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About
the Wyandotte Jaycees
The Wyandotte Jaycees are a
community service organization focused on leadership training
developed in a fun environment. We offer you the opportunity to
develop your leadership skills while serving the community. You
are invited to participate in monthly projects which focus on
community service but also include other diverse areas such as
personal skill development, fund-raising and socials. Project
participation can range from helping with the project, to
involvement in the planning of the project to running the project. This allows you to learn how to run events and learn how to be a
leader in your community.
Above all else, the Wyandotte
Jaycees try to focus on making fun an important element of
leadership training through community service. We run several many
projects annually including the Bishop Park Easter Egg Hunt, the
Senior Citizen Spaghetti Dinner and Card Party, Ghost Stories in a
Log Cabin, Children's Halloween Party, Family Pizza Social,
Haunted House, Thanksgiving Foodbaskets for the Needy,
Adopt-A-Family, Guest Bartender Fundraiser for PAWS with a Cause®
and Community Tree Planting.
A
Brief Chapter History
We become a chartered chapter in
April 1976 with Tom Randazzo as the charter president. Some of our
first year projects included the Easter Egg Hunt, the Haunted
House and Santa's Mailbox. These projects have continued to this
day and have helped make us such an important part of our
community.
The Wyandotte Jaycees went on to
become the best first-year chapter in the Michigan Jaycees and in
the following year, the best chapter in our division (we were
edged out as best overall chapter by the Waterford Jaycees in a
very close race). In 1997, the chapter was honored as the
Geissenbier chapter (best chapter in its division) for excellence
in programming.
Through the years, we have
remained the strong and viable chapter that we are today. We are
well known for our annual award-winning Haunted House and provide
many touchstone community projects such as the Senior Citizen’s
Spaghetti Dinner, Adopt-A-Family, Thanksgiving Food baskets,
Community Tree Planting and Children’s Halloween Party. We have
assisted the Wyandotte city government throughout the years by
donating money to help them purchase computers, Patrol Bikes and a
911 System for the Police Department, Equipment for the Fire
Department and Picnic Tables for the recreation department.
As the new century unfolds in the
city of Wyandotte, the Wyandotte Jaycees are committed to continue
providing assistance to the city of Wyandotte, its residents, and
the surrounding community. We are also committed to continuing to
help train the future leaders of our community.
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