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Junior Branch

Junior Branch is composed of the local Chapters younger members. Each local Junior Branch has its own officers (see board description at the bottom of this page), meetings, educational, and social activities. Junior Branch involvement offers the opportunity for leadership development and is an important part of CISV’s educational program.

Upcoming 2008 JB events:

  • JB Night at the SF Village: JB night is on July 19th -- details will come later.
  • Walk-Run for Peace: all JBers are encouraged to participate. click here for more info
  • National Youth Meeting: Meet with JBers from across the USA and participate in exciting and educational activities. May 23rd – 26th, Gulf Coast Chapter.
  • Western Regional Minicamp & Junior Branch Leadership Training: Denver, Dallas/Fortworth and San Francisco JBs are joining together for a fun CISV weekend! This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with JBers from other chapters in the Western Region as well as learn more about being a leader! Labor Day Weekend, Denver,Colorado
  • No info on Forum – national is still looking for a chapter to host.

Past 2008 JB events:

  • Service project on April 26th, 2008: we had a wonderful JB service project with Eco Magic last Saturday. It was so great to be a part of Global Service Youth Day, knowing we were doing service at the same time as many other chapters' JBs as well as other youth organizations across the US. We had about 25 people come and water trees at the "Dish" on the Stanford campus. It was hard work; but fun! Together we carried 4,000 gallons (32,000 pounds--16 tons!) of water to 187 trees! ELECTIONS: At this service project, we held elections for next year’s Junior Branch Board. The new board will take effect at the end of the summer/start of the new school year -- there will be a board retreat which usually takes place in August/September. See below the Board description.

Note: for questions about any JB events, please contact: Tessa, JB President at mmochi@pacbell.net.

JB board description

  • President: the President of the Junior Branch is in charge of the Junior Branch, is the head of the Executive Board, and runs all meetings, elections, and activities. The President shall play an integral role in the planning of meetings, the delegations of tasks, and communication with the CISV Webmaster to update the Junior Branch page consistently. He or she may serve for one or two years.
  • Vice President: the Vice President assists the President in all the same duties, shares all the same responsibilities of the President, and serves as a fill-in President whenever to President is not available. At the end of the President's term, the Vice President succeeds him or her and must attend the National Junior Branch Board of Trustees (NJBoT) workshop in April.
  • Secretary: the secretary is responsible, largely, for the organization of the Junior Branch. They are in charge of all contact information, all notes for meetings, all communications. They are in charge of informing entire Board of upcoming meetings, sending minutes out, and helping Tracey with the Yahoo Group.
  • Treasurer: the Treasurer works with all the financial aspects of the JB, including the collection and management of dues. All money brought in by the JB must go through the Treasurer, and the Treasurer must handle all money being spent by the Junior Branch, while communicating with the CISV SF Treasurer. Basic math skills highly recommended.
  • Youth Voices: youth Voices serve as representatives from their respective age groups. They bring up ideas made by the youth of those age groups, as well as providing critical input to planning and execution of activities from their perspectives. Youth Voices can also volunteer to help with tasks that the Board does.