03/07/2026
So much happened last weekend at the 2025 Year End of the Virginia Jaycees!
A fun Friday night welcome party at Calypso.
A full Saturday of impactful training at the Atlantic Wildfowl Heritage Museum.
And a night at Doc Taylor’s celebrating leadership, service, growth, and some truly incredible people.
The best part? It was not just fun. It was meaningful.
Our trainings were engaging, practical, and full of real takeaways. People left with ideas, plans, and momentum to bring back to their chapters.
And then came the celebration of an amazing 2025 under the bright light of Sean Brady!
Huge congratulations to this year’s award recipients:
Outstanding New Member: Dani Lisle
Outstanding Veteran Member: Lindsey Peard
Tucker Watkins Outstanding Local Officer Award: Martin Overstorm
William B. Robertson Award: Kathleen King
Woodward-Haith Action Award: Erika Ostuni
Robert “Buz” Schultz Award: Evan Hanna
Sidney D. Peck Award: Mike Coletti
Thomas Baldridge Award: Donald Hart
Light Award: Shaana Thomas
Project of the Year: Back 2 School Skate Party, Apprentice School Jaycees
Most Outstanding Chapter: Virginia Beach
Some of the most meaningful moments of the night were also some of the highest honors.
Life Membership is the highest honor that can be given by the Virginia Jaycees, and I am still so surprised, honored, and grateful to have received that recognition alongside Aryl, Travis, Lindsey, and Shaana.
And Charlie receiving Senatorship was an extraordinary moment. Senatorship is the highest award that can be presented to a Jaycee at any level, and fewer than 1% of members ever receive it.
To top it all off, we installed the 2026 board, and I am so honored to serve as your 2026 State President.
Fun, friendship, leadership, impact.
That is what this organization is about.
-with love,
Erika Ostuni, 2026 VA SP
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