Optimist Club of Perdido Bay

Grits and Bits

100% and Then Some
2011-2012 December 2011
Club # 29-108 P.O. Box 87 Lillian, AL. 36549 Meets Every Saturday Morning at the Lillian Community Club 8:00 AM AL-LA-MS Governor Helen Howard Lt. Governor Peggy Pope Editor: Sally McKinney-(251) 961-2620

www.lillian.org/ocpb.htm

Before I begin with all the fun KID stuff we have for December, let me please reflect back on a historic November Hats off to Dick Erwin, he packed the house of GOD, lead our 20th Annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service team to a great victory. (Sunday the 13th, 4:00 PM at the New Mount Marriah Baptist Church) Willie Nell Evans and team prepared a Kings Dinner for the Baldwin County Association of Retarded Citizens, Thanksgiving Dinner. (Thursday the 17th, 11:00 AM at the Foley Civic Center) Sonny Keigleys group drove up the Ecumenical Food Drive, totals to 1724 pounds of food and over $2,405.00 in cash. Merry CHRISTMAS Optimists! Come Help Spread the Joy of CHRISTMAS!! Dan Randalls wrapping team is wrapping Santas 160 KIDs CHRISTMAS Gifts, Monday, December 12th, at the LCC and needs a few more Elves to help out. Judy Wargo is putting together the Lillian CHRISTMAS Parade and expects that if you are not working the parade that you will have your KIDs & Grand-KIDs watching the parade. December 10th, 1 PM. Andy Wilkinson &
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PROMISE YOURSELF to have a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR and thanks for all you do to Bring Out the Best in Kids

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elves are chauffeuring Santa to 4 different schools, visiting 7 different classrooms of Special NEEDs KIDs, Wednesday, December 15th, Santa delivers a Special CHRISTMAS Gifts to each of our local Special Needs KIDs. Andy says YOU may want to reserve a spot on this team, this is the program that gave Scrooge a heart for KIDs. Dan Randall is looking high and low for all sorts of help, needed are kitchen helpers, Santas helpers, serving helpers etc etcfor the Annual Kids Christmas Breakfast Party with Santa. December 17th, 8:30 AM, at the LCC. Peggy Pope needs a couple strong backs to wraps-up our CHRISTMAS festivities with the Delivering of 24 Family CHRISTMAS Food Baskets. (family dinner fixns) Wednesday, December 21st, 10:00 AM. GOD BLESS. Optimistically, bill c ********** ********** ********** ********** ********** ********** ********** Only One - Reminder: Dec 24 NO MEETING-NO Speaker, Just a - MERRY CHRISTMAS to ALL!!!

FRIENDS OF YOUTH 2011

BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN KIDS

100% AND THEN SOME

Seated from left are Optimist President Bill Cornell; Jimmy Harmon, Baldwin County Sheriffs Boys Ranch; Brian Hood, Foley Middle School Magnolia Room; Willie Nell Evans, Sandy Folan, Women Build Habitat for Humanity; Catherine Russell, Lillian Recreation Park; Jill McGuire, Elberta Elementary School Nurse; Liz Busby, Elberta Elementary School; Juanita Campbell, Lillian-Perdido Bay Library; Kathy Sanchez, Elberta Middle School; Leigh Hawkins, Foley Elementary School; Rhonda Miller, Marys Shelter Gulf Coast.

NEW FACES

ANA PADDIE EMMA FELL

MARY COLEMAN

President Bill Cornell President Elect Ken Sanders Vice-President Vacant Secretary Sally McKinney Treasurer Dan Church Past President Andy Wilkinson Special Advisor Lee Hoffman Rod Benton Mel Whitehurst Rod Haught Peggy Pope Dave Ives Butch Price

2011-2012 OFFICERS
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DIRECTORS

STEVE BODIE

JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL IS ALIVE AND WELL AND TEACHING IN ELBERTA, ALABAMA
Ken Sanders visited Elberta Middle School recently to tell the 4th grade students about the determination of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The message: Be all that you can be. With Ken are Megan Wilcox, James Wiggins and Lilly Crowe.

1 Yr. 1 Yr. 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 2 Yr. 2 Yr.

C O N G R A T S

Optimist International honored

MIKE RUSSELL
for his support of the OI Foundation

Pass it on, check out our website: http://www.lillian.org/ocpb.htm Upcoming Events/Speakers

Dec. 3 Jim Barker-Apples for Students, Greers Markets Dec. 10 Christmas Parade No speaker Dec. 12 Wrap Christmas Gifts Dec. 15 Gift Delivery to Special Needs Kids Dec. 17 Kids Christmas Party with Santa Dec. 21 Fill Family Christmas Baskets Dec. 24 Christmas Eve-No meeting Dec. 25 MERRY CHRISTMAS! Dec. 31 Happy New Year!

A departure from the usual programs of information, Bill Broach brought The Jammin Folk with their many interesting instruments including violin, banjo, steel drum, accordion, harmonica and zither for our edification and entertainment.

Making Christmas special for Kids makes it extra special for all of us, too.

The Optimist Creed

Promise Yourself: To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. O.I.

Kitchen Korner
November 26 & Dec. 3Team 5 Ken Sanders Michael Land Jin Pak Larry Washington Rev. Paul Wargo Harry Brown Judy Wargo Kathy Whitmyer Carolyn Hertel December 10 & 17Team 6 Dave Ives John Horner III Steve Love James Partidge Horace Hobbs Butch Price Phyllis Green Gary Bobleter Jon Cardwell December 24 & 31Team 7 Buzz Morley Tom Kuklish James Wright Joel Henderson Duane Whitmyer Don Delmarter James Harden Denis Baschab Mary Collier

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIEND

Happy Birthday to You!

December Birthdays
1st Joe Taylor 14th Dave Ives 20th Steve Love 20th Joel Henderson 22nd Cleo Conn 23rd Chuck Ahrens 26th Bob Donnenwirth 30th James Wright

Glenlakes Golf Club General Manager Tony Westervelt gave us a donation for the Mullet Festival. And then he also gave us several items to use in our weekly 50/50 drawing. Thanks, Tony. All you golfers should stop by to see the improvements being made at the Foley course. As Tony says, The best value on the Gulf Coast just got better.