South Side Optimist Club Fort Wayne

10/11/2021

It is with a very heavy heart that I must inform everyone that our beloved,, sweet, dear Club member Joe Crozier has passed away this afternoon. He was battling brain cancer and his battle has ended but not without a victory.

Joe is new again, renewed in Christ to heaven where he will reunite with his wife Jan.

Please keep his family and friends in your prayers, Joe was a great man and loyal servant of God's.

09/15/2021

Everyone please join us at the Johnny Appleseed festival and support our club with our one and only fundraiser the ham beans and cornbread booth in the back of Johnny Appleseed near the river

Saturday Sept 18th 10am to 6pm
Sunday Sept 19th 10am to 5pm

We will be offering a meal of ham and beans with a portion of cornbread and either a bottle of water or a lemonade for $10 as well as we will be having a " to go sack" that will contain a quart of ham and beans (3 servings) and three pieces of cornbread for $20

We are joining forces this year with the Pinseekers an amazing Club doing amazing things.

Please come out and support us

PinSeekers Golf

06/22/2021

Would like to ask everyone for prayers for our beloved dear SSOC long time member and secretary, Joe Crozier.

Joe has a brain tumor and will be operated on this Friday.

Please keep him in your prayers

05/16/2021

01/25/2021

Tomorrow, 1/26/2021 breakfast meeting at Rich's Cafe will be cancelled do to the incoming weather.

If some of you feel safe and want to meet then you are welcome however it will not be an official meeting for the club.

I feel it the best decision as weather is coming in that will most likely make traveling hazardous and it would be best of us to stay off the roads at such an early hour and allow the City trucks to do their work

01/25/2021

It is with great sorrow that I must inform everyone of the passing of our dear and beloved member Esther Donovan.. Ester was such an inspiration of faith , determination and tenacity. She had overcome so many health obstacles over the past years yet her love and faith in God was very apparent.

She was such an inspiration to so many of us

RIP Esther you have earned your wings, fly high and we will see you again one day.

11/10/2020

WOW.. once again God has blessed our small but mighty Club with a great financial turnout for our Annual Christmas Family Auction. Today our Club donated/raised 708 dollars for our Christmas Family fund, and with the 500 dollars the Club puts in we will be able to give Dee McKinnley of Study Elementary to help a family or two in need..

GOD IS GOOD !!!

08/11/2020

Had a great guest speaker today at our meeting. Morgan Spevak , who had spoke to the club previously,, was back to share the progress she's making in her career as a musician and share with us some beautiful music that she played on the viola.

Thank you Morgan for taking the time to come and visit us we wish you the best in your future.

07/10/2020

IT is with great sadness I must inform all of you that the 2020 Johnny Appleseed Festival has been canceled.

Pray for God to sooth the minds and soften the hearts of so many in our great country.

To our followers and supporters don't worry we are working on an alternative so you may all get your Ham, Beans and Cornbread this year

06/17/2020

Well glad to announce we have started our weekly breakfast meetings again.

As in the past we meet on Tuesday mornings at 7am at Rich's Cafe on Lower Huntington Road in Waynedale.

Anyone is welcome to come and see what we offer as a club. The meetings are very informal and not a requirement currently due to the Covid restrictions

Love to see those come out and see what the South Side Optimist Club has to offer

02/12/2020

The 2020 Optimist Oratorical Contest is in the books. What an amazing group of contestants we had this year. 6 young ladies participated and they all were very good . The judges had a hard time but were able to pick the top 3.

Special thanks to Jane Gerardot for her hard work putting this event together as well as our Judges Josefa Schaper, Sonia Scham and John Spevak. Also thanks to the other SSOC Members that made this event possible.

This years winners are as follows :

1st/Gold Anika Bobeck
2nd/Silver Paikea Early-Aden
3rd/Bronze Elliot Straka-Kitch

The top 2 winners are eligible to participate in the Regional contest being held April 2nd in Portland , INdiana

After there winners go on to the District Contest in Fort Wayne on April 18th

Congratulations again to our winners and all participants .

Sherry Early-Aden

02/12/2020