Governor Phyllis Neff is celebrating the Oratorical Contest winners. 1ST PLACE WINNER MADDIE WOLF, is a Senior at Fort Zumwalt West HS, sponsored by the Wentzville/Lake St. Louis Optimist Club, 2nd Place Winner Kaitlyn Green, is a Freshman at Woodland R IV HS, sponsored by the Marble Hill Optimist Club, and 3rd Place Winner Seungho Jung, is a Freshman at Rockbridge HS, sponsored by the Columbia Downton and Kids First Optimist Clubs. Maddie receives a $2,500 scholarship; Kaitlyn receives a $2,000 scholarship; and Seungho receives a $1,500 scholarship! Congratulations winners!
ESSAY CONTEST WINNER VALERY LIANG
Dr. Danna Wren, District Essay Chair, with Essay Contest Winner Valery Liang, and Governor Phyllis Neff. Valery receives a scholarship. Congratulations Valery!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
Note - the contest starts after the Creed
OI President Tracy Huxley
Addressed Our Conference In Person
She discussed being an Optimist with a capital "O" and the CARE program. She simply exudes optimism, confidence, pleasantness, and, yes we do wish you would come back into the room each time you depart!
All Jr. Golfers Are Invited
Please share with your local high school
Click HERE for registration information and sponsorship details.
Categories are Bringing Out the Best in the Youth Award; Bringing Out the Best in Our Community Award; Bringing Out the Best in Ourselves Award; Outstanding Member Award; Outstanding District Member Award; Outstanding Rookie Optimist of the Year Award; Club President of the Year Award; Lieutenant Governor of the Year Award; and Best New Club-Project Award. Past Governors may nominate people for Don Sievers Presidential Award and Ken Monschein Presidential Award.
Optimist International and Grouper
If you're 65 or older and live in the United States, Optimist International has teamed up with Grouper to help cover your membership dues!
Grouper works with Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans to help cover membership dues, so you can focus on what you love.
Click HERE to be directed to the Grouper site to see if you qualify.
JOI Summit
Many items were collected for the JOI Summit to be held this summer in St. Louis! Thank you conference attendees!
106th OI Convention, Niagara Falls, Ontario, June 22-26, 2024
Here's a sneak spoiler alert: One of our own District members will be leading one of the workshops! Check your email for correspondence from Ronda Vaughn! Hint - it will be about Exploration of Kindness, a model for a club project.
CLUB OFFICERS may still register at the early bird rate. Go to the convention page of the website to find the link to register HERE and contact sloan.coleman@optimist.org to find out how to process your registration at the discounted rate.
SPRING INTO OPTIMISM INCENTIVE!
Optimist International has announced that as a means to entice people to join their local Optimist Club, OI will waive it's $15 registration fee!!! But hurry - this offer ends May 31, 2024! Plus, that new member must stay for 1 year and pay their dues. ACT NOW!
COER - CLUB OFFICER ELECT REPORT
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The board voted to provide the District Jr. Golf Tournament the full $626.50 as requested by Joe Hatfield, Jr. Golf Chair, pursuant to Art. VI Sec. E of our Policies.
Past Governor Ernie Wrenn, Chair of the Candidate Qualification Committee, reported that Jennifer Bagwell is the Committee's choice for Governor-Elect for next year. The vote will take place at our District Convention in August.
Jean Naeger, Governor-Elect, presented a plan for realignment of Zone boundaries for next year and the board approved the plan.
Jean Naeger, Governor-Elect, noted that a new Leadership Development Program was coming to OI and to our District next year.
Jean Naeger, Governor-Elect, presented Pat Parsons as next year's District Secretary/Treasurer and she was approved.
The minutes from the last board meeting were approved as presented. (Copies were provided to Board Members only)
The Financial statement was accepted as presented (If you would like a copy, send an email to emoptimistdist@gmail.com )
The Executive Committee meeting was held on April 30 via Zoom. The Zoom link was provided to all members via newsletter and the District Facebook Group page.
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