RODEO OF SMILES & HIGHWAY ROADSIDE CLEANUP

Optimist Members,

A reminder that the Rodeo of Smiles event for children with special needs takes place this Thursday, May 31^st at the Leduc Rec Centre in Leduc. Those Leduc Optimist members scheduled to assist should arrive by 9:00am.

The spring cleanup of a portion of the Highway 2 roadside by Edmonton Dinner and Leduc Optimists will be performed on Saturday, June 2^nd. Those who can attend are requested to meet in front of Boston Pizza Leduc BEFORE 9:00am, which is the departure time to the roadside area. Please dress appropriately for the weather and work conditions. Bring garbage pickers/stabbers if you have any to facilitate the collection of trash. Thanks.

NEXT REGULAR MEETING - MAY 24th

The next regular meeting of the Black Gold Optimist Club of Leduc will take place on Thursday May 24th in the back section of Smitty's Restaurant Leduc. Those wishing to order food and eat should arrive at 7:00pm, or earlier, with the actual meeting to start at 7:30pm.
There are only three more meetings before the July & August summer break when no meetings take place. Please make every effort to attend the remaining meetings.
Guests and prospective new members are always welcome to attend.

 PLEASE NOTE:  The meeting on June 14th will see the Football Raffle Draw take place.

WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS TO MARGARETHA and TREVOR

On Saturday May 12th, Leduc Optimist members Margaretha Reimer and Trevor Adair were united in marriage at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Leduc. The lovely ceremony, on a beautiful day, took place before a packed audience of family and friends.

Another Optimist member involved was Shayne Beveridge who served as Best Man to Trevor.

The Black Gold Optimist Club of Leduc offers HEARTY and SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS to the personable couple who will reside in Leduc.

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DONATION TO THE SUNBEAMS PROGRAM

At the May 10th meeting of the Leduc Optimist Club, another donation was presented to Loretta Hannah from the Leduc County Early Childhood Resource Program for the Sunbeams project.

Sunbeams is a program for 4 to 7 year olds that fosters emotional healing among children grieving a loss from a life-altering crisis. Through a 6 week peer support plan of action the participants process their feelings, build self-esteem and learn positive coping tools to last a lifetime.

Such good work at an important stage in a child's development is applauded by our club.

We also thank Loretta and Evalon Maisonneuve for their assistance in our club's fundraising efforts which make donations such as this possible.

                   Leduc Optimist Club Treasurer Keivin presents the donation cheque to Loretta



UPCOMING MEETING - MAY 10th

The next meeting of the Black Gold Optimist Club of Leduc will take place on Thursday  May 10, 2012 in the back section of Smitty's Restaurant Leduc. Those wishing to eat should arrive at 7:00pm, or earlier, with the actual meeting to start at 7:30pm.

This is an even more important meeting than usual as we need to present names and vote for club positions to start the new Optimist year on October 1st. PLEASE Make Every Effort To ATTEND.

Remember that meetings are not held in July or August for our summer break, so we need to handle and complete programs and activities in the next four meetings.

Prospective new volunteer members and guests are always welcome. Come join us! Giving our time and effort to try and make a difference.