Members and Relationships by Michael Shue
Michael's Engaging Presentation at Our EMO 2nd Quarter Conference
Our organization is dedicated to empowering communities and our clubs! By providing resources, education, and support to our clubs, we hope to spread optimism and make that a reality for our clubs. Through our programs such as this, we strive to create ways clubs and members can benefit from fellowship. Click on the PowerPoint below to see his presentation! Questions? Contact Us and we'll find the answers1
Members and Relationships Michael Shue Feb 2025 (pptx)
DownloadTop 10 Ways to Market Your Club
Exciting Presentation by Lorin Richter
Lorin, who is well versed in marketing, made tis presentation at our 2nd Quarter Conference, Feb. 2025. This has some terrific suggestions to help make your club more visible in your community! She suggests methods to draw your community members into your Optimist circle. Be sure to download the pdf for future reference. If you have questions, Contact Us and we'll get the answers!
Optimist International Resources
ATTENTION: New Volunteer Waivers and Optimist Club Youth Protection Policy
The Optimist International Board of Directors recently adopted three Volunteer Release Waivers that Clubs should use when utilizing non-member volunteers for Club projects. The OI Board and Optimist’s legal counsel strongly encourage Clubs to use these waivers as a tool to protect the Club and Optimist International from legal liability should one of these volunteers get hurt, cause harm, or put the Club at risk in some manner. These Waivers can be downloaded here and on www.optimist.org under Board of Directors Policies in the Legal section.
Regarding the Youth Protection Policy, Past Optimist International President Rebecca Butler Mona stated "This is an important policy for all Optimists to understand, and especially those who work directly with programs like JOI with ongoing direct youth interaction. We all need to be mindful and diligent of importance of no one-on-one interaction, adequate chaperones, etc. " This Optimist Club Youth Protection Policy can be downloaded here and on www.optimist.org under Board of Directors Policies in the Legal section.
EMO Resources
Even More EMO Resources
OIF Grant Applications
Does your club need some extra money to help finance a service project? Optimist International Foundation has some matching grants that might help you. Both the Childhood Health and Wellness (CHW) grant and the Club grant awards will range from $250 to $1,000. Both of these are matching grants, meaning the club must have available the same amount of money that is being requested in the grant application. The Club grant application must be for a new project for the club.
The deadlines to submit the grant applications are as follows:
Club Grant - March 21, 2025
CHW Grant - January 31, 2025 or August 22, 2025
The Pass Through Grant is used if you have a donor willing to donate $100 or more to your service project, but would like the benefit of a tax deduction.
The actual application forms are found at our OI Foundation tab or visit OIFoundation.org .
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