The Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club, Inc.
PO Box 442, Phoenix, MD 21131        410-592-7067
...Essay Contest...Oratorical Contest....Youth Appreciation....Shop-With-A-Cop....Villa Maria Library...Holiday GiftWrap for Villa Maria...Inkjet/Toner Recycling Fund Raiser...Childhood Cancer Campaign...Towson University Club...Stock Market Challenge...Poker Run...Chinese Student Exchange...We have a lot going on!...
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Movie Night !!! The 35th Annual Jacksonville Independence Day Celebration 2010 2010 Poker Run Fundraiser for Shop-With-A-Cop H.O.B.Y.

 

"E.T. : The Extra-Terrestrial"

When: Friday Sept 10, 2010

Where: The Sunshine Grille,12607 Fork Road, Fork, MD 21051-9706
(410) 592-3378

The Sunshine Grille will donate the movie admission and 10% of food & beverage sales to our Club. We will donate the funds raised to the fund for the new playground to be built at the newly opened Sweet Air Park in Jacksonville.  The movie is open to the general public. 

Click here for the flyer

Plan to come early for dinner.  Movie admission is $4.00 for all of age 5. 

Come join your fellow Optimists for a great movie and popcorn!

Questions:  Please contact Dennis Lane at 410-592-2574, 410-592-7067, or djlane@juno.com   




Was held on Saturday
June 26, 2010

Click for the 2010 Official Poster, including a Schedule of Events

 

Your Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club organized this event!

  


Morning activities
Bike and Pet Parade

Evening activities
Music, food, golf contest and kids entertainment starting at
FIREWORKS AT DUSK



Kids entertainment featuring "Apple John"

  
    
Business and personal donations are accepted.  Contact Carol Porcher, Event Chairperson 410-666-0008

Click here for more pictures from the 2010 event

Look for us in 2011!


The Greater Jacksonville, Cockeysville, and Timonium Optimist Clubs are sponsoring a Poker Run to help finance the Shop With a Cop program.

What is a Poker Run? Participants register at a main location, drive to a series of checkpoints where they get an official card stamped, and return to the starting point. When a vehicle completes the circuit, its registered occupants draw five playing cards. The top poker hands win prizes. Motorcycles and cars are welcome!

To add to the fun, raffle tickets for additional prizes such as gift certificates to stores and restaurants are sold. At the end of the event, the raffle winners are announced and the poker run prizes are awarded.

Click here for the 2010 Poker Run Flyer

The 2010 Event

Date:

Sat., Aug. 28, 2010 (Rain or Shine!)

Registration:

10 a.m. – noon 

Drawings and raffle:

4:00 p.m.

Start/Finish:

Maryland Line Inn
21336 York Road, Parkton, Md.

Cost:

$20/driver; $5/passenger

 

Motorcycles & cars welcome!


Click here for the 2010 Poker Run Fundraiser at Padonia Station

GJOC Contact:  President Barbara Crain at 410-785-0410 or bcrain@jhmi.edu

Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership

HOBY programs provide youth selected by their schools to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences. HOBY also provides adults with opportunities to make a significant impact on the lives of youth by volunteering.

 

The 2010 HOBY Seminar was held at Mt. St. Mary's University in Emmittsburg, MD May 29-31.

180 High School Sophomores attended the leadership seminar--GJOC President Barbara Crain chaired a table at the Career Luncheon on Friday; Dennis & Ann Lane judged essays on Saturday; Carol Applegate, MD HOBY President, was involved at the Seminar all weekend; and MDSD District Governor, Mickey Price from Phoenix, MD was there on Sunday morning to judge candidates to represent MD at the World Leadership Conference in LA in July.  Twenty-three Optimist Clubs in our District, including GJOC, donated $9,000 to support students attendance at the seminar.  Working with HOBY is an excellent example of Optimists working to "Bring Out the Best in Kids!"

 

 

For more information about HOBY contact Carol Applegate at capplegate@jhmi.edu or Dennis Lane djlane@juno.com or 410-592-7067 .

 

Click here for more information about H.O.B.Y.

Creed History Fact Sheet Activities OI/District/Zone Join Us Contact Us Links


2010 Contest

Children's House at John's Hopkins

Golf Balls Against Childhood Cancer 2010

Towson University Club

 Relay For Life

Villa Maria Continuum

Villa Fall Fair

Click for pictures from the 2008 and prior Club Crab Feasts

Optimist Junior Golf

Math Counts

Poker Run

Click here for pictures from the Saturday, August 23, 2008 Poker Run!

StockMarket Challenge

Walk/Run for Kids' Sake

Click here for more info


Chinese Student Exchange


A Letter From The Chinese Students
Signed Poster from Chinese Students

 

The Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club, Inc.
PO Box 442
Phoenix, MD 21131
410-592-7067

Chartered September 19, 1984 

Club Fact Sheet  

Proud to be an Honor Club for nine consecutive years, 2000 -2008 and a Distinguished Club in 2007!

 

 

                

2009-10 Board of Directors

Chairperson of the Board Carol Dunstan 
President Barbara Crain
Internal VP OPEN
External VP Carol Porcher
Secretary Mike Borowitz
Treasurer Pam McCollum
Sgt. at Arms Kevin Alban
Director Dave Ward
Director Fred Figlewski
Director Adam Drescher
Director Carol Applegate
Director Dennis Lane

If you are interested in a director position or a committee chairperson position, contact President Barbara Crain.

 

 

Our unofficial club house, Future Home is located at 12900 Jarrettsville Pike, Phoenix, MD 21131.   Click here for a map.

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Board of Director Meeting Minutes

07/07/10 minutes

04/07/10 minutes

03/03/09 minutes

01/06/10 minutes

11/04/09 minutes

10/06/09 minutes

 

 

 

THE GREATER JACKSONVILLE OPTIMIST CLUB IS 25 YEARS OLD!

 

Our Club's "Birthday" was September 19, 1984.

Click here for our club's history.  

 

What's New at OI

OI HOTLINE - May 2010 Edition

...Optimist International News Headlines...

Click for OI NEWS

 July 2010 OI Board of Directors Minutes

  • Coming to a Neighborhood Near You!
  • You Ought to Be in Pictures … and You Are!
  • Convention Delegates Vote on Key Issues in Denver
  • A Young Voice for the CCC
  • JOOI Elects New Leaders
  • Looking Back at the Business Sessions
  • eOptimist Website Goes Live

 

Jacksonville Jottings

(Our Newsletter)

 

August 9, 2010 Edition
June 21, 2010 Edition
May 14, 2010 Edition
March 14, 2010 Edition
February 11, 2010 Edition

January 17, 2010 Edition
December 5, 2009 Edition

November 11, 2009 Edition
October 16, 2009 Edition
September 10, 2009 Edition
July 18, 2009 Edition
June 15, 2009 Edition
February 6, 2009 Edition
Click here for archived editions

 

 

 

 

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Board Meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month @ Future Home - all members are welcome!

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 The Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club was a Distinguished Club for the Optimist year 2006-07. 

Click here for the special awards issue of the OI Hotline, which recognizes this honor.   Awards for the previous year are traditionally presented at the Districts Second Quarter Conference, which in our District was in Lancaster, PA, January 25-27, 2008.

Click here to find out what it takes to be a Distinguished Club

 

 

Upcoming Events

September 2010   TALMAR 5k Fundraiser; exact date TBD
Sep 1, 2010 (Wed) Club Board Meeting 7:30 pm @ Future Home
Sep 10, 2010 (Fri) Movie Night @the Sunshine Grille on Fork Road; Contact Dennis Lane Click for flyer.
Sep 15, 2010 (Wed) Dinner Meeting 6:30 pm @ Future Home Annex; Ms. Mary Lee Saarbach from Villa Maria who will give us an update on the reorganization of Villa Maria and St. Vincent's and the opportunities for our Club to continue our involvement with the school and their students under the new organization
Sep 19, 2010 (Sun) GJOC 26th Anniversary!
Sep 30, 2010 (Thu) Last day of 2009-2010 Optimist Year
Oct 1, 2010 (Fri) First day of 2010-2011 Optimist Year
Oct 2, 2010 (Sat)  (Note changed date!) Annual Crab Feast/family Picnic 2:00 pm @ Future Home Annex
Oct 6, 2010 (Wed) Club Board Meeting 7:30 pm @ Future Home


Have you paid your dues?
Contact: One of the Board members above!

Next Club Board Meeting

The next Club Board meeting is Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm at Future Home (12900 Jarrettsville Pike, Phoenix, MD 21131).  All club members and potential members are invited.

Pictures of some of the things we do...

Believe in Tomorrow Children's House at St Casmir

Past Maryland South Delaware District Governors, Don Bosserman (l.) and Dennis Lane (r.)

John's Hopkins Children's House

Club President Carol Dunstan (r),  Opti-Helpers Dink Rigger (l) and Theresa (c) prepare dinners at the Children's House at Johns Hopkins.

 

Fund Raising: Selling Raffle Tickets

Optimist member Tom McGrath making a sale!

More Raffle Tickets

Optimist member Kevin Alban ready for the next customer.

Shop-With-A-Cop

Shop-With-A-Cop

 

Click here for more details about becoming a member!

 

The way-back machine!

View the 25th anniversary slide show from 2009 Click here

View the 20th anniversary slide show from 2004 Click here

 

OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL

Mission Statement
By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in kids.

Vision Statement
Optimist International will be recognized worldwide as the premier volunteer organization that values all children and helps them develop to their full potential.

 

Pictures of some of the things we

 do...

2007-08 Club Officer Installation: l-r Incoming President Barbara Crain and Outgoing President Carol Dunstan

Optimist Glen Thomas and Opti-Lady Chris Thomas enjoying an Optimist summer evening at Ladew Gardens, held in August 2007

2007-08 Officer Installation: L. to r. -  Sgt. at Arms Kevin Alban; Directors Dennis Lane & Dave Ward; Ext. VP Carol Porcher; Int. VP Mike Borowitz; Secretary Adam Drescher; & Treasurer Pam McCollum. Not pictured: Directors Carol Applegate, Fred Figlewski & Lyal Peyton.

H.O.B.Y

The GJOC was represented at the 2006 HOBY Maryland Leadership Seminar held at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, MD.

Childhood Cancer Campaign

Optimist member Adam Drescher trucking some cans to the recycling facility for $$$ - which we send to the Childhood Cancer Campaign.

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