Go the extra mile for the Canadian Children’s Optimist Foundation

When we “Go the Extra Mile” everyone wins

This is an opportunity for a club to partake in a chance to receive a club grant of $2,500, $1,500 or $1,000. How can you achieve this? We are lookingforinnovative hand- on Club youth projects for yourcommunity duringthe2019-2020 Optimistyear.Optimist Clubs from across Canada have an opportunity to enter the process from nowuntil April 30, 2020. Afterwhich time, we will not accept any further applications for this incentive.

Donors to the CCOFwill then have an opportunity to vote on theirclub entry orsupport anotherclub with theirentry, fora period of one month. During that month, the three top projects will be identied based on voting. The more votes a project receives the higher they will proceed to the top three. The top three projects will be announced, and showcased during the Optimist International Convention, in Chicagoland (Schaumburg, IL), June 28, 2020.

All individual Optimist donors are eligible to have a vote on a project. A contribution ofa minimum of$36.50 Dime a Day to the Canadian Children’s Optimist Foundation is required to get one vote. For each incremental unrestricted donation of$50 a donor will receive an additional vote, so ifyou gave an amount of$200 you would have an additional four votes. If you have already given a donation since October 1, 2019 you will be eligible to vote, iffor instance you have given an unrestricted donation of $250 in addition to your Dime a Day contribution you would be eligible to an additional ve votes. Optimist club President are eligible to vote if the club makes a minimal unrestricted donation of $50.

You could get other individuals and corporations as donors in your community involved with the voting process with a minimum unrestricted donation of $50, then they support the Canadian Children’s Optimist Foundation and receive a tax receipt. The actual details of the voting process and how many votes you could receive will be announced very shortly.

CCOF CHRISTIAN D. LARSON PARTNERS MEMBERSHIP

740

Yvon Quesnel

CCOF TOP TEN as of September 30, 2019

District Representative Average Contribution Per Member Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan Tiim Bell $52.94 & Northern Wyoming Dakotas-Manitoba-Minnesota Keith Norman $36.66 Pacific North West Ben De Remer $31.16

District Representative Total Contributions Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan Tim Bell $41,506.99 & Northern Wyoming Southwestern Ontario Jurgen and Kathy Walther $33,028.27 Midwestern Ontario Warren Bechthold $25,273.22

CCOF DONOR LISTINGS

This is a record of lifetime accumulation levels achieved from July 1, 2019 – September 30, 2019, for individuals and Clubs. This listing is for gifts recorded up to the deadline date for the printing of Optimist.

Distinguished Benefactor - $5,000

QUÉBEC CENTER Camillien Delisle Club Optimiste St-Roch de l’Achigan, QC

Honored Benefactor - $2,500

QUÉBEC CENTER Club Optimiste de Beloeil, QC

QUÉBEC WEST Louis Dubois

SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO Huron Sledge Hockey – Huron and Area Optimist Club, ON

MIDWESTERN ONTARIO Optimist Club of Sydenham, ON

PACIFIC NORTH-WEST Richard Brodie

Benefactor - $1,000

QUÉBEC CENTER Johanne Lamouche Carine Therrien

QUÉBEC SOUTH Huguette Frenière MIDWESTERN ONTARIO Optimist Club of Walkerton, ON

OIF CHRISTIAN D. LARSON PARTNERS MEMBERSHIP

731 732 733 734 735

Debra M. Davis Catherine Medal Dr. Nancy Boyd Linda G. Clark Debra J. Berry

736 737 738 739 741

Maggie Rollinger Ted Dotts Theresa Jarratt Daniel J. Mills Gail Aiken

742 743 744 745

Joan Cordonnier Roy Barclay Diana Morrison Trent W. Sanford

OIF TOP TEN as of January 31, 2020

District Representative Average Contribution Per Member Capital-Virginia Barbara L. Grizzard $10.72 Arizona Marcia Aurand $7.76 Alabama-Mississippi Nancy Boyd $7.71 Oklahoma Ron Whitaker $6.73 Colorado-Wyoming Ron Benson $6.35 South Carolina Mike Sherbert $6.01 North Carolina East Errol Warren $5.86 North Mexico-West Texas Lynne Martin $5.14 Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming James Rehm $5.04 South Texas Beverley Oaks $5.03

District Representative Total Contributions GATEway Connie Webb $9,287.03 Michigan Monetta Foster $8,960.30 Alabama-Mississippi Nancy Boyd $8,577.50 Colorado-Wyoming Ron Benson $8,353.50 Capital-Virginia Barbara L. Grizzard $7,661.50 South Texas Beverley Oaks $6,255.70 Iowa Janet Lloyd $6,229.00 North Carolina East Errol Warren $5,136.95 Dakotas-Manitoba-Minnesota Charles Spavin $4,988.16 North Carolina West Bill Teague $4,596.50

OIF DONOR LISTINGS

This is a record of lifetime accumulation levels achieved from July 1, 2019 – January 31, 2020, for individuals and Clubs. This listing is for gifts recorded up to the deadline date for the printing of Optimist.

Cooper Benefactor - $100,000 EAST MISSOURI Optimist Club of Cape Girardeau, MO

Golden Benefactor - $50,000 MARYLAND-SOUTH DELAWARE James and Sherry Hubbard

Silver Benefactor - $25,000 IOWA Optimist Club of Dubuque, IA

Bronze Benefactor - $15,000 ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI Optimist Club Hernando, MS DAKOTAS-MANITOBA-MINNESOTA Central Minnesota Noon Optimist Club Inc., MN INDIANA NORTH Optimist Club of Portland-Evening, IN INDIANA SOUTH Optimist Club of Avon, IN

IOWA Optimist Club of Bloomfield, IA Optimist Club of North Liberty, IA KANSAS Optimist Club of Topeka-Sunrise North, KS KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA Eulas J. Hayes NEBRASKA Optimist Club of Lincoln-Evening, NE PACIFIC CENTRAL Optimist Club of Sacramento-Breakfast, CA WISCONSIN NORTH-UPPER MICHIGAN Optimist Club of Fond Du Lac-Noon, WI Sunrise Optimist Club of Green Bay, WI

Eminent Benefactor - $10,000 ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI Nancy E. Boyd Optimist Club of Cleveland, MS Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming Debora A. Ettleman COLORADO-WYOMING Front Range American Cancer Society Optimist ClubDenver, CO IOWA Optimist Club of Maquoketa, IA NEW MEXICO-WEST TEXAS Optimist Club of Albuquerque, NM NORTH FLORIDA David and Shari Pudles OKLAHOMA Judy K. Osborn SOUTH TEXAS Beverley W. Oaks Optimist Club of Corpus Christi-Downtown, TX WEST MISSOURI Optimist Club of St. Joseph-Sunrise, MO Distinguished Benefactor - $5,000 COLORADO-WYOMING Philip Perington DAKOTAS-MANITOBA-MINNESOTA Optimist Club of Watertown, SD INDIANA NORTH Optimist Club of New Castle, IN INDIANA SOUTH Kenneth and Ann Kolmerten KANSAS G. Joseph and Diana Pierron LOUISIANA Optimist Club of Gretna-West Bank, LA MICHIGAN Michelle M. Kauffold Optimist Club of Charlotte, MI NORTH TEXAS Optimist Club of Lubbock, TX SOUTH CAROLINA Evening Optimist Club of Sumter Inc., SC Honored Benefactor - $2,500 ATLANTIC CENTRAL LaVera Seymour Optimist Club of Chester-South Chester, PA CALIFORNIA SOUTH Bonnie M. Styles CARIBBEAN Marcia Streete Hendricks COLORADO-WYOMING Cheyenne Optimist Club, WY GATEWAY Optimist Club of Gilmer County, GA Optimist Club of Laurel Canyon, GA ILLINOIS Optimist Club of Taylorville, IL INDIANA SOUTH George S. Haerle IOWA Geraldine M. Barnett David H. Phillips KENTUCKY-WEST VIRGINIA Edwin R. Smith MICHIGAN Theresa Jarratt Nicole M. Ingersoll Mount Clemens Optimist Club, MI OHIO Optimist Club of Fairfield Inc., OH OKLAHOMA Joyce M. Filsinger PACIFIC CENTRAL Phyllis S. Caughran SOUTHERN WISCONSIN Jeffery L. Kuchenbecker WEST MISSOURI Larry J. Lynch WISCONSIN NORTH-UPPER MICHIGAN Judith A. Goodchild Benefactor - $1,000 ALABAMA-MISSISSIPPI Joyce F. Barnes Jacob Ransom, Jr. Gloria F. Vail ALBERTA, MONTANA, SASKATCHEWAN & NORTHERN WYOMING Eric A. Christian James B. Rehm Optimist Club of Havre, MT ARIZONA Patricia A. McKerchie ATLANTIC CENTRAL Maxcine S. Collier CAPITAL-VIRGINIA James M. Douglas Charles Steininger CARIBBEAN Rose M. Medley Optimist Club of Kingston-Waterloo, Jamaica Optimist Club of Manor Park, JA COLORADO-WYOMING Robert L. Avery Harry S. Fegley Ruth A. Oss DAKOTAS-MANITOBA-MINNESOTA John Ashland Kevin J. Hammell Gary Nelson EAST MISSOURI Amy Keller GATEWAY Linda Clark Trent W. Sanford INDIANA SOUTH Greg A. Kuhn Michael R. Novak IOWA Richard A. Danielson Susan Enewold Mark G. Feilmann KANSAS Charles L. Galligher Marlene Natoli MARYLAND-SOUTH DELAWARE David J. Bowman MICHIGAN Mary Ann Ampersee Ralph W. Meyer The Optimist Club of Holland, MI NEW MEXICO-WEST TEXAS Camino Real Optimist Club, NM NEW YORK-NEW ENGLAND Debra M. Davis Lockport Monday Night Cruise Optimist Club Inc., NY Optimist Club of Utica-East, NY NORTH CAROLINA EAST Terry S. Corle NORTH CAROLINA WEST Gerenda D. Davis NORTH FLORIDA Elizabeth Kincheloe Mary Lowe Jean and Rick Rutan Brenda A. Sprague Coastal Optimist Club of Wakulla Inc., FL NORTH TEXAS Tommy and Judi Janes OHIO John L. Akerman Myron J. Rheaume OKLAHOMA Optimist Club of Glenpool Area, OK PACIFIC CENTRAL Richard I. Jones PACIFIC SOUTHEAST Morning Optimist Club of Moreno Valley, CA PACIFIC SOUTHWEST Lydia and Victor Espinoza SOUTH CAROLINA James P. Bradley Lola E. Cumbo SOUTHERN WISCONSIN Platteville Area Optimist Club, WI Optimist Club of Sun Prairie, WI TENNARK David and Linda Morgan WEST MISSOURI Rodwin L. McLaughlin