It’s hard to believe that spring has already arrived and the Jaycees are kicking it into high gear with the DSA awards banquet, Durham Bull’s concessions and book club.

Tuesday, April 10th, we will be hosting the Distinguished Service Awards Banquet at the Thomas Center.  Join us for this special evening honoring members of the Durham community for their service.  In addition to presenting the awards, John Schelp will be speaking about Durham and his experiences being a leader in the community. We ask that you please RSVP by noon on April 6th, if you plan to attend this meeting so that we can provide a head count to the Thomas Center.

Fellow Jaycees,

Warmer weather seems to be heading our way and as such we are about to begin our busy season with the DSA awards, Doughman, Bulls Concessions,  and the Duck Race fundraiser just around the corner. 

Thursday, March 8 several of us will be volunteering at Urban Ministries Empty Bowl fundraiser.  They don’t need any more volunteers, but it should be a really fun charity event. If you are free, you should consider coming out to support them at the main event or at the after party.  The Empty Bowl Fundraiser is from 5:30 to 8pm at the Durham Armory and you can purchase Soup for $15 or soup and a bowl for $30.  The after party begins at 8p at Full Steam Brewery and includes a food truck round-up.  A portion of the food truck sales will be going to Urban Ministry’s, as well.  To learn more about this event please visit Urban Ministries of Durham’s website: http://www.umdurham.org/

Fellow Jaycees,

January has just flown by and as we get more into the year the opportunities to get involved are just popping up left and right.  We wanted to give you plenty of opportunity to mark your calendars for some upcoming Jaycee events both social and community oriented.

Saturday, February 11th join us at 1pm for a tour of Triangle Brewery.  Come socialize with your fellow Jaycees and enjoy free beer tasting.

Wednesday, February 22nd from 6-8pm we will be volunteering at Welcome Baby located at 721 Foster Street.  We will be sorting and hanging up baby clothes for their Giving Closet that provides free children’s clothes for families in need with children ages birth to 5yrs old.

Fellow Jaycees,

Happy New Years!  I hope that everyone has had a wonderful beginning to the year.  I have some important updates about the format for this year’s Jaycee meetings.  The board has decided to reduce our membership dues for renewing members from $225 down to $150 this year both to make our organization more financially stable and in the hopes of recruiting more members.  As a result of the cost reduction we will be meeting in two different locations.

2nd Tuesday of the month will remain at the Thomas Center for a more formal dinner meeting with a community speaker.

4th Tuesday of the month we will be moving to the Durham Main library located at 300 N. Roxboro Street, Durham NC 27701.  We will be holding our membership meetings at the library and then heading out to a restaurant in downtown for dinner and drinks.  The board hopes that this will give us all the opportunity to discover a bit more about Durham’s constantly changing downtown. For directions to the library please check out: http://www.durhamcountylibrary.org/locations/main_directions.php.