Lakes Area Optimist Club
Optimist Clubs have been “Bringing Out the Best in Kids” since 1919. Optimist Clubs conduct positive service projects aimed at providing a helping hand to youth. There are 87,000 individual members who belong to 2,900 autonomous Clubs. Optimists conduct 65,000 service projects each year, serving six million young people. Optimists also spend $78 million on their communities annually.
The Lakes Area Optimist Club was chartered June 29, 2006. For more information see our website at: http://www.lakesareaoptimists.org/.
We meet weekly at the Walled Lake Big Boy – Thursday mornings from 7:30- 8:30 am - visit us for breakfast to see what we're all about! For more info call 248-568-4316. Some of our recent projects include: our annual book drive, the creation of the Foster Farm Memorial Garden, the St. Baldrick’s annual fundraiser, Reading in the Park, as well as many other volunteer opportunities that support our children in the community.
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 your 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.
Optimist International Programs
Childhood Cancer Campaigns
Essay and Oratorical Contests
Respect for Law Day
Optimist Junior Golf Championship
Internet Safety Program
The Lakes Area Optimist Club was chartered June 29, 2006. For more information see our website at: http://www.lakesareaoptimists.org/.
We meet weekly at the Walled Lake Big Boy – Thursday mornings from 7:30- 8:30 am - visit us for breakfast to see what we're all about! For more info call 248-568-4316. Some of our recent projects include: our annual book drive, the creation of the Foster Farm Memorial Garden, the St. Baldrick’s annual fundraiser, Reading in the Park, as well as many other volunteer opportunities that support our children in the community.
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 your 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.
Optimist International Programs
Childhood Cancer Campaigns
Essay and Oratorical Contests
Respect for Law Day
Optimist Junior Golf Championship
Internet Safety Program
Clifford Smart Middle School Junior Optimist Club
Clifford Smart Junior Optimist Club – chartered this year! Junior Optimist Octagon International (JOOI), home to the world's most dynamic coalition of youth volunteers. JOOI members represent the times well by making their communities better - one service project at a time.
