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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Optimist Club of Westfield Sponsors Oratorical Contest for 7th Grade Students

Each of the finalists will receive recognition of their accomplishment with the top three winners awarded a medal and a cash award.

The Optimist Club of Westfield is encouraging Westfield 7th grade students enrolled in Public Speaking to “speak their mind” as part of the 2013 Westfield Optimist Oratorical Contest. The topics are ‘How my optimism helps me overcome obstacles.’, ‘Cyber communications, progress or problem?’, ‘Does the violence in electronic media (video games, movies, TV, etc.) cause violent behavior in teens?’, and ‘Why my voice is important.’ Faculty and administration will judge the initial rounds of speeches based on content and presentation and select five finalists from each intermediate school.  The finals will be held in the Westfield High School Student Center at 7 pm on April 25. Each of the finalists will receive recognition of their …

Monday, December 17, 2012

Optimist and Rotary Clubs Join Forces for Annual Holiday Food Basket Project

Program has been in existence for 22 years.

On Saturday, December 15, members of the Westfield Optimist Club and Rotary Club again demonstrated their commitment to community service by providing a record number of holiday food baskets to 97 Westfield families and individuals in need. For the past 22 years, this has been an annual community service project for the Optimist Club of Westfield and funding for this important program comes from the Optimist Club, the Rotary Club of Westfield, anonymous donors, and individual Optimist and Rotarians who sponsor baskets. Members of both organizations met at 8 a.m. at Kings to collect the pre-assembled food boxes and then gathered for a festive holiday breakfast before leaving to distribute the food.  The time and involvement of 50 volunteers…

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