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Celebrate the Chapter’s 66th Anniversary at Charter Night!Special weekend also includes a picnicThe Alexandria Jaycees have been helping the community for 66 years, and it’s time to celebrate! Join us on Friday, May 12, for the Charter Night banquet and Sunday, May 13, for the chapter picnic to celebrate the founding of our great group. Spend your Friday and Saturday with us and still have time for Mom on Mother’s Day! The special weekend begins with a “Springtime Under the Stars” banquet and awards ceremony at Charter Night, from 7:30 p.m. until midnight in the Windsor Room of the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1900 Diagonal Road in Old Town Alexandria (across from the King Street Metro and where Café Calliope used to be). The fun starts with a half-hour social followed by a buffet dinner at 8 p.m. and then an awards presentation to honor the latest Life Members of the Alexandria Jaycees. We have purposely shortened the program so there will be more time for dancing afterward with music by a DJ. There will be a cash bar throughout the night, and we’ll also have door prizes. Paid parking is available under the hotel and there is street parking around the facility. There is a nice balcony for smokers and those that enjoy the outdoors. The event is black tie optional. Discounted rooms are available to those wishing to stay for the evening. The room is located where the old Cafe Calliope restaurant used to be. Tickets are $42 per Jaycee member and $45 per guest, and you may pay at the door. The next day, Saturday the 13th, join us again for a Jaycee family picnic. Bring the kids, spouse, significant other or just yourself to Fort Hunt Park for a picnic with the Jaycees. There’s even plenty of space to play games or play with your dog. Fort Hunt Park is located South of Old Town Alexandria on the George Washington Parkway-Jaycees are in Spot C3. Take the exit for Fort Hunt Park and follow the signs for the Jaycee Picnic. There will be hamburgers, hotdogs and drinks. Please bring your favorite dish as this is a potluck Picnic. The picnic starts at noon and goes to 6 p.m. To RSVP for Charter Night, the picnic, or both, please contact Jack Ferry at mars5432@att.net. See you soon during our fun weekend as we celebrate another year of service to the Alexandria community! Jack Ferry, Charter Night Committee Chair

Congratulations Award Winners!Congratulations to our 2006 Community Appreciation Night Award Winners!

• The Charles W. Hill Award to Shahram Fard, Alexandria Police Department (pictured with his co-workers).

• The E. Judith Krasnow Award to Shelly Santos, Alexandria City Manager’s Office.

• The William G. Truesdale Award to Tonya Moss, Alexandria Office of the Sheriff.

• The George Talmadge Webber Award to Diane Loomis, Alexandria Public Schools.

• The James E. Shortt Award to Kimberly Purcell, Alexandria Fire Department.

Pictured here are (standing) City Manager Jim Hartmann; Lt. Lucinda Buker of the Sheriff’s Office (receiving the award for Tonya Moss); honorees Dianne Moss, Shahram Fard, and Karen McCargo; and Mayor Bill Euille; with (seated) Shelly Santos, our chapter president Stacy Hickman, and Kimberly Purcell of the Fire Department.

These five outstanding City employees and our special honoree were recognized on April 20th at the Alexandria Jaycees’ annual community appreciation night for their outstanding work and dedication to improving the lives of the citizens of Alexandria.

A humongous thank you (!) to Sarah Salomon, Stacy Hickman, and Alicia Auerswald for their help in organizing and planning for this event; to Patty Lee for taking pictures; to our bartenders Larry Radford, Mike McCollum, and Rod Williams; to Kathleen Short and Renee Baynard for registering our guests; as well as the folks who stayed behind to become our de facto event clean up crew. A big thanks to James of the Campagna Center Staff for his unfailing good will and assistance. Finally, thank you to Goodway Graphics for providing the program books. If we’ve left anyone off of this list, we truly apologize — it was a hectic night in a new location, and we could not have done it without your help.

Amy Tenhouse2006 Community Development Vice President

Robyn Martin2006 Community Development Director

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President’s MessageThe merry month of May. Summer is on the way. Summer =Fun and we have a list of events to help add more fun to your summer.

The big announcement this month is that there is a new location for the monthly meetings. The May 22nd meeting will be at the House of Klaus 715 King Streetin Old Town Alexandria above Bistro Europa. House of Klaus has happy hour specials, parking is street parking. The meetings start promptly at 7:30 pm. Hope to see everyone at our new meeting location. http://www.bistro-europa.com/entertainment.html

Huge Kudos to Amy Tenhouse, Robyn Martin, Sarah Salomon, Alicia Auerswald and Patty Lee for all their hard work to make Community Appreciation Night a huge success. The honorees couldn’t thank us enough for a wonderful evening. Mayor Euille had some interesting stories about his

time in Jaycees and how important the Jaycees are to the community in Alexandria. I’m disappointed more of you didn’t take the time to attend CAN and get to meet our honorees.

The JCI mission statement is:

“To contribute to the advancement of the global community by providing the opportunity for young people to develop the leadership skills, social responsibility, entrepreneurship and fellowship necessary to create positive change.”

This whole newsletter is full of opportunities; you just need to make the time and effort to seize those opportunities. We have a hard working group of people providing events and projects to get you involved. These folks need help to make these events successful. Your attendance, ideas and help are needed to make our chapter better. I hope to add your names to the thank you list and for you to help our chapter grow into the future.

More kudos to the CD team for a successful Trifecta weekend. The Jaycees helped a lot of people in Alexandria in April. I hope everyone enjoyed the Real Estate Seminar Jennifer Haskins put together. She did a great job and put on an informative seminar.

Big thank you to everyone who donated their hour(s) last month: Tim, Dan, Sharon, Cathy, Alicia, Mike Mc, Melanie, Renee, Amy, Larry, Rob, Jennifer, Robyn, Sarah, Dave C., Jack, Alex, Patty, Jan, Lea Anne and Jeff.

Last but not least, I look forward to seeing everyone at the May 12th-Charter Night celebration.

AFFAFFA (All For Fun And Fun For All)Stacy Hickman2006 PresidentAlexandria Jaycees

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”. — Gen. Colin Powell

Silpada Fundraiser The Alexandria Jaycees are doing a fundraiser for Camp Virginia by selling Silpada. Silpada is a sterling silver jewelry line. 20% of all the retail sales of Silpada items will be donated to Camp Virginia. They’ll be a Silpada display at the May and June chapter meetings. Here’s the website so you can check it out: www.mysilpada.com/anne.mcevoy. For questions, contact Anne McEvoy at (703) 866-4412.

International DinnerJoin us for an evening of fun and great food at our next international dinner at Las Tapas restaurant on King Street in Old Town Alexandria on Tuesday, May 9th, at 7:30 p.m. We’ll be enjoying delicious tapas and some exciting flamenco dancing! Please RSVP to Annette Beacham at annettebeacham@hotmail.com so we know how many seats to reserve!

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Relay for LifeSaturday & Sunday, June 10 & 11

Alexandria and Fairfax Jaycees join together to form Team Angels of Hope.

Currently, over one million people get cancer each year. Nearly half of all men and a little over one third of all women in the United States will develop cancer during their lifetimes. Working with the American Cancer Society is one of the most powerful ways you can help to fight this devastating disease.

Relay for Life is a fun-filled overnight event designed to celebrate survivorship and raise money for the research and programs of your American Cancer Society. During our event in June, teams of people will gather at the George Mason University track to take turns walking or running laps through the night. Each team tries to keep at least one team member on the track at all times.

We are still looking for people to join us on team Angels of Hope to help us fight this disease. If you ever had a loved one or friend affected by cancer, please think about joining us. You know how much the money raised can help.

Please contact Laura and Sean Murphy at odubum@cox.net for online instructions, or go to our team page. If you are contemplating joining us please do so soon. While it may seem like there is still plenty of time

before the event, we need that time to help raise the money to reach our goal of $2,000. Time is of the essence! If you cannot join us, but would like to make a donation, please contact Laura and Sean Murphy.Thanks!

Jaycee Events Around the StateThe first stop on the tour is at the Spring Boards to be held in Fredericksburg. The Spring Boards will be held on May 19 – 21. The registration form can be found on the Virginia Jaycees website at www.va-jaycees.org. It is not too late to sign up! The theme to it is “Back to Old School”. Fredericksburg will be in

charge of the training compared to the past when the State was in charge of the training. So come on down to check out the changes! Also at the Spring Boards, the Outstanding Young Virginia Awards will be given out at the Saturday night banquet, which will be followed by a dance. The board meeting at Fredericksburg in May is the closest meeting to Alexandria this year and is not that far down I-95 so please consider attending the

event! It should be a lot of fun! Hope to see you there!

The next stop on the tour is at the Virginia’s capitol, the City of Richmond, where the Richmond, Chesterfield and Tuckahoe Jaycees sponsor Project W.A.R.M throughout the year providing firewood that help provide heat for low-income families each Saturday morning starting at 9:00 am. Contact Fred Clark for more information at fclark@renniesadv.com.

Also while in the Richmond area, the Tuckahoe Jaycees are looking for volunteers to help sell beer at the NASCAR races, Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6. The shifts to work are Friday, 12 pm – 7 pm, Friday, 6 pm to close, Saturday, 12 pm – 6 and Saturday, 5 pm – close. The shift that they need the most help on is the Friday is the 12–7 shift. If you decide to help, please give Christine Hopkins a call at 804-874-1976. You will need to give your full name, phone number, driver’s license number, date of birth and what shift you want to work.

Moving down from the Richmond area and into the Norfolk area, the Norfolk Jaycees will be having their annual

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cook-out on Tuesday, May 23 at 7:00 pm at the Fred Huette Center in Norfolk.

The Peninsula Jaycees will be having their monthly Soup Kitchen on Sunday, May 21 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 8:00 am. Contact Kristy Turnage at KrissyT@cox.net for more information.

Moving closer to home on the tour, the Vienna Jaycees Farmers’ Market will start in May on Saturday, May 6 from 8 am – noon. The Farmers’ Market is held at the parking lot behind Town Hall, 127 Center Street, S., Vienna, VA. The market runs each Saturday throughout the spring and into the fall.

While staying on in Vienna, Vienna-Reston Restaurant of the Month or otherwise known as VRROOM will be held on Thursday, May 18 at Noodles and Company at 201 Maple Avenue East.

Also make your reservations for the famous Fairfax’s Dating Game coming in June. This event was

rescheduled from the original April 8 to June. Please watch the list-serve and newsletter for more information on this fun-filled event.

The Arlington Jaycees will be working at the Monte Carlo Night on Friday, May 12 from 6:00 pm – 12:00 am at Top of the Town, 1400 North 14th Street, Arlington. All proceeds from Monte Carlo Night support RPJ Housing, which help support development of affordable rental housing and volunteer home repairs for low-income families in the area. Enjoy casino games, music, food, drinks and door prizes. Volunteers working a couple of hours at the Monte Carlo Night will get free entrance to the event because the normal price of tickets would normally be $50.00. Contact Leandra Finder at llfcap@aol.com to volunteer.

Make your reservations now for the Annual Oceanfront Jaycees White Water Rafting Trip on the New River in West Virginia. The Oceanfront Jaycees are taking reservations now for the June 10–12 trip in West Virginia. There is a limited space on this trip and spots go fast. The early deadline to sign-up for the trip is May 1st with the cost of the trip is $120. After May 1st, the cost of the trip will rise. Check out www.ofjc.org/rafting/index.html for more details.

Oceanfront will also be having a Memorial Day BBQ at 2:00 pm. The cook will be serving BBQ ribs, burgers, and brats.

Just bring your favorite side dish to share. Please RSVP to Jeff Miller at jeff@ofjc.org.

Back in Fredericksburg, on Thursday, June 1 is the Herbie Embrey Golf Tournament. This golf tournament benefits the Hospice Support Care. The tournament will be held at Augustine’s Golf Club in Stafford. 1:00 pm is the check-in time with a 2:00 pm tee time. Contact Jen Adkins for more information at jadkins@bbcle.com.

So welcome aboard the tour of Virginia in 2006!

If you have any questions or have visited another chapter, please let me know at LAChap89@aol.com.

Lea Anne ChapmanState Director 2006

Financial ArticleSummer is here. Financial portfolio high gear time. Financial events are a great way to meet new people and learn a few new skills. We need everyone’s help this year to raise funds for both the chapter and for Camp Virginia Jaycee. Donate a few hours to your favorite financialproject or two.

Here is the current Financial calendar of events:

May 18 PTO Community Day — CANCELLED

June 10 Community Yard Sale Location: Anthony Lane Elementary School,

7137 Beulah Road, Alexandria Hours: 6 am – 2 pm. We need volunteers to help setup, work

concessions, traffic and help breakdown. Jaycee members get a free selling spot. Rain date June 11

June 30 Verizon Center Concession Stand Tim McGraw/Faith Hill Concert

We need a minimum of 6 TIPS trained volunteers.

July 8 Alexandria Birthday Celebration Our annual concession stand at Oronoco Bay Park. We will be selling burgers, brats, hotdogs,

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7 8 9 10 11 12 Chapter Night Banquet @ Embassy Suites Hotel, 7 pm

13 Chapter Picnic @ Fort Hunt Park, Noon – 6 pm

14 15 16 Community Development Portfolio Meet-ing @ Panera Bread, 7:30 pm

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21 Alex. Police Foundation An-nual Back Yard BBQ, contact cd_vp@ alexjayecees.org

22 Monthly Chap-ter Meeting @ George Wash-ington Masonic Memorial, 7:30 pm

23 24 25 26 27 ALIVE Food Distribution for the Needy @ Cora Rec Center, 8:30 am – Noon

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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Relay for Life @ George Mason University, contact cd_vp@ alexjayecees .org

1 Relay for Life @ George Mason University, contact cd_vp@ alexjayecees.org

12 13 14 15 16 17 Alex. Red Cross Waterfront Festival, 2:30 pm – 6:30 pm or 6 pm – 10:30 pm

18 19 20 Community Development Portfolio Meet-ing @ Panera Bread, 7:30 pm

21 22 23 24 ALIVE Food Distribution for the Needy @ Cora Rec Center, 8:30 am – Noon

25 26 Monthly Chap-ter Meeting @ George Wash-ington Masonic Memorial, 7:30 pm

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July 22–23 The 31st Annual Scottish Games We need volunteers to sell tickets, take tickets

and direct traffic. We need to fill 90 shifts. All monies from this fundraiser go towards purchasing trees for the Annual Christmas Sales, which funds the Holiday Shopping Tour. Tentative Dates.

August 5 Friendship Firehouse Celebration Details TBA

Sept. 16 Community Yard Sale Location: Anthony Lane Elementary School,

7137 Beulah Road, Alexandria Hours: 6 am – 2 pm. We need volunteers to help setup, work

concessions, traffic and help breakdown. Jaycee members get a free selling spot. Rain date Sept. 17

Oct. 7 Art on the Avenue We need volunteers to sell with the Jaycee

Concession stand. We will be selling hotdogs, burgers, brats, sodas and waters. Partial proceeds from this event goes towards the Alexandria Scholarship Fund.

Anytime you can spare to help with any of these financial events is appreciated. We run these projects to finance the chapter, send Campers to Camp Virginia Jaycee and to help others in the community. If you have a financial idea or project you would like to run or pass on. Please let me know.

TIPS training is available the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Budweiser Building in Washington, DC, located at 2815 V Street off New York Ave and Blandesberg from 6 - 9 pm. You must call and RSVP to Brenda or Janey at 410-224-2391. The training is FREE.

CheersStacy Hickman2006 President.

Trifecta WeekendThanks to you, the 2006 Alexandria Jaycees Trifecta Weekend was a resounding success! You were busy!

• We restored a family house with Rebuilding Together Alexandria (formerly Christmas in April) Saturday morning.

• We raised money for the Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry while having a blast at an outdoor dinner in Old Town followed by a swinging party at the Torpedo Factory Saturday evening (and into Sunday morning).

• We ate great food and helped the Carpenter’s Shelter raise money at their Cook-Off event at the Birchmere on Sunday afternoon.

We were successful and we couldn’t have pulled it off without you. Because of YOU the Alexandria Jaycees showed our community that:

Service to humanity is the best work of life!

Special thanks to Yolanda Edmonds for chairing Rebuilding Together Alexandria, Kathryn Phillips for chairing our Imagine party, and to Beth Fujishige for her wonderful culinary delights!

See everyone again next year!

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Just For The Fun of ItJoin your fellow Jaycees for a series of activities, which we are doing just for the fun of it.If you are interested in being the Chairperson for one of these events let any member of the Board of Directors know. Here we go!

Jiffi #1 Driving & Socializing May 15th Time: 7:00 pm Cost: $3 for a membership card plus $4 – 5 per

game (20 balls) Location: Top Golf at Kingstowne Need a little practice for your game? How

would you like to put a unique spin? On your golf game? Then join us for a night at Top Golf. If you don’t have golf clubs, you can rent them. More details check out www.topgolf.com Please RSVP by Friday, May 12th to Stacy at jcprez06@yahoo.com

Jiffi #2 Kayaking with Atlantic Kayak June 25th Time: 1:30 – 4 pm Location: Kayaking to Georgetown Cost: $44 Tour the city of Washington by water in a

Kayak. Spaces are limited and you must pay up front directly to Atlantic Kayak. Tours go rain or shine. To sign up and for more information: http://www.atlantickayak.com/

Chairperson: TBA

Jiffi #3 Grand Prix Allsport Racing July 9th Cost: $22 for first race (8 mins) and $17.50 for

the second race You get a driving training class, helmet and

gloves, plus a readout of your lap times. For more information: www.allsportsgp.com

Chairperson: TBA

Jiffi #4 Ice Skating Location: Mt. Vernon Ice Rink

2017 Belleview Blvd. Alexandria, VA 22307

Cost: $5 – $5.50 per person Skate Rental: $2.50

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Cool off at the Ice Rink. Chairperson TBA

Jiffi #5 DC Ducks Tour September Cost: $28 – $32 per person Chairperson: TBA

Red Cross Waterfront FestivalJoin the Alexandria Chapter of the American Red Cross as it hosts the 25th annual Waterfront Festival. This year, the Festival will be held on the weekend of June 17 and 18 at Oronoco Bay State Park in Old Town Alexandria.

WE NEED YOU!Jaycees are needed to volunteer at two booths at the Red Cross Waterfront Festival on Saturday, June 17th. All festival volunteers gain free entrance to the festival - a $10 value.

We are looking for people to help serve beer and check IDs. The following shifts are available: • 2:30 – 4:30 pm (Beer Tent 1) • 4:30 – 6:30 pm (Beer Tent 1) • 6:00 – 8:30 pm (Beer Tent 3) • 8:30 - 10:30 pm (Beer Tent 3)

Anyone who has not received the Red Cross Alcohol Awareness Training or MCI Tips Training needs to attend a special training class on Tuesday, June 6, at Red Cross Headquarters. We will provide more information to those individuals prior to training class.

DO NOT MISS OUT! Email your name, home address, phone number, and email address and shift choice(s) to Geremy Gersh at geremy@ezauctioning.com or call 703-869-3873 so he can reserve your spot for this great event.

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Second Annual Alexandria Police Foundation BBQ

The Alexandria Police Foundation (APF) is looking for volunteers for its annual BBQ to raise money to assist the Alexandria police. The APF, a nonprofit charitable organization, works with the Alexandria Police Department leadership, with the endorsement of City government, to provide resources to support such police initiatives as scholarship grants to police officers and purchase of medical insurance for retired K-9 police dogs.

The BBQ will be held Sunday, May 21st at the home of Shawn and Cassie McLaughlin in Alexandria. Volunteers are needed for two shifts:

• 9:00 am – 12 noon Set up • 1:00 pm – 5 pm Registration and clean up

To participate, please contact Amy at cd_vp@alexjaycees.org or 703-216-0230.

Help the HungryJoin us at the ALIVE! last Saturday food distribution. ALIVE! generously provides needy families in Alexandria with supplemental food and produce to help them get through the month.

The Jaycees, along with other community groups, help to sort, bag, and distribute donated food and produce. Local food banks, grocery stores and individuals donate food and produce to ALIVE! This is such a worthwhile project—the recipient families certainly appreciate your time and efforts!

So, wake up a little early on May 27th to help us make a difference in Alexandria.

The ALIVE! Last Saturday Food Distribution runs from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Cora Kelly Recreation Center at 3600 Commonwealth Ave, Alexandria. If you plan to participate or want more information, please contact Sarah Saloman at salomonsarah@yahoo.com

Community Development

Again, a special thank you to everyone who participated in our Community Development events in the month of April. We have many more fun events coming up in May and June and we hope you will join us… See the newsletter or website for more information!

CD portfolio meetings are at 7:30 PM on the third Tuesday of every month at the Panera Bread on Duke Street in the Alexandria Commons Shopping Center. Our next meeting will be on May 16th! Come out and help plan future events.

Amy Tenhouse Community Development Vice President 2006cd_vp@alexjaycees.org

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May Birthdays• Elena Danigelis • Christine Flinton • Tim Greten • Beth Lovain • Caorline Nold • Karen Pica

May Renewals• Greg Gleditsch • Kristin Jackson • Margaret Ketchum • Melanie McCollum • Samaan Said • Rhonda Smallwood

• Natalie Stone • Amy Tenhouse • Bryan Tye

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In this Issue66th Anniversary Charter Night ............1 Congratulations Award Winners ...........1President’s Message ................................2 Silpada Fundraiser .................................2International Dinner .............................2Relay for Life .........................................3Around the State ...................................3Financial Article ....................................4Trifecta Weekend ...................................7Just for the Fun of it ..............................8Redcross Waterfront Festival ..................8Help the Hungry ...................................9Community Development ....................92nd Annual Police Foundation BBQ .....9Calendar .......................................... 5–6