Warsaw Breakfast Optimist, July 1, 2026

Holocaust Exhibit
Presiding – Brooke Hamstra

Ken Shamblin
Greeters – Ken Shamblin & Steve Block
Invocation – Steve Block

Pete Barnett
Birthdays – Scott Reust, Doc David Haines, Angie tom & Pete Barnett

STEAM program
Check Presentation Andy Swihart – to introduce Dan Graney/Eisenhower Elementary
for STEAM of Pinball Program for the amount of $250.00
Program – Ben Price/Shari Benyousky introducing Andrea Granger & Dana McAfee.
What did Americans know, and what more could have been done? The exhibition – from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the American Library Association – also presents stories of individual Americans, some of whom took actions that went against the grain at the time, daring to rescue Jews from Europe.
By the time Nazi Germany forced the world into war, democratic civilization itself was at stake. The US military fought for almost four years to defend democracy, and more than 400,000 Americans died.
The American people—soldiers and civilians alike—made enormous sacrifices to free Europe from Nazi oppression. Yet saving Jews and others targeted for murder by the Nazi regime and its collaborators never became a priority.
The United States alone could not have prevented the Holocaust, but more could have been done to save some of the six million Jews who were killed.
Announcements –
- Fundraisers Reminders & Updates –
- Triathlon Event was another great success – Jeff Owens/Adam Heckaman
- Fall Displays (online sale starts 08/01/26) Kris Williams
- Golf Outing (09/08/26) Chris Hanson & Chris McCray
- Mark your calendars for Kosciusko County 4H Fair – RELOCATION DATES (3):
- Today, 7/8 & 7/15 @ Grace College Alpha Dining

Alpha Dining Hall

Member Moment Update – George Paton is not doing well in the Goshen Hospital.

Bill’s gone viral!
Optimistic Quote/Did You Know – The miracle isn’t that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start. ~ John Bingham
Next Week’s Program – Allowing Christ to Shine (ACTS)/Clark Shepherd


