OPTIMIST FREE SKATE FEATURES PANCAKES MARCH 07

February 27, 2010

OSHAWA, Mar. 07: The annual Optimist Club of Oshawa members FREE public skate has a new twist for their Sun. Mar. 07 outing.  A special prepared Opti-Pancake buffet is  being offered by Optimist members.

At present, this venue the  longest standing arena in Oshawa being constructed  in the 1950’s after the old Hambley Arena burnt  in Sept. 1953. We choose the Children’s venue that works in conjuction with the Optimist mandate of being a “Friend Of Youth” Optimist serve our youth and community’aid the 29th president Stephen Hambley..that’s what the Optimist are all about’ continued Hambley. It is general knowledge that this facility has  the best ice surface in the city.

Each month the Optimist Club of Oshawa select a community event to operate.  In February two varsity Durham College  athletic students  Courtney Small (Basketball) and Jordan Sutherland (Soccer) received $1,000.00 in scholarship funding in memory of deceased Optimist members Thomas A. Scero and Sydney H. Breland.

Future planned community events are the Durham Region Community Contest for the Death & Hard of Hearing (C.C.D.H.H.) in April foloowed by the 19th annual N.A.S.C. Blast Ball-’T'Ball tournament for youngsters ages 3 to 9. Other events include the Wado Kai Karate turnament and the popular Christmas Family Food Hampers and Toy deliveries each December.

Skating will commence at 12 noon and runs until 1:45 pm. The cost for skating will be a donation of a non-perishable food item(s) for the Salvation Food Bank.  In return the patrons will receive a FREE family skate and a special prepared Pancake Buffet to be served from 11:30 am till 1.30 pm.

In previous years, this public community event has been very successful.

2010 EXECUTIVE INDUCTION NITE DEC. 02 – HAMBLEY RETURNS AS PRESIDENT

November 21, 2009

OSHAWA, Nov 19th – Stephen Hambley will commence his 3rd term as president of the Optimist Club of Oshawa Inc effective January lst, 2010. He and his new board will officially be inducted on Wednesday, December 02nd at Optimist Headquarters – Johnny’s Original Eatery located within the King/Thornton Plaza 850 King St. West. Hambley now ties Donald Webb who sat in president’s post for a trio of separate terms. Hambley replaces Petrina Perrineau who has step down from her one year term for health reasons and her busy and demanding  work schedule.

Joining the “Hambley Team” will be president elect Sybil Dewhurst,new treasurer Marjorie Ogden and secretary Jim Shaw.

In asccepting another engagement as president he stated ‘Our club was on the verge of  folding as  the lack of funds was drying up to  support our community and youth projects. The Oshawa’s club  main fundraiser since they where  founded on July 22nd, 1982  was Bingo . The Whitby based bingo hall closed it’s doors on January 31st,2009 going into receivership.  Hambley continued to say, with no revenue in-coming in  and with prior committment expenses directed towards  to our youth and  community plus a reduced membership to  seven the outlook forcast looked glime at best.

Our city suffering from finanical woes due to General Motors and their feeder plants occuring heavy layof eliminations of jobs, early retirements The outlook seemed impossible to repair.

Employing an  Optimistic outlook,  Hambley using strong support from our Monday Nite euchre volunteer support group started with  $2.86 in their bank account. It  now appears the Hambley group are on thr rack track to recovery. His new 2010 executive members will include president elect Sybil Dewhurst a Optimist veteran who has joined the Oshawa organization serving for years in the Caribean, treasurer Marjorie Ogden and secretary Jim Shaw.

James Dimitroff a former Cenon Lt. Governor will officially welcome the new exeuctive on board.

Zone 8 Meeting & Chilli Cook-Off A “Hoot

February 2, 2008

Oshawa, Feb 2 … A special “Hats Off” to our Zone 8 Lt. Governor Rick Hubbard for supplying a excellent meeting format for the Zone 8 clubs at the Northview Meadows Complex located at 1254 Pentland in Oshawa (Whitby Optimist Headquarters). Of course Optimist business reports was delivered by the clubs in attendance representing by Brooklin,Oshawa and Whitby. The Ajax representation reported at the end with no report and Uxbridge failed to show. In defence of the absentee clubs, Durham Region was hit by severe snow storm the day prior. Five different Chilli’s where tasted with Callie Dimitroff being declared the overall winner. The Oshawa entry placed 3rd overall.

Special guest speaker from the Special Olympics Spring Games set for May 29 thru 31st at the U.O.I.T.and Durham College Campus grounds was staff Sergeant Karen Moloney representing the Durham Region Police Service the “Prime Sponsor for the Embrace Our Spirit” 3 day friendly competition.Melissa Shaw one of the athletics was in attendance and explained what the Ontario Special Olympic Games meant to her and other athletics.Her talks was a moving experience. The Athletic Oath of “Let me win’ but if I cannot win… Let me be brave in the attempt” Moloney requested the Zone 8 (Durham Region) Optimist’s collectively get involved with this event. It was generally agreed by those in attendance we should investigate the possibility of hosting a mammoth BBQ for the athletics, coaches and officials. It is expected upwards 1,000 would be involved.