Greenwich Jaycees Annual Picnic at Greenwich Point

The 2nd Saturday of August the Greenwich Jaycees held their annual picnic at Greenwich Point. It was bring your own beverage and I think the Sangria Tammy brought stole the show! Burgers and hot dogs were served and there was an assortment of sides and desserts. Attendees played volleyball, toured the park, and chatted until the beach finally kicked us out at closing time! Before the day was through we had about 30 people come. See the photo gallery for more pictures...

August Happy Hour at 84 Park

The Greenwich Jaycees celebrated their August Happy Hour at 84 Park in Stamford. We had a nice turnout and we're even able to get good deals on drinks for the first two hours. If you haven't been to 84 Park yet, it is a new hot spot in downtown Stamford where Thirsty Turtle used to be. We had a couple new perspectives come and several current members. Our next Happy Hour will be the 2nd Friday (in September) due to the Labor Day weekend holiday. The location will be determined soon and posted on our web site. Check out the photo gallery to see more pictures from this event!

Fall Event Kick-Off Party... Mixing It Up For MS!

Wednesday, July 22nd, the Greenwich Jaycees and Benefit Hope [MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Society] teamed up to announce their joint Fall Fundraiser. The event was held at Paradise Bar and Grille in Stamford and included guest bartenders and Greenwich Jaycee members Kim Martin and Cheryl Farley serving out drinks to patrons. All tips from the event went directly to the Connecticut Chapter of the National MS Society. The weather turned out to be great and attendees also got to try their luck in a raffle that was held.

Thank you to all of our Greenwich Jaycees who attended and helped support this great cause: Edison, Heather B., Brian, Lori, Roger, Amy, Gerard, Jeanne, Jade, Donna, Sue, Jay, Vanessa, Dara, Matt S., Albert, Heather W., Brooke, and any others I missed!

Thank you also to our perspective members, friends, and members of the Fairfield County Revelers Meetup Group for attending: Sharleen, Carolyn, Elizabeth, Megan, Steve, Jim, and many more.

Summer Membership Open House

The Greenwich Jaycees held another successful Membership Open House Wednesday, June 24th at The Ginger Man in Greenwich. About 20 new faces interested in joining the chapter were in attendance. Besides finding us online many heard an advertisement for the open house on 95.9 Fox, 96.7 The Coast, or News/Talk 1400 WSTC/1350 WNLK. The board members in attendance as well as current members greeted the prospective members with information about the community service, networking, social, and leadership development opportunites Greenwich Jaycees provide. The prospectives were given a pamphlet with further information along with a DVD photo slideshow. We hope attendees will consider joining our great organization!

May Soup Kitchen

On Saturday, May 9th, the Greenwich Jaycees contributed their money and time towards serving out food at a soup kitchen in Stamford, New Covenant House of Hospitality. 25 rotisserie chickens were picked up and prepared for serving along with a few bags of salad and beverages. The soup kitchen provided the desserts. Thank you to all of our volunteers: Sue and her mother, Jeanne, Jade, Anesha, Tammy, Cheryl, Lynn, Matt, and Roger.

Rebuilding Together

Saturday, April 25th, the Greenwich Jaycees participated in the national Rebuilding Together program within the Fairfield County chapter. The house selected this year was a grateful Cos Cob resident and the task at hand included painting the entire exterior of the home. The Jaycees had over twenty volunteers help out in the morning and/or afternoon in this all-day affair. The Greenwich Hyatt also brought their share of volunteers and provided so much needed expertise in carpentry!

Thank you to our House Captain, Dara, and Volunteer Captain, Cheryl.

Thank you to all of our other volunteers: Vanessa, Jeanne, Dana, Amy, Jonathan, Kate, Sue, Erica, Heather, Danielle, Kim, Donna, Brooke, Shelley, Stella, Ed, Albert, Matt, Edison, and Roger.

Membership Open House

This past Wednesday, March 25th, marked the day of the Greenwich Jaycees Membership Open House. The turn out at the event was fantastic! We had so many people that one had trouble wading through the room! It was a great mix of prospective and current members. While it was great to sign up a bunch of new members on the spot we hope others will consider joining as well. A slideshow was shown in the background of photos from events and each present board member gave a brief introduction to the crowd. We were honored to have the Connecticut Jaycees Membership VP (last year's President) and current President (Cathy and Bonnie, respectively) make the trip down from Cheshire and intruduce themselves to the attendees. Thank you to Kona Grill for letting us host the event. Thanks also goes to Gopher Ice Cream for posting a flier on the event and to the Fairfield County Happy Hour Club for mentioning our event in their weekly e-mail.

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