CIVIC GROUPS BATTLE LOSS OF MEMBERSHIP IN PAST YEARS
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Monday, February 7, 2000
JACKSON -- In November, the Jackson Jaycees began a membership drive that so far has doubled the organization's membership from 25 to 51. But the Jaycees and other organizations are fighting a trend, the decrease in civic participation that has occurred throughout America since the 1950s.
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