can someone explain to me what Jaycees does?

[LSK]

A friend of mine is involved with them and they seem to have a lot of picnics and go to ballgames. Why exactly does Jaycees exist? What do they stand for and do?

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. 'Leadership Training Through Community Service'

That's the sig.

Jaycees — the Junior Chamber of Commerce — exists to give people too young and/or not sufficiently upscale for Rotary something to do. It's actually kind of a Rotary Lite.

I was a Jaycee for 10 years, and apart from developing an innate knack for public speaking, I really don't know what I got out of it.

If you want specifics I'll give you a few, but I ain't gonna volunteer 'em because it'd probably just bore most people.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. "an innate knack for public speaking"

That's a valuable asset. How does it compare to Toastmasters?

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Toastmasters is only about public speaking

In Jaycees, it's just part of the program — a very small part, at that. You get "points" for making speeches and they have competitions, but there's not much in the way of instruction.

[LSK]

6. Rotary club is another thing i heard of but dont know what it is

[skygazer]

2. And what is the proper grammar?

Is it "Jaycees does" or "Jaycees do"? I'm not making fun of you - I'm really not sure. Neither of them sound right and the more I say them, the stranger "Jaycees" sounds.

My dad belonged to a couple of those "fraternal" organizations - the Lion's Club and the Eagle, or the Elks or one of the other large deerlike creatures. I was never sure what they did - sit around and drink mostly, it seemed like. That's definitely what Shriners do when they're not dressing up in strange costumes and marching in parades.

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Depends on whether you're speaking of the organization

or its members.

[LSK]

7. yeah, i was thinking about how to phrase the question