OPTIMIST CLUBS OF
DURHAM REGION
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Fun and fellowship
while helping youth and community. Join us! |
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BECOME AN OPTIMIST! |
Consider not only the benefit to the youth of
your area, but the fun and fellowship that you will receive by being a member
of 
an Optimist Club with its motto "Friend
of Youth". Contact one of these clubs to receive a club meeting
invitation or attend an activity to see Optimism in action. We look
forward to talking with you! Thanks for visiting - please bookmark it as
a favourite and inform others of our easy web address: www.ocdr.org.
An Optimist is a member of a community service
club geared to help the youth in the local community. Each club runs
hands-on programs most needed by the community as decided by its club
members. In addition, we also provide significant funding to other
organizations for the running of their own programs. By being a member of
an Optimist club the member grows as an individual by learning more about their
community, gaining many friends with similar goals and improving the community
that he or she lives in.
Optimist
International (OI) was founded on June 19, 1919 and there are now 93,000
members in 3,500 clubs who are helping youth. OI is divided in 50
Districts and one of them is Central Ontario District which has 1,560 members
in 62 clubs. Central Ontario District, in turn, is divided into 10 Zones
and one of them is Zone 8 - the Optimist Clubs of Durham Region. In
addition to the occasional joint project between clubs, the clubs in our zone meet
four times a year to share experiences, learn from each other and from guest
speakers, and share the camaraderie of our mutual goal to enjoy fun and
fellowship while helping youth and community.
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LINKS |
- Durham Region websites: DurhamRegion.com, Durham Movie
Listings, Durham
Regional Police, Durham District
School Board and Kids' Safety Village. Also, government websites:
Region of Durham
(map), Ajax, Clarington, Oshawa, Pickering, Scugog, Uxbridge and Whitby.
- Websites for the health and protection of youth: Kids' Health, Durham Children's Aid Society, Safe Kids
Canada and Kids' Help Phone.
- Optimist and related websites: Optimist International,
Optimist
International Foundation, and CENON Central Ontario District. Some of the best
Optimist Club websites are: Ajax, ON, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Fulton, MO
and San Antonio,
TX.
- Some other useful websites: Weather Forecast/Satellite/Radar, GO Transit, and TTC. .......
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Optimist International, a Friend of Youth since June 19, 1919. |
