Lansing Jaycees Juice for the week of 6/13/2012
Lansing Jaycees

Calendar Events

501(c) 3 Meeting
06/14/2012
We want to form a Lansing Jaycees 501(c)3. Come out to the first meeting to discuss this exciting venture.

Game Night Meet & Mingle
06/15/2012
Game night at Danielle's! Bring your own beverage of choice, any fun games you may own, friends, and definitely your A game...We will be playing some Loaded Questions and cards as well. Danielle's is behind Leo's Lodge on Jolly Road, and the best entrance is the one closest to the plaza entrance, and to keep to the right. Please contact my cell if you have difficulty finding the place.

Debate versus Redford Jaycees
06/16/2012
Come watch or participate in a debate!

Lansing Jaycees Softball Team
06/18/2012
If you're interested in playing softball, or just rooting the Chapter's team on, this is the perfect opportunity! Please see below for the team's schedule.

Volunteer at Old Town's Festival of the Moon
06/22/2012
Old Town's 7th annual Festival of the Moon (June 22nd from 6-11pm) celebrates one of the shortest nights of the year with delicious food, great music from national bands and the best handcrafted beers supplied by Bell’s Brewery. This is an opportunity to volunteer as a group with the Jaycees on Friday, June 22, for their 5:30-8:15pm shift. Since the festival keeps going for a few more hours afterward, you can then stick around and enjoy it at a discounted rate. The festivals are one of the Old Town Commercial Association's biggest fundraising events for the year. As a volunteer you'll receive a t-shirt and discounted prices on tickets. Please RSVP to this e-mail and sign-up on the festival's volunteer spot site: http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/902345633820580054

Behind the Scenes with the Lansing Lugnuts!
06/23/2012
Take a free tour of Cooley Stadium then watch a Lansing Lugnuts game*. We'll get to see the suites, press box, home plate, locker rooms and meet Jesse, the voice of the Lugnuts! Wow! Families with children are welcome! *Tickets must be prepaid, $9. If you want to sit with the group Dan must receive money by June 10th.

GLFF Beer and Wine Tent Committee
06/24/2012
Join as a we plan the Lansing Jaycees beer and wine tent at the Great Lakes Folk Festival. The festival takes place August 10-12. We have done the tent for the past two years. There will be a few changes this year so we appreciate your ideas!

Board of Directors Meeting
06/25/2012
The Board meeting is open to members that would like to learn more about the Board or present material for Board consideration.

Lansing Jaycees Softball Team
06/25/2012
If you're interested in playing softball, or just rooting the Chapter's team on, this is the perfect opportunity! Please see below for the team's schedule.

Lansing Jaycees Softball Team
07/02/2012
If you're interested in playing softball, or just rooting the Chapter's team on, this is the perfect opportunity! Please see below for the team's schedule.

Lansing Jaycees Softball Team
07/09/2012
If you're interested in playing softball, or just rooting the Chapter's team on, this is the perfect opportunity! Please see below for the team's schedule.

July General Membership Meeting
07/10/2012
Our General Membership Meetings (GMM) are usually the first Tuesday of each month, except July and November at Trippers in Frandor. For July, we are doing a potluck social at Delta Mills Park. We will be playing Jaycee Jeopardy and other games. We ask people bring a dish to pass, their own alcohol or non alcohol beverage of choice, and their business cards. The meeting is open to all members and anyone interested in learning about the Lansing Jaycees. I hope to see you there!

New Member Orientation
07/12/2012
New Member Orientation (NMO) is a great way to learn more about the Jaycees in general and the Lansing Chapter in particular. Information about how the Jaycees started, the history of the Jaycees, and more recent activities are shared with those who may or may not be a member, and who would like to learn more about the group. All of those who have not attended a New Member Orientation should check out what information about the Jaycees you have been missing! Invite friends, co-workers, family, and significant others to join! Anyone who joins at this meeting will save $5!

Double Header Happy Hour
07/13/2012
Each month the Jaycees get together for a Happy Hour. For July, we will be getting together on Friday the 13th to the Double Header AKA Jo's Diner and also learn what is so "haunted" about Bath, MI.

Remembering President Ford
07/14/2012
Gerald R. Ford is the only president from the state of Michigan. Join us as we travel to the Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids to learn more about the man and his legacy.

Lansing Jaycees Softball Team
07/16/2012
If you're interested in playing softball, or just rooting the Chapter's team on, this is the perfect opportunity! Please see below for the team's schedule.

Annual Camping Trip
07/19/2012- 07/22/2012
We will again have our annual camping trip this year! We will be camping at Putman Lake Campground in Baldwin, MI. All Lansing Jaycees and guests are welcome. RSVP's are needed by May 15. All payments are due by June 15, details regarding payment will be sent in a separate e-mail to those who RSVP yes or maybe. Exact cost is not yet known but will likely be between $28 and $35 for 3 nights.

Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Color Run
07/22/2012
The first ever Color Run in Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti has more than 15,000 registered runners and the local Jaycee chapter could use help in the form of volunteers.

Texas Hold'em
07/23/2012- 07/25/2012
Come on out and help us raise funds for the chapter!

FREE Wine Tasting Meet & Mingle
07/26/2012
This is an event for all of the wine connoisseurs! Two hours of free wine tasting with a variety of cheese and breads to pare with the wines. This is a great event to bring friends, a significant other, and colleagues to. Expect great conversation, memories, fun and of course learning a thing or two about wine!

Board of Directors Meeting
07/30/2012
The Board meeting is open to members that would like to learn more about the Board or present material for Board consideration. *Please note the temporary location change*

Debate!

This Saturday, the Lansing Jaycees will go head-to-head against the Redford Jaycees in a good old fashioned debate. (Psst ... you'll also be able to see Joe Kelly sport his Relay challenge payoff beard!)

Come to watch or participate in a friendly debate.  The topic for debate is "Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its transportation infrastructure investment in the United States."   We will flip a coin to determine sides for the debate.  Each debate is expected to last roughly 1 hour and will be adjudicated by an experienced three-judge panel.

Michelle Kesling of Redford has 16 years of experience in debate and has graciously offered to do a presentation on how to debate before the debate itself.  Topics to be covered include: the best questions to ask your opponents, how to flip an opponent's position to one in your favor.  Attending the presentation on how to debate will count towards the WorldLink Communications Michigan Jaycee Conflict Resolution Training Certificate.

The event will be held on the third floor of the Capital Area District Library's downtown location this Saturday. See the calendar to the left for more details.

Please let Individual Development Vice President Joe Kelly (joewkelly@gmail.com) know if you can make it and if you plan to join the group for lunch.

Want to have your dues sponsored for a year?

Membership Vice President Danielle Wellington has announced a Membership Challenge with some pretty exciting payoffs!

Between now and the August General Membership Meeting (GMM), the Lansing Jaycee to recruit the most members (minmum of three recruits) will have their membership dues sponsored for one year. That's a $65 value!

For each real prospect (an individual who signs up on the Chapter’s prospect list) you bring out to a qualifying event, your name will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card. So, for each prospect you bring out, you improve your odds of winning.

Lastly, but not least, the individual who brings out the most prospects will get to throw a pie in the face of Danielle, President Lauren Leeds, or any other willing member of the Lansing Jaycees Board of Directors.

The upcoming qualifying events are:

  • Junior Chamber 101 (New Member Orientation): Thursday, July 12 at Olga’s in Frandor;
  • Meet & Mingle: Free wine tasting at Cork & Bottle Winery on Thursday, July 26;
  • Monthly Happy Hour: Friday, July 13 at Double Header in Bath;
  • Potluck Social: at Delta Mills’ Park on Tuesday, July 10;
  • August GMM: at Tripper’s in Frandor on Tuesday, Aug. 7; and
  • Membership Picnic: at Hawk Island on Friday, Aug. 17.

So, introduce the Lansing Jaycees to people in your life who think could benefit from being a member, or could benefit the Chapter through having them as a member.

Texas Hold 'em

Next month the Lansing Jaycees will be conducting Texas Hold 'em shifts at Tripper's in Frandor on July 23, 24 and 25 to help raise money for the chapter.

Shifts are as follows: 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; 4:30 to 9:30 p.m.; and 9:30 p.m. to 2:15 a.m.

If you can lend a hand by taking a shift, you can sign up here: VolunteerSpot Sign-up.

The money we raise in fundraising events such as Texas Hold `em is put to good use to help run projects we run throughout the year, including: the annual Easter Egg Hunt on the Capitol lawn; the chapter's softball team; our sponsorship of Poetry in the City; and so on.

Please help out if you can!

2012 Juice - Lansing Jaycees Juice for the week of 6/13/2012

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