4512 80th Place
Urbandale, Iowa 50322
Bus: 515-249-2430
Res: 515-331-8951
Cell: 515-707-7874
optkidz4ever@mchsi.com
Greetings Optimists of the DMM District and the GREAT Plains region!
Let me begin by asking you – why are you a member of an Optimist club? What brought you to the place where you are in your Optimist life today? Was it the kids? The fellowship? The fun? The service to your community? What keeps you doing what you are doing? Is it still the fellowship or the service? Or is it because of the personal growth that you have attained because of certain tenets of our Optimist Creed?
What if no one had ever asked you to join an Optimist Club? What if you’d never had the opportunity to see the grin on a small child’s face when you handed him that bicycle helmet? What if you’d never had the opportunity to see the grateful tears if a single mom when you and a couple club members walked up to her door with a Thanksgiving meal for her and her children? What if…?
Please join with me to Bring Out the Best in Kids 100% and then some… . When we concentrate on who we are, our ATTITUDE gives us possibilities, our PRIORITIES give us focus, our HEALTH gives us strength, our FAMILY gives us stability, our THINKING gives us an advantage, our COMMITMENT gives us tenacity, our FINANCES give us options, our FAITH gives us peace, our RELATIONSHIPS give us fulfillment, our GENEROSITY gives us significance, our VALUES give us directions, and our GROWTH gives us potential.
What is your potential as an Optimist? Will you grow and believe in yourself? The kids that we serve need us. It’s a challenge for each of us, but I BELIEVE that we will Bring Out the Best in Kids 100% and then some…?
Yours in Optimism,
Judy Boyd
2011 – 2012
Great Plains Vice President