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Club Description
The Warsaw Breakfast Optimist Club is the largest service club in Kosciusko
County.
Through various fund raising activities during the year, our organization
raises over
$20,000.00 to donate to youth oriented activities.
Some of the ways in which we distribute our funds are:
- Scholarships.
- Equipment needs for classrooms.
- Specialized needs for handicapped children.
- Support for local Law and Order.
- Adjunct programming needs for the classroom
- And many other programs requiring additional funding.
Membership Meetings
Every Wednesday morning at 7:00am at:
Shrine Building,
Kosciusko County Fair Grounds (info)
1400 E. Smith St.
P.O. Box 1093
Warsaw, IN 46581
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Phone: (574) 269-1823
Fax: (574) 269-9197
Purposes of the
Optimist Club
- To develop optimism as a philosophy of life;
- To promote an active interest in good government and
civic affairs;
- to inspire respect for law;
- to promote patriotism and work for international accord
and
- friendship among all people;
- to aid and encourage the development of youth,
- In the belief that the giving of one's self in service to
others will advance the well-being
of man, his community and world.
The Optimist Creed
Promise Yourself -
- To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of
mind.
- To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person
you meet.
- To make all your friends feel that there is something in
them.
- To look at the sunny side of everything and make your
optimism come true.
- To think only of the best, to work only for the best and
to expect only the best.
- To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as
you are about your own.
- To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the
greater achievements of the future.
- To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give
every living creature you meet a smile.
- To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that
you have no time to criticize others.
- To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too
strong for fear and too happy to
permit the presence of trouble.
The Optimist Creed was authored in 1912 by Christian D. Larson,
an advocate of positive
thought. It was adopted as Optimist International's creed in 1922.
Indiana North District
Mission Statement
Indiana North District of Optimist International's mission
is to increase and promote
optimism through the united team effort of our local clubs and district
leadership, so
that individuals, youth, and communities in the Indiana North District benefit
by
having known an Optimist cares.
Dues
$70.00 per quarter. This includes Optimist Int. fees,
Optimist Magazine, Club news letter and
breakfast every Wednesday morning.
Charter Year
- Warsaw was built by the Fort Wayne Downtown Optimist club
in November 1958
Honor Club
1979, 1980, 1981, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004
Distinguished
Honor Club
1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990,
1994, 1996, 2000
New Clubs
- 1974 Plymouth, Indiana
- 1976 South Bend, Indiana
- 1978 Rochester, Indiana
- 1979 Goshen, Indiana
- 1982 North Manchester, Indiana
- 1983 Auburn, Indiana
- 1984 Nappanee, Indiana
- 1986 Bremen, Indiana
- 1987 Marion, Indiana
- 1988 Early Risers - Warsaw, Indiana
- 1996 Ligonier
- 1999 Octagon Club
- 2004 Winona Lake French Optimist Club
Opti-Facts
First Optimist
Club: Optimist Club of Buffalo, New York, 1911
Optimist
International: Founded in 1919
First
International Convention: Louisville, Kentucky, June 1919
3,200 Optimist
Clubs with 105,000 members (as of October 1, 2005)
Over 65,000
service projects conducted annually
6,000,000 youth
directly served each year
Over $78 million
spent annually on community service projects
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