Canberras Jaycees Ten Year Record of Service
The Canberra Chapter of Australian Jaycees marks a decade of community service with notable achievements from 1959 to 1962. Highlights include a 55,000 pound appeal funding the Canberra Folie Club, a road safety check with police support, a house numbers campaign praised by officials, an international cricket match for publicity, and national awards for leadership and publication. The 1962 competition among Jaycee Chapters promoted Australian-made goods with AMCA sponsorship.
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Semaine
Umimumity Development Commission
Ken
Dillon
ICL
Tfe
Alaiay
Canberra
The
Jaycees
Canberra Grammar School
Tomade
Garry Goonese
Tne
Eles Visto
Tor Fts
Bob Walker
Geo M
Australia
Chante
Dick Smith
AMCA
World Congress Convenes In Hong Kong 1963
Jaycee ward and Inter a world award at the World Congress in Hong Kong 1963. The chapter hosted world president Eric Stevenson and the zone hosts, with 420 male delegates and 320 wives attending. The event, second only to Surfer's Paradise, aided the national rowing championships planned for April 30 to May 2, aiding the New South Wales Rowing Association in its organization.
Man of many roles leads Canberra Jaycees in 1960s
John Tuck, an ES&A Bank accountant and Wollongong Jaycees founder, supervised Jaycees activities across Canberra Woden Valley Cooma and Young. The Canberra Chapter, formed during 1965 66 under Don Burnett, organized Canberra Day events and ball planning while expanding to the new Woden Valley Chapter led by inaugural president Brian Thomson. The group ran two television appeals Outreach and the American Water Follies, totaling a 4000 loss offset by catalogs and samples, as members gained organizational experience and Pat Fitzgerald rose to Canberra Jaycees chair.
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Woden Valley Jaycees
Canberra
Woden Valley
Cooma and
Young
John Tuck
Es&a Bank
A Mimaki
The
Jaycees
Don Burnett
Canberra Lions Club
Monaro Mall
Jaysee
Jaycee
Brian Thomson
Goulburn
Brian
Ron Drover
Ian Rippon
Woden Valley Jaycees Formed and Early Activities Detailed
The Woden Valley Chapter of Jaycees formed by Canberra Jaycees on November 22, 1966. Ron Mraver chaired the extension committee with Mirian Thompson as natural president. Inductions, community projects, and fundraising followed, including a rodeo publicity stall, Tasmanian bush fire telethons, a 50 000 stamp drive, and Miss Australia contest entry. The chapter also supported YMCA activities and ran a rink noaths at the Canberra show.
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Woden Valley
Jaycees
Canberra
Ron Mraver
Mirian Thompson
Faindathon
Frank Craddock
Mey
Philipe Abravonelle
Water Fallies
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Australian Jaycees
Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia
Row Drover
John
Wollongong Jaycees
Economic Affairs Commission
Community Development Commission
Mr Pat Fitzgeral
Pat Fitzgerald
Australian Saycees
Maycees
Diaries Commission
Pat
CSIRO
Hardys
Hardys Joinery Pty Ltd
Wiluna Street
Fyshwick
ICA
Cowmuntry
Woden
Cheshire
England
Gasglo
New Caledonia
Youngs
Noumea
Chateau Royale
Robin Paola
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