The Royal Oak
Optimist Club
"Bringing Out The Best In Kids"
•Salvation Army Bell-Ringing
Thursday December 13th 5-7pm
Ringing @ Holiday Market
Afterglow @ the Dunstan's
•Optimist Bowlabration
Sunday January 27th @ Astro Lanes
Registration at 11:30am--Bowling at Noon
•Tri-Star Basketball
Friday February 8th 5-7pm
@ Boys and Girls Club
•Bestest Concert Ever
Saturday March 9th 5-8pm
@Royal Oak Farmers Market
•Oratorical Contest
Wednesday March 13th 7:15am
@ Boys and Girls Club
•Optimist Photo/Video Contest
May 2019--Details TBA
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•The Royal Oak Optimist Club
meets Wednesday Mornings,
7:15 am at National Coney Island--
12-Mile and Main Street in Royal Oak
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UPCOMING EVENTS
ROYAL OAK OPTIMIST CLUB
MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES!
December--Bonnie Bourque--19 years
December--Dawne Ripinski--17 years
December--Shannon Jovic--15 years
December--Cas Swastek--11 years
December--Kim Neely--1 year
January--David Paruch--35 years
January--Marie Keisoglou--17 years
February--No Anniversaries
March--David Richards--37 years
March--Terry Carlson--18 years
March--Marc Katz--18 years
March--Jason Parrott--9 years
RO Optimist Club Speaker Schedule
December 4th--Board Meeting
December 5th--Business Meeting
December 12th--Royal Oak High School Counseling
Kathy Knapp
December 19th--Optimist Holiday Gift Exchange
December 26th--Casual Meeting
January 2nd--Casual Meeting
January 8th--Board Meeting
January 9th--Business Meeting
January 16th--Pearce Accounting
Matt Pearce
January 23rd--TBD
January 30th--TBD
Congratulations John Timmerman!
2018 Optimist of the Year!!
+Our Mission
The mission of the Royal Oak Optimist Club is to bring out the best in kids by providing hope and a positive vision
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
― Winston S. Churchill
+What We Do
+How We Do It
The Royal Oak Optimist Club's purpose is to develop optimism as a philosophy of life utilizing the tenets of the Optimist Creed;
To provide an active interest in
good government and civic affairs;
To inspire respect for the 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 humankind, community life and the world.
“Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so.”
― Noam Chomsky
11 Mile Clean up – September and April each year
Content: Twice a year the Royal Oak Optimists meet at the east side of the Royal Oak Farmers Market parking lot at 7:15 am on a Saturday. The Fall 2015 turn happened September 26, 2015. We met in the parking lot, hung our sign, had a little coffee and mini donuts to boost up our energy and got started. The weather was perfect and the volunteers did their thing! Up and down 11 Mile from Woodward to I-75, Optimists wore their orange vests for safety and walked on the sidewalks against traffic collecting the garbage to make Royal Oak a little better for our community.
Youth Appreciation – October each year
Essay Competition –
Oratorical Competition –
Bestest Concert Ever –
Bowlabration – Our biggest fundraising event
Jr. Golf Outing –Saturday May 21st
Memorial Day Parade
Optimist Park Cleanup/Maintenance
2018 Royal Oak Optimist Junior Golf
2018 Royal Oak Optimist/Van Every
Bike Helmet Sale
2018 Royal Oak Optimist
Memorial Day Parade Bike Decorating
2017 Royal Oak Optimist Club Essay Contest Winners
2017 Royal Oak Optimist Club Oratorical Contest Winners
From left to right: Roni Blank, Jessica Saunders, and Julianna Darawi.
All are from Royal Oak Middle School.
Megan Vick from Berkley Anderson and Tommy Gardella
from Royal Oak Middle School
The Royal Oak Optimist Club held its annual Oratorical Contests on March 8 (girls) and 15 (boys), 2017. This year’s topic was “"What the World Gains from Optimism.” The Club was pleased to host participants from Royal Oak Middle School and Berkley Anderson this year.
After the Club served the students and their families breakfast each week, the young men and women presented their speeches on the given topic, which lasted between four and five minutes. Each week, the speeches were judged by local community officials who were kind enough to volunteer their time to help out the Optimists, as well as the kids of Royal Oak, Berkley, and surrounding communities.
The winning contestants will participate in the Area IV Oratorical Contest to be held in Clawson on April 22. That competition includes winners of club contests from Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Oakland, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, and Washtenaw Counties.
The Royal Oak Optimist Club held its annual Oratorical Contests on March 8 (girls) and 15 (boys), 2017. This year’s topic was “"What the World Gains from Optimism.” The Club was pleased to host participants from Royal Oak Middle School and Berkley Anderson this year.
After the Club served the students and their families breakfast each week, the young men and women presented their speeches on the given topic, which lasted between four and five minutes. Each week, the speeches were judged by local community officials who were kind enough to volunteer their time to help out the Optimists, as well as the kids of Royal Oak, Berkley, and surrounding communities.
The winning contestants will participate in the Area IV Oratorical Contest to be held in Clawson on April 22. That competition includes winners of club contests from Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, Lenawee, Livingston, Oakland, Sanilac, Shiawassee, Tuscola, and Washtenaw Counties.
Spring 2018 Royal Oak Optimist Club 11-Mile Cleanup
2018 Royal Oak
Optimist Club
Park Cleanup
Congratulations
Patty Brown!
2017 Optimist
of the Year!
CONGRATULATIONS TO
PAULA MESSNER!
2016 OPTIMIST OF THE YEAR!
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