RIO GRANDE STAR
Rio Grande Optimist Club of El Paso, TX
Volume 3, Edition #8, July 29, 2017 (DOUBLE ISSUE)
Meeting place: Franky's Restaurant, 9828 Montana Avenue, El Paso, TX
Meeting Time and Date: 6:30pm, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month
President's Message
Hello Rio Grande Optimist Club members and
NMWTX District Members!
Rio Grande Optimist Club is going to be working hard in the next several months! Lots of fun and fellowship abound when we all get together for wonderful projects!
I would like to encourage all of our club members to bring a guest to the next Rio Grande Optimist Club meeting and ask them to join our wonderful club. We have a lot to offer to our new members, with many wonderful projects to participate in and many new friends to make.
Sincerest apologies that I haven't been able to attend a few club meetings lately. I've been under the weather but am feeling better now!!!
Optimists: Bringing out the Best in youth, in our communities, and in ourselves! Right here, right now! Kiki Diaz--President 2016-17
HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN...
Birthdays & Anniversaries forJune-July2017:
Mike Moon-July 20th
Club Meeting: June-July, 2017:
The June 14th, June 28th, July 12th and July 26th meetings were held at Franky's Restaurant. Members in attendance at these meetings were Kiki Diaz, Joe & Sylvia Lujan, Mike & Melody Moon and Isabel Hernandez. Special guests were Gloria Phillips from Skyline Optimist Club and Bill Dominik from Canutillo Sun-Up Optimist Club.
President Kiki spoke to the club members about having a Papaburger fundraiser. The club will purchase 10 tickets which will be sold for $6.00 per ticket. RGOC will make $3.00 off of each ticket sold.
Bill Dominik spoke to the membership about the CHS Class of 1967 50-year reunion scholarship fundraiser, at Sunland Park Casino on Saturday, July 29, 2017. Cost is $30.00 per person. There will also be a silent auction at the fundraiser. For more information, please call Bill at (915) 877-3319.
Gloria Phillips spoke to the club about the Christmas in July craft show at Skyline Optimist Club on July 15, 2017. She also spoke about Music Under the Stars at Skyline Optimist Club, which will take place August 19th and the cost per ticket is $10.00 per person. Tickets will be available at the gate.
3rd & 4th quarter dues are due! Third AND fourth quarter dues are due!!! Please send them to S/T Melody Moon, PO Box 4693, El Paso, TX, 79914-4693. (Dues for regular members are $20.00 per quarter. Dues for Life Members are $10.00 per quarter.
Rio Grande OC participated in the Community Yard Sale at St. Paul's United Methodist Church on June 3, 2017. Joe & Sylvia Lujan, Isabel Hernandez, and Mike & Melody Moon volunteered at the yard sale and had a great time!
Isabel Hernandez spoke to the club about working with her church on the Oratorical contest for 2017-18. Sounds like this will be a GREAT project!
Rio Grande Optimist Club meets at Franky's Restaurant, 9828 Montana Avenue. Meeting are held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 6:30pm. Hope to see you there with a guest (or two, or three)!!!
Calendar of Events
Club meetings are August 9th & August 23rd at Frankys Restaurant,
9828 Montana Avenue, at 6:30pm
*NMWTX District Meetings**
4th Quarter Meeting: Albuquerque, NM, August 11-13, 2017
*Optimist International Convention 2017: July 6 to July 8, 2017, Albuquerque, NM
Purposes of an Optimist Club
• To develop optimism as a philosophy of life, utilizing the tenets of the Optimist Creed; • To promote an active interest in good government and civic affairs; • To inspire respect for the law; • To promote patriotism and work for international accord and friendship among all people; • To aid and encourage the development of youth, in the belief that the giving of one’s self in service to others will advance the well-being of humankind, community life and the world.
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