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Monaco South Orientation 2011. 35 Years Serving The Community Invested over $1,000,000 in our community !!!. Established 1976. What Have We Done This Past Year ??. Served over 5,000 youths with our Super Citizen program!!
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Monaco South Orientation2011 35Years Serving The Community Invested over $1,000,000 in our community !!! Established 1976
What Have We Done This PastYear ?? • Served over 5,000 youths with our Super Citizen program!! • Served over 900 Thanksgiving Dinners to Boys and Girl Club members. • Donated $1,200 to help childhood cancer patients. • Eagle Scout service project awards for the Denver Area Council • Brain Bowl participation for over 600 middle school children • Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets to over 80 families
What Have We Done This PastYear ?? • Sponsored “I Like Me” reading program and over 40 Million Word readers at Hamilton Middle School receive $50 Savings Bonds • Mentored youth through the HOBY leadership program • Sponsored over 25 kids in the Liberty Day program for constitutional learning • Sponsor 15 East High School scholars to attend the national Constitution Day contest in Washington, DC • Support the largest MS-150 Bike Race Rest Stop and help raise thousands of dollars for the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation • Helping Alzheimers Walk, March of Dimes Mudd Volleyball and Furry Scurry with volunteer workers
What Have We Done This PastYear ?? • Sponsored and organized the Optimist Junior Golf tournaments in Boulder/Denver • Organized TriStar Basketball skills contest with the B&G Clubs of Denver in which 50 kids participated • Support the St. Patrick’s Day parade with the famous Monaco South Pooper Scoopers • Donated $500 to Help them Hear to help deaf children • Provided $3500 in scholarships to high school seniors • And MANY MORE: over 30 service projects a year !!!!
OPTIMIST INTERNATIONALOVER 2900 CLUBS • OVER 65,000 COMMUNITY PROJECTS • AFFECTING OVER 6 MILLION KIDS • OVER $78 MILLION DOLLARS SPENT • NATIONAL PROGRAMS: • CHILDHOOD CANCER • ESSAY CONTESTS • ORATORICAL CONTESTS • TRI-STAR BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, SOCCER • JUNIOR GOLF: LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS • RESPECT FOR LAW • CHILDHOOD SAFETY • INTERNET SAFETY • OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
COLORADO-WY0 DISTRICTOver 60 Clubs… • EACH DISTRICT DIVIDED INTO ZONES COMPRISED OF APPROXIMATELY 8 CLUBS. • EACH ZONE PRESIDED OVER BY A LT. GOVERNOR. • APPROXIMATELY 40 CLUBS IN THE DENVER/BOULDER AREA. • CLUBS OFTEN WORK TOGETHER ON LARGE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE BRAIN BOWL AND JUNIOR GOLF. • DISTRICT PROVIDES SPECIAL CONTESTS AND RECOGNITION FOR ESSAY, ORATORICAL, TRI-STAR SPORTS AWARDS; WINNERS COMPETE ON A NATIONAL BASIS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
Optimist Club Of Monaco South Projects and Social Activities Welcome to a great club!
135 Members Strong Serving the Community for over 35 years! MONACO SOUTH..THE LARGEST OPTIMIST CLUB IN COLORADO/WYO DISTRICT. RECOGNIZED BY OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOR ITS SERVICE PROJECTS
Super Citizens visiting Denver Former Mayor John Hickenlooper SUPER CITIZEN PROGRAM IN 10 SCHOOLS OUR NUMBER ONE SERVICE PROJECT
EACH CHILD GETS A T- SHIRT, CERTIFICATE, AND A PHOTO WE HAVE A PRESENTER AT EACH ASSEMBLY A HAPPY CITIZENSHIP WINNER WITH TEACHER, MOTHER & SISTER
OPTIMISTS EAT FREE !! BOY’S & GIRL’S CLUB THANKSGIVING DINNER Over 900 Served !!
ALL YOU CAN EAT TURKEY DINNERS WITH PUMPKIN PIE TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING Serving at Girl’s Inc. Club and the Boys and Girls Club 900 lbs. of turkey served !!
What is the square root of the distance to the moon? MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN BOWL : 160+ TEAMS IN THREE VENUES
SEE IF YOU CAN ASWER THE QUESTIONS ?? SOME OF THE SMARTEST KIDS IN COLORADO COMPETE
DENVER AREA COUNCIL EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT AWARD RECIPIENTS EAGLE SCOUT DINNER FEB.
Tri-Star Basketball Skills Competition for Kids 8 – 13 years can you do this? BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB
Furry Scurry (Dumb Friends League Benefit) and Breakfast. 1st Saturday in May. We help with setup and then sell Egg McMuttins for donation to the League Our dumb friends!
these guys need a rest JULY AT THE REST STOP WITH MSOC VOLUNTEERS
sorry no beer DRINKS, FRUIT AND THE COOLING SPRAY OF THE OPTIMISTER WERE WELCOME
Colorado/WyomingJunior Golf Tournaments Over 100 golfers from the ages of 10 – 18 years. Winners go to the national tournament in Florida. JUNE OF EACH YEAR.. HOW IS YOUR SWING??
TREE LOT IN DECEMBER MAJOR FUND RAISER EVANS AND MONACO IN FRONT OF SEARS
OVER 90 MEMBERS SOLD MORE THAN 1200 TREES TREE LOT OPENS THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING WORK 15 HOURS AND GET YOUR TREE 50 % OFF..
oscar 3 RD FRIDAY IN DEC. CLUB’S CHRISTMAS WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE
GET A DATE VALENTINE’S DAY WIVES/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS TO BREAKFAST
POOPER SCOOPERS ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE SANITATION ENGINEERS
Attention: NEW MEMBERS !!! • We invite new members to submit ideas for new projects • We are particularly interested in YOUTH projects (OR YOUR project) • We set aside funds for this purpose • Make any proposal detailed with a budget • Submit proposal to Board
HOW CAN YOU CONTRIBUTE? • ATTEND MEETINGS REGULARLY • BE A GREETER FOR AT LEAST FOUR MEETINGS • SIT AT A DIFFERENT TABLE EACH WEEK TO MEET MEMBERS • SIGN UP FOR A PROJECT AND ASK LEADER OR OTHER MEMBERS TO EXPLAIN THE PROJECT IF NOT CLEAR • PROVIDE A BIO TO THE NEWSLETTER EDITOR • HAVE FUN!!!
Thank YouFor Attending ! YOU ARE A VALUED MEMBER Remember to submit a “bio” to the newsletter and sign up to be a GREETER ! And you Get a coffee Mug or a hat !