Optimist Clubs do a lot of outreach. Some might call their involvement with community service projects other than their own sponsorship or partnership, but when I saw the Garner, North Carolina Optimist Club website using the term outreach to write about the organizations they regularly engage with, I thought, what a great way to express what we do. Outreach is the act of extending or connecting the goals and purposes of one group to another in order to reach a wider population.
Does your club reach out and help others by providing volunteers, time or support? The Garner Optimist Club has identified their 2010 outreach activities to be:
Relay for Life- Camp Invention
- Boys and Girls Homes of North Carolina
- Camp Rainbow
- Garner Police Department
For their own projects, the Garner Optimist Club manages a clubhouse, sponsors the Optimist Interntional Oratorical and Essay Contests and coordinates baseball, basketball and golf programs for children. They conduct four fund raisers to help them accomplish their goals.
