Mascots for Meals!

Everyone had a great time at our 1st Annual Mascots for Meals event. We had mascots from 15 local businesses on hand to greet everyone. The businesses also had coupons and free samples to hand out.

We took donations for The Bread Basket food pantry and filled up the Liberty Tax car! Along with the food donations, we held a raffle for tons of great prizes from participating businesses.

A great time was had by all. The weather was great, the sun was shining, and the mascots were fun-filled and energetic!

We'd like to give a big thank you to everyone who was there:
Liberty Tax
The Bread Basket
Thunder 104.5
Carvel
Uno's Chicago Grill
#7 Sirius NASCAR and Mongo- Tim Kelly
The Jump Gym
Buffalo Wild Wings
Red Robin
Sonic, America's Drive-In
Chik-Fil-A
Maggie Moo's Ice Cream and Treatery
Subway
Wendy's
Great American Cookie Company
Papa John's Pizza
Fredericksburg Rescue Squad
Riverbend High School
Bruster's Real Ice Cream
Old Country Buffet
1915 Model-T
Antique Firetruck- Rick Silvrants

We'd also like to thank those who couldn't be there, but who donated prizes for the raffle:
Love of Life Photography
Domino's Pizza
The Spa at CTS
Sheetz in Central Park

We would also like to say "Get Well" to Lola the Clown, who was unable to be with us at the event due to illness.

Thank you all for coming out and making this event spectacular! Hopefully this is the beginning of an annual tradition.

If you are interested in participating next year, please email the Fredericksburg Jaycees-
Fredericksburg.Jaycees@gmail.com

Mardi Gras Madness

In the grand tradition of Mardi Gras celebrations, the Jaycees did their part and held a party at the Colonial Tavern in downtown Fredericksburg. Although it wasn't held on Fat Tuesday, we brought out the beads, masks, and jello shooters en mass!

A great time was had by all! Hopefully this event will be the re-birth of an old tradition by the Fredericksburg Jaycees.

Upcoming Events!

2nd Annual Poker Bowling Tournament

When- February 7th, 1 PM
Where- AMF Bowling Alley, 12100 Kilarney Dr., Fredericksburg, VA
Details- $25 to play and lots of chances to win all sorts of prizes!!

COME OUT AND BOWL A WINNING HAND!

Mardi Gras Fundraiser Party

When- February 28th
Where- Colonial Tavern, 406 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA
Details- Come out for live music, a 50/50 raffle, drinks and lots of fun...

JOIN US IN CELEBRATING FAT TUESDAY!

Bigs For A Day
with Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters

When-TBD
Where- Liberty Lanes, 5801 Southpoint Centre Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA
Details- Bigs For A Day is an opportunity for someone to give those children waiting to be matched a chance to experience a little magic.

HELP KIDS LEARN HOW TO BOWL AND HAVE FUN!

The year of the Purple Cow has begun!

This past weekend was the Virginia Jaycees, Year End Convention in Virginia Beach, VA.

We had a lot of great things happen at the convention!

Our Management VP, Sarah, participated in a Polar Plunge. She and another Jaycee got into their bathing suits and went into the Atlantic Ocean in the middle of January! Props to Sarah for taking the plunge!

The 2009 State Board was sworn into office. Two of our own are on the 2009 State Board. Congratulations to Chuck Nelson, State President and Jennifer Adkins, State Community Development Vice President. Current State President, and Past Fredericksburg President Chuck Nelson, also received his Life Membership.

Scott was awarded First Place in the First Timer's Competition. This makes 3 of the last 4 First Timers that have won First Place!

Finally, Valerie was officially sworn in as our 2009 Fredericksburg Jaycees President.

Congratulations to everyone! The year of the Purple Cow is off to a great start!

Purple Cows!

Welcome to 2009!
The year of the Purple Cow!

We're ready to hit the ground running in 2009. We have a bunch of activities planned throughout the year.

We have several events coming up in February!
-Poker Bowling at AMF Fredericksburg Lanes
-Bigs for a Day with Rappahannock Big Brothers Big Sisters
-Mardi Gras Party at a yet to be determined location

If you're interested in finding out what the Jaycees are about, come out to one of these events.

Specifics about these events will be posted on this blog or on our main website Fredericksburg Jaycees

Time to focus on trees!

Now that the parade is done (and was a great success), it's time for everyone to get their Christmas Trees!

We've relocated the Christmas Tree Lot-
We will be selling Christmas trees at Four Mile Fork.

The Christmas trees we have this year are Fraser Firs. They are between 6-8 feet tall. They have excellent needle retention along with a nice scent.
Fraser Firs are the ranked as the number one Christmas tree by the Christmas tree industry.

Location- Four Mile Fork
(corner of Courthouse Rd and Route 1)
In front of Sport & Health, in the same shopping center as Hardees and Hard Times Cafe.
The tree lot will open on Friday, November 28th.
The hours for the lot are-
Monday-Friday, 5pm-9pm,
Saturday & Sunday- 9am-9pm

We hope you had a wonderful time at the parade this past Saturday and are now ready to get your Christmas Tree!!
Come see us!

Virginia Jaycees- State Meeting November 2008

We'd like to thank all of those Jaycees who attended the November State Meeting.
We have two of our fellow Fredericksburg Jaycees on the State Board for next year. We'd like congratulate the 2009 State President, Chuck Nelson and the 2009 State Community Development Vice President, Jennifer Adkins.

The Fredericksburg Jaycees also came away with several awards at the November State Meeting. Congratulations go out to Sarah Ruggieri for her first place win in the Write Up Competition and to Valerie Harte for her second place win in Debate.