Presiding – Mitch Goon

Attendance – 68

Invocation – Ron Donkers

Greeter – Kris Williams

Guests – Herb Duncan (Daren Maierle) Patrick Olson (Rick Kerlin) David Lee (David Haines)

Teagan Alley (Optimist Essay Winner) and family; Nicos Gerrard.

Announcements –           

• Optimist Essay Contest  – Shari Benyouski – Teagan Alley, District Winner
• Triathlon – June 26th – Paula Deming
• The Optimist Creed business cards available at the Badge Box.
• Pay 2nd quarter dues – mail to: PO Box 344, Warsaw, IN 46581 or see Austin Donovan
• Veterans – email your Service photo and a current photo to Alan Lucht for our Veteran’s Day program (ajlucht68@yahoo.com or call 574-527-1060 for questions)
• June 30, July 7 and July 14 meet at Gr

Birthdays – Charlie Hollar 6/9; Bruce Hansen 6/10

Membership – 3rd Reading Herb Duncan (Sponsor Daren Maierle), 2nd Reading Kevin McClamroch (Sponsor Rick Swaim), 3rd Reading David Taylor (reinstate)

Induction – By Past President Max Mock – Patrick Olson (sponsor Rick Kerlin) David Lee (Sponsor David Haines)               

50/50 – $60.00 to David Lee

Program – Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Kosciusko County – Jessica Shaw. Big Brothers Big Sisters helps vulnerable children break negative odds. With a mission based on Christian principles, our professionally supported volunteer services prove to reduce children’s risks.

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that every child inherently has the ability to succeed and thrive in life. The nation’s largest donor-supported and volunteer-supported mentoring network, we make meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers – our Bigs – and youth – our Littles – ages 6 through 22, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people – particularly youth from disadvantaged socioeconomic demographics.

Sergeant at Arms – Bob Jackson and Chris Plack harassed various members by charging them a $1.00.

Next Week’s Program – LaunchPad – Sherry Searles

Positive Message – “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”― Lewis Carroll