2007 Year End Convention was held this past weekend in Grand Island, and let me say it was an amazing time!!!

Columbus took 5 first timers with us which is great .  We had a great time, met a lot of new people and learned a lot about who the Jaycees are and what we are about.  It will not be a time forgotten, be from the moment we got there, to a group of us getting locked out of a place a few were staying, running on 3 hours or less sleep, then hanging out with the other chapters till the wee hours of the morning.

Columbus walked out with several awards which we should all be proud of.

They go as followed:

2007 year end state convention awards

Individual Awards

First Timers competition 1st place - Cody Kleckner
First Timers competition 3rd place - "Curly" Hans
4th Quarter Outstanding Local Secretary - Becky Sindelar

Stuart Gausman was honored with a governorship award for all that he
does for the Columbus Jaycees chapter and for all that he does for the
Columbus community.

Chapter Awards

4th Quarter Membership and Growth Impact Project - Christmas Party
4th Quarter Overall Management Development Impact Project - Phantom Forest
4th Quarter Overall Impact Project - Phantom Forest

Overall Community Development Impact Project of the Year 2007 -
Operation Appreciation

2007 Top Growth Chapter

2007 Parade of Chapters 12th Place

Year end convention Most Excited Chapter - Columbus... A.K.A. C-Town!

Year end convention Most Excited Region - River

Sheila Hoppe, Becky Sindelar, Tracey Davis and Terry Janicek also received Husker Calvary pins for recruitment.

Our returning members are now pumped and ready to take the Columbus Jaycees to a whole new level.  We all have so many ideas to make us AWESOME, and to make sure that Columbus will rock the next convention!!!  We have an amazing chapter.  Let's all pull together and show the state in April!! :)

First Quarter Convention will be held in Hastings April 18th-20th