About Metro Milwaukee Optimist Club (MMOC)
Mission Statement
By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in kids.
Vision Statement
Optimist International will be recognized worldwide as the premier volunteer organization that values all children and helps them develop to their full potential.
By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in kids.
Vision Statement
Optimist International will be recognized worldwide as the premier volunteer organization that values all children and helps them develop to their full potential.
What Optimist Clubs Do
Optimist Clubs are dedicated to "Bringing Out the Best in Kids" and do their part through community service programs. Since each Club is autonomous and run by members in their community, Optimists have the unique flexibility to serve the youth of their area in any way they see fit. Optimist Clubs see a need in their community and react to it.
Optimist International officially sponsors several International Programs: theChildhood Cancer Campaign, Internet Safety, the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships and the organization'sscholarship contests (Essay Contest,Oratorical Contest and Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). In addition, Optimist International encourages involvement in several other community activities:
Optimist Clubs are dedicated to "Bringing Out the Best in Kids" and do their part through community service programs. Since each Club is autonomous and run by members in their community, Optimists have the unique flexibility to serve the youth of their area in any way they see fit. Optimist Clubs see a need in their community and react to it.
Optimist International officially sponsors several International Programs: theChildhood Cancer Campaign, Internet Safety, the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships and the organization'sscholarship contests (Essay Contest,Oratorical Contest and Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing). In addition, Optimist International encourages involvement in several other community activities:
- Respect for Law/Promotion of Non-Violence
Tri-Star Sports Skills Challenges
Youth Appreciation
Youth Safety
Club Info |
Membership ApplicationIf you care to join us, please click HERE to access the MMOC Membership Application form in .PDF format. Print it, fill it out and mail it to:
MMOC PO Box 14352 Milwaukee, WI 53214 If you wish; please also fill out our MMOC - Membership Interest Finder document and mail it along with your membership application. |
Club HistoryMMOC HISTORY
The Metro Milwaukee Optimist Club was formed in early March of 2010, officially "organized" April 29, 2010 and "chartered" through a gala event at the historic Wisconsin Club on August 12, 2010. (Invite) There had not been a thriving Milwaukee Club for some years until the formation of the new MMOC. Milwaukee has a proud history of Optimist involvement with a successful chapter which was actively involved with the local youth. In fact, that Club hosted the 1924 Optimist International Convention in Milwaukee. In 1924, the first organization-wide youth service program was established with the chartering of Junior Optimist Clubs. Its purpose was to instill the value of volunteering in young boys. The idea of creating youth clubs was developed in 1920 by Milwaukee Optimist Henry Scarborough, who was well-known in his community in vocational guidance and personnel relations. After gathering a group of young boys together, they agreed that since the Optimists served as the group's sponsor, they should call themselves "Junior Optimists." During the 1924 convention in Milwaukee, the Junior Optimist Club idea really began to spread. The delegates voted the right of Optimist International to charter Junior Optimist Clubs everywhere, with an Optimist Club as its sponsor. The idea spread like wildfire and right after World War II , there were 42 Junior Optimist Clubs formed with several hundred youth members. |
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