JCI St Vincent
This St. Vincent Jaycees began in 1959 when Mr. Phillip Greaves introduced the
movement to Mr. Joe Connell. On 16th July 1959, in a public meeting at the MemorialHall, the organization was officially inaugurated with thirty-six members. The Chapter’s first general meeting followed on July 28 th 1959 where the first President, Senator Arthur Connell, was elected. The St. Vincent Jaycees ran the local carnival from 1962 until 1972. BINGO started, in 1964, after a JCI Regional Conference in Barbados; the Chapter was therefore able todonate an ambulance to their local Government and contribute to the Arnos Vale Playing Pavilion. Furthermore, several programs were carried out in the 1970s: a fifteen (15) minute radio program in 1973 called “Jaycees & You”, an Annual Secondary Public Speaking, and a Primary School Spelling B Competition. 1980-1982 saw the construction of a clinic at Fancy; which won every award at W.I Jaycees NOM convention in 1983. JCI St. Vincent had a glorious past and is now pushing towards a resilient future.
Past Projects
Race to Sustainability Project
The project entailed 12 months of activities (either occurring monthly or fortnightly) which the organization was expected to carry out. Each activity needed to satisfy one Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to keep in line with the blueprints for peace and prosperity as set by the United Nations (UN), and push towards a brighter future. The theme of the Project was: “Inclusion for all, sprinting towards a greener future” The main activity under this project was a beach clean-up, which satisfied SDGs 6, 13,14 and 15. 
Barbeque Fundraiser
JCI St. Vincent underwent a “chicken only” barbeque fundraiser on Saturday 17 th July 2021 at the secretariat, in order to pay dues to JCI West Indies. The fundraiser, though there were mild issues arising, was deemed a success. Additionally, the barbeque was included as part of the week of activities to commemorate the 62 nd anniversary of this organization. |
President:Wanika Ashton Email: [email protected] Website: jcisvg.org https://www.facebook.com/jcistvincentsvg/ IG: jcistvincent Meetings take place the third Saturday in each month at the JCI Secretariat, Stoney Grounds, Kingstown, St. Vincent at 3:00 p.m. 
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Health Fair - Annually, JCI St. Vincent identifies a community in need of health care services and collaborates with key partners to obtain and offer free health services, tools and products namely, blood pressure checks, glucose monitoring reading, rapid HIV testing, Prostate Specific Antigen, Pap Smears, etc. Through collaboration with various entities, just over 200 persons within the communities receives free health care services which undoubtedly impacted lives of persons especially those who may not have been able to afford such services.
JCI Health & Fitness Walk - Over the past five (5) years St. Vincent & the Grenadines has experienced a growing increase in Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, kidney diseases as well as a growing concern for obesity. Evidently exercising and dieting has been proven to mitigate or prevent the development of these diseases. It is also proven that exercising and dieting goes hand in hand. As persons may exercise and not diet or diet and not exercise JCI St. Vincent implemented a project called "JCI St. Vincent Health & Fitness Walk". Thus, This project was primarily implemented to help promote health and fitness through exercise, among our fellow Vincentians.
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