FIFTY YEARS
OF
COMMUNITY SERVICE
TO THE YOUTH OF
JOHNSON COUNTY
1949-1999
Join the Iowa City Optimist Club
Iowa City, Iowa
Meetings are held at Noon on Wednesdays at the Masonic Building, 312 E. College Street
Optimist Clubs are made up of men and women interested in serving their communities. The Iowa City Optimist Club is unmatched in the variety and quality of their programs and activities committed to you and community needs. We are part of a vast network of nearly 130,000 Optimists in 4000 Optimist Clubs nationally and internationally. Community and youth projects impact 3.5 million young people. Over the past 50 years, this Club has provided time, talent, and funding to the following activities:
Just Say No (to drugs)
Soap Box Derby
Youth Essay Contest
Santa’s Letters
Kids Voting
Junior Bowling
Bike Safety Week
Youth Oratorical Contest
Optimist Junior Golf Tournament
Youth Appreciation Week
Respect for Law
Babe Ruth League
Swim Club
Optimist Uncle Program
Special Olympics
City Park Clean Up
Major financial gifts have included:
Downtown Playground Equipment, 1999 - $25,000
Safety Village, Grant Wood School, 1994 - $5,000
College Green Park, 1993 - $16,659
United Action for Youth, 1992 - $1,500
Iowa City Library Foundation, 1982-88 -$6,000
Iowa City Girls Softball Diamond, 1980 - $8,000
Systems Unlimited, 1989 - $5,000
Ronald McDonald House, 1980 -$3,500
Mayor’s Youth Employment, 1985 - $2,000
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Iowa City Optimist Club Annual Christmas Tree Sales begin the Friday after Thanksgiving at the Dairy Queen lot on Riverside Drive. The Club makes annual contributions to another 40 organizations. The funding has been made possible through the sale of Christmas Trees. Thank you for your support!
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THE OPTIMIST CREED
Promise Yourself -
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.
To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past an press on to the greater achievements of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble
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FUNDING REQUEST FORMS
Optimist Funding Request Form - pdf file
Optimist Funding Request Form - Electronic version
You will need Acrobat® Reader to view and print this form. This free software may be downloaded from Adobe.

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LINKS
Optimist International
Optimist Clubs on the Net
Johnson County Community Network
City of Iowa City
Getting to and Around the Iowa City/Coralville Area
Iowa City Weather
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