Monaco South Orientation 2011

35 Years Serving The CommunityInvested 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!! 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 Past Year ?? 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 Past Year ?? 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/WYODISTRICT.

RECOGNIZED BY OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL FOR ITS SERVICEPROJECTS

Super Citizens visiting Denver Former Mayor John Hickenlooper

SUPER CITIZEN PROGRAM

IN 10 SCHOOLS

OUR NUMBER ONE SERVICE PROJECT

ONE OF MANY MONTHLY SUPER CITIZEN AWARD PROGRAMS

A HAPPY CITIZENSHIP WINNER WITH TEACHER, MOTHER & SISTER

EACH CHILD GETS A T- SHIRT,CERTIFICATE, AND A PHOTO

WE HAVE A PRESENTER ATEACH ASSEMBLY

BOY’S & GIRL’S CLUB THANKSGIVING DINNER

Over 900 Served !!

OPTIMISTS EATFREE !!

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 !!

MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN BOWL : 160+ TEAMS IN THREE VENUES

What is the square root of the distance to the moon?

SOME OF THE SMARTEST KIDS IN COLORADO COMPETE

SEE IF YOU CAN ASWER THE QUESTIONS ??

DENVER AREA COUNCIL EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT AWARD RECIPIENTS

EAGLE SCOUTDINNER

FEB.

Tri-Star Basketball Skills Competition for Kids 8 – 13 years

BOYS ANDGIRLS 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

AT THE REST STOP WITH MSOC VOLUNTEERS

JULY

DRINKS, FRUIT AND THE COOLING SPRAY OF THE OPTIMISTER WERE WELCOME

OUR TEAM HAS RAISED OVER $30,000.00 FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

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 TREE LOT IN DECEMBER

MAJOR FUND RAISERMAJOR FUND RAISER

EVANS ANDMONACO

IN FRONT OFSEARS

OVER 90 MEMBERS SOLD MORE THAN 1200 TREESOVER 90 MEMBERS SOLD MORE THAN 1200 TREES

TREE LOT OPENS THE SATURDAY AFTER

THANKSGIVINGWORK 15 HOURS AND

GET YOUR TREE 50 % OFF..

CLUB’S CHRISTMAS WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE

3 RD FRIDAYIN DEC.

VALENTINE’S DAY WIVES/SIGNIFICANT OTHERS TO BREAKFAST

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?

Thank YouFor

Attending !

And you Get a coffee

Mug or a hat !

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