Join us for an inside look into the world of wrestling for this month’s membership meeting! Whether you’re a wrestling fan, or not, this is an event you won’t want to miss, you’ll even …get the chance to chat with wrestling legends!

We’ll provide the pizza, but don’t forget your drink (there are no pop machines available at the museum)! For more information about the event, contact Chuck at chuck@bgcbhc.org.

March 30, 2012 7:00 pm Young Arena

Come join us for a night of Waterloo Black Hawks hockey as they take on the Tri-City Storm. Tickets are only $10! RSVP by Monday, March 26 at membership@waterloojaycees.org

Also click here to view our facbook page about this event.

Graduating seniors at an accredited high school within the Waterloo Community School District planning to attend an Iowa college or university are encouraged to apply for the $1,000 Waterloo Jaycees Scholarship. Qualified students must have demonstrated experience in service to others throughout the community as well as involvement in extracurricular activities. While a minimum GPA of 2.5 is required, the selection process focuses more on community service. The Waterloo Jaycees offer this scholarship to promote voluntarism and community service in youth, and to foster an attitude of service that will grow into adulthood.

Students must submit a personal essay, transcript and resume along with the application form. Deadline for application is in April each year. Applications will be reviewed based on the following criteria (listed in order of priority):

1. Overall quality of written essay
2. Record of community service
3. Academic achievement

Deadline for 2012 is April 23rd, 2012

Click Here to download the 2012 Application Form.

Sandbox set-up & sand delivery will be on Saturday, May 19th, 2012

To place your order, call Ben Wagner at 319-290-7536 or email management@waterloojaycees.org

The Jaycees build and deliver sandboxes to houses and then fill them with sand. Volunteers are needed to help build the sandboxes and deliver the sand on a Saturday in May. Local businesses supply the building materials, sand, and delivery trucks.

The Waterloo Jaycees have been delivering summer fun to children since 1964 through our Annual Sandbox Drive.

Taking place yearly in May, the Waterloo Jaycees hand build and sell sandboxes as a fundraiser to help implement projects throughout the year. The cost of each sandbox is $50 which includes the construction, sand and delivery. Each sandbox is 5’ x 5’ in size and new orders come with two wheelbarrows of sand. Community members can also purchase wheelbarrows of sand to fill previously purchased sandboxes or for other outdoor needs at a cost of $5 per wheelbarrow. Delivery is limited to the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Evansdale city limits.

Each year Aspro Inc. generously donations the sand and delivery vehicles to the Jaycees and local building supply stores donate a portion of the lumber to help make this annual event a success.

The Waterloo Jaycees are proud to announce that the 2012 Fireworks Festival will be held Saturday, July 7th at the National Cattle Congress Grounds. The Waterloo Jaycees are excited to partner with the National Cattle Congress to provide the best fireworks festival in Waterloo, with the fireworks show beginning around 10:00 p.m. The Waterloo Jaycees Fireworks Festival is one of the few community-based fireworks displays in the Cedar Valley. With no admission fee, the Fireworks Festival has drawn up to 30,000 people to Waterloo and encourages festival attendees of all ages, socioeconomic statuses, and backgrounds to come together in one location to celebrate our countries independence.

As always, the Waterloo Jaycees will provide plenty of family, friendly pre-fireworks excitement with free, live music. Head East and Winger will be the headlining bands. More band details will be released at a later date.

This July marks the 10th year that the Waterloo Jaycees have brought amazing pyrotechnics to Waterloo, with hours of live music and family fun leading up to the fireworks display. This year is no exception, there’s fun for all ages at this free event. This annual festival is held on the first Saturday in July each year and features entertainment, food vendors, beverages and a beer garden. A rain-date on Sunday is in place just incase bad weather persists. For 2012 our festival is scheduled to be Saturday July 7th, with a rain date of Sunday July 8th.

The Waterloo Jaycees have been involved with coordinating the Fireworks Festival since at least 1995. At that time the festival was a collaboration with now Main Street Waterloo. In 2002 the Waterloo Jaycees became the sole organization in charge of planning and implementing the festival. Known as one of the largest fireworks displays in Eastern Iowa, the event is completely run and staffed by volunteers and is the second largest project run by the Waterloo Jaycees.

The festival is paid for through sponsorships and donations from community businesses and individuals. The Jaycees are currently looking for the community’s support to provide an event of this caliber. Any profit made by the festival goes to better the festival for future years. Sponsorships and donations are being accepted and can be sent to PO Box 245, Waterloo, IA 50704 or can be deposited at any Farmers State Bank in Waterloo or Cedar Falls. Please see below information on how you can help become a sponsor for this event.

For more information contact:
Agnes Kress, 2012 Fireworks Chair
fireworks@waterloojaycees.org

YOU can help make it happen – Become a Fireworks Sponsor!

We would like to invite YOU to be involved! With the help of fantastic sponsors the festival can continue to grow and bring people, entertainment and revenue to Waterloo.

The Fireworks Festival is supported and sponsored by area businesses which allow the Jaycees to provide this FREE family-friendly opportunity for the community. Please consider becoming a sponsor and together we can continue our strong fireworks tradition while promoting your business to Eastern Iowa.

2012 Sponsorship Form

Vendors

The Waterloo Jaycees Fireworks Festival has room for up to 12 vendors. Three with 220 Volt connections and 9 with 120 Volt power, they will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. If you wish to be a vendor please see the attached Vendor Letter and Application. Applications should be postmarked by May 15, 2011, unless waved by the Vendors committee.

2012 Vendor Letter and Application

The first two days of the four day event is the pro/sponsor tournment that pairs up to 4 sponsors with 1 pro.  This gives the chance for our pros to get a practice round in with our generous sponsors for the event.

The amateur tournment is Friday and Saturday with those that make the cut play in the final round on Sunday with the pros.  The pro tournment starts on Saturday with the final round on Sunday.  Our first place prize purse for the pros has now reached over $50,000!

To learn more about the Waterloo Open check out the web site at www.waterlooopen.com

The Waterloo Jaycees are pleased to announce their partnership with the Cedar Trails Partnership in regards to the 31st annual Canoe Cedarloo. This year the race will be held in conjunction with the Cedar Valley Trails Festival August 10-14^th. The canoe race will be held Saturday August 13th at 10 am.

This will be the 31st year that the Waterloo Jaycees have run the canoe race making it the oldest sanctioned race in the state of Iowa. The race is approximately 7.5 miles along the Cedar River, starting at the Main Street Bridge in Gateway Park in Cedar Falls and ending near the location of the boat house in Waterloo. It is open to both racing and recreational canoeists and kayakers of all ages. Those under age 18 must have parental consent before they can compete.

The Canoe Cedarloo is a community event that enhances life in the Cedar Valley and strives to bring the entire community together. The benefits of this event reach beyond that one Saturday afternoon in August Any profits made at this event go towards our Gift of Giving event in December. Gift of Giving is an event Designed to take 90 at-risk children in the Cedar Valley shopping to purchase holiday/Christmas gifts for their family.

We would like to invite you to be involved. With your help the race can continue to grow and bring people to Waterloo. Thank you for taking the time in either sponsoring, participating, volunteering or watching this annual event.
Agnes Kress – 2011 Canoe Committee Chair akakress@msn.com

For more information about Cedar Valleys Trials Festival, please visit them at www.reserveiaparks.com

APRIL 27TH AT FIESTA JALISCO (350 Fletcher Ave, Waterloo)

Come relax with your Jaycee friends after a long week. We’ll be there no later than 5:30, but come when you can. Don’t forget to invite friends, co-workers and those interested in membership! Bring a prospective member & both you & them receive your first beverage on the house.

Taking place yearly in May, the Waterloo Jaycees hand build and sell sandboxes as a fundraiser to help implement projects throughout the year.

With the help of Volunteers and local business’s donations, the Jaycees build and deliver sandboxes to houses and then fill them with sand.

The Waterloo Jaycees Annual Holiday Gift of Giving event is the chapter’s largest youth based event. Designed to take 90 at-risk children in the Cedar Valley shopping to purchase holiday/Christmas gifts for their family, the event encompasses the true spirit of the Waterloo Jaycees, to give.

The Annual event targets at-risk children from all backgrounds across the Cedar Valley – from broken homes, foster children, handicapped children, academically challenged, those battling illness and the financially disadvantaged.

The Gift if Giving event could not take place without the generosity of Blain’s Farm & Fleet. Blain’s supports this excellent cause by providing a venue for this occasion, by opening their doors early specifically for the children, and by providing a discount on all merchandise purchased by the Waterloo Jaycees. Last year alone the Waterloo Jaycees spent over $2,090 on this annual project.

The day begins by gathering volunteers and children at the United Auto Workers (UAW) Hall Local 838 (2615 Washington Street, Waterloo) as early as 6:00 a.m. on the first Saturday of December. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, December 3, 2011. Volunteers are needed to help shop with the children who are selected to participate in the event. At 7:00 a.m. Blain’s Farm & Fleet will open its doors for our group only and then the children will begin the fun part of the day, shopping. By 8:30 a.m. all volunteers and children will arrive back at the UAW Hall to wrap gifts and enjoy breakfast.

If you are interested in volunteering, we need your help. Over 50 volunteers are needed to help chaperone and shop with the children as well as help prepare and serve breakfast. Please see the attached Volunteer Information Page for further details.

For more information about the Gift of Giving please contact the 2011 Chairperson, Cheryl Meller at 319-404-1316.

Volunteer your time!

If you are interested in volunteering, we need your help. Over 50 volunteers are needed to help shop with the children as well as help prepare and serve breakfast. Please see the below Volunteer Information Page for further details.

Kids Helping Kids

Kids Helping Kids is a program created by Blain’s Farm & Fleet, which teaches children the importance and beauty of giving to others in need. Through this program, parents register their children to win gift cards at Blains. Then, on behalf of the winning children, Blain’s Farm & Fleet donates a matching dollar amount to charity. Since 2004, the Waterloo Jaycees have assisted Blains Farm & Fleet through choosing a worthy organization in our area and then using the matching dollars to purchase items from Blains that will benefit that organization. Some of the organizations that have received these gifts since the Jaycees have been involved are:

• Children of Military families over seas
• Cedar Valley Hospice, The Eucalyptus Tree program
• Department of Human Services, Foster Care Program

Thanks to Blains Farm and Fleet for letting us to help with this heartwarming cause.

“In 2006 the Waterloo Jaycees partnered with Blains Farm and Fleet’s Kids Helping Kids Program. The Waterloo Jaycees chose the Department of Human Services, Foster Care Program as a program that is deserving of the $300 gift card from Blains Farm and Fleet. The gift card was used to purchase backpacks and stuffed animals/books for children who are removed from homes in an emergency situation. Thanks to Blain Farm and Fleet for helping us touch the hearts of those in need”

View our thank you from
Stacy Baranowski – The Eucalyptus Tree, A program of Cedar Valley Hospice