Q2 District Conference 2024-2025

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season full of love, kindness and sharing! I am very excited to begin the 2025 year full of hope and
excitement for all the children we are going to serve this year!

I want to invite you to the second Optimist conference on February 8, 2025. It will be full of wonderful information to help your clubs grow and be
successful in your outreach to the children in your communities.

We will kick off the day with a visit from our Great Lakes Region Vice President Cheryl Bolten. She and her husband will be visiting us from their
home in Canada.

We will continue the leadership goal with one hour training presented by Mike Zywien. We realize that most, if not all, the individuals attending the conference are leaders already, but we are hoping the training will provide these leaders with additional information to take back to their clubs. Our goal is to support our existing leaders and to help them train potential leaders in their clubs for the future.

We will also be providing information from the Wright State University Student Marketing Plan. The students will be attending and rolling out the
plan they developed for our district.

This conference is also the awards ceremony provided by Past Governor Tom Kennedy at the evening banquet.

As you can see, we are planning a full and exciting and very rewarding conference. Please join us!

Yours in Optimism,
Terry Schalnat
Governor

Saturday Lunch (included with registration)

• Dub Club, Italian Hoagie, Pasta Salad, Whole Fruit, Potato Chips, Cookie Platter

Banquet Meal Choice Details

• #1: Classic Caesar Salad, Braised Beef Risotto, Green Bean Almondine, Chocolate Cake
• #2: Classic Caesar Salad, Three Cheese Cannelloni with Marinara (Vegetarian), Green Bean Almondine, Chocolate Cake

Pricing

• Conference registration is $50.
• Friday evening dinner is NOT included.
• Banquet meal on Saturday night is an additional $55.
• See note at the bottom of this page about what the registration covers.