About the Jaycees
The United States Junior Chamber
(Jaycees) gives young people between the ages of 18 and 40 the
tools they need to build the bridges of success for themselves
in the areas of business development, management skills, individual
training, community
service, and international connections. The U.S. Junior Chamber
is a non-profit corporation/organization as described under IRS
code 501 (c)(4).
Established in 1920 to provide opportunities for young men to
develop personal and leadership skills through service to
others, the Jaycees later expanded to include women, reflecting
the growing influence and leadership of women in America.
For the past 83 years, Jaycees have been a force for good in
America and around the world. Jaycees helped establish AirMail
services in America with Jaycee Charles Lindbergh, and have
raised millions of dollars for causes such as the Muscular
Dystrophy Association and the March of Dimes. They have built
parks, playgrounds, hospitals, ball fields, and housing for the
elderly while conducting service and support programs in
thousands of communities nationwide.
Jaycees can be found in all walks of life: governmental leaders
such as past Presidents Bill Clinton and Gerald Ford, business
tycoons such as Domino’s Pizza mogul Tom Monaghan, registered
nurse and former Miss America Kaye Lani Rae Rafko-Wilson, sports
heroes like basketball great Larry Bird – name the field and
Jaycees can be found at the forefront.
With the focus of the nation on volunteerism, from the smallest
towns to the largest cities, the Jaycees are enlarging areas of
opportunity for young people.
The Jaycee Creed
The Jaycee Creed is a statement of the
hopes and beliefs that every Jaycee member strives to achieve
for themselves, their local chapter, their community and their
country. There are Jaycees in almost every state of the
U.S. and in numerous nations across the globe. The creed
is recited by members at local, state, national and
international meetings, typically at the conclusions, and reads
as follows:
We Believe...
That faith in God gives meaning and purpose to human life;
That the brotherhood of Man transcends the sovereignty of
nations;
That economic justice can best be won, by free men, through free
enterprise;
That government should be of laws, rather than of men;
That Earth's great treasure lies in human personality;
And that service to humanity is the BEST WORK OF LIFE!!!
Past Presidents of the Superior Chapter
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Year |
Jaycees |
Jaycettes |
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2007 |
Jeff Dupont |
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2006 |
Jeremy Egnash |
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2005 |
Jason Ohman |
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2004 |
Kristin Watson |
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2003 |
Steve Olson |
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2002 |
Kelly Thimm |
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2001 |
Jenna Whitney |
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1999-00 |
Mike Welch |
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1998-99 |
Sandy Peterson |
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1997-98 |
Bob McClellan |
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1996-97 |
Tim Wigchers |
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1995-96 |
Dan Blank |
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1994-95 |
Dawn Connor |
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1993-94 |
Suzanne Blank |
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1992-93 |
Reed Whitney |
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1991-92 |
Tom Connor |
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1990-91 |
Anna Mahan |
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1989-90 |
Susan Anderson |
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1988-89 |
Michael Murray |
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1987-88 |
Kevin Kadrmas |
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1986-87 |
Blair Mahan |
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1985-86 |
Bill Heytens |
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1984-85 |
Tim Sauter |
Kim Erickson |
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1983-84 |
Sid Hartman |
Joanne Peterson |
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1982-83 |
Frank Dumonsau,
Jr. |
Jane Dickenson |
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1981-82 |
Harold Grossman |
Sally Heytens |
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1980-81 |
Rick Rockwood |
Anne Grossman |
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1979-80 |
Steve Matushak |
Joyce Wolff |
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1978-79 |
Gary Isherwood |
Gwen Theien |
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1977-78 |
Micke Lucci |
Salli Gotelaere |
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1976-77 |
Peter Moran |
Mavis Moran |
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1975-76 |
Bruce Lurye |
Brenny Stroozas |
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1974-75 |
John Hendricks |
Jan Kappes |
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1973-74 |
Karl Heinz Linde |
Rita Stalvig |
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1972-73 |
Chuck Calloway |
Carol Calloway |
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1971-72 |
Charles Larson |
Eileen McDonald |
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1970-71 |
Joe Till III |
Judy Mader |
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1969-70 |
Bill Brunette |
Eileen
McDonald/Carol Larson |
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1968-69 |
William Kelly |
Marg McKay |
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1967-68 |
James McKay |
Marianne Kelly |
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1966-67 |
Bernie Fredrickson |
Nancy Dobberman |
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1965-66 |
Eugene McGillis |
Audrey Murphy |
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1964-65 |
Lowell Mattson |
Eleanor Holden |
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1963-64 |
Lyman Powell III |
Barb Mattson |
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1962-63 |
William Downs |
Marge O'Keefe |
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1961-62 |
William Masters |
Dorothy Tuverson |
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1960-61 |
Richard Nelson |
Betty Merril |
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1959-60 |
George O'Keefe |
Millie Score |
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1958-59 |
Wally Score |
Joyce Campbell |
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1957-58 |
James Sauter |
Pat Podvin |
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1956-57 |
Charles Podvin |
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1955-56 |
Bernie Arseneau |
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1954-55 |
Robert Downs |
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1953-54 |
Edward Girzi |
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