illinois Jaycee Charitable Foundation is sponsoring and coordinating this project on behalf of the Illinois Jaycees.

Interested chapters should contact project chairman Tony Symoniak (630-710-1065) or via email jaycees69@msn.com to request further information or to request a start-up kit and pledge forms.

NORTH REGION SOCIAL
Hosted by the Mount Prospect Jaycees
When: March 27th @ 7:00 pm
Where: Sears Center
5333 Prairie Stone Parkway
Hoffman Estates, IL 60192

Come out and watch as owner Jim McMahon and head coach Steve McMichael lead
Jarrett Payton and the Chicago Slaughter to victory over the Alaska Wild!!!
Please RSVP to me no later than March 17th.

Tickets are $13 a person. Feel free to bring the family!!

Checks must be made out to Mt. Prospect Jaycees and sent in by March 20th.

We will be meeting on the front stairway around 6:00 pm.

For more information visit chicagoslaughter.com
Contact Info:
John Knepler
MP Community VP
Phone: 815-994-0906
Email: jwknep@gmail.com

Mount Prospect Junior Chamber
PO Box 27
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056

Hello Illinois Jaycees!

Its March Madness month and President Kathy has challenged you to show people who the Jaycees are and what great things we do!

The Illinois Jaycees are competing against the other Mid-American States to see who the best in the “league” is. Here’s your chance to not only grow your membership base, but to also help a fabulous cause. We’re raising money for the Nothing But Nets Campaign throughout the month of March.

Nothing But Nets is a global, grassroots campaign to raise awareness and funding to combat malaria, one of the largest killers of children in Africa. With a $10 contribution, Nothing But Nets provides you the opportunity to join the global fight against malaria by sending a net and saving a life.

I’m requesting that each of you join the Illinois Jaycees Nothing But Nets Team! Instructions are attached.

I have a couple personal challenges that I’ll throw out since I’m extremely excited about this fabulous organization!

Anyone with a March Birthday! The Birthday boy or girl who raises the most money, I will personally bake a dessert of your choice and hand deliver to one of your events in April. Don’t worry, I bake very well!

The chapter that raises the most money throughout the month of March, I will attend your meeting or event in Blackhawks attire. For those of you who don’t know me…I’m a HUGE Detroit Red Wings fan, so this is very painful for me!!!

Here’s a couple additional challenge suggestions to pose to your chapter:

Carry around an “Anti-Malaria” shaker can and collect spare change at your office, events, wherever you go, ask for spare change!

Ask your local businesses to keep a jar at their registers
Hold a free throw shooting contest at a local gym and take pledges either flat dollar or per basket made
Hold a 50/50 raffle
Shave your head if you raise $250
Donate $10 on behalf of anyone who’s willing to eat a live goldfish
Take a pie to the face if your chapter raises $250

As a reminder, chapters will be accruing points throughout the month and one way to accrue points is to collect money for the Nothing But Nets Campaign.

Membership Drive Incentive Program

1 pt for every $10 raised
2 pt for every membership renewal
3 pt for each new member add

Contact me if you have any questions at nationalprograms@ iljaycees. org or 773.814.4806

Thank you!

Sue Warmuskerken
2010 National Programs/Government Involvement Chairman

Hi All,

Do you like chili? Do you like visitations too? Well, if you do the Palatine Jaycees are looking for help with their 2nd Annual Police / Fire department Chili Cook Off on March 21st. The event is from 1 until 3pm at Durty Nellies and they are looking for people to work one hour shifts. Don’t want to serve Chili? No problem they could use help with working the front door too. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Kristin at kbureta4375@yahoo.com or visit the chapter website www.palatinejaycees.org hope to see you out there.

If you are coming out to be a judge there is a $10 donation for adults and a $5 donation for kids at the door. If you know you are coming to the event let Kristin know because there are adult pre-sale tickets available for $7.

The North Region Jaycees is now on Twitter, you can now follow us and find out what’s going in the region via this great innovated fast paced service.  Don’t know what twitter is? check out this awesome overview video below.