Friday, February 22, 2013
About 230 people attended the event, which benefited CASA Kendall County.
On Saturday, the Oswegoland Optimist Club hosted the Midwest Mardi Gras fundraiser at Whitetail Ridge Golf Club in Yorkville. About 230 people attended the event, which benefitted CASA Kendall County (Court Appointed Special Advocates). The event raised approximately $8,000, which will be used to provide CASA services for eight Kendall county children. CASA members act as a voice in court for children who have suffered abuse or neglect. Guests at the party were treated to traditional Louisiana food, including gumbo, po’ boys, dirty rice, and crab cakes. Dessert was provided by Cupcakes 2 Remember in Oswego. Entertainment included music performed by The Dave Katz Band and The Midway Ramblers. Illusionist Scott Xavier also amazed guests …
Monday, February 11, 2013
Event on Feb. 16 will benefit CASA Kendall County.
Tomorrow, Feb. 12 is what is fondly known by many as Mardi Gras, or translated from French, "Fat Tuesday." It's the day to stuff yourself full of your favorite foods in anticipation of the upcoming Lenten season that begins the next day Wednesday. The Oswegoland Optimist Club doesn't want you to just stuff yourself with food for the holiday: they want to help others on this feast of an occasion. The Optimist Club is hosting Midwest Mardi Gras, "Taking the Mask off of Abuse and Neglect," with all profits from the event going to CASA Kendall County (Court Appointed Special Advocates). According to the CASA website, "A Court Appointed Special Advocate is a volunteer trained and supported by CASA staff to monitor the court cases of children …
Thursday, January 17, 2013
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Thursday, January 17
The Oswego Chamber of Commerce raised $1352 dollars this year for the Optimist Needy Families at Christmas Project through their Silent Auction. Presenting the check is the Oswego Chamber Chairman of the Board Tim Leverich, Hometowne Insurance. Pictured left to right are Bryan Noble, Needy Families at Christmas Chairman; Ron Elvin, Oswegoland Optimist Club President; Angie Hibben, Special Projects Coordinator Oswego Chamber of Commerce, and Tim Leverich. Special thanks to Angie Hibben for the photo and information.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Tina Conley "breathes" the Optimist Club and always has new ideas and fun ideas for the Oswego community.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
Tina Conley has served Oswego for 20 years through her dedication to the Oswegoland Optimist Club and brought joy to the community through her fun personality. The Optimist Club is an international service organization “with the primary goal of providing or supporting programs that are of benefit to the youth of the community.” Twenty years ago, the Optimist Club approached Conley to sponsor an event. “At that time, I was working 80 hours per week and my son was young but the club had this family comes first mentality, which I found amazing,” Conley said. Conley has now been an active member for 20 years. She served two terms as president and is now the secretary. “People have more time than they realize. Members of the group give a little…
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Over 80 families and 300 children will be receiving aid from the annual project.
The Oswegoland Optimist Club is once more putting together their “Needy Family Christmas Project.” Tina Conley, secretary for the Optimist Club, the club works with School District 308 to find families in need that they then set up with sponsors to put together gifts and clothing for the children and a Christmas dinner for the family. “We have quite a few businesses and individuals in the community that have participated in this for many years,” said Conley. “People really look forward to it.” The Optimist club, as of Wednedsay evening, had found sponsors for all of the families, which totaled over 80. They are still looking for donations to help in purchasing items for Christmas dinners. For those that do not wish to donate cash, Conley …
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Hundreds turned out for the third annual Pumpkin Races put on by the Oswegoland Optimist Club.
The Oswegoland Optimist Club's third annual Pumpkin Races were held last Saturday afternoon. The event had racers pit their pumpkins against one another to see which decorated pumpkin was the fastest down the hill. Many of the pumpkins featured different animal designs -- like an elephant, cat and chicken -- to movie characters -- like a Minion from Despicable Me and Mike from Monsters Inc. -- to many Halloween-inspired designs. The pumpkins went off by age group to find the fastest pumpkin of them all. Any pumpkin though caught not adhering to the rules was called a "Cheater Pumpkin" and met a pulpy end from the Oswego Police Department. Oswegoland Optimist Club president Ron Elvin served as the referee for the races. Tell Us: Did you …
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Over 50 squares of art will be created.
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Thursday, August 16, 2012
Editor's Note: The following is taken from a press release provided by the Oswegoland Optimist Club. On Sunday, August 19th, a portion of the sidewalks in downtown Oswego will be transformed! With sidewalk squares as canvas, "Chalk The Walk" is an event for kids from ages six to fifteen. They will be creating their own individual works of art, while onlookers get to enjoy watching the process and admire the talents of the artists and their works. This exciting event is sponsored by the Oswegoland Optimist Club in conjunction with the Oswego Art Fair, and is free of charge! Each participant will be given a box of chalk to use for coloring designated sidewalk squares along Jackson Street in downtown Oswego, and on Main Street in front of…
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Club honored for more than 30 years of service to the community.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The following was provided by State Rep. Tom Cross' office. Rep. Tom Cross (R-Oswego) and his Ovation to Business Advisory Committee presented his monthly Ovation to Business award to the Oswegoland Optimist Club recently for over 30 years of service to the children of Oswego and surrounding communities through their countless charitable initiatives and donations. “The Oswegoland Optimist Club exemplifies what it means to serve the community,” said Cross. “The Club sponsors youth sports teams, collects food and toy donations for needy children and their families, and spearheads numerous fun activities and events for local kids throughout the year in addition to raising funds to provide scholarships for Oswego High School seniors to …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Tickets available for fundraiser benefiting children's advocacy agency.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Mardi Gras is celebrated all around the world, and later this month it will be celebrated in Kendall County as well. The Oswegoland Optimist Club is partnering with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Kendall County to put on the Midwest Mardi Gras fundraiser set for 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 at Whitetail Ridge Golf Club in Yorkville. The event will benefit CASA, whose volunteers serve as child advocates in court. “I think this is great because this is two nonprofit agencies helping each other out, and you don’t see that much,” said Cathy Katz, event organizer and Optimist member. The idea for the joint event came about because the Optimist Club had been wanting to do a Mardi Gras fundraiser and CASA had a little experience in …
Friday, December 23, 2011
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Oswego Chamber of Commerce Chairman Tim Leverich presented a check for $1,745 to Bryan Noble, Kristen Sanders and Tina Conley from the Oswegoland Optimist Club for their Needy Families at Christmas Project last week. Thank you to everyone who bid on items during the Silent Auction andtThank you to everyone who donated items for the Silent Auction. Special thanks to the Oswego Chamber of Commerce for providing this photo and article.
Richard R
11:43 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Awesome job by all those that made this happen. more ›