2009 July Newsletter

Fox Valley Region
Table of Contents
Page 2 ............Nomination Social
Page 3 ................DD Article Cont.
Page 4 ................DD Article Cont.
Page 5.....................Regional Flyer
Page 6 ..........Fall GA Registration
Hello Fox Valley Jaycees!!!
June was another great month for the Fox Valley Region. The
Region as a whole grew for the fourth time this year, growing by+2
in June. This raises our year to date growth to +8 as a Region. In
last month's newsletter article I said that we are setup to be at
growth every month for the rest of the year and in June you as the
local members and chapters didn't let the region down.
To get all of you caught up, here is a recap of what each of our
eleven chapters have been up to this month.
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Page 8 .............................State POC
Page 10 ........................Who’s Due
Page 10 ..........Calendar of Events
President Sue from Algonquin / Lake in the Hills has the chapter all
set for their biggest festival of the year Founders Days. I would like
to congratulate Algonquin / Lake in the Hills on having 100%
retention in month of June and as of right now they are EVEN year
to date. With the number of leads that they will gain from
Founders Days, I expect big things from them in the coming
months. The Algonquin / Lake in the Hills Jaycees seem to always
blow me away with their commitment and hard work. Keep it up;
huge growth for your chapter is so close.
President Annie from Batavia is on her way to having another great year. In the month of June Batavia had
6 due and renewed all 6, keeping them at only -1 for the year. Batavia even raised their retention
percentage from 93% to 95% this month. That is a HUGE accomplishment and something that Batavia
should be very proud.
President Cathy from Cary-Grove had the chapter in full swing during the Cary Days Festival this month.
Where they swore in 3 new members and renewed 4 of 5 as well to end June at +2, to bring their year to
date totals to EVEN this year. I think Cary-Grove is catching on fire and I expect huge things from them in the
coming months.
President Mike from Crystal Lake has really gotten the Crystal Lake Jaycees pumped up. In the month of June
they added 2 new members to end the month at +1 and are only 3 new members away from climbing to
even year to date. Crystal Lake is one of those chapters that can add 3, 4, 5 or even 6 members in one
month. I expect that Crystal Lake will find themselves at + something by year end. Just continue working
hard and growth will come.
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President John from Elgin has added 6 NMA's this year and would love to add some more. I know the
board has been working hard to find the winning combination to insure the growth of Elgin and the
continued impact that they have always brought to the town of Elgin. Elgin has some big projects coming
up and they would love some assistance from the Fox Valley Region and I know that the Fox Valley will
come out and help. Get a visitation team together and go help the Elgin Jaycees make the impact in their
community. Elgin was -2 for the month of June and is sitting at +1 for the year. Let's look to add at least
three new members in July/August!!!!
President Michelle from Hampshire-Burlington has been trying all different ways to get the Chapter jump
started and we should be proud of her commitment to her Chapter and to the Region. Hampshire
Burlington enjoyed having 100% retention in the month of June and is sitting EVEN this year. I know with a
few new members that this chapter will catch fire. HB you have always run great projects, keep it up.
President JR from Huntley has the Huntley Jaycees fired up, for six months now!!! They have been running
many projects for their community and have been adding members every month but one this year and
June was no exception. Huntley added 4 new members in June and is sitting at year to date growth of +8.
President JR told me that the Huntley Jaycees are looking to grow their chapter to at least 35 members by
the end of the year, which would put them at +14 for the year. I just wonder is there any chapters out there
that would like to challenge Huntley on their quest to be +14?
President Chuck from McHenry has really gotten the chapter going in June with planning for their Jaycee
Days coming up in July, where they expect to be able to recruit many new members. In June they lost 2
members to put them at -2 for the year however, I'm not concerned since they are focused on growing
their chapter in 2009. I believe that we are going to see HUGE numbers coming from McHenry in the
coming months.
President Alexcia from Saint Charles has gotten the Chapter to start planning for their biggest project of the
year, the Haunted House. This is their biggest money maker of the year and their largest membership
recruitment opportunity of the year. Look for more information in the coming months of opportunities to
help this long standing chapter grow. In June they enjoyed 100% retention and is looking to get back to
EVEN in the coming months leading up to the October Haunting Season.
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President Frank from South Elgin has set a HUGE goal for the 2 Trimester of being +23 for the 2 Trimester.
That is not year to date growth of +23 however +23 for the months of May through August. This would be
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a double of their chapter in the 2 Trimester. This would put them at +30 year to date. Well they used June
as one of those months to add to their year to date growth, by going +2 in June. Just to give you idea of
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their continued success this year, June is the 6 month of the year that the South Elgin Jaycees are at least
+2 to put them at +16 through June. I think President Frank and Membership Vice President Chris Wilson
should continue doing whatever they are doing for the rest of the year. If they continued at this pace they
could be +32, which would represent almost 150% growth in a single year.
The Fox Valley Wants YOU!
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President Sara from Woodstock has been getting the team ready for the 4 of July. They will be selling glow
necklaces to raise money for their numerous community projects. In June they had some members drop
which brought them down to -3 for the year however I know that they will be adding some of their leads in
July and get themselves back on their growing ways. Woodstock is one of those chapters that continue to
make an impact within their community year after year and I know that will continue for a very long time.
Fox Valley I have to tell you that I'm excited about the success that we have enjoyed thus far in 2009. We
currently have three chapters at EVEN and three chapters at YEAR TO DATE GROWTH. There are four
chapters that are only 4 members or less away from being even for the year. That is not a bad position to be
in at the end of June. I see potential for year-end growth for every chapter in this Region.
As I look at the year to date totals of our region I see an opportunity that we have not had in many years and
that is to grow our region and surpass a region or a few regions. To give you an idea of where the Fox
Valley Region stacks up currently against the other regions in the State here are the standing as of June.
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Northeast
North
Gateway
Fox Valley
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Prairieland
East
South Central
South
South East
487
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357
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324
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310
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230
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225
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195
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161
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106
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94
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80
2,569
I have this crazy idea, tell me what you think. What do you say about us surpassing the Gateway by the end
of September and look to surpass the North by the end of December, if not sooner? I told all of you at the
beginning that I'm not competitive, I'm very competitive. I know that the Gateway and the North will not
make it easy on us; however I know that Fox Valley Region has some great things going this year and if we
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all work together we will continue to grow our Region and become the 3 largest region in the largest
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Jaycee State in the Nation. Let's get to 3 and then we can talk about becoming 2 months to come.
I want to remind you that the Fox Valley Region Team is here to help you, please continue letting me know
or anyone else on the Region Team know what is coming up in your chapters. The more notice that you
give us, the more of a chance we can get Region Staff and/or State Staff out to help us. THE FOX WANTS
YOU to succeed please let us know how we can help!!!!
In Jaycees,
Anthony Colletti
2009 Fox Valley Region District Director
The Fox Valley Wants YOU!
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Who is Due?
July / August
Upcoming Events
Around the Region
Cary- Grove
Batavia
Neil Garity
Jenny Keck Urban
Cheri Rio
Julie Slater Garity
Scott Urban
Dillon Boley
Dusty Chism
Michele Ferreira
Mark Wheaton
Luke Barnett
Danelle Bullon
Les Gustufson
Ashley Hansen
Steven Miller
AmandaMorris
Crystal Lake
AmandaBertram
Ted Cauwels
Rachel Greve
Alan Noy
Holly Noy
Derrick Smith
Kristen Culley
Andie Jackowiak
Allison Wiegand
McHenry Area
Keri Dahl
Joseph Miller
Nicole Zeoli
Elgin
JULY
4 - McHenry Jaycee Day
23-26 -Founders' Days
AUGUST
8 - So. Elgin Poker Run for RutlandDundee Extension
13-16 So. Elgin Riverfest
22 - So. Elgin Car Show at Richie’s
23 - Free Pancakes at Richie’s
Kim Parsons
SEPTEMBER
Huntley
4-6 - Summer Sunset Festival
Jennifer Jones
Debra Junkins
South Elgin
Teresa Tripoli
Betty Alm
Autumn Rigney
Eric Rigney
Chris Strossner
Saint Charles
Bill Connelly
Mike Dillenburg
Joe Marcinkowski
Eric Theisen
Alexcia Tyler
Woodstock
Maureen Butler
Heather Sweo
Hampshire/Burlington
Travis Diekman
David Tiffany
Algonquin/Lake in the Hills
Mike Schaedel
MatthewSchipper
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Fox Valley Region Chapter Meetings
CHAPTER
Algonquin/LITH
Batavia
Cary Grove
Crystal Lake
Elgin
Hampshire-Burlington
Huntley
McHenry
South Elgin
St. Charles
Woodstock
DAY/TIME
3rd Tuesday
3rd Wednesday
3rd Thursday, 7:30 PM
1st Tuesday, 7:30 PM
1st Wednesday, 7:30 PM
2nd Thursday, 7:00 PM
3rd Tuesday, 7:30 PM
2nd Tuesday, 7:30 PM
2nd Thursday, 7:30 PM
2nd Wednesday, 7:30 PM
4th Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Fox Valley Region Board
Chairman of the Board
Joanna Colletti Cell: 847-287-8364
305 Old Hunt Road, Fox River Grove 60021
Email: jscolletti@comcast.net
Assistant Region Director
Andy Lee
Cell:847-691-0202
District Director - Algonquin/LITH, Batavia, Huntley,
Hampshire/Burlington & South Elgin
Tony Colletti
Cell: 847-287-4657
305 Old Hunt Rd., Fox River Grove 60021
Email: collettia@msn.com
District Director - Crystal Lake, Elgin, McHenry, St. Charles
& Woodstock
Kara Repsys
Email: starfish2376@hotmail.com
District Director - Cary Grove
Allison Wiegand Phone:815-459-2327
Email: awiegand3@yahoo.com
Community Development Program Director
Michelle Kollins Cell: 630-479-0077
Email: michellekollins@foxvalley.net
Membership Development Program Director
Joe Weyland
Cell:815-347-0306
Email: joeweyland@aol.com
Webmaster
Dan Kollins
Cell:630-479-0066
Awards Chair
Steve Repsys
Email: repsys@hotmail.com
Steering Committee
Jordan Rigney - Primary
Dave Chapman
Cindy Hillebrand
LOCATION
Brunswick Zone - Algonquin
One East Wilson
Wool St. Grill & Bar
Dole Mansion
American Legion
Corkshire Pub
American Legion
VFW
Riichie’s Pizza
American Legion
VFW
Illinois State Jaycees
President
Scott Ulrich
10460N. Forest Trail, Peoria, 61615
C: 309-303-0255
Email: scott.ulrich4@gmail.com
Chairman of the Board
Tanya Lee
C: 217-413-0990
Email: beailjaycee@yahoo.com
Administrative Vice President
Joanne Rinaldo
C: 847-561-2556
Email: Joanne1232@gmail.com
Program Development Vice President
Joanna Colletti
C:847-287-8364
Email: jscolletti@comcast.net
Area One Vice President
Kathy Crick
C: 708-254-1892
Email: KCRicker14@sbcglobal.net
Area Two Vice President
Roxy Baker
C: 309-645-6749
Email: roxy@comcast.net
Area Three Vice President
Service Center
Cheryl Knoche - Executive Secretary
6405 Canadian Cross Drive, Springfield 62711
Phone: 217-529-5379
Fax: 217-529-5293
Email: servicecenter@iljaycees.org
Senate Region Director
Barb Sleeman
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