My fellow Ohio Optimists, Happy New Year! Welcome to 2018, the Optimist Strong year! Embrace 2018 with enthusiasm and new hopes, new plans, new efforts, and new commitments! It is time to add a little Optimism to your new year’s resolutions! It is the perfect time of the year to plan a NOW event in […]
A Message from Our Governor – January 2018 Read More »
A & A Reports for the 1st Quarter of the 2017-2018 Optimist year are due by January 10, 2018. The information on this report is only for activities that occurred from October 1st through Dec. 31, 2017. Entries for bulletins, scrapbooks and Community Project Awards should have been reported on the last quarter’s report. The
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As we grow, we want to utilize technology as much as possible. The different ways we can get our message out to our members and potential members, will only help us spread our Optimism. We also want to be available to the organizations that we assist, on a digital level, to show that relationship. Ideally,
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Tonight, some pals got together to assemble personal care packages with all our hope and dreams for those at Juliette’s Hope. Juliette’s Hope Acute Recovery House focuses on creating a culture of compassion, dignity and accountability. Each resident will develop skills necessary for a life of recovery. These bags contained lotion, soap, hair care products, tooth
Paragon Optimist Club – Good things come in small packages! Read More »
Yesterday after our club meeting, Judge Kevin Taylor delivered toys to the Van Wert County Hospital. The Optimist Club has been providing plush toys to the hospital for over 30 years for children in the pediatric department as well as in the emergency room. These toys bring comfort to children who are scared and/or nervous and
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Here is Westgate Optimist of Toledo President, Erin O’Bryan presenting a check for $415 to Renee Zackrisson Palacios with Family House. Erin recently had the grand tour, what a wonderful place! To learn more about the organization, visit their website http://familyhousetoledo.org/ Ed Jacobs, Bob Frey, Tom Dull, Gary R Baird (seated), Erin O’Bryan, Matt Meeker and Kevin Haddad – we are
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Kettering Noon Optimist Club will host the 40th Annual Dayton Area Youth Appreciation Banquet at Presidential Banquet Center in Kettering on Wednesday, November 8th, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Your club is invited to sponsor one to three local youth to attend this exciting event. Last year’s event had over 100 Optimists, honored youth and their
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It was a banner day at the noon Optimist club meeting, October 19 2017! We inducted 2 new members: George Scott with Van Wert Federal Savings Bank and Rev. Janine Foster with Trinity Lutheran Church- Convoy, OH. Help us congratulate them in joining! Pictured from left to right: George Scott with Van Wert Federal Savings Bank, W. Ray
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A request was sent to Optimist International concerning a possible motivational speaker for Optimist Clubs in the Ohio District. Here is his information: My name is Mark Mays, a retired school teacher of thirty-six years. I am starting a new career, Motivational Speaking. I have been hearing impaired all my life and have learned
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My first boss at The University of Akron would often say, “there is nothing more consistent than change!” That aptly describes what has happened with the Ohio OIJGC Program in 2017. After 36 years with a state-wide pre-qualifier format, Ohio conducted separate 18-hole tournaments, one in the North at Tam O’Shanter on June 12, and
2017 Ohio North District OI Junior Golf Report Read More »
