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December 2006 |
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Holiday
Gift Wrap/Gifts For the Needy
Was held on Sunday, December 10--The annual Gift Wrapping for needy families and Club Holiday Party was held at the Future Home Annex This year, the Club sponsored three anonymous families from Villa Maria. The sponsored families made lists and Optimist members purchased gifts, donated food and cash. While we wrapped gifts on Sunday, we watched the Ravens win, ate some home-cooked food and chatted with fellow members and friends. Carol Porcher, Carol Dunstan and Dave Ward lead this successful |
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June 2006 |
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Childhood
Cancer Campaign (CCC)
Children's House at
Johns Hopkins --
We had hoped to schedule a Family
Supper at the Children's House at Johns Hopkins in May,
but it just didn't work out.
We are now on the schedule to serve a
Family Supper at the Children's House at Johns Hopkins on
Tuesday evening, June 13, 2006. We would like to
have a group of six (6) volunteers prepare and serve this
supper.
If you are interested in participating please contact Dennis Lane at 410-592-2574, 410-592-7067, or djlane@juno.com. ---
Children's House at St.
Casmir
The Children's House at St. Casimir's in
Canton is now open.
Many Optimist Clubs in the
Maryland/South Delaware District of Optimist International,
including the Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club, have donated
funds to the Maryland/South Delaware District Optimist
Childhood Cancer Campaign. Some of those funds were used
to support this house which is the first hospital housing
facility within the United States to focus exclusively on the
long term housing needs of pediatric bone marrow transplant
patients and their parents and siblings.
A special open house at the
Children's House at St. Casimir's is being planned for
Optimist members and their families on Saturday, June 10,
2006, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon. This will be an
excellent opportunity to see how our funds are being used to
support the children and their families. Our
club specifically sponsored the utensils for the kitchen
in one of the apartments.
Mark the date on your calendar.
You will receive additional information as we receive it.
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Optimists Visit the New Children’s House at St. Casimir Past Maryland South Delaware District Governors, Don Bosserman (l.) and Dennis Lane (r.), were among the Optimists who visited the Believe in Tomorrow Children’s House at St. Casimir on May 10. The house, located in a former convent, provides long term housing for the families of children being treated at Johns Hopkins. Greater Jacksonville Optimist member, Chad Casserly, also visited the house and noted that the Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club is of one nine Clubs in the MDSD District of Optimist International that donated funds to the Maryland/South Delaware District Childhood Cancer Campaign Foundation specifically for the purchase the kitchen cooking and serving utensils for the house.
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March 2006 |
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Helping the Local Boy Scouts On March 23, GJOC Treasurer Fred Figlewski presented a check from the GJOC to Boy Scout Troop 444. Our club donated $420 to help the troop purchase new tents for outings. Pictured from L-R: Fred Figlewski, Harry Raker, Scoutmaster; Clarke Franke, Asst Scoutmaster; Alex Figlewski, Asst. Senior Patrol Leader
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Essay
Contest Our club received four essays. The essays will be judged and the winning essay will be sent to the District chair. The District chair must submit the District winning essay to OI by April 15, 2006. Once the winners have been decided we can reveal the winners and their competitors. Go to the Essay page for updates. |
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This is a new project for our Club and was
held at Perry Hall Middle School on Saturday, February 4, 2006.
This was the preliminary contest and the project is being chaired by
Mike
Borowitz.
It involves teams of students from Baltimore, Cecil, and Harford County participating in individual and team math activities. The winners at this event participated in the state event at Johns Hopkins on March 4, 2006.
The club provided volunteers who assisted with
registration, proctoring the activities, and scoring the
activities. Mike has participated in the past and enjoyed
it and is looking forward to having our Club involved in the
future.
For more information about MATHCOUNTS, click here. |
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Villa Maria Library The Greater Jacksonville Optimist Club visited the Children’s Library at Villa Maria 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon on Saturday, March 18, 2006. Several members volunteered their time. The library is used on a regular basis by the children at Villa Maria and our club makes periodic visits to the library to catalog and re-shelve books from the book return and catalog and shelve new books. We also have the opportunity to read with the children. Members who are interested in future Villa Maria Library activities should contact Carol Porcher at W 410-666-0086 or H 410-357-4717. |
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February 2006 |
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Sweetheart
Night On Saturday, February 18, we enjoyed "Phantom of the Opera" at the Oregon Ridge Dinner Theatre. Thirteen members/spouses and four guests attended the dinner and theatre production. Every year around Valentine's Day, our club finds an interesting activity that shows our appreciation for the member's spouses. |
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Villa
Maria Valentine Bingo
Valentine Bingo with the kids at Villa Maria was held February 4. This is always a fun activity for the kids and for the club. There are usually around 50 kids participating.
Carol
Porcher is chairing this
activity. The club had six volunteers for this
activity.
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January 2006 |
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Dinner Meeting on Wednesday, January 18, 2006
We had a very productive dinner meeting on
Wednesday evening.
Christina Aybar, 2005 HOBY Ambassador, from Towson Catholic High School and her Mother and sister were our guests. Christina told us about herself and her HOBY experience at the Maryland Leadership Seminar last May. It was a pleasure having Christina and her family as our guests. We will be sponsoring a sophomore from Towson Catholic to the 2006 Maryland Leadership Seminar on Memorial Day Weekend. After Christina's presentation we set up the assembly line and went to work assembling the materials for Stock Market Challenge 2006. This is our eleventh Stock Market Challenge and SMC is our Club's largest fund raiser. Last year the net earnings were approximately $3,500. This money is used to support our youth and community projects. It has been very successful because of the support of our members and the participants they bring into the project. We thank you for your past support and look forward to SMC 2006 being the best ever. All members who attended the meeting received their SMC 2006 materials at the meeting. If you were not there, we mailed the SMC 2006 materials to you, so you should have received them by now. |
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December 2005 |
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Gift Wrapping at Villa Maria Many people donate gifts for the children at Villa Maria. The gifts are dropped off at Villa Maria to be wrapped later. Groups of volunteers are invited to spend an evening at Villa Maria wrapping the gifts. The Greater Jacksonville Optimists’ time to wrap gifts at Villa Maria was Tuesday evening, December 20, 2005. Carol Porcher coordinated this activity for our Club. |
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Annual Holiday Project for the Needy
Our members donated gifts and money for four needy families. The families were from MedStar Health VNA and Villa Maria. The donations were for clothes, toys and other items on their Christmas lists. While the members wrapped the gifts, they also had an afternoon of fellowship and food. |
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Shop-with-a-Cop
Thrills
Kids!
The Jacksonville Optimists, along with several other local clubs from Zone 9 of the Maryland-So. Delaware District worked with 100 Baltimore County police officers in the annual Shop-With-A-Cop program. The event was held on Saturday, December 17 at Hunt Valley Towne Centre. |
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November 2005 |
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YAW
Dinner is Another Success! The annual YAW Dinner held at St. John's Church on Monday Nov. 21, was a success! Ten local youths were honored and recognized for their achievements at school, church and community. |
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October 2005 |
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Welcome
Our New Members
Please welcome the club's newest Optimists, SteveWatkeys and Tricia Watkeys. The Watkeys were sponsored by Optimist Dave Ward. |
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Family
Appreciation Night A Success!
It was an very enjoyable evening.
Thank you to everyone who worked on the committee and to all who
attended. Welcome to our newest members Bonnie Shaw, Steve
Watkeys, and Tricia Watkeys who were inducted that
evening. Thank you to Carol Porcher who sponsored Bonnie
and Dave Ward who sponsored Steve & Tricia.
Congratulations to Past President Mary Lu
Hartley who received an Optimist International Life
Membership and Barbara Crain who received a 2004-2005 Optimist
International President's Citation.
Congratulations to all of our 2005-2006
Officers and Directors who were installed by District
Governor Ron Humphreys.
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Club
Meets Honor Club Requirements
From Reporter Dennis Lane: We ended the 2004-2005 year on Sept. 30 with 50 members, which is one more that we started with on October 1, 2004. That meets the membership requirement for Honor Club so that brings our Honor Club streak to six (6) consecutive years. Way to Go GJOC! |
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