JUNE 23, 2011 REGULAR MEETING

At the meeting: Doreen, Keivin, Brian and Ray were announced as 50/50 ticket sellers for Sunday, June 26th at Castrol Raceway.
A tentative date of Saturday, August 6th at 2:00pm was given for the Leduc Club Pot Luck Barbecue to be held at the home of John and Ruby Anderson in Edmonton (THANKS to them).
The next zone 5 meeting was proposed for September 17, 2011 at 10:00am in Leduc at the Leduc Legion.

DONATION TO MINOR FOOTBALL
Appreciation was proclaimed for members of the Leduc & District Minor Football Association connected to the PeeWee team for assistance in selling raffle tickets.
To Jessica Dalmer, Merri-Lee Oliver, Pete Cochrane and any others...a big THANK YOU!
A donation cheque made out to the LDMFA was presented to Merri-Lee Oliver at the meeting.

DONATION TO LEDUC FISH & GAME YOUTH GROUP
A donation cheque made out to the Leduc Fish & Game Youth Group (primarily for safety training) was presented to Darrel Baker on June 24th by Optimist president Shayne Beveridge.
Our thanks to Darrel for assisting in selling raffle tickets.

CERTIFICATE of PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT and COMMUNITY SPIRIT with CASH BURSARY

This is a new initiative for our club and Willow Park Elementary in Leduc is the first school selected for the award.

On Thursday, June 23, 2011 at the school awards assembly, the two Optimist Club Awards were announced and handed out to the deserving students.




The 2011 Female student recipient is:

BERNICE MEJA

Grade 6

Willow Park School - Leduc AB











The 2011 Male student recipient is:

BRAXTEN HALWA

Grade 3

Willow Park School - Leduc AB





We thank principal Rhonda Brunken and the school staff for allowing us to do this project and for creating the suitable guidelines.

Knowing the importance of education these days, our club is hoping this type of incentive for effort, achievement and concern for others will help to spur on all students to higher goals and promising futures. One female student and one male student were selected from a worthy group of nominees for this award. The document states that each selected student:

- Displays initiative, scholastic effort and academic achievement
- Demonstrates respect for school rules and the rights of others
- Promotes friendship among all students and staff
- Shows a willingness to be involved in school or community activities and events
- Has a respect for self, respect for others and is responsible for personal actions
- Best exemplifies the Optimist Creed ( which can be viewed by clicking on the Creed tab )

Congratulations to both students and their supportive families and teachers.

RAFFLE FUNDRAISER WINNER

CONGRATULATIONS to Darren Chomyshen of Edmonton (on left), winner of the Edmonton Eskimos Gold Season Tickets raffle!

The draw in our raffle fundraiser for two Edmonton Eskimos Gold season tickets plus $300.00 in Concession Cards was held June 9th in Leduc and the ticket selected, from a lottery drum, was #0549.
A big THANK YOU to all who bought or sold tickets! It was successful with 875 sold out of 900 printed.

We also extend APPRECIATION to those community minded businesses who allowed us to sell raffle tickets at their locations which gave us visibility and contact with many football fans and other supportive people......another big THANK YOU!
This further enables our club to assist and develop Youth and Community activities and programs.

FUNDRAISER RAFFLE DRAW

The fundraiser raffle draw is tonight - June 9th, 2011 at Smitty's in Leduc. The holder of the winning ticket does not have to be present. The winner will be contacted by phone or email and postmail ( if that information was given ). The winner's name and ticket number will be posted on this website, once contact has been made.

THANKS TO ALL WHO PURCHASED OR SOLD TICKETS !

IMPORTANT NOTICE - LOST TICKETS

Regarding the Black Gold Optimist Club of Leduc Raffle for Edmonton Eskimos Season Tickets and Concession Cards to be drawn on the evening of June 9th, 2011.

Unfortunately, a 25 ticket booklet of sold stubs and unsold tickets has been lost bearing ticket numbers 0301 to 0325.
Those tickets will not form part of the draw and will not be eligible for the prize.

Purchasers of tickets bearing numbers in that sequence should immediately call 780-318-0493 or 780-756-0493 to receive another ticket ( if available ) or a refund of the ticket cost.

The original ticket must be presented for a replacement or refund.

All other sold ticket numbers will be entered in the draw.

Our club regrets and apologizes for this occurrence . Thank you.

NOTE: This information is contained in an ad that appears in the LEDUC REP weekly newspaper issue of Friday, June 03, 2011