Centerville Noon Optimist

Thanks to the CHS boys and girls soccer teams for helping with TriStar Soccer this evening! We had 214 kids participating.

Another shipment of American Flags arriving for The Centerville Noon Optimist Avenue of Flags!!! 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷 Have you ordered your flag yet? centervillenoonoptimist.com/avenue-of-flag…

Congratulations to Ben and Navya, winners of the Margaret Barclay Memorial Oratorical Contest for 2021! Ben and Navya move on to the Zone competition and ultimately have a chance to win a $3500 scholarship! #OptimistOratoricalContest #chooseoptimism #BeAnOptimist

We are now collecting applications for the Margaret Barclay Optimist Oratorical Contest for a chance to win a $3,500 scholarship. Contests will be held virtually on Zoom: 2/8 & 2/22 at 6:00 2/9 & 2/16 at 12:00 Go to centervillenoonoptimist.com/oratorical-con… for more information.

The Optimist International Essay contest is underway! Youth under the age of 19 are invited to submit an essay by February 1. This year’s topic is “Reaching Your Dreams by Chasing Optimism.” The grand prize is $3,500. centervillenoonoptimist.com/essay-contest/

We are honored to donate $1000 to Blue Star Mothers - Miami Valley Chapter #3. This donation will help send Christmas stockings to troops who will be away from home during the holidays. Blue Star Mothers is sending 677 stockings to Iraq, Afghanistan, and ships in the Pacific.

We shared a couple weeks ago that the Optimist Tree Lot in Centerville will not be open this year. The Dor-Wood Optimist Club will be running their tree lot in Kettering, beginning on the day after Thanksgiving. Visit dorwood.org for details.

We recently awarded $1000 to Building Bridges to distribute Thanksgiving meals, winter coat vouchers and Christmas gifts to disadvantaged youth. Building Bridges, Inc. strives to act as a "safety net" for at-risk youth that are involved in the Montgomery County Juvenile Court.

CNO President Debe Dockins invites you to support Centerville families this season by participating in the annual Adopt-A-Family program. Contact us for more details.

This week, we were honored to place 8 flags at the home of a soldier returning home from Afghanistan. If you know of a service member returning home from deployment and would like flags to welcome them, please contact us. Happy Veterans Day!

Yesterday, the Centerville Noon Optimist Club placed 2965 flags throughout Centerville/Washington Township in honor of Veterans Day. Thank you to all of the volunteers that make this possible, including the VFW, Blue Star Mothers, the CHS Wrestling team, subscribers and members.

We are very disappointed to announce that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic – we have made the difficult decision to cancel our 2020 Christmas Tree Lot. The press release is here: bit.ly/3m9H6VJ For more information please call Centerville Noon Optimist Club at 937-221-6720.

At last night's Installation and Awards ceremony, Beth Duncan (last year's recipient) presented the Optimist of the Year Award to a deserving honoree, Mike Brubaker.

Tonight, we installed the 2021 officers, including our new president, Debe Dockins, via Zoom. Congratulations to Debe, and thank you to our 2020 president, Greg Griffin, for great leadership during a challenging year. We are looking forward to the great things in store for 2021!

After very careful deliberation, and much sadness, Centerville Noon Optimist decided recently to cancel our Tom Frazier Tee Off for Youth Golf Event for 2020. We'll be back with next year's event, July 12, 2021!

Looking back through past tweets, I see in 2016 we were very excited to display 1400 flags. In 2020, we have already surpassed last year's number of 2400! The streets of Centerville will look great for flag holidays this year!

Over the last couple of days, flags have been going up around town, courtesy of Centerville Noon Optimist. If you are interested in a new flag subscription for this year (and our extended display through July 4), please visit our website for more details, centervillenoonoptimist.com/avenue-of-flag…

Just when we were gearing up on our Instagram and Twitter accounts, everything was shut down and meetings were canceled. The last two week's meetings have been held over Zoom, and it's been so nice to see everyone… instagram.com/p/B_Q5KkWHxg1/…

We have almost 2200 American flags out in community currently as part of our Avenue of Flags subscription program. Wow! Details here: centervillenoonoptimist.com/avenue-of-flag…

We just finished delivering over 1,400 flags for our 2016 Flag Day Holiday. Thanks to all who make this possible.