Boise Optimist News - December 9

Hi all,

Please come and bring a friend to our Tuesday (12/10) noon meeting at the Twin Dragon. Our guest speaker will be our very own Lori Benfiet. I bought the most amazing chocolate cake at the auction, which I will proudly serve at the meeting.

Speaking about the auction: it was an amazing fund raising event. People from all Optimist programs were there. Not sure how much was raised, but I'm confident it will beat our club $2500 record. Thanks to all who pitched in and helped during the auction. A special thanks must go out to our auction committee: Dyan G. (food/venue), Paul M. (donations!/flyer), Sue O. (decorations/invitations), Steve O. (donations/invitations), , Cyndi E. (advertising/auction expertise), Rick P. (technical/chair support), and Lisa P. (chair).

MSTI Family Christmas Party: Here's your chance to interact with the kids and families we serve. We need volunteers to help set-up and/or staff the party. Contact Dyan Graybeal (dyan@itbpromos.com) asap and let her know you're coming. Thanks.

Calendar Updates:

12/10 BYSC Board Meeting - Cancelled.
12/10 BNOC Board Meeting - Cancelled.
12/16 Special session of BNOC Board after the evening club meeting at Casa Mexico.

         Tentative agenda: allocation of auction proceeds, up-to-date concessions report, Bylaws revision timeline

Hope to see many of you on Tuesday,

Lisa Peterson
President, BNOC

Boise Noon Optimist Club prepares for the MSTI Picnic

June 24, 2014 - AT THE TWIN DRAGON

Boise Noon Optimists prepare for the MSTI Picnic

President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 12:08 PM. Scott Muir led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Stub Clarkson said the Invocation.

SUNSHINE DOLLARS: Paul Messersmith about his wife Gail doing well after cancer surgery. Larry Highley about how the BNOC Board voted to give the HOBY project $300. Our waitress Dixieabout her granddaughter Kassidy doing so very well in school and receiving many awards. Lisa Peterson about us having a magician and BUSTER BRONCO at this Saturdays KIDS WITH CANCER PICNIC. Scott Muir about getting ready for our upcoming elections. Walt Callahan forgot the box of raffle tickets etc., so we couldn't have a drawing this day.

Club bulletin - June 17

President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 6:33 PM. Rocky Jackson led us in the Pledge of

Allegiance, and Stub Clarkson said the Invocation.

SUNSHINE DOLLARS: Dyan Graybeal gave kudos to Lisa Peterson for her very hard work putting together the upcoming Mountain States Tumor Institute (MSTI) picnic. (6/28/17)This is a very rewarding project for us and for those kids with cancer. Scott Muir for his daughter Stephanie soon to be going to Cal Poly. Stephanie Muir to celebrate her high school graduation and her going to college, is going sky diving for the first time.  Lori Benfiet from Key Bank will help with the set up of credit card machines at the concession stands.

Club bulletin - June 10

President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 12: 07 PM. Dennise Sandquist led us 

Dale Chase, new member

in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Stub Clarkson said the Invocation.

SUNSHINE DOLLARS: Lisa Peterson about the successful HOBY picnic and she soon gets to baby sit her new granddaughter Lily. Stub Clarkson also about the HOBY picnic and how there were 10 of us from the Boise Noon Optimist Club and 7 from the Caldwell club. there to help.

Steve Oliver introduced his friend Dale Chase.

The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl ... 7 on 7 ... will be played on July 18 & 19.

Optimist Meeting - May 13

President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 12:14. Stub Clarkson led us in the Pledge of

Matt Beckman, Boise State University

Allegiance, and Steve Oliver said the Invocation.

SUNSHINE DOLLARS: Sue Clarkson about having a wonderful Mother's Day. Cyndi Elliot about seeing the four generations of Clarkson's at the Black Bear last week. Scott Muir about how his two children, Stephanie and Ian are doing well in their respective sports. Guest and speaker Matt Beckman, "I'm just happy to be here!"

Concession Stands are going again this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the Soccer teams championships. Please come and help!

New Boise Noon Optimist member Lori Benfiet, from Key Bank, wants to help our concession stand business with credit card machines so our customers will have the convenience of using debit or credit cards. Much better!

HOBY is on June 7th. To be held at Hope's door. Mike Bouton is bringing the Bogus Basin BBQ grill. Wasn't someone going to build one for us??

Larry Highley brought some shirts and jackets for us to peruse. Nice looking outfits. It has been proposed that for the first Tuesday we meet at Big Al's in Meridian instead of the Black Bear diner. Guest speaker this day was Matt Beckman. Matt is the Assistant Athletic Director - Marketing at Boise State. He met Cyndi Elliot and a recent OYF signup. He wants to help promote Optimist Football along with BSU ticket sales. many good ideas came up as to how this can be done.

Newsletter April 24

President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 12:09. Sue Clarkson led us in the Pledge of

Allegiance, and Stub Clarkson said the Invocation. Stub introduced his friend (and one time Optimist) Frank Nasso. 

SUNSHINE $$ Dyan Graybeal for her father who is doing better in the hospital. Cyndi Elliot who by chance met new member Lori Benfiet. Scott Muir for his daughter Stephanie who will be going to Cal Poly later this year. Stub Clarkson who have a wonderful family Easter with family and new great granddaughter. Sue Clarkson about grandson Will Longstroth running in the Race To Robie Creek. "He did very well considering he didn't train for it at all!"

We need people for the concession stands on Sunday. Please come and work a few hours, this is a big source of income for us. Call Larry at (816) 258-0187.

Dyan brought a catalogue of new Optimist shirts and vests for us. Looks good!

The Hugh O'Brien Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY) picnic is coming up on June 7th. It will be held at Hope's Door in Caldwell. This year it will be headed by Joan VanSchoiack. She will be at our meeting on May 27th.

New Optimists Welcome

Boise Optimist Club
New Optimists Welcome Meeting
Tuesday, April 15th, 6:30pm
Optimist Youth Sports Complex
9889 W. Hill Rd., Boise, 83714

•  Interested in giving back to your community through volunteer service?
• Do you like to have fun?

Boise Optimist Club is the place for you!

Part of the Boise Community since 1949, the Boise Optimist Club is affiliated with Optimist International – the world’s 4th largest service club. Members of this club have been serving our community for years by providing the following youth oriented activities:

• Optimist Youth Football and Cheer Program
• Optimist Youth Sports Complex & Concessions
• Operation Bear Care
• Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY)
• Rake Up Boise
• Annual Holiday Live Auction & Dinner
• Quilting
• St Luke’s Kids with Cancer - Beads of Optimism
• Children’s Childhood Cancer
• Famous Idaho Potato Football Challenge
• BSU Football & Basketball Program Sales

If you’d like to become a member of this organization or learn more about us, please contact one of the Optimist Volunteers for more information:

Cyndi Elliot, 208.573.0099, celliot@groupone.com
Steve Oliver, 208.484.7395, soso6468@gmail.com

We’d love to have you as one of our members!

Bulletin for March 25

We sang Happy Birthday to Cindy.

AT THE TWIN DRAGON

President Larry Highley called this meeting/luncheon to order at 12:02 PM. Dyan Graybeal's granddaughter Alexandra led us it the Pledge of Allegiance and Stub Clarkson said the Invocation.

Sunshine Dollars: Dyan because her husband Doug is home for a while and that her granddaughters Kendal and Alexandra from Emmett are visiting. Lisa Peterson because she is on spring break from her teaching at BSU so she could attend this meeting. Cyndi Elliott for the sunshine. Steve Oliver for the good work done at the concession stands during last weekend's soccer tournament. And our waitress Dixie for her granddaughter Kassidy's excellent singing voice. She now is singing solos. Two high schools want Kassidy to attend their schools and to be in their choir.
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This is a reminder of the annual Meridian Optimist Club's Casino Night Fundraiser this Saturday March 29 at the Church of the Holy Nativity 828 W Cherry Lane from 5:30 till 11:00pm. We can use all of the help we can get for dealers, servers, ticket sales, etc. If you can help please come out! If not at least come out and play and spend some money to help this worthy cause. Bill Garcia.
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Dear Optimists and OYF committee members.

Paul Messersmith

We are rapidly approaching April 15th, the date set for our new member recruiting meeting at the OYSC office, 6:30 pm. We'll be providing sandwiches ands drinks and will be presenting information on the projects and programs we are involved in during the year, looking for more people to help us serve the young people in our community.

More details with printed materials, schedules, new member contest (steak for the winning team...beans for the losers). It will be the Packers vs the Vikings. Stand by for specifics.

The main thing I need from you by the end of March or sooner is your new member prospect list with contact information, address, phone, email) so we can send an invitation.

Denise Sandquist

Please email me, soso6468@gmail.com (Steve Oliver) or Cyndi Elliot, celliot@groupone.com with your prospects.

For OYF committee folks who are not members of the Boise Noon Optimist club, I'd ask you to consider joining and, also providing prospects that you feel have great hearts of service to the young kids in our communities. It is imperative that we grow membership for, not only the BNOC but also the OYF.

So, your mission, if you accept, is to sit down right now and prepare a list of prospects, send them to me or Cyndi. Our goal is to add 40 new people to help us serve and make a difference in young lives. You know how much joy you get from being a part of this group...so, lets go out and share with others.

Thanks for listening.

Steve Oliver, coach of Green Bay Packers membership team.

Steve Oliver

Serving children in Viet Nam

Meeting and dinner at Casa Mexico Feb 18

President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 6:323 PM. Rick Peterson led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Stub Clarkson said the Invocation.

Sunshine Dollars: Dyan Graybeal's two sons whet to this years Daytona 500. Cyndi Elliot's son had two wins in wrestling matches. Dyan is the Childhood Cancer Chair for the Pacific Northwest Optimist Conference to be held at Yahooz in Meridian on March 8th.

Our speaker this night was Van Tran from Vietnam. She is an occupational therapist. She had quite a story of her life in Vietnam. She was from a family of 12, and she contacted polio at the age of six months, and had no medical help for the next 10 years. Finally doctors from Germany came and helped. Her father finally helped to get the family to America.

She and her sister now run an orphanage in central Vietnam serving some 4,000 children.

Van Tran, OTR/L, CHT waits to speak to the Boise Noon Optimist Club

Notes from Feb 25 Boise Noon Optimist Club Meeting

Meeting and lunch at The Twin Dragon Feb 25

President Larry Highley called the meeting to order at 12:05 PM. Paul Messersmith led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Steve Oliver said the Invocation.

The Bear Care project was a success for the Mountain States Tumor Institute. Mike Ankenman will again run the concession stand this year with help from Steve McNitt.

Guest speaker Kharyee Marshall

Those two gallant men Gary Arbaugh and Mark "Sparky" Anderson will again head the selling of programs at Boise State football and basketball games! Thank you gentlemen!

Our speaker this day was Boise State defensive end Kharyee Marshall. Kharyee will next be the defensive line coach at the College of Idaho. He was born in Atlantic City New Jersey and his mother wanted to get him away from the bad influences there, and moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Coach Chris Peterson saw him playing basketball for Arizona U and eventually got him to come to Boise State to play football.

Schedule update

ur next meeting will be at the Casa Mexico on Tuesday evening Feb 10. Our speaker will be Yan Tran who with her family escaped from central Vietnam. She will talk of those experiences and how she and her sister have since established an orphanage for hundreds of children in her home country.

After the dinner/meeting at Casa Mexico that night, there will be a concessions/finance meeting.

On Tuesday evening March 4th, our speaker at the Black Bear Diner will be Boise State football and basketball announcer Bob Behler.

Bulletin for January 21

DINNER AND MEETING AT CASA MEXICO TUESDAY JAN 21.

Scott pulled that nasty joker and paid $5

Club President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 6:38 PM. Ken Wall led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Stub Clarkson said the invocation.

There will be an Optimist District meeting in Meridian, ID at Wahooz on March 8th.

Rocky Jackson may be moving to Las Vegas or some such place!
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Robert Longstroth's wife Nikki passed away earlier this month. Services will be February 1st at The Cloverdale Church of God (3755 Cloverdale Rd.) at 2:00 PM. Our sympathy to Robert and his family, Lisa and Rick Peterson, Stub and Sue Clarkson, and Robert's brother Will.
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No more BSU program selling?
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From Mike Bouton:

Boise Noon Optimist Club night at the Century Link Arena for Stampede Basketball vs Texas

The Date: Tuesday Feb. 4th 6:00 PM/ game time is 7:00PM
Meet on the second floor of the Sports Zone-Chalk Talk with Coach Peck @6:10PM
$15.00 per person tickets price, includes hotdog, chips, and drink
Reserved seats in the lower bowl
$5.00 of each ticket sold goes to "Kids with cancer" /St. Lukes Children's Hospital charity
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There will be a Bear Care night at Taco Bell Arena for the kids with cancer at the Mountain States Tumor Institute. (MSTI).
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In early March, Cyndy Elliot, Steve Oliver and more will head a "New Optimists Wanted" (NOW) meeting. Let's get behind them!
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January Newsletter

LUNCHEON AND MEETING AT THE TWIN DRAGON TUESDAY JAN. 14.

Club President Larry Highley gaveled the meeting to order at 12:04 PM. Cyndi Elliot led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and Stub Clarkson said the invocation.

Sunshine Dollars: Dyan Graybeal about her husband Greg working in sunny Florida. Cyndi Elliot "Just glad to be here." Sue Clarkson about grandson Will's 27th birthday. Paul Messersmith about his chest x-rays coming out ok. Mike Bouton about friend Richard Porter.
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Robert Longstroth's wife Nikki passed away earlier this month. Services will be February 1st at The Cloverdale Church of God (3755 Cloverdale Rd.) at 2:00 PM. Our sympathy to Robert and his family, Lisa and Rick Peterson, Stub and Sue Clarkson, and Robert's brother Will.
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No more Bear Care?

No more BSU program selling?
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From Mike Bouton:

BNOC night at the Century Link Arena for Stampede Basketball vs Texas

The Date: Tuesday Feb. 4th 6:00 PM/ game time is 7:00PM
Meet on the second floor of the Sports Zone-Chalk Talk with Coach Peck @6:10PM
$15.00 per person tickets price, includes hotdog, chips, and drink
Reserved seats in the lower bowl
$5.00 of each ticket sold goes to "Kids with cancer" /St. Lukes Children's Hospital charity
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There will be an Optimist District meeting in Meridian, ID at Wahooz on March 8th.

Walt Callahan's ticket was pulled and he drew a 9 for a $9.00 win ... AND ... his name was also pulled from the jug for a free lunch. People started to throw Chinese cookies at him!


We now have as new system for the raffle.  We bought a new deck of cards, and in that new deck was a JOKER. It was added to the deck. If you happen to pull the JOKER ... you will pay $5.00. THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING!!!

BOISE NOON OPTIMIST CLUB MEETING SCHEDULE

1ST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH January 7 - 6:30 PM AT THE BLACK BEAR

2ND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH January 14 - NOON AT THE TWIN DRAGON.

3RD TUESDAY OF THE MONTH January 21 - 6:30 PM AT CASA MEXICO ON FAIRVIEW.

4TH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH January 28 - NOON AT THE TWIN DRAGON.