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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