Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores
. . . making a positive difference in children's lives
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The Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores, founded in 1992, is a volunteer group of adult men and women from the community that are interested in promoting optimism and helping children. Throughout the year, we conduct, promote and participate in a number of community-based, national and international projects including the annual Santa Station and Train at the Selinsky Greenhouse, Thanksgiving and Christmas donations and deliveries of food baskets to needy families in our community, the special needs children’s picnic, the Junior Golf Tournament, and the Childhood Cancer Campaign.

The Optimists also work closely with other key clubs and the city during the annual Goodfellows Newspaper Sales, the Nine Mile Road Clean-up, SCS Memorial Day Parade and the SCS Fireworks.

Over the years, the Optimist Club of St. Clair Shores has awarded thousands of dollars in scholarships to graduating high school students from Lake Shore, Lakeview, South Lake and North Lake during their annual Champions Banquet & Auction held each May.


The Optimist Creed

Promise yourself-

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all you friends feel that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.
   Calendar of Current Events
    12/1 - Goodfellows Paper Drive
              on the corner of 13 Mile/Harper
   12/6 - Breakfast Meeting,
             7:00 AM to 8:00 AM
             Rose's Restaurant, 31301 Harper,
             just North of 13 Mile Road
   12/7 - Christmas Tree Lighting,
             SCS City Hall
   12/8 - Santa Station and Train Ride,
             10:30 AM  to 3:00 PM,
             Selinski-Green Farmhouse
            (in back of SCS Library)
   12/12 - Poinsettia Ball 2007,
               Blossom Heath Inn
   12/13 - Board Meeting, 7:00 AM
               The Galley (next to SCS Library)
 
 
   Targeted Projects - 2008
    February
      Chaplain's Comedy Club Fundraiser
      2nd Qtr. Regional Meeting
   March
      Oratorical Contest
   May
      Champions Banquet
      Jr. Golf Tournament
      SCs Memorial Day Parade
   June
      MI District Jr. Golf Tournament
      SCS Fireworks - Memorial Park
   July
      Family Picnic & Concert - Memorial Park
   August
      Handicapped Fishing Derby
      SCS Special Needs Picnic
   September
      Lac Ste Claire Arts Fair - Memorial Park
   October
      SCS Optimists Installation Banquet
      SCS Haunted Forest