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Hello fellow Optimist,
Let’s talk about what new members mean to a Club. By new members, I mean people who are interested in our mission, in bringing out the best in youth, our communities and ourselves. I mean people like you.
Why did YOU decide to get involved? What is your Club doing that keeps you coming back? Have you invited someone to a Club event so they can find their own reason to get involved?
The youth in our communities need us more today than ever before! If you have any doubt about that, reach out to your local elementary school and ask about the number of students that attend school without the proper nutrition, supplies or winter clothing. Just imagine the difference we could make by supporting those students to be their best, setting the very foundation for their entire future!
As we continue to shrink in membership, so does our support and service to the youth in our communities. In the end, it is the children that are suffering from our inability (or unwillingness?) to just invite someone to share our love and passion for our organization.
Fellow Optimists, everything that happens in our organization happens at the Club level, through you, our Members. All we can do as your international leaders is provide you with information, motivation and, sometimes, a little incentive.
To that end, the Membership Committee has come up with a new incentive for the third quarter: “Lighting the Fuse on Your Optimist Rocket.”
A New Member Incentive
Beginning April 1, 2023, recruiting new Optimists can earn you rewards!
The Member from each Region who recruits the most new Members between April 1 and June 30 will receive a $100 gift card. The winners' names will also be placed in a drawing for free registration to the International Convention in Arlington, Virginia.
A second-place winner from each Region will receive a $75 gift card and be entered into a drawing for a ticket to the President’s Banquet at the Convention, while a third-place winner from each Region will receive a $50 gift card and be entered into a drawing for a ticket to the Heritage Brunch.
Since the drawings will take place after everyone has registered for the convention, the winners will have their money refunded. The tickets are also transferable, so if you choose not to attend one of the best conventions in years, you may sell or donate them to someone else.
Members aren’t the only ones up for rewards; Districts are also in the running. The District that adds the most new Members and the District with the largest percentage of new Members will each have their Governor and a partner seated at the head table during the President’s Banquet.
But we don’t just want to get numbers up to give out rewards. We want – we need – more people like YOU!
As a group of strong, committed individuals, we can control and create an organization to continue to serve children and our communities for another 100 years!
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