Naples Jaycees

NAPLES JUNIOR CHAMBER - Main Page - Naples Jaycees

Welcome to the Naples Jaycees!

Jaycees, jã-séz (n)
A young person's leadership training and community service organization.

If it was in the dictionary, this is what the textbook definition would probably resemble. This was the main principle of the Junior Chamber of Commerce when it was founded by Henry Giessenbier in 1920 in St. Louis, Mo.

Mr. Giessenbier’s vision of providing young people with leadership training through community service can be broken down into five Pinnacle Areas of Opportunity: Business, Management, Individual, Community, and International.

Jaycees are Community Spirited young people between the ages of 18 and 40

THE JAYCEE CREED

WE BELIEVE
THAT FAITH IN GOD GIVES MEANING AND PURPOSE TO HUMAN LIFE;

THAT THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN
TRANSCENDS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF NATIONS;

THAT ECONOMIC JUSTICE CAN BEST BE WON
BY FREE MEN THROUGH FREE ENTERPRISE;

THAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE OF LAWS
RATHER THAN OF MEN;

THAT EARTH'S GREAT TREASURE
LIES IN HUMAN PERSONALITY;

AND THAT SERVICE TO HUMANITY IS THE BEST WORK OF LIFE.