OPTIMIST CLUB OF PRINCE ALBERT 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO PRINCE ALBERT & AREA

Since 1961, the Optimist Club of Prince Albert has provided service to the youth and the community. In 1981, our club sponsored the High Noon Optimist Club of Prince Albert, which is also a great club in our community.

Meeting the needs of young people in communities’ world wide, Optimist clubs have been “Bringing out the Best in Kids” since 1919. Optimist International is a worldwide organization with over 2,900 individual clubs and 87,000 members. Optimists conduct 65,000 service projects each year serving millions of young people. Optimists also spend $78 million on their communities annually. Since each club is autonomous, and run by members in their community, Optimists have the unique flexibility to serve the youth of their community in any way they see fit.

Some of our Club's community projects that have been accomplished are: the Optimist Center (under the Grand Stand) at the Prince Albert Exhibition grounds, Optimist Tourist Park, Optimist Soccer Field (in Prime Ministers Park), improvements to Mair Park baseball field (on River Street West), Snoezelen Room (at Ecole Vickers) and various projects at the Victoria Union Hospital.

From 2007-2009, we helped upgrade 4 School Playgrounds: Queen Mary Community School, St. Francis School, Vincent Massey Community School and John Diefenbaker School.

Some projects or activities that the Prince Albert Optimist Club sponsor or participate in on going basis are: Childhood Cancer Campaign, Santa Anonymous (our original project), School Safety Patrollers, A&W Bears Hockey Team, Prince Albert Minto's Hockey Team, School Bands, Optimist Toppers Volleyball, Optimist Junior Golf, local 4-H Clubs, Children's Haven, Minor sports teams, High School Scholarships, Encounters with Canada, Forum for Young Canadians, Victoria Hospital Foundation, Big Brothers and Sisters and the Prince Albert Exhibition.

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The Prince Albert Optimist Club meets at 6:30PM every Tuesday evening, September 1 through June 30, at the Optimist Center located under the grandstand at the Prince Albert Exhibition Grounds.

If you would like more information or if you would like to join the most dynamic youth-serving organization in the world and start “Bringing out the Best in Kids” please call:
George Lewko 764-9444
Visit our website at www.paoptimists.ca or www.facebook.com/paoptimists
Or the Optimist International web site at www.optimist.org