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JCI Hawaii

, Hawaii, United States • 1 - 10 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

The junior chamber presence in Hawaii began in 1930 with the formation of the Honolulu Junior Chamber of Commerce. Junior chamber chapters were later established in Hilo (1939), Wahiawa (1939), Maui (1941), and Kauai (1944).Early in 1943, the Hawaii Junior Chamber of Commerce was formed with former Honolulu Junior Chamber President R. Allen Watkins as the organization's first president. Dynamic and constructive action made the junior chamber movement in Hawaii invaluable to every phase of local life, and many projects have become local institutions: the 50th State Fair, the Hawaii County Fair in Hilo, the Cherry Blossom Festival and Pageant, the Miss Chinatown Hawaii and the Narcissus Queen pageants, and Aloha Week.In 1976 the organization officially changed its name to the Hawaii Jaycees. The Hawaii Jayceettes were established in 1979. A landmark 1984 United States Supreme Court decision finally allowed women to be formally allowed into the organization, and in 1987, Brenda Yee was elected as the first female president of the Hawaii Jaycees.There have been thousands of jaycee members in Hawaii over the years. Walter Dods, Ed Case, Mark Nakashima, the late Mark Takai, and Jeremy Harris have all been Hawaii Jaycees. The Hawaii Jaycees Three Outstanding Young Persons Program (TOYP) aims to recognize the best and brightest of the state's young people. Recent past winners include Shane Victorino, Tulsi Gabbard, BJ Penn, Dr. Julius Soria, Devin Nakasone, and Jan Harada. The Hawaii Jaycees are proudly affliated with the United States Junior Chamber and Junior Chamber International.