Presiding – Brooke Hamstra

Greeters – Lester Pierce & Steve Block

Invocation – John Kirkpatrick

Birthdays – Kyrie’ Maierle, David Byers, Ken Anderson & John Teevan

• Announcements –
  • Fundraisers – Update
    • Car Show (05/17/26) = 116 days
    • Triathlon (06/27/26) = 157 days
    • Fall Displays (sale starts 08/01/26) = 192 days – Kris Williams sharing event info, Chris needs help with organizing the Fall Displays next Fall
    • Golf Outing (09/08/26) = 230 days

• Optimist Essay Contest (Winning Essay due by 02/25/26) – Shari Benyouski
• 35 Days, “How My Acts of Service Help Me Understand What Community Means to Me”, must be under the age of 19 by 10/1/26, 700-800 words, Submit Essay via email to Shari at juxtapaused@gmail.com
• Oratorical Contest (03/29/26, from 12-3pm) = 67 days – Letricia Nichols, Sponsor

Warsaw Breakfast Optimist recently was hosted by Grace College at a Men’s and Women’s Home Basketball game.

Membership – The above pictured future members were introduced and had their “reading”.

Program – Live Well Kosciusko County was our program today. Vanessa Nigg and Emily Demopoulous were our presenters. Live Well Kosciusko is a local nonprofit on a mission to transform lives and grow a thriving and healthy community. This organization also envisions a future where every individual has the education and resources to experience a life of health and well-being.

The five areas on which Live Well Kosciusko focuses are Physical Well-Being; Financial Well-Being; Social Well Being; Career & Purpose Well-Being and Community Well-Being.

Optimistic Quote/Did You Know

• Did you Know: Some frogs freeze solid in winter and survive? Their bodies produce natural antifreeze
• Quote: The secret of getting ahead is getting started: Mark Twain

Next week’s program – Animal Welfare League – Tonya Blanchard