Lansing Jaycees Juice for the week of 5/2/2012

Lansing Jaycees

New this year, the Michigan Jaycees will recognize one outstanding project as the winner of the "People's Choice Award."

Each chapter president had the option to submit one project for consideration. A panel of judges considered the submissions and narrorwed the field down to 10 projects -- including the Lansing Jaycees' submission for the "Pet Photos With the Easter Bunny" event.

Please take a few minutes to visit the www.mijaycees.org to vote for the Lansing Jaycees as the innaugural People's Choice award winner.

Voting for the People's Choice Award closes this Thursday, May 3. Any member of the Michigan Jaycees can vote, but each person can only cast one vote. Please make your voice heard!

The winner of the award will be announced at the Michigan Jaycees Spring Assembly at Boyne Mountain this coming weekend. Stay tuned for details!

 

Has your life been touched by cancer? Whether you yourself have faced this diagnosis, or a loved one, you can take action to fight back against this terrible disease by helping raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Again this year, the Lansing Jaycees have formed a Lansing Relay For Life team and are looking for willing team members. If you're interested in signing up to help fundraise, you can join the Chapter's team by following this hyperlink.

If you don't have time to join the team and help fundraise, you can always choose a team member to support here: http://goo.gl/rYUqc, or you can make a general team donation.

We are also selling luminarias, which are available for a $10 donation. This is a great way to honor/remember a friend or loved one who has fought, is fighting cancer. Your donation gets you a white paper bag you can decorate and put on display at the Lansing Relay For Life event, which is taking place this year June 8 through June 9 at Lansing Catholic Central High School.

Hungry and want to help fight cancer? Well, mark your calendars for Monday, May 14 when the Chapter's Relay For Life team will hold a fundraiser at bd's Mongolian Grill in Okemos. Bring in this flyer and our team will receive 15 percent of all sales from the event. *Note* You must have the flyer for your patronage to benefit the team.

Lastly, share your story with your fellow Jaycees. Maybe you saw Lansing Jaycees Secretary Abby Siegel's "Why I Relay" piece in the April newsletter. We'd love to hear from all of you about why you choose to help out with event. Anyone can write and submit an article for our newsletter. Pieces for the May newsletter are due this Friday, May 4. Please submit them to Abby via queenpetunia@hotmail.com

 

A sure sign of spring is that it is softball season!

The Lansing Jaycees chapter has again sponsored a softball team and we'd love to have more members join our roster.

Interested members can contact Coach Melissa Horste via email at: melissa.emily.horste@gmail.com to find out more information, or hopefully, join the team.

Even if you're not interested in playing, we welcome spectators/cheerleaders.

The season schedule is as follows:

May 7: 6:15 p.m.
May 14: 7:15 p.m.
June 4: 6:15 p.m.
June 11: 6:05 p.m.
June 18: 6:05 p.m.
June 25: 6:05 p.m.
July 2: 7:05 p.m. & 8:05 p.m. -- Double Header!
July 9: To Be Announced
July 16: TBA

 

The Greater Lansing Food Bank has asked the Lansing Jaycees to help staff one of its largest fundraisers of the year: the Empty Plate dinner.

Guests attending the event enjoy a casual strolling dinner with amazing food and drinks from the area's top restaurants and caterers, a commemorative 'empty plate' painted by children at local elementary schools, and unique live and silent auction options, including sports and vacation packages. All proceeds from the event benefit the Greater Lansing Food Bank, whose mission is to stop hunger in the Greater Lansing area.

The food bank is primarily in need of help with the greeting/bidder paddle registration and with the silent auction/live auction portions of the event. Depending on your task assigned, you’ll be given an orientation and run-through for that role. You'll also have an opportunity to sample the food!

If you can spare the time in your schedule, please help support the Greater Lansing Food Bank's Empty Plate Dinner as a volunteer.

 

 

2012 MIJC Spring Assembly - Boyne Mtn
05/04/2012- 05/06/2012
Boyne Convention has been a favorite of Lansing Jaycees for years. Our Spring Assembly has it all! The Michigan Jaycees Spring Assembly is a weekend full of training, networking, recognition and fun! Join us as we celebrate the successes of first trimester 2012.

Debate Committee Meeting
05/06/2012
Are you at all interested in debate? The Jaycees have a debate competition at conventions. In between conventions, the Lansing chapter has challenged Redford to a debate. Several details need to be worked out. This will also serve as a time to talk about a variety of debate-related activities.

United Nations Millennium Development Goals cmte.
05/07/2012
In September of 2000 the United Nations developed a series of millennium development goals (MDGs) to create a better quality of life for everyone. Dan Harris, Management Vice President, learned about this at the last US Jaycees Leadership Academy and wanted to utilize some of these goals locally in future projects. Then hopefully share the results with the US Jaycees, JCI, and the United Nations (and any of its commissions that benefited). Here is our opportunity to meet-up and discuss the eight MDGs, develop a set of guidelines for measuring and determining the impact project contribute towards a MDG, and brainstorm project ideas.

Lansing Jaycees Softball Team
05/07/2012
05/14/2012
06/04/2012
06/11/2012
06/18/2012
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.

Behind the Scenes with Cravings Popcorn
05/08/2012
Go behind the scenes and learn the secret behind why Cravings Popcorn is a regional favorite! Chad, owner of Cravings Popcorn, will give the Lansing Jaycees and its guests an exclusive tour of Cravings Popcorn. Cravings Popcorn is located in historic old town. You will learn what it is like running a popcorn novelty business. Come by and explore some of their unique flavors!

Public Relations Committee
05/09/2012
Join us as we discuss the public relations needed for the chapter. This includes reviewing social media, calendars, press releases and other tools that we use to spread the word about our chapter.

Volunteer at the Lansing Food Bank's "Empty Plate" dinner
05/10/2012
This is a volunteer opportunity to help with the Lansing Food Bank's "Empty Plate" dinner. They primarily need help with the greeting/bidder paddle registration and with the silent auction/live auction portions of the event. Depending on your task assigned, you’ll be given an orientation and run-through for that role. You'll also have an opportunity to sample the food! The Empty Plate Dinner is one of the largest annual fundraisers in the Greater Lansing community. Guests enjoy a casual strolling dinner with amazing food and drinks from the area's top restaurants and caterers, a commemorative 'empty plate' painted by children at local elementary schools, and unique live and silent auction options, including sports and vacation packages. All proceeds from the event benefit the Greater Lansing Food Bank, whose mission is to stop hunger in the Greater Lansing area.

DeWitt Take a Breath for PH and Get Moving for MS
05/12/2012
Volunteers are needed for the DeWitt Half Marathon/10k/5k/and Kids Dash, being held on May 12, 2012, to benefit the Pulmonary Hypertension Association and National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This event is in honor of MacKenzie Grubich, who passed away from Pulmonary Hypertension in 2009.

Relay for Life Mongolian BBQ Fundraiser
05/14/2012
Join us at Mongolian BBQ for a night of fundraising and food!

Learn Archery at the MSU Demmer Center
05/16/2012
Has the Hunger Games got you interested in learning more? Are you secretly wishing you were more like Robin Hood? Well, here is your chance. On Wednesday, May 16th, the Lansing Jaycees have an opportunity to learn archery at the MSU Demmer Center (http://demmercenter.msu.edu/). From 6pm - close (8pm) - for $16 per person, you will learn instruction, safety information, the use of equipment and the use of any course at the center. Event is limited to the first 20 people. The MSU Demmer Center is on 4830 East Jolly Rd. Lansing MI 48910 - East of College Rd. If you are using GPS - use the following address: 4141 E. Jolly Rd Lansing, MI 48910

Create a Video for Website commitee
05/17/2012
Work with Daniel Harris on developing a video for the Lansing Jaycees website. Help with brainstorming ideas, deciding on a core message, building a storyboard, contacting and interviewing people, and more.

World Expo of Beer -- Frankenmuth
05/18/2012- 05/19/2012
Registration is open! This is a Frankenmuth Jaycees event. :) You must register at the following link to volunteer. http://www.worldexpoofbeer.com/expo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=59 The Frankenmuth Jaycees have scheduled the World Expo of Beer (WEB) for Friday, May 18 and Saturday, May 19. Sign-up for volunteer shifts begins Saturday, Feb. 4. Interested volunteers please see rules & register online at: www.worldexpoofbeer.com. *NOTE* Saturday, May 19 is the same date as the East Lansing Art Festival, so if you're interested in both events, be aware.

East Lansing Art Festival - Face Painting
05/19/2012
Join us as we make the day for a few children at the East Lansing Art Festival. We will be face painting in the children's area (Beggar's Banquet parking lot, near Albert/Abbot). No experience necessary, design ideas are provided, and the kids are usually quite happy just to have a little paint on. Volunteers are needed on Saturday and Sunday.

East Lansing Art Festival - Face Painting
05/20/2012
Join us as we make the day for a few children at the East Lansing Art Festival. We will be face painting in the children's area (Beggar's Banquet parking lot, near Albert/Abbot). No experience necessary, design ideas are provided, and the kids are usually quite happy just to have a little paint on. Volunteers are needed on Saturday and Sunday.

Board of Directors Meeting
05/21/2012
The Board meeting is open to members that would like to learn more about the Board or present material for Board consideration.

Olga's Fundraiser
06/02/2012
For one day, June 2, Olgas will be donating to the Lansing Jaycees. Bring in the coupon and a portion of your bill will come to the chapter. The amount donated increases as our total does, so come hungry!

General Membership Meeting
06/05/2012
Our General Membership meetings occur the first Tuesday of each month (except July) at Trippers in Frandor starting at 7 PM with a social hour starting at 6 PM. The meeting is open to all members and anyone interested in learning about the Lansing Jaycees. I hope to see you there!

Lansing Jaycees Team at Relay for Life
06/08/2012- 06/09/2012
Our chapter is once again participating in the American Cancer Society's 24-hour walk-a-thon. Please join us for some or all of this great event!

Lansing Jaycees Softball Team
06/11/2012
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.

GYFO: Parisian Pancakes
06/11/2012
Join the Lansing Jaycees as we expand our culinary horizons by eating crêpes at American Crêpes in East Lansing.

Debate versus Redford Jaycees
06/19/2012
Come to watch or participate in a debate. The topic for debate is ____ and Lansing will be on the ____ side of the debate.

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.