Zone 5 news

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Zone Meeting on November 7th is postponed to November 14th. Supper is at 6:00 PM and the meeting is at 7:00 PM at the Century Casino in St Albert. The St Albert Past President made an error in pricing, the prime rib dinner is $8.99 every Thursday. I hope that all of you that said you will there will still be coming. Our Governor and District Secretary said they will probably be in attendance.

Our next meeting is Nov 25th

Our next meeting will be on Monday November 25th at 6:15 PM. It will be a buffet dinner in the Edmonton Room at the Continental Inn 16625 Stony Plain Rd.

Program information is not available at this time. This is our only meeting this month as November 11th, which would have been our next meeting is Remembrance Day and the meeting is cancelled as this is a statutory holiday.

Please bring a guest, especially a prospective new member to this program meeting.

Scholarship Contests 2020

https://www.optimist.org/member/scholarships4.cfm

Edmonton Dinner offers Club Level Scholarships.  Contact Peggy or Wendy for details on Oratorical and Essay Contests.  Essay before January 2020, Oratorical before March 2020 and CCDHH before April 2020.  CCDHH Contest held at Alberta School for the Deaf.

G

Optimist International sponsors three scholarship contests for students to earn money to pursue opportunities in higher education: the Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH), the Essay Contest and the Oratorical Contest. The contests are conducted at the Club level, then Zone and Regional (if necessary) and at the District level. District-level scholarships are funded by the Optimist International Foundations and awarded by Optimist International.

"iMagine" represents the organization's theme for 2019-2020 and it is written as shown for branding purposes. It does not replace the linguistic interpretation, intent, or spelling of the word "imagine or Imagine". As such, contestants are free to use the correct spelling for any contest or communications without penalty.

Our next meeting is Oct 28th

Our next meeting will be on Monday October 28th at the Szechuan Castle 15415 111 Ave.

This meeting will be President Dwight’s first official meeting of the 2019-2020 year. A part of it will be done by Past President Bert, as he could not attend his last meeting because of a family emergency. He had things to do and he will do this at this meeting.

We urge all members to attend this important meeting, also if you can, bring a guest especially a prospective new member.