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Regular club meetings are held at 7 pm on the third Tuesday of each month at various locations.
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- aka Westminster Optimist Club
- Friend of Youth
- Supporting Youth Activities in Westminster
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Optimist Club of Westminster is currently working with Junction Inc., to develop scholarships for "Drug Free" students.
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Just a few of the many projects conducted by Optimist clubs:
-Work directly with local schools to enhance education (scholarships, educational contest)
-Conducting substance abuse prevention programs
-Coaching youth sports teams (baseball, lacrosse, football, cheerleading, golf)
-Tutoring and mentoring young people
-Providing food baskets to needy families.
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The Club offers an annual oratorical contest; the state winners, one boy and one girl, each receive a $1,500 college scholarship. Provides a $1,000 scholarship to deserving seniors at Westminster and Winters Mill high schools. Also sponsors a student mathematics contest.
Organizes the �Just Say No� Programs at William Winchester, Robert Moton, Westminster, Friendship Valley, Cranberry Station, Runnymede, and St. John elementary schools. Sponsors a Youth Appreciation Week in which senior boys and girls from Westminster High, Winters Mill High, and the Carroll County Career and Technology Center are honored.
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Join us for Texas Hold'em benefiting the "Just Say No" to drugs program. Six qualifier events starting December 8 held at "Boulevard & Beyond", (formerly Wilhelms) Route 140, Westminster. Doors open 6:30 pm....limited to 200 participants per event! Register at http://westminsteroptimist.org. or call Matt Barnes at 410-984-0742.
Visit our Pizza Stand at Fallfest, held at the Westminster Playground on 9/27, 9/28, 9/29 and 9/30,
Fall Harvest at the Farm Museum on October 6, 7.
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The Westminster Optimist Club sponsors a youth appreciation banquet annually for youth selected by their respective schools--Westminster and Winters Mill High Schools.
Law enforcement officers are honored with a dinner meeting during.Respect for Law Week.
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