JCI Kagayhaan Gold’s Monument of Peace was given facelift and was unveiled in line with the 2011 JCI Week Celebration on April 10-16. The current Local Organization (LO) Board has seen the need to refurbish the said monument situated at Bulua junction, one of the main thoroughfares of Cagayan de Oro City. With its reinvention,
the structure does not only serve as a Monument of Peace but now as a JCI Marker as well.

The marker serves as a solid reminder to all Kagayhaan Gold members to carry out the purpose of JCI, as what JCI Founder Henry Giessenbier states: “From within the walls of the soul of this organization, wherein the foundations of character and citizenship are laid, I hope a message will come forth in the sometime of tomorrow that will stir the people toward the establishment of a permanent and everlasting world peace”

Every September of the year JCI Philippines will recognize all local organization’ s outstanding achievements by holding a simultaneous Area Conference. This year’s 30th Area Conference for Area 5 was held in Cagayan de Oro City on September 3-5, 2010 with JCI Cagayan de Oro as the host chapter.

The 3 day conference was filled with a lot of fun activities, adventures and seminars. It is a renewal of our commitments as JCI Members, it also strengthen our brotherhood/sisterhood and camaraderie in our organization in the pursuit of creating positive change. The conference is one of the opportunities to share to our fellow members the bond to the rest of the JCI Philippines who are celebrating simultaneously in our respective area.

The highlight of the convention is the awarding ceremony held at the Dynasty Hotel on the 2nd day, to honor and recognized the achievements of every organization. This year JCI Kagayhaan Gold bags 4 awards and these are the Most Outstanding Porject Chairman (major)-Cromwell Buzon; Best JCI Local Website (major)-www.JCIKG.org; Most Outstanding  JCI Member (merit)-Arvin Don Bandojo and the Best Youth Activities Program (major)-1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics.

We hope to see you in Tacloban during the 63rd National Convention and Congratulations for a job well done.

In cooperation of the national organization think green program, the LOM implemented its own way to contribute to the fulfillment of the NOM’s program by doing “Adopt a Tree Project”. It was held at the forest view of pueblo de oro, cagayan de oro city.and was participated by JCI Cagayan de Oro, JCI 24k Macajalar and JCI Bailawanen. It was chaired by Coco Buzon.

The participants are now excited of who will be the over-all champion of the 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics after two days of  speech competition.  The schools division superintendent of the division of cagayan de oro city Ms. Myrna S. Motoomul gave her encouragement to all the schools and students who joined the speech competition and express her support to the JCI Kagayhaan Gold for this noble work in developing the skills of the students as what the DepEd did to the Voice Over Philippine Democracy. There are 8 schools competing each other for the radio drama (a group presentation),the last event competition of the olympics.

The over-all champion and winners of the 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics will be a roving trophy which is to be defended for three consecutive years and plaques respectively.

All winners are given medals and all the participants are given certificate of participation including their respective school. Also, coaches are given the award of merit in every category.

The 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics would like to thanks its partner-implementor Population Commission Region 10, Brainlinks Career & Learning Center, Department of Education, SM Cagayan de Oro City and its sponsors Dunkin Donuts and Nature Spring. The project chaired by 2009 LOM Pres Don Bandojo

The second day of the Speech Olympics. This is one of the most enjoyable day of the competition where  different schools will have a group presentation – the one act (short & sweet) play. Each group participants have five (5) members  to show their  skills in stage acting with the theme “responsible parenthood”. There are seven (7) schools participating for the one act play and ten (10) schools for the original persuasive oratory. National Executive Vice-President for Area 5, JCI Mem. Vincent K. Pelaez gave his inspirational message to the participants and express his gratitude to the organizers for making the speech olympics successful.

All winners are given medals and all the participants are given certificate of participation including their respective school. Also, coaches are given the award of merit in every category.

The 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics would like to thanks its partner-implementor Population Commission Region 10, Brainlinks Career & Learning Center, Department of Education, SM Cagayan de Oro City and its sponsors Dunkin Donuts and Nature Spring.

The long awaited program of Kagayhaan Gold the 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics  (COSO) was held at the event center of SM Cagayan de Oro City. Asst. Regional Director  Myla Fe Balandra of Population Commission Region 10 give her opening remarks and support and appreciation to the organizers in making the Speech Olympics successful. There were two speech competitions on day 1, which are the declamation and extemporaneous speaking. There was  21 student participants representing 21 schools from the Deped Division of Cagayan de Oro City both from public and private schools.

All winners are given medals and all the participants are given certificate of participation including their respective schools. Coaches are given award of merit in every event competition.

The 1st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics would like to thanks its partner-implementor Population Commission Region 10, Brainlinks Career & Learning Center, Department of Education, SM Cagayan de Oro City and its sponsors Dunkin Donuts and Nature Spring.

The 1^st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics (COSO) is a Speech Development and an English Speaking Advocacy project with the aim of developing the students in the area of speaking in the various forms.  As this is the first year of implementation, it is hoped that this will be successful in its implementation and the support of various sectors will be given.

Initially, the organizers have adopted 5 categories of competition. This will be expanded to other categories depending on the success of this year’s implementation.

At this time when DepEd has implemented the sports competition through the Palarong Pambansa and writing competition through the National Schools Press Conference, it is hoped that this 1^st Cagayan de Oro Speech Olympics will become a model for its implementation nationwide dubbed as National Speech Olympics!

Taken during the DepEd management committee meeting (ManCom) last January 28, 2010 and coach briefing on February 01, 2010 at the DepEd CIC hall.

This will be a 3 day event on March 10 – 12, 2010 every 1 o’clock in the afternoon at the Atrium of SM City Cagayan de Oro .

The JCIKagayhaan Gold Board of Officers, Members and Baby Jaycees celebrated its Christmas Party last December 12, 2009 at the Boystown in Brgy. Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City. It was an afternoon filled with fun and surprises for the more than 30  kids of Boystown and the JCIKG members.

The Christmas Party was sponsored by Dunkin Donuts thru the efforts of JCI Mem. Armi Sobremisana.

JCI Kagayhaan Gold would also like to thank the following:

1. JCI Mem. Franco Catajoy
2. JCI Mem. Angela Dayrit
3. JCI Mem. Sky Love Agot
4. JCI Mem. Cromwell Buzon
5. JCI Mem. Jossel Dispo
6. PP/PNVP Ayee Parojinog
7. PP Tiny Maagad
8. 2010 JCIKG Pres. Bimbo Gabor
9. NEVP Enteng Pelaez
10. IPP Don Bandojo
11. Atty. Weng Arangcon
12. Perfect Choice Realty
13. Colgate
14. RPM Realty
15. Homechoice Planners Corp.
16. Cherifer Multivitamins
17. JCIKG Board of Officers, Members and Baby Jaycees

Thank you for the support!

Think Long Term
by JCI Sen. Mennen Aracid
International Training Fellow

What do you want people to say about you when you leave JCI? If a retirement party were to be done in your honor, how do you want to be remembered? What messages do you want to hear from friends and loved ones? What qualities do you want to stand out the most? What kind of a person will you have become when you reach 40? Take note of these messages and ask yourself: What can I do today so that I become that person at 40? In a career development, there are predictable consequences for known behaviors. If your actions are consistent with certain principles, you get predictable results.Allow me to share with you five cause-and-effect relationships I have discovered and struggled with during my years with JCI:

BE EXCELLENT AT WHAT YOU DO
In little things or in big things, do your job the best way you can. When people see excellence in your work, they will ask more from you. When they do that, you get more involved and are given bigger responsibilities.
Excellence for me, means setting your own brand of training: fun, insightful and fresh. Try and think of new ways to engage your audience instead of using the same game from the last workshop you gave or attended. We all benefit from fresh perspective. If you offer that, people will seek you. When people seek you, be truly grateful for the opportunity to be excellent.

HOME AND WORK MATTER
Do your best to be excellent in your relationships. Be the best child to your parents. Be the best sibling. Be the best girlfriend, boyfriend or spouse. Be the best worker or executive. Be the best church or community member. Be the best JCI member, officer or trainer. Here is the challenge: How can you be that all at the same time? If the way you live your life is consistent, the roles that you play in life will complement each other and not compete. Try and seek the balance you need so that you don’t get accused of being the best JCI member and being the unreliable friend or executive.

SERVE ONE MASTER; ONE MASTER AT A TIME
From the start, examine your own personal intentions. In my own experience, I focused more on training and less on politics. For me, doing them at the same time is like serving two masters: I am likely to neglect one in favor of the other. Be excellent in one and do the other later if you want to pursue both. But please do not do one thing to push your chances on the other. I know people who paid dearly because they were in a hurry to do both.

BE LOYAL TO THE ABSENT
In a lot of instances, you will find yourself conducting training alone. Be the ambassador of your local organization or your national organization. Resist the temptation to talk about what is wrong about them. Talk about what works in your organization so people can also apply them in their own organizations. When you speak about ill about anyone, chances are, people will rightfully return your marks to the parties you talk about. How about many times has this come true?

IMPROVE THE STATUS QUO; DO NOT ATTACK IT
Build on what others have accomplished. Some people spend their best years building a legacy they can bequeath to the organization. Respect their legacy and build on it. The status quo is not bad. Its the best circumstance at a particular time. But it is not the best for all times. Building on the status qou allows you to find what is more relevant to the need of the times.

There are more rules I can name. But these five rules, in particular, are the ones I have personally struggled with. I admit that I may not be the best at what I do yet. But I have become a better person in my own right because I’ve struggled with these rules and did all I can to follow them.

After a few days of festivities and fun, the LOM had its Tree Planting in the morning of April 17 in Camaman-an the production site of JCI Sprout and the community or the selected families to receive initial livelihood project from the LOM. JCI SPROUT (Seed Planting & Reachout Programs through TWIGS is an income generating program of the LOM that will run of  not less than three years.