Hawaii Jaycees

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The Hawaii Jaycees have a long heritage of service to our islands an achievement. Our organization celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1993. Our presence in Hawaii goes back to 1932 when several young men work to establish or organization and build upon its early foundations. The Jaycee movement in Hawaii first began in 1932 with the formation of the Honolulu Junior Chamber of Commerce. In 1940, when the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce President Perry Pipkin came to Hawaii to help start the state organization. The Hilo and Waihiawa Junior Chamber of Commerce were formed, followed by the Maui Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1941. The advent of World War II, however delayed the formation of the territory wide organization as many Jaycees entered military service. Those who remained at home undertook many active programs of service by a participating in activities such as surveying potential air raid shelters, the Kiawe Corps, distributing gas coupons and establishing victory gardens. Three large projects started in Honolulu were the "Serve in Silence" drive to discourage the spread rumors; "Newspaper for Servicemen" drive to send 90,000 newspapers into combat areas; and probably the most outstanding project, the "Salvage for Victory" drive in which tons of rubber, various metals and bottles were salvaged. These projects were deemed so valuable to the war efforts that the United States government encouraged the Hawaii Junior Chamber of Commerce. The government also...

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