Rebecca Butler Mona is currently President-Designate of Optimist International, and will serve as the organization’s President during 2018-19 Optimist Centennial year. Rebecca retired from IBM in 2017 following a 32-year career in a range of national and global marketing leadership roles across IBM’s portfolio of software, services and systems, after beginning in a sales role […]
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TOP TEN REASONS TO ATTEND CONVENTION Opportunity to meet, be inspired by and trained by Optimist International President Nick Prillaman and First Lady Dottie. Incredible training for President-Elects, Secretary/Treasurer-Elects, Lt. Governor-Elects as well non-officer Optimists. Obtain new fundraising & project ideas for your club. Share your club activities with fellow Optimists. Win one of the
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A Message from Our Governor My fellow Ohio Optimists: We have an incredible and historic opportunity in August! I want to invite every Ohio District Optimist member to attend the 70th Annual Ohio District Convention. The Convention will be held at the Holiday Inn Fairborn near Dayton, Ohio from Thursday, August 16th through Sunday, August
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All Photos from the Event are Here Nostalgic Slide Show Pics are Here 50th Anniversary Celebration Our club was started in 1968, so for Tuesday, June 19, 2018, there was no lunch meeting. Instead we had a wonderful evening of feast and fellowship at Canopy Creek Farm. This was a great night to celebrate all
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My fellow Ohio Optimists: It’s with a heavy heart and a feeling of Great loss that I must advise you that Past International Vice President, Past Governor, and Legendary Ohio Optimist William “Bill” O’Neil has passed away peacefully Monday, May 21 at 3 am after his Optimist Strong battle with lung cancer. Please keep his
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STRONGSVILLE OPTIMIST CLUB’S “Friend of Youth”ANNUAL GOLF OUTING www.strongsvilleoptimistclub.com Friday, July 13th, 2018 9:30am Shotgun Start – 4 Person Scramble Hickory Nut Golf Course – 23601 Royalton Rd. (Rt. 82) 4 Miles West of I-71 Exit #231(Rt. 82) Columbia Station, OH 44208 (440) 236-8008 What is more enjoyable than playing golf on a beautiful sunny day? Absolutely NOTHING! Our
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[gview file=”https://ohiodistrictoptimist.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Webinars-for-20172018.pdf”] To: Northeast and Great Lakes Region District Leadership Chairs and Governors I am your OI Leadership Committee Liaison and I wanted to give you this list of two upcoming Webinars and also the many Webinar Replays that can be viewed at anytime. Please share this information with your Club Leadership Chairs and Club
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April 4, 2018 To: Governor Tom Kendo FR: Rezoning Committee RE: Zone realignment recommendations for the 2018-2019 Optimist Year The Rezoning Committee has reviewed the current state of the District and hereby recommends to the District Board of Directors convening at the Third Quarter District Conference the following proposed “Zone Realignment” effective October 1, 2018:
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We chartered on March 14, 1923 and that makes our club 95 years old. We are the oldest, active optimist club in the Ohio District of Optimist International. Since you had to be 21 at that time our club charted, we do not have any surviving Charter Members. However, we still have our original charter
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Happy Spring Everyone! I hope you had a restful long winter’s nap and you’re ready to come out of hibernation, and do the work of Optimism! It’s time to help the youth of your community! The spring sports are here and the smell of Tri-Star soccer and bike safety programs are in the air! Volunteer
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