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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Hillsboro Optimist Club hosts PNW District Optimist Junior Golf Championship qualifier

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The Hillsboro Optimist Club hosts the PNW District Junior
Golf Championship Tournament in the United States where junior golfers have the opportunity to qualify for The Optimist, one of the largest international tournaments for children through age 18.

The tournament was held at the Forest Hills Golf Course in Forest Grove, Oregon on May 20, 2017. Jack Thornton reports, "We had great weather and a great field."

The results follow: 
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Boys 16-18
Q 73 17 Mathew Werner
83 17 Dylan Adams
Q 75 18 Atlas Asaro
Q 69 17 Keith Lobis
Q 77 17 Casey Cameron

Boys 14-15
Q 77 14 Andrew Benhardt

pnw optimist golfBoys 12-13
91 13 Arthur Venderby

Girls 15-18
Q 82 15 Olivia Venderby
93 17 Melia Nordberg
Q 83 15 Elli Gordon

Girls 13-14
Q 86 14 Natalie Gregory
Q 77 14 Elise Deschane

Girls 10-12
98 10 Natalie Ten
Q 97 12 Jade Gruher
Q 89 12 Emily Song


The Hillsboro Optimist Club stepped-up to host the tournament in 2007 and have worked to send more junior golfers to the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships tournament in Florida since that time. 

The PNW District, unfortunately, does not include the tournament in its annual budget. 

This year, a number of local businesses and individuals were hole sponsors and tournament sponsors, providing the cash needed to support the tournament and give the opportunity for golfers to advance. 

The Beaverton Optimist Club joined in as a Silver Sponsor. 

Many thanks to the Hillsboro Optimist Club for their ongoing support of this important Optimist International program. 

Photos courtesy of Jack Thornton. 


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Monday, June 19, 2017

Turn leads into new members for the Optimist Club

When surveyed, Optimist Clubs often say they need three things. What are they?
  • Help manning favorite projects
  • Money
  • Advertising
It may occur to most that these three things are accomplished when an Optimist Club adds members. That is why a membership recruitment and retention program are necessary for any membership organization. 

Members are the lifeblood of the Optimist Club and Optimist International. In addition to providing the helping hands that are needed for projects, members provide word of mouth marketing to engage their friends and associates in its good deeds and together, they generate revenues - donations and fundraisers - to help the Optimist Club do even more. 

We know, however, that getting new people to join our Optimist Clubs can be challenging. That's why we like this membership recruitment tip that we saw today from the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA): the membership prospect card.




According to the OTLA, board members are asked once per year to recommend new members for membership in the association. This gets the board members engaged in a strategic priority: membership. The OTLA staff then generates a personalized letter to invite the potential new member to join and it works, because like a successful a leads program, it connects people to people for needs that they need met. 

Individuals like personal attention. Individuals like knowing they were singled out for an honor or opportunity. Individuals, most of them at least, like to connect with others for social and service activities. They just need to be asked. 

That means the rest is up to you and your Optimist Club. Start a membership committee, create a prospect card, and get busy asking qualified individuals to share optimism by joining an Optimist Club. 



Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Optimist International Oratorical World Championships schedule released


Here is the schedule for the Optimist International Oratorical Oratorical World Championships. All times are listed in Central Time Zone:

Thursday, June 15, 2017
8:30am - Southeast Region
10:00am - Middle America Region
11:15am - Great Plains Region
12:30pm - Global Region
1:30pm - Southwest Region
3:00pm - Saint Lawrence Region
4:15pm - West Coast Region

Friday, June 16, 2017
8:30am - Mid-Atlantic Region
9:30am - Northeast & Great Lakes Region
2:00pm - World Championships Contest

Watch from anywhere at www.optimist.org/stream.

PNW District Champion May Fan will compete online in the West Coast Region semifinal beginning at 4:15 p.m. CST or 2:15 p.m. PST. 

Good luck, May!

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