About The Jaycees

The Jaycees is an international organization that provides leadership skills through community service.

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 89 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 John F. Kennedy, business tycoons such as Dominos 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 expanding areas of opportunity for young people.

The Jaycee Creed

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 men;

That earth’s great treasure lies in
human personality;

And that service to humanity
is the best work of life.