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Due to the Grand Bend Arts, Eats & Beats Tour being postponed, we have decided to move our Free to Create Youth event to May 1st and 2nd of 2021 to coincide with the Tour. Keep on creating and we'll see you in the spring!  
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Community Gardens....The Optimist Club of Ausable Port Franks has garden plots at the Community Garden. Fresh produce will be placed into a “Bounty Basket” outside the garden fencing. This will be for anyone who can use it - our gift to our Community. Please feel free to take produce from the basket only. We are hoping to have this set up by the weekend. These gardens are near the playground at the Community Centre.  Western Fair School Ag-Tours for teachers and students (Ages 5-11).
About this Event What Western Fair Association annually provides thousands of local school children free agriculture tours during the Western Fair. With the recent cancellation of the physical fair due to pandemic restrictions, we are offering a FREE valuable virtual package of agriculture education that will be available for teachers and their students to benefit from in the classroom or through online learning at home. Working with our partners: Growing Chefs Ontario, Farm & Food Care Ontario, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, AgScape and several of the Province’s top commodity groups, we are excited to deliver V-PODs (Virtual Places of Discovery) where you can learn about each industry through videos, activities, Q&A, and more. How 1. Register for the resource library, virtual schedule of events & 2 BONUS features- live on Sept 14th. *NOTE: Student emails block emails from Eventbrite and event organizers. Please use a different email if you are able. 2. Pick your age group (5-11 or 12-18). Content will be geared towards each group. 3. Check back in August for a full breakdown of events available (emails will also be sent) https://www.westernfairdistrict.com/events/virtual-school-ag-tours 4. Choose to participate in 1 or 5 V-PODs. Each POD will be available to you after, but will include a recording of videos instead of the live segment. 6. Share your experience through social media to receive classroom Fair ribbons & prizes! #WFDFarmFan When Monday, September 14th to Friday, September 18th, 2020
Students ages 5-18, teachers & parents Where From the comfort of your classroom or home! Schedule*More information to follow
LINK for ages 5-11: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER LINK for ages 12-18: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Unfortunately we had to cancel our Annual Canada Day Family Picnic. However, we still wanted to spread a little Canadian Spirit and Optimism. We were happy to hand out about 60 kits to some happy kids!  Here’s a junior Optimist working at the Port Franks community garden. Ausable Port Franks Optimists have two plots and all food grown will be donated to local food programs.  President’s Message : Greetings fellow Optimists, I hope this warmer weather and sunshine we have been having has filled your hearts with warmth and optimism. Spring is the season of renewal, the birds return, bulbs start growing, and hopefully for all of us it signals the beginning of returning to some of the normal activities in our lives. As I write this note we are beginning to see some changes, parks and trails are reopening, some local businesses are able to reopen, but many things still remain very different. As optimists our core beliefs have not changed and many are finding new ways to share their optimism, however as a club, things still remain quite different. Currently, we are still unable to access the community centre and all of our activities have been cancelled or postponed. As we hear news on this, we will keep you posted. Last week I shared an invitation for members to attend this year’s virtual International Conference. I have recently been notified that SWONT will provide financing for two members of our club to attend. lf you are interested in attending please let either Linda or I know and we can provide further details. In the past few weeks the board has held virtual meetings to discuss new ideas on how to keep our club active and provide for the children in our community, during this challenging time. Please take a look at the ideas we have come up with below and see if there is something you would be able to help with. If you can think of any other ideas or feel there is a need we are not addressing, please contact either Linda or myself. Also, if you would like to be included in any of our virtual meetings again, please reach out to either Linda or myself. In closing I will borrow from our Optimist creed and encourage you to wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile. Take care and be safe. Yours In Optimism Karen Puzara President Read the full newsletter: 
I have been working with our wonderful Oratorical Chair throughout this competition time of year. I know that so many of us feel that this time of the year is when we get to feel our service as Optimists makes a real difference. With the District Oratorical Contest, each year our Optimists gather to watch some of our area’s most outstanding youth display their courage, brilliance and skill for performing the spoken word.
We are happy to report after some test runs that we’re confident we can bring this annual classic to our members near and far through Facebook Live! Just because a world pandemic has placed us in isolation doesn’t mean we can’t host and hold the same wonderful things we always have. We just need to come at it from a different direction. It is times like these that we need to be creative and we need to be louder and prouder than ever as the world needs Optimists But Optimists need to hear from Optimists too. Let’s support each other as it feels so good. Just like the Eastern Ontario Optimists who held their 3rd Quarter Conference yesterday via Zoom. They did it so well, that at times I was brought to tears by the wonder of it all. We too can support our members and bring them the wonders of SWONT. So please pass onto our members that on May 30th at 2:00pm they can tune into our SWONT Optimist Clubs - Optimist International group on Facebook and watch the 9 speakers we have competing for the 3 scholarships. https://www.facebook.com/groups/SWONT.Optimists/?ref=share Special thank you to Chairperson Carrol for taking this wonderful technological step to bring smiles to other Optimists. Yours in Optimism, Tracy Huxley 2019-2020 Int’l Chief of Staff 2018-2019 Int’l Leadership Development Chair 2016-2017 SWONT District Governor “By providing hope and positive vision Optimists bring out the best in youth, their communities and them selves” Ken Neil our SWONT district treasurer/secretary is seeking support from our membership so that the Conductive Ed Trust Fund can receive a donation. Please take a few moments to place your vote by clicking on the 'vote now' link below. Thanks Karen Puzara President Ausable Port Franks Optimist Club Conductive Education Trust Fund
What the Organization Does: Our organization runs a program each summer that helps kids with Cerebral Palsy get up and moving. With this program, kids get help moving and building and toning muscles that are rigid and uncontrollable. Through long days of repetitious exercise in our 4 week program kids will be able to take a few steps, they may be able to feed themselves and go to the washroom if they couldn’t before. It helps greatly with their motor skills. Parents are so grateful for all the help this program gives to their children. What will the Money be Used for?: All the money we raise goes to paying instructors that we hire from Hungary from the Peto Institute. This is the only place where this program is provided. It also provides equipment for the children to work with. It is run in 4 centers, Sarnia , Chatham, St Thomas and Windsor which are rented. This is the 15th year we are running this program . Conductive Education is solely run and funded by club donations and fund raising by the SWONT District Optimists and the trustees of Conductive Ed Program. Vote Now |
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