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Celebrate the second trimester September 10th - 12th, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Select Naperville Hotel & Conference Center. The Fall General Assmebly is hosted by the Bollingbrook Jaycees and is being held in Naperville, Illinois. Download the registration today!

We are offering all types of Jaycee and non Jaycee training and workshops as well as many fun activities and socials. We will also host Jaycee competitions of Speak Up, Writeup, Portfolio, Debate and Jeopardy on both Friday and Saturday. Download the agenda.

We are also having a few dynamic keynote speakers to help celebrate 90 years of the US Jaycees and all that we have accomplished so far.

The GA committee has negotiated a BYOB mixer on Friday evening. The US Jaycees are coming to join us for the fun at the Saturday evening mixer so lets show them how Illinois is Bringing on the 'Nois.Chris Fox aka "DJ Big Daddy" will be providing the music at the socials. In addition, there will also be a rock band competition so get your band together.

There is still time to register and reserve a room for the weekend. It is going to be a great time all weekend so please choose to stay at the hotel. And there is a special offer, if you reserve a room with your registration, the $10 late fee will be waived. Please send in your registration this week.

A "Stockings for Soldiers" collection drive will be held during the GA. Bring your donations to the GA to show the troops how much they are appreciated by the Illinois Jaycees! A "fabulous prize" will be awarded to the chapter collecting the most donations. Please see the list below for suggested donation items. Any questions about Stocking for Soldiers please contact Illinois Jaycees Program Management VP, Gretchen Bernardini.

Did you know that in order to Blue Chip your chapter has to have had a minimum of 4 individual Jaycee competitions? The competition categories that meet eligibility requirements are as follows: Durward Howes (Speak-Up), Write-Up, Brownfield, Armbruster, Mungenast Family of the Year, John W. Clark Jaycee Jeopardy, Jaycee Debate and Masters Speak-Up.

If you or any of your members are interested in getting involved in the above competitions or would at least like to learn more about them please feel free to contact me. You can register online or submit the form in the documents library.

The 2010 Fall G.A. Speak-Up Topic is: "If it is to be, it is up to me."  The Master's Speak Topic is: "Perseverance".

I wish all members well wishes in these competitions and please keep in mind that if you wish to seek some one-on-one training to help prepare you and/or your competitor(s) please feel free to contact the Ambassadors throughout the State as the Ambassador program is here to help you with just that.

We are having the 19th Annual Olsen Golf outing to support the Illinois Jaycees Charitable Foundation Scholarship program on Friday, September 10th. Tee times start at 11am. The cost will be $70 which includes green fees, cart and food afterwards back at the hotel. We are also looking for hole sponsorships and/or individual sponsorship (please call).

The deadline to get the golf registrations forms to me is Friday, September 3rd. Download the registration form and the hole sponsorship form from the documents library.

If there are any questions please let me know.

Tony Symoniak
Illinois Jaycees Charitable Foundation