Benefits of Membership

he Jaycees offer the following benefits to its members:

• Service
  Your work in the Jaycees will make you a valued citizen because of your contributions in service; working to help youth, the needy, and the neglected. You are working to build a community that is more than just a place to earn a living.

• Self Improvement
  Through the years, Jaycee leadership training has guided thousands of young people into better jobs and more secure social lives. In Jaycees, you gain experience in public speaking, organizing your thoughts more effectively, and expressing them more confidently. You learn to organize your work, making more effective use of your time, on the job and off. You learn to work with people and to get people to work with and for you.

• Career Advancement
  Being a Jaycee implies to your employer(s) and others that you are ambitious and enthusiastic, ready to tackle any job and assume any responsibility. As a Jaycee, you assume responsibilities usually trusted to older, more experienced people. When advancement opportunities arise, you will be prepared for them.

• Community Recognition
  In Jaycee activities, you become known to civic and business leaders in your community. You work with other groups and leading citizens in a variety of prestigious projects. You will be working with today's leaders for a better future for you and your community.

• Friendship
  In the Jaycees, you become part of the sharpest group of young people in town and no matter where you might be transferred or move, there is a nearby Jaycee chapter, a ready circle of friends. People who believe, as you do, in taking action to improve the world around them.

• Membership in a first-class national Organization
  Membership in The U.S. Junior Chamber has its privileges! Besides receiving the opportunity to impact your community, your annual membership fee in the Plainfield Jaycees entitles you to a multitude of other benefits as a member of the US Jaycees.  Since the benefits are too numerous to list, click here to check out the US Jaycees National Membership Benefits at the US Jaycees website.