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06/09/2026

Hope everyone enjoyed the Memorial Day holiday.
We are back on schedule in June with two meetings with speakers.
We meet this Friday, June 12 at Querbes with Chad McDowell from Calvary Baptist School as our speaker.
Then on Friday, June 26, Albert and Plant a Seed will speak about their June summer camp that we helped sponsor.
A date for your July calendar. We will ring the bells for Christmas in July for The Salvation Army on Saturday, July 11 at Walmart E. Bert Kouns.
Flag Day is this Sunday, June 14, another opportunity to fly our nation’s colors.

05/10/2026

Principal Kenneth Berg was our guest speaker last Friday and accepted the $2,000 scholarship check.
According to Berg, CCTC served 1,250 students this year. In 31 years, more than
1,000 scholarships have been given out totaling some $1.7 million since 1995.
Berg was able to announce some great news as the CCTC will move further west off the Inner Loop in the Industrial Park. With $60 million available, groundbreaking will occur in Spring 2027 with plans to move into the larger facility in the Fall of 2028. They hope to serve 2,000 students annually at the new campus.
In the photo, Berg, center, accepts the check from Optimist members Scott McCloud, left, and J.D. Dunn

05/07/2026

Make sure to attend our club meeting Friday, May 8, at Querbes, as we present our annual scholarship check to Caddo Career and Technology Center. Principal Kenneth Berg will be our guest speaker and accept the check. We have sponsored a student with this award for 31 years. Daphne Garcia from Captain Shreve High School is our recipient this year. She will study to be a dental assistant at Louisiana Tech.

Also, we will accept any officer nominations for the 2026-2027 year this Friday as well. Our officer positions are President, Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer.

We will not meet Friday, May 22 since that is a long holiday weekend.

Our meetings next month will be on June 12 and 26 at Querbes.

04/27/2026

Kelsey Meshell from NW La Technical Community College spoke last Friday to our members about the upcoming Bossier Optimist Club bowling tournament on June 23.

04/25/2026

For the 31st straight year the Optimist Club of Shreveport has presented an annual scholarship to a deserving student at Caddo Career and Technical Center. This year, Miss Daphne from Captain Shreve High School received the $2,000 scholarship. She plans to be a dental assistant.
With her at the awards event are John Preston, our longest tenured Optimist member at 51 years (left) and Club President Albert Dyer.

04/22/2026

Come out this Friday, April 24, to Querbes at noon to hear Kelsey Meshell from NW LA Technical Community College, and a Bossier Optimist member, speak about the upcoming Optimist Bowling tournament fundraiser on June 23 at Holiday Lanes.
We have an opportunity to bowl as a club or sponsor a team. Kelsey will have all the details.

Our May meeting dates at Querbes are May 8 and 22.

04/08/2026

We are meeting with the Bossier Club members this Thursday, April 9, at 6 pm at the Ronald McDonald House, 9100 Susan Drive, on the campus of WK South.
The Bossier Club is preparing tacos for dinner to serve the residents at 5 pm. Our club is bringing dessert.
The Optimist Club of Shreveport purchased sports equipment for the Ronald McDonald House last fall.

Our club meeting dates this month are April 10 and 24 at Querbes.

03/27/2026

It was a great meeting today. John Preston had family in from Iowa and Nebraska, and our guest motivational speaker, Robbin Kent, led us in fun hands on activities. We got to play with Legos! Everyone got five Lego pieces to build a representation of what Optimism means to us.

We have the Easter Egg Hunt at the Red Shield Youth Center next Thursday , April 2, at 4 pm. Come on out to help the kids.

Our meetings next month at Querbes will be on April 10 and 24.

Happy Easter everyone.

Address

3500 Beverly Place
Shreveport, LA
71104

Telephone

+13189653171

Website

http://optimistclubofshreveport.org/

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