Above / During the 2015 Last Fling, the Army Fun Zone in Family Fun Land at Naperville Settlement was an attractive exhibit with impressive vehicles such as the LTMV. On April 7, an educational display in an Army Interactive Semi will be open at Rotary Hill.
The US Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) will be providing the residents of Naperville with a rare treat as they roll into downtown Naperville on Thursday, April 7, with one of their Army Adventure Semi’s for a full day of interactive fun and education.
The Army Adventure Semi is considered by the US Army as a national asset and is just one of four semis that travel the country as part of the Army’s Accessions Support Brigade. The Accessions Support Brigade initially began in 1936 when the Army tasked a small group of soldiers to man an exhibit at the World’s Fair in New York City. Since then, the ASB has evolved into a full-fledged operation whose mission is to conduct professional mobile and fixed exhibits, provide multi-media and graphics support, and produce marketing and incentive products to provide quality leads to the US Army accessions effort, enhance public awareness, and connect America’s people with the America’s Army.
The Army Adventure Semi will be parked at the top of Rotary Hill on Aurora Avenue, across the street from Naperville Central High School and will provide a full day of interactive educational exhibits, simulations, and will have active duty Army personnel onsite to answer any questions or concerns the public may have.
Last year alone, the ASB travelled over 635,000 miles and were host to over 270,000 visitors.
As the US Army is a continued sponsor of the Naperville Jaycees Last Fling Labor Day Festival and hosts the Army Fun Zone in Family Fun Land; the Jaycees of Naperville are proud to help the US Army in any way to promote education and leadership to the adults and children of the City of Naperville.
News story submitted by John Trojanowski for the Naperville Jaycees.
Naperville Jaycees
The Naperville Jaycees is a nonprofit service organization with more than 100 young people dedicated to providing Naperville area residents with the opportunity to better themselves and to grow personally and professionally while giving through community service and fundraising efforts. Annual events include the Mardi Gras Fundraising Event, Food Giving, Easter Egg Hunt and countless other worthwhile projects that positively impact the community.
The group also organizes and staffs the Last Fling in close cooperation with the City of Naperville, the Naperville Park District, numerous Naperville community organizations and hundreds of volunteers. Proceeds from the Last Fling and all other fundraising events are donated to other nonprofit organizations in the community and throughout Du Page County. Over the past two decades, the Naperville Jaycees have raised and donated more than two million dollars to various organizations in the surrounding communities. Through recent partnership with the Naperville Chamber of Commerce Young Professional Network, dues for both organizations are now available at a Dual Membership Rate.
Monthly Naperville Jaycee meetings are held at 7:30PM on the second Tuesday of each month at Judd Kendall VFW, located at 908 West Jackson Avenue in Naperville.
