Sioux Falls

Morning Optimist News Volume 2, Issue 12 September 2016

Presidents Corner with Sean Ervin

This marks my last newsletter for our

club. We have had a great year thanks to

our great club and each and every one of

you. I cannot thank each of you enough

for all you do on behalf of our club, from

donations of money, time, and your

enthusiasm. It is all greatly appreciated by

me, and the rest of the Club.

I think this highlights perhaps the most

personally important piece of the

Optimist Creed for each of us. That

portion is the exhortation “Promise

Yourself”. Each and every element of the

Creed is a promise to ourselves. We all

know that an optimistic attitude always

starts from within us. We bring that

attitude with us to each event and action

we participate in, whether it is club-

related or in our daily lives.

We are all part of a team that can do

anything we set our mind to. Please

promise yourself to take on something

new this year and advance yourself and

this great club at the same time.

Whatever you do in the coming year,

make sure to Promise Yourself to be the

Optimistic example for others you know

and interact with. Above all, THANKS!!!

Club Member Highlight

This month’s Club Member Highlight

reprises our incoming President’s history:

Ken Munch is our incoming President as

of October 1. He has been a member

since 2007 when he was sponsored by

Eric Olson. Ken loves Golf. It is no

surprise then that his favorite event is

our Spring Golf Tournament.

He also is inspired by the Creed, where

his favorite portions are “To give so much

time to the improvement of yourself that

you have no time to criticize others” and

“To forget the mistakes of the past and

press on to the greater achievements of

the future.”

Ken has been married to fellow member

Star for over 50 years. They have a

grown son Eric and a grown daughter

Tracy, and 4 brilliant grandchildren. He is

a retired pharmacist. He loves to sing in

the Sioux Empirians, among other things.

He has a couple of classic cars that he

enjoys as well.

Ken’s favorite quote is from Albert

Einstein: “a pessimist sees difficulty in

every opportunity; an Optimist sees the

opportunity in every difficulty.”

September Birthdays:

9/4 Breanna Garber

9/18 Dick Beck

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

We are in search of the following birthdays,

please let Tammy or Sean know of your

special date!

Darrin Corcoran Jon Fick

Hugh Grogan Lisa Kiley

Lisa Mannes John Mimmack

Mike Schulte Karla Sinclair

September Events:

Sept. 9 Golf Tourney for Camp Bring It On (We are a sponsor, Golfers too)

Sept. 22 SFMO Installation Banquet, 6:00 pm – No morning meeting

Sept. 27 Tri-Star Sports at the Multi-Cultural Center

Save the dates for October:

Oct. 24 World Series Pool fundraiser sales are due

September Programs:

9/01 – Sean Ervin, Froiland Science Center presentation

9/08 – Paige Carda, REACH Literacy Program

9/15 – Candy Hanson, Sioux Falls THRIVE

9/22 – Evening Installation Banquet – All Members and guests invited

9/29 – Chris Semrau, Sanford Premier Center

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Guests Needed! We are still down a total of 16 members this year. There is an event in conjunction with the Young Professionals Network (YPN) where we hope to gain some new members, but we need help from our members to find candidates that could become members or Friends. If you know of anyone, please reach out to Ken Munch (351-9062) or Jack Dyvig and they can help you with whatever you need to get them signed up. Often the first step is to invite them to a meeting… so go for it!

MO’s Courageous Kids Carnival was a success! - Camp

Bring It On benefits

We had lots of good promotion thanks to Amy Hendrix and Ken Munch on the radio.

They sounded great! This was the 11th Annual MO’s Courageous Kid’s Carnival and was on Saturday, August

27th at Sherman Park. It was a great “hands on” opportunity for club members to interact with kids, including some of the kids that have and will benefit from the funds. We served 374 kids that day, and they all had a great time! This continues to be one our premier events that not only serves children in the community but also raises funds for Camp Bring It On. Thanks to everyone who helped!

Congratulations to all of the winners

of the Mo's Courageous Kids Carnival

raffle! $1,500 Certificate of Deposit (First Premier Bank)-Eric Olson 1-Year Membership to Avera Fitness

Center-Thornton Flooring 3 night stay High Country Guest Ranch-Tom Parliman Sioux Falls Date Night Package-Mark Willadsen

Member Surveys are in! We had 41 respond to the survey, so it was good information. Thanks for filling it out to let your voice be heard. We will be sharing the results with the rest of the members once a summary is completed. Sioux Falls Morning Optimist Installation Banquet coming September 22. Please RSVP by September 18. We will have a program recalling the past year and looking forward to next year. Social Hour is from 5:30 – 6:30 with dinner at 6:30 and the program about 7:15. This all happens at Cherry Creek Grille on E 26th Street.