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Welcome to two new members! Betty Urbanski and Fran McCordic have joined our club and they're ready to bring out the best in youth, our community and themselves! New members are always very welcome. The ladies are presented their membership certificates by VP Paul Petersen and Charter members Ron Huxley and Jim Waite. Congratulations! 
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Exciting news! Optimist International's 2023 visual arts competition received submissions from young artists from clubs across the world, and we are thrilled to announce that the work of Amelia Legut-Petersen, granddaughter to our club's VP Paul Petersen and his wife Doris, was chosen as a winner! Her artwork will be featured in the Optimist International 2024 calendar. Congratulations Amelia!  What a wonderful afternoon! We were thrilled to have several Charter Members attend our 40th Anniversary Open House, including our Charter President Len Belton! In attendance as well was our SWONT District Governor John Ruth and his wife Carol. Many members both past and present were justifiably proud to celebrate our club’s past achievements and community members dropped in to let us know they appreciate what we do. What a feeling! Congratulations to committee members who worked hard to make this a really special event! Click on the image to see more.  Congratulations to Mary-Lou Glenn of Thedford who won $4,110 in our latest 5050 Raffle! She was presented with her cheque by Treasurer Derek Scott. On the left is President Tony Puzara and on the right is Vice President Paul Petersen. Have fun with your winnings Mary-Lou and thanks for supporting us and Thedford Optimist Club! Many thanks again to our Early Bird prize sponsors Garrett Pedlar of The Pedlar Team - Re/max Bluewater Realty Grand Bend and Peter Rastonis of Port Franks Charters. We do a lot of good and we have a good time doing it! Don't forget to drop by our 40th Anniversary Open House this Sunday 1-4pm and help us celebrate! We also have a Meat Draw at Grog's Pub and Grill this Saturday 2-4pm. Maybe you'll be a lucky winner too!    We are so thrilled to have three baskets set up for our disc golf pilot project! This is a necessary step in order to show the municipality that a full, permanent course is a great idea. We've had lots of positive and excited comments on our social media so we hope that the community embraces this new sport. The baskets are located at the Port Franks Community Centre.  Our core team was out all day yesterday working security at the dragway in Grand Bend. We do this every year. The donation we receive for doing so goes to offset membership fees for our club members. This is the second year we’ve also had a presence selling 5050 tickets for our raffle, which we really appreciate A LOT! We topped $6K in our pot today and the final draw is still a month away - www.OurOptimist5050.ca for tickets.  Click on Ray's picture to see more! See what's going on by clicking on the image below:  Congratulations to our First Early Bird Draw winner - Frieda Michielsens! Another super prize coming up August 1st, and of course the final 5050 draw in September. See all the details at www.OurOptimist5050.ca and thanks for supporting us!  Come out with your family and try out disc golf with the Optimists at our Canada Day Family Picnic Saturday 11am-3pm. Welcoming David Northrup, a professional disc golfer and instructor, demonstrating and teaching this exciting new sport. Get started !! Lots of fun guaranteed - games, obstacle course, inflatables, music, face painting, local vendors, food! Don't forget that our first Early Bird Prize Draw for our online 5050 is happening this weekend. Grab your tickets at www.OurOptimist5050.ca  |
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