Lansing Jaycees Juice for the week of 7/31/12

Lansing Jaycees

Monster Mayhem Design & Construction Committee Meeting
08/01/2012
The time has come... Vamp your excitement and release your creative mind!!! We are pleased to announce our first Monster Mayhem Haunted House Design & Construction committee meeting!

Lansing Triathlon & Duathlon - VOLUNTEERS
08/05/2012
The Lansing Triathlon and Duathlon needs our help! Please considering volunteering - the chapter receives funds if we provide a certain number of volunteers!

General Membership Meeting
08/07/2012
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!

Great Lakes Folk Festival Beer and Wine Tent
08/10/2012- 08/12/2012
The Great Lakes Folk Festival is coming up, and we will be running the beer tent for this festival again! We will have a selection of great beers from the Great Lakes Region on tap, and we need volunteers to get the beer to the thirsty masses.

Monster Mayhem - Haunted House core committee meeting
08/13/2012
Monster Mayhem is back! This is a core committee meeting for the 2012 Mayhem haunted house. We'll be discussing all topics from the five sub-committees: Design/Construction, Operations/Back-Of-House, Volunteers & Staffing, Treasurer/Front-Of-House, and PR & Sponsorships.

Government in Action: Michigan Senate
08/15/2012
The Michigan Senate will be in session on Wednesday, Aug. 15 starting at noon. Join us as we watch the state Legislature in action!

Membership Picnic
08/17/2012
Picnic time with the Jaycees! Bring your family, friends, and others out to Hawk Island Park for some yard games and fun! Bring your own picnic and non alcohol or alcohol refreshments. There are picnic tables, but you are welcome to bring a blanket or your own seats if preferred. We will be at the furthest part of the park, so park at the far back and there is an open picnic area.

Delta County Jaycees Duck Races
08/24/2012- 08/26/2012
Join us as we visit the Delta County Jaycees' biggest fundraiser of the year in Escanaba!

Board of Directors Meeting
08/27/2012
The Board meeting is open to members that would like to learn more about the Board or present material for Board consideration.

Texas Hold'em - August
08/27/2012- 08/29/2012
We need your help! Come on out, volunteer, and help us raise funds for the chapter! The money we raise in fundraising events such as Texas Hold'em is put to good use in the individual development, membership, and community events you know and love. Please use the following link to complete your sign-up: Volunteer Spot

Get Your Phở On: Asia's Finest Food
08/30/2012
Come eat Pho with us!

A Beggar's Happy Hour
09/02/2012
Past Lansing Jaycee Arya Amirahmadi will be back in town. Meet up with him and your Jaycee friends for a drink and dinner!

*Rescheduled* Remembering President Ford
09/03/2012
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.

General Membership Meeting
09/04/2012
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!

Monster Mayhem - Haunted House core committee meeting
09/10/2012
Monster Mayhem is back! This is a core committee meeting for the 2012 Mayhem haunted house. We'll be discussing all topics from the five sub-committees: Design/Construction, Operations/Back-Of-House, Volunteers & Staffing, Treasurer/Front-Of-House, and PR & Sponsorships.

Star Gazing
09/22/2012
Do you like stars? Do you like looking at stars? Join us as Kalamazoo Jaycee Shawn Brueshaber walks us through "celestial sightings" with a telescope.

Board of Directors Meeting (tentative)
09/24/2012
The Board meeting is open to members that would like to learn more about the Board or present material for Board consideration.

Texas Hold'em
09/24/2012- 09/26/2012

2012 Fall Assembly - Romulus, MI
09/28/2012- 09/30/2012
The Michigan Jaycees Fall Assembly is a weekend full of training, networking, recognition and fun, featuring a revamped format based on feedback we've received from YOU, our members! Join us as we celebrate the success we've achieved during the Second Trimester as we Write Our Future.

Once again this year the Lansing Jaycees are running the beer tent at the Great Lakes Folk Festival and we need your help!

We will have a selection of great beers from the Great Lakes Region on tap, and we need volunteers to get the beer to the thirsty masses.

There are three basic positions we need filled for each shift, pourers, door workers, and ticket sellers.

Please follow the link below to sign up. Most shifts are about three hours long, plus a brief training session that will take place 15 minutes prior to the start of each shift. So, please remember to show up 15 minutes before your shift starts.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact either Charlie Root or Angela Fossi - via email at croot80@gmail.com or kitispart@gmail.com respectively.

Copy and paste this to your browser's address bar to sign up:
http://www.volunteerspot.com/login/entry/972345634360192052

The Lansing Triathlon and Duathlon need volunteers to help ensure their event goes off without a hitch this coming weekend. They have asked the Lansing Jaycees to help by volunteering and in return they will pay the Chapter for the volunteers we supply.

The Lansing Triathlon and Duathlon is being held this coming Sunday, Aug. 5th. There are two shifts for volunteers: 5:40 a.m. to noon or 6:40 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until all teardown is complete).

Support crew positions include: registration, body marking, passing out water and electrolyte replacement drink on the course, athlete direction throughout the courses, crowd control, food tent, finish line assistance, teardown and packing of equipment and cleanup. (You may be assigned to any and all of these during your shift).

We need a minimum of 10 volunteers to receive $250 for the chapter. If we reach 16-20 volunteers, we will receive $350.

Please consider signing up and indicate your shift on the evite - let's show this group our support!

Contact Angela Clock via email at: fallingstar924@hotmail.com if you can spare a few hours to support the Chapter.

It's really starting to look like the stars are aligning for the Lansing Jaycees to conduct a haunted house in 2012! We'll need all hands on deck for this event. 

This event is a HUGE understaking and we will need countless volunteers (both Jaycees and non-Jaycees) leading up to and throughout the duration of the project.

Committee meetings to help plan for the event begin Wednesday, Aug. 1 with the "Monster Mayhem Design & Construction Committee Meeting."

Keep your eyes peeled for other upcoming committee opportunities -- Operations/Back-Of-House, Volunteers & Staffing, Treasurer/Front-Of-House, and PR & Sponsorships.

Want to help, but not sure which committee to sign up for? Feel free to contact Eric Richmond, who is chairing this year's haunted house, via email at: edr@thelastbyte.com.

We hope you're all as excited about bringing "Monster Mayhem" back in 2012 as Eric is!

In the United States of America you have the relatively unique privilege of being able to watch your government in action.

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the Michigan Senate? Join members of the Lansing Jaycees on Wednesday, Aug. 15 as we fill the "Peanut Gallery" to observe our state lawmakers at work.

We will meet in front of the Capitol building at 11:45 a.m. (session that day is scheduled to start at noon) and head up to watch the action.

If you've never seen the state goverment at work, this is the perfect opportunity to take your lunch hour to see what happens in your state Capitol.

Contact Michael P. Leeds via email at: mp_leeds@yahoo.com if you are interested in attending, or if you have any questions about the event.

Lauren Leeds

Due to a few scheduling conflicts, the previously planned trip to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum was postponed.

I am now happy to report that the trip has been rescheduled for Labor Day, which is Monday, Sept. 3 this year.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the only president to hail from the Great Lakes State.

Admission to the museum is only $7 for adults, $5 for college students with ID, $3 for youth ages 6-18, and free for children under the age of 5. Free parking is available.

To help offset the costs of attending this event, we will be carpooling.

If you are interested in attending, please contact me via email at: lleeds823@gmail.com.

The Chapter will be conducting its second Texas Hold'em fundraiser at the end of August.

The money we raise in for the Chapter is put to good use in the individual development, membership, and community events you know and love. Please use the following link to complete your sign-up: Volunteer Spot

Texas Hold'em is a relatively easy event to work. In fact, all you need to be able to do is handle chips, money, and count. Trippers offers free non-alcoholic drinks and 10 percent off food during your shift. If you have never done this before, no problem! We will match you up a friendly and experienced volunteer to work with you.

Last year the Lansing Jaycees received more than $27 per person per hour worked from Texas Hold'em. This year we hope to raise more than $11,000 combined from our four Texas Hold'em events. This money is directly used in nearly all projects the Lansing Jaycees participate in, from the Easter Egg Hunt and convention reimbursements to a significant portion of the softball team's expenses.

Dan Harris is also seeking a chair for this event. Chapter fundraisers show employers you have the skills not only to manage a project and handle the challenges, but to raise money as well.

Please contact Dan via email at: dan@dnharris.com if you'd like to chair the event, or volunteer.