June 13, 2006


Upcoming HE Events:
July 1 & 2 - temporary-tattoo booth at the Palatine Festival
June 16 - Relay for Life 7-9 p.m.
June 24 - Bowling Night, 7 p.m.
July 8 - Firehouse Tour, 1 p.m.
July 9 - Joliet Raceway concessions (6 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
July 11 meeting - How to Start a Business
July 29 Regional Meeting
July 30 - Schaumburg Flyers Game (tickets $8.00 each)
August? - Shelter, Inc.
August 8 - membership meeting, 5th anniversary celebration
Nov. 3 - Pizza Contest, Schaumburg Township Building

Speaker:
Ed Walsh, a CPA from Homewood and former Jaycee, talked about personal budgeting and finance.
 
CPGs are due.
Board News:

Treasurer (Rob): We have to pay for the carnival, and we'll know more next month about how much we made.

Community VP (Michelle): Relay for Life: Friday at 6:00 at Alexian Field - we will be doing luminarias until about 8:00; the Shelter, Inc. is still being planned

COB/Newsletter (Mike/Joanne): The special edition carnival newsletter was put out over the weekend and given out at the carnival.  If you have an article, get it to Mike or Joanne by the end of the month.

Membership (Erin): Congratulations to Jennine, our newest member!  There will be a bowling night on Sat., June 24th at 7:00 at the Poplar Creek Bowling Alley.  Guests and children are welcome.  The Schaumburg Flyers game will be on Sunday, July 30th at 12:05 p.m.  The cost is $8.00 apiece, and kids can run the bases!  We will be calling prospective members from the carnival.  A new member orientation will be upcoming.

New business:
Potential fundraisers: Birdies for Charity-a penny a birdie; we can ask people to donate before July 8th; selling temporary tattoes at the Palatine Jaycees, Streamwood Jaycees' glow necklaces or snow cone booth at the Streamwood festival on July 28th; Regional jail bail out at the meeting. 

Tattoo booth - We decided to have a tattoo booth at the Palatine festival on Saturday and Sunday (July 1st & 2nd) - Kate will chair - if you can help, please e-mail Kate at hola8@aol.com.

Firehouse Tour - Saturday, July 8th at the Hoffman Estates Fire Station #24; we can bring kids to the tour!  If you are interested, e-mail Rob at rob_smith_51@yahoo.com or reply to this e-mail.

Gang Awareness talk - by popular demand at last year's carnival; we are looking for a chair

Springboard Degrees training - will be given to Kate & Erin

We will be celebrating our 5th year as a chapter at the August meeting (August 8th).  Past presidents & other presidents and others from the region will be coming.

District Director (Debbie): IL State Jaycees will be working at the Chicagoland Speedway July 8th & 9th concessions, volunteers needed from 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
August 19 - $8 10 a.m.-6 p.m. JCI Achieve Training; If you have anything to auction off, bring them to the next meeting so the district can auction them off; there will be region competitions; Wed., July 26th - looking for region competitions; Elk Grove Rotary fest is doing a parade on Saturday afternoon; June 25th pool tournament from the Gurnee/Lindenhurst Jaycees; Hometown Fest in Palatine June 30-July 4th; Wheeling Freedom Fest July 3rd & 4th; Mt. Prospect Block Party July 22nd; e-mail Wendy with website information

Region Social is at the Renaissance Fair in Wisconsin - July 16th, $15 for adults, $7.50 for kids

Region Director (Ann): The Region meeting is on July 29th at Little Big Horn in Mundelein.  To advertise your business on the region website, it is $20 for a year with $5 fee; GA is August 4-6 includes planning boards; points are given for call nights; Ann talked about overcoming obstacles to growth

Jennine was sworn in as our newest member!

If you have project ideas, please e-mail one of the board members.

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