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Joycees Plan For Joycee Programming Service Award Banquet In January The McHenry Area Jaycees each January honors one of the. city's most distinguished young) men as its outstanding young) man for the past year. The Distinguished Service award is presented to the man between 21 and 35 who gives the most meritorious service to his family, his church, his com­ munity, and his nation. The DSA banquet will be held Jan. 20 at McHenry Country club The awards ceremony recognizes and honors the winner's achievements and provides a stage for the honoree to challenge and in­ spire others. Young men in all fields of endeavor may be submitted by an individual, organization, association, or institution. Winners will be selected by a group of distinguished citizens. Rules governing nominations are: 1. Age Limit, 21-35 years. Not eligible if nominee becomes 36 before Jan. 1, 1971. 2. A nominee must be aU.S. (native born or naturalized) citizen, or must have applied for U.S. citizenship by Jan. 1, 1970; further, he must reside or work within the metropolitan area of McHenry. The Jaycees will also honor the Outstanding Young Educator. Last year's winner was Donald Blum of School District 156, and the Out­ s t a n d i n g C o m m u n i t y Organization was judged to be the Johnsburg Rescue squad. Nomination forms, one of which appears in this issue, should be mailed to DSA, McHenry Area Jaycees, 0.0. 163. All entries must be post­ marked not later than Jan. 9, 1972. For further information call Fred Franklin, DSA chairman, 385-9780. The DSA is the highest award the McHenry Area Jaycees annually presents. The local selection is entered into the U.S. Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Men in the hope that his achievements may be further recognized and honored. Among past TOYM winners are the late John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Dr. Tom Dooley, and Leonard Bern­ stein. t. The Key To Action Some are asked autographs, while others asked for fingerprints. for are Jaycee programming is the Jaycees Does that sound trite? Well, it's true. What Jaycees across America do in their individual chapters is the image those chapters will have. So, Jaycee programming does reflect what Jaycees stand for. The United States Jaycees, to sum up its programming emphasis quite bluntly, is interested in peopWTheir problems. Their needs. Their goals. Their betterment. This people-to-people involvement takes shape in many ways, and stems back to the founding of the organization 50 years ago in 1920. It manifests itself in the areas of health, safety, international involvement, governmental affairs, environmental improvement, human resource development, and recreation and sports. Jaycees recognize people, too, when they excel in various areas of human endeavor - with such programs as the Ten Outstanding Young Men of America, Outstanding Young Farmer, and the Physical Fitness Leadership Awards. Why do Jaycees involve themselves in so many areas? It's really quite simple. The Jayces are men 21 to 36, whose common goal is individual development through community service. They seek personal growth, and they seek it by involving themselves in projects applicable to situations in their own towns and cities. It might be a Drug Abuse project in Rockford, Illinois. It might be a Summer Job Fair for teenagers in Houston. It might be construction of a high-rise for low-income families in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It might be a Tot Lot in Cleveland, Ohio. It might be a slum and ghetto rebuilding project, such as Summerhill in Atlanta, or it might be last year's outstanding first year chapter, organizing the community to establish a rescue squad in McHenry, Illinois. Or it might be a collection of many projects over a period of time, such as in Layton, Utah, a city of 3,000 a few years ago, when, with a Jaycee chapter numbering only 22, the chapter was selected the outstanding one, regardless of size, in the nation. The Layton Jaycees, who received the Marks Award, did such things as clear land - physically - for a city park, put out a city directory, carry on a complete Youth Fitness program, conduct a Voice of Democracy program, put on a Youth Government Day, sponsor a Junior Citizens project, develop a fine arts program and even tear down old housing eyesores, by hand. That's Jaycee programming! To provide a bit of historical touch to Jaycee involvement, you have to look back to 1925-26 when the organization was only five years old. The U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce adopted their first national projects - Know America First, a program of education about our nation, and Fire Prevention. Since that time, our programming has run the gamut of interest, impact and involvement. Here is a chronological glimpse of Jaycee project emphasis over the years:' 1925-26 - Know America First and Fire Prevention, the first national projects. 1927 - Aviation, Reforestation, with Jaycee Charles Lindbergh making his famous solo flight of the Atlantic. 1928-29- Get Out the Vote, a national campaign which increased America's voting public that year by 33 percent. 1932-33 - President Herbert Hoover summond Jaycee President George H. Olmsted, later President of the In­ ternational Bank of Washington, to the White House and urged Olmsted to interest young men in the Republican Party. The 30- year-old Olmsted suggested forming Young Republican Clubs throughout America; the suggestion was followed to ultimate YR formation, Olmsted signing up four million into Young Republicans. Conservation was a big project, and a "Fifty Million Voter," get-out-the-vote project. 1934-35 - Americanism, top national program which was adopted with the rise of Communism. 1935-36 - Formation of National Wildlife Federation, a direct result of Jaycee conservation programming efforts. 1940 - The Jaycees became the first national organization and INCOME TAX SERVICE SINCE 1955 DAILY 9 to 9 385-4410 •Fast an.d efficient service •Year around assistance •Computerized Returns •Individually Verified We have been doing tax service work in this area for 16 years, with a full * , time staff, working year around to assist our clients. Paul A.Schwegel& Co. 4410 W. ROUTE 120 385-4410 McHENRY definitely the first young men's group to come out in favor of the draft principle which, coming at the Jaycee convention, in Washington, D.C., directly influenced positive Congressional action to form the draft. 1941-42 - First program manuals were provided local Jaycee chapters covering the various m-oject topics. 1945 - First Jaycee Youth and sports program started with the creation of Jaycee Junior Golf, later to help develop such stars as Al Geiberger, Jack Nicklaus, Doug Sanders, A1 Mengert, Phii Rodgers and Raymond Floyd. 1947-48 - Voice of Democracy. 1949-50 - Operation Library, in which the Jaycees backed the Library Services Act and contributed more to libraries across America than did the federal government. 1953-54 - Initial International Relations efforts adopted. 1954-55 - First Jaycee Junior Tennis national program and tournament, and first Outstanding Young Farmer national program. 1958-59 - Initial Community Development programs were adopted. 1959-60 - First Community Development national seminar, which has now developed into Operation Opportunity, a Freedom's Foundation award-winning program developed in 1968 to help the disadvantaged. 1961-62 - First Governmental Affairs Seminar in Washington, D C., now in its 10th year. 1962-63 - Safety, with emphasis on acquisition of a Uniform Vehicle Code. 1963-64 - Initial Mental Health - Mental Retardation program, into which the Jaycees have poured millions of man-hours since then. First Physical Fitness Leadership Award program held, honoring nation's top 12 fitness leaders. Created by the late Murray Snyder, former assistant Secretary of Defense and White House Assistant News Secretary under President Eisenhower. 1964-65 - First Outstanding Young Educator program, an awards program which lasted nationally three years. 1965-66 - First International Shooting Education programs still in existence. 1966-67 - Initial International Relations Ambassador program with Jaycees sending 10 men to Central and South America on good will missions. 1967-68 - Creation of Veterans Assistance Program. 1968-69 - Creation of Operation Opportunity program. As you can see, the past reflects the type of efforts Jaycees are making in their communities now. Evan L. Hultman, Waterloo, Iowa, the former Attorney General of Iowa, sums up the essence of Jaycee programs: "I got more leadership training in the Jaycees than in all my other activities put together. I hadn't been in the organization eight months when they appointed me a chairmanship. They gave me $5,000 and told me to arrange a complete program for 78 bands from 78 different communities. My military experience was great, sure, but this was training for civilian activity, for living in the world as we know it. Where else can a young man get such an opportunity to learn?" What will the future bring for the United States Jaycees, as their programs span into the decades ahead? It's hard to say, for who knows exactly what demands humanity will bring upon itself. Whatever those demands are, that's where the Jaycees will be doing their thing. The Jaycees will surely be working more and more with people...directly with them, to help them solve their problems... That's why Jaycees are working more closely than ever before with people, digging until we find the root problems, the basic reasons why people problems do exist, whether with drugs, cars, cash or lack of it, health or lack of it... whatever. Jaycee programming is 50 years old, but it's just starting to act like a seasoned professional. Future years may see increased chapter services through strong state offices, using those offices as major distribution points rather than directly to chapters from Tulsa. Jaycee programming has helped "create an environment for change through people" these past 50 years ; but we must do even more the next 50, too. Whether it be in the field of genetic coun­ seling, kidney and liver transplants, space development or whatever, the Jaycees will be there. Bring on 2020! "This new United States Jaycees program of developing human resources on a local community level is a subject that is very close to me. It represents the sort of creative bridge between.the developed and the underdeveloped parts of our society that MUST be built if our society is to endure. "For too long government programs seem to have been designed more to buy off the poor than to provide them the wherewithal to bring themselves back into the mainstream of American life. "Now the relatives of the national economic condition have forced us to explore new and imaginative means of reactivating the resources of America. This means involving the poor more directly in the rebuilding of their own communities, and in fostering self-reliance and self-respect. "Your 'Operation Opportunity' program is an important step in the right direction. It illustrates the specific, practical way we can get private enterprise into the poverty areas and the people of the poverty areas into private enterprise. It is a program that I - and all Americans - will be watching with interest and hope." Richard M. Nixon President of the United States CONGRATULATIONS |aK7THBVO00j JAYCEES KENNETH C. VOSS, F I. C. LUTHERAN BROTHERHOOD Life and Health Insurance for Lutheran* HOME OFFICE MINNEAPOLIS, MINN 5S4CI PHONE: 459-J672 227 SOUTH WALKUP AVB. G. A. BUS. 398-2911 CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS 60014 -JAGE4-