OPTIMIST CLUBS OF
DURHAM REGION
Welcome to www.ocdr.org.
U
X B R I D G E O P T I M I S T S
Fun and fellowship
while helping youth and community. Get involved! JOIN US!
President
John Carroll, Secretary Suzanne Redford, Treasurer Jill Hanley
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CLUB MEETINGS
& CONTACT INFO
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The Optimist Club of Uxbridge has dinner meetings on the second and third
Thursdays of every month (except for July and August) at the Royal Canadian
Legion, 109 Franklin St. Social time begins at 7:00 pm and the meeting
is called to order at 7:30 pm. The club also has a Board meeting
on the second Thursday of each month.
You can contact the OC of Uxbridge by phone (905.852.9344), by email
or by mail (PO Box 1882, Uxbridge, ON, L9P 1N9).
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NEVADA,
DUCK DERBY AND XMAS TREE FUNDRAISING FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY
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The club has three
sources of income to fund youth activities: Nevada ticket sales at Main
Milk Store (182 Main St. N.); Duck Derby held in June; and, Christmas trees
sales from the first week of December at the Canadian Tire, 327 Toronto
St. S.
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In addition to funding to other organizations, the club runs numerous hands-on
projects, including:
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Community Youth Fishing
Day, partner (May)
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Respect for Law (May)
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Duck Derby (June)
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Kids of Steel (July)
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Jr. Golf League (July-Aug.)
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The
Uxbridge Optimist Junior Golf League is a
Boys and Girls
Mixed League for those aged 9 to 16. This will be run at Foxbridge
Golf Club (on the south side of Reach Rd.). Tee off starts at 7:30am.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to be ready for a quality,
affordable and most important “Fun” Junior Golf Program for Summer 2004.
Adult volunteers are needed and training will be provided. Thanks
to Foxbridge Golf Club, Sammy's Pizza and Ecowater for helping us bring
this Uxbridge Optimist Junior Golf League package together for our children.
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VIP (Values Influence
Peers) program and the distribution of Drug Safety books (Sept.-June)
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Youth Appreciation
(Nov.)
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Annual Uxbridge inter-club
dinner meeting with the all Uxbridge service clubs (Nov.)
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Santa Claus Parade
float (Dec.)
The club
also provides funding to the Uxbridge Optimist Flyers, a track club that
has 100 youths aged 7-17 participating (Sept.-June).
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Local Community News from the DurhamRegion.com
website, view the Top stories from
seven area municipalities (updated almost daily) or Search
for Durham Region 'Optimist Club' news stories.
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Links to Uxbridge
Weather and Township
of Uxbridge (including a Calendar
of Events and History),
My
Uxbridge Info.
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Places to visit and things to do: Durham
Movie Listings (Ebert
movie review), Uxperience,
York-Durham
Heritage Railway, Lucy
Maud Montgomery Leaskdale Manse Museum, Uxbridge-Scott
Museum and Uxbridge
Bruins OHA Hockey. MapQuest
directions.
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Businesses that members are involved in:.Stage
1 Rentals (Sound, Lighting, Stages and Projection equipment for all
type of events), 441 Esna Park Dr., Unit 16, Markham, 905.940.2561, Uxbridge
Optimist Larry Whitelock; Creative
Memories (Uxbridge Optimist Jan Wilson is a consultant who teaches
the importance of and techniques for organizing, documenting and preserving
their photographs and memorabilia in safe, meaningful, keepsake albums).
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U
X B R I D G E O P T I M I S T S
Club
47242. Organized on Oct. 29, 1968. Charter presented on Jan.
18, 1969.
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