If you want to do more, experience more, and accomplish more every day, you should invest your time in the Jaycees! The Mason City Junior Chamber (the Jaycees) is a young people-building organization for those aged 21-40. We positively impact the community we live in, the people we are, and the people we will become. Through community and personal development projects, we are building a better Mas
on City and the world around us, one leader at a time. Ultimately, what an individual gets out of the Jaycees is what he or she puts into it. Involvement in the organization has the great potential to reap huge benefits for individuals and their surrounding community.
--- Develop as a professional and community leader through hands-on learning opportunities.
--- Build your leadership skills through active participation, including project planning and volunteerism. Directly help improve your community.
--- Connect with young people in your community, state, nation and internationally around common goals. We are a proud affiliate of JCI Iowa/Iowa Jaycees (https://jciiowa.org/), JCI USA (https://jciusa.org/), and JCI (https://jci.cc/).
--- Build and polish skills that benefit both your personal and professional life, including public speaking, writing, project management, finance, volunteer management, networking, and entrepreneurship, to name just a few.
--- Find mentors in your community and develop the skills to mentor others.
--- Build self-confidence and belief in your own potential as a young person.
--- Feel ownership over your work in an all-volunteer organization.
--- Express your voice as a young person in the affairs of your community, your state, your country, and your world.
--- Have self-satisfaction, self-confidence, and belief in your own potential as a young person – the greatest reward of all! Membership Requirements: Any male or female age 21-40. (Contact the Jaycees at [email protected] for info about associate membership if you are under 21 or over 40)
Step 1: Attend a meeting or special event open to the public. Regular Members meetings are held once a month (last Tuesday) at 5:30 pm at Mulligans. Member or not, everyone is welcome to join us! Feel free to come to a meeting and get to know our organization! Another great way to get more familiar with the Jaycees is to like our page, which we update frequently. Step 2: Have a chat with some of the current members about who we are, what we do, why we like the organization, etc. Decide if this is the organization for you. Step 3: Find the Membership Director or President. Step 4: Fill out the online form (available at https://app.glueup.com/org/jcimasoncityia/) or membership brochure and pay your dues ($60, due annually for each member)
Step 5: Keep coming back! Attend a community development project, come to a social and individual development events, and attend Regular Member Meetings when you can - always check our page for details!
