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Some of the activities that The Club has sponsored include the following: 1. Oratorical Contest- (See also Current News) - This year the Contest will be held for students under 18 years of age on December 31 of the current school year. The speech must be between 4 and 5 minutes on the assigned topic. Winners of the club contests go on to compete in a Zone contest. The Zone contest winners then compete in the MD/SD District competition held at Ocean City MD at the end of April or beginning of May. Winners of the District competition are awarded a $1500 scholarship.The topic for the 2011 Oratorical Contest was "If I Were Leader of the Free World, the First Issue I Would Address Would be ..." The Club's Contest was held on April 7th at 7:00 PM at Jennifer and Peter Martin's home. Congratulations to Miss Selin Altintas and Mr. Jackson Douglas, winners of the Club's Oratorical Contest for 2011. They were each awarded a $100 US Savings Bond and went on to compete in the Zone 2 Oratorical Contest of the Maryland-South Delaware District. It was held April 16 at the Wheaton Regional (Public) Library. The winners of that contest were Miss Selin Altintas and Mr. Bryce Iapicca from the Frederick Optimist Club; congratulations to them! They went on to compete in the District's Contest on April 30 in Ocean City, MD where Miss Selin Altintas won in the girl's contest. She will receive a $1500 scholarship. Hearty congratulations to Selin; well done! For more information about the Club's contest call Peter Martin at 301-926-7097 or by e-mail at pgm5h@hotmail.com . For the rules and an entry form for the Rockville Club's 2011 Contest Click here. The generic rules and an entry form may be found on Optimist International's web site at www.optimist.org under "Visitors," then "Scholarships." 2. Essay Contest- (See also Current News) - Students under 18 on December 31 of the current school year and who have not yet graduated from high school or the equivalent, are eligible to participate. They must submit a 700-800 word original essay on the assigned topic. Entries to the Club contest must be submitted by February 3rd. Volunteers judge entries submitted to the Club and the first place essay in the Club contest is entered in the District competition. The first place essay in the District contest wins a $2500 college scholarship. The topic for the 2012 Essay Contest is "How my Positive Outlook Benefits my Community." For more information about the Rockville Club's Contest contact Ed Dawson, Phone: 301-460-1176. An entry form and the rules may be found by Clicking here or on Optimist International's web site at www.optimist.org under "Visitors," then "Scholarships."
The
topic for the 2008 Essay Contest was "Today's Choices Shape My
Future." Congratulations to Miss Sarah Rice for writing the
winning essay in the Club's 2008 Contest and the District's 2008 Essay Contest
and for taking 3rd Place in Optimist International's 2008 Contest. Click
here to read Sarah's Essay.
4. Holiday Activity - In 2009 and 2010 the Club joined the Frederick Club in their "Shop with a Cop" event in which police men and women helped kids shop for gifts at one of the Wal-Marts in Frederick, MD. Both Clubs helped in wrapping the gifts and then enjoyed lunch with the kids at the Outback in Frederick. Many thanks to the Frederick Optimist Club, to Wal-Mart and to Outback Restaurant for making this event a success. In earlier years, for the holidays the Club adopted a family. Members bought gifts for the children and gift cards for the adults; then we got together to have fun figuring out how to wrap everything. The gifts were presented to the family before the holidays.
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