Looking for new Optimist Club members? Just ask!

How do you go about asking people to join your Optimist Club?  I believe that word-of-mouth marketing and personal invitations are the best way to go about it.  However, no one likes to make a cold call or approach someone with an invitation to something they may not know anything about.


That's why a little advanced promotion, maybe in the local paper, can be a good thing. The Breakfast Optimist Club of Dundalk, MD is promoting membership in their Optimist Club with an article in the Dundalk Eagle: 

The Breakfast Optimist Club of Dundalk, an affiliate of Optimist International, is seeking new members to take part in the group’s community service activities.

Among the group’s projects are annual youth oratorical and essay contests, the Junior Optimist Club at Dundalk Middle School and the Optimist Childhood Cancer Campaign. 

The group meets at the Sparrows Point Inn, 4414 North Point Blvd., at 8 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month except during December, July and August. 

For more information, call the organization’s president, Charlotte Hayes, at 410-282-6058.

With this brief introduction, potential members know what the Optimist Club is, where and when members meet, what they do and how to find out more.  

Why not run a similar article in your local newspaper? Just do it - ask someone to join your Optimist Club today.