Dear Ohio Optimists,
Another Optimist year is about to begin for the Great Ohio District. As you can see from the Governor’s logo, my theme for the 2011-2012 year is "Helping little buckeyes grow into beautiful trees”. Kids are our future and our goal as an Optimist is to help them grow up in a safe and healthy environment.
I have made some changes this year in setting up my team of committee chairs. One of those changes is to combine Membership and New Club Building into one “Growth Committee”. My goal is to charter 5 to 6 clubs this year and to increase total District membership by a net plus one. We need to keep the members we have and stop the slide that we have been in for years. My challenge to every club is our District is simple: if you lose a member, add a member. Remember, even “Friends of Optimist” count as a member.
Let’s make this year an Optimistic year. Help me in growing those little buckeyes to become a beautiful tree!
Let’s give 100% and then some…
Yours in Optimism,
Jerry Stahley,
Governor
