Choose Optimism

Join us as we welcome Suzanne Brown from the Fusion Optimist Optimist Club of New Kingston, Jamaica. She will be telling us about all the great projects her club is participating in and what it's like being an online club.

Join us as we welcome Rowan Banning from Kansas City, Kansas who competed in the past two years and came in 5th at the Optimist Junior Golf Championship 2025.

Join us as our guest John Laurents from the Charlotte Optimist Club share his insights in one of the oldest optimist clubs in North Carolina. He also shares his experiences with the Oratorical Contest, this is one of the largest and is in all the public schools districts in the area.

Join us for our guest this week, Maurie Sheppard, from Waterloo, Ontario and the Westvale-Waterloo Optimist Club. She tells us about the rewards of helping these children recognize their full potential.

Join us today for our guest Tracy Kingston from the Moore Optimist Club of Corunna, Ontario. She tells us about the community events that her club holds and the planning ahead is a key factor in successful projects. Learn more about the Moore Optimist Club - https://mooreoptimist.com

Join us as we welcome Nita Miller from the Junction City Breakfast Optimist Club of the Kansas District. She shares the community projects, club events and more.

Join us as we welcome Isahak Kelechian from Montreal, Canada. He was a player in the boys 14-15 division on the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships in 2025 at the Doral Golf Course in Miami, Florida. He and his dad Raffi share their experiences and insights from the event.

We welcome Emilia Mutis from Columbia who played in the 2025 Junior Golf Championships in the Girls 14-15 division at the Doral Golf Course in Miami, Florida. She shares her experiences and insights with us. Join us and listen in.

Join us today as we welcome Tom Majerek from the Niles-Riverfront Optimist Club in the Michigan District. He explains how he started a club in 2002 begun to support a community music festival and sustaining a club for the past 23 years. Have a listen.

Join us as we welcome March Osland from Phoenix, Arizona, he played in the 2025 Junior Golf Championships at the Doral Golf Course in Miami Florida. He competed in the boys 14-15 division. He'll tell us about his experiences.

Join us as we welcome Jim Boyd and Erin Reese from the Urbandale Optimist Club Iowa, they will be sharing their insights in creating social media ad's in canvas. They will also share how social media has affected membership.

Join us as we welcome our guest Ritchie Stewart, the Sunrise-St. Thomas Optimist Club and the Governor of the Southwest Ontario District. His district came in the top clubs in growth for the 2nd quarter.

Elise Lim from Sacramento, California joins us to tell her experiences at the 2024 Junior Golf Championships at the Doral Golf Course in Miami, Florida - she played in the 10-12 Girls division. Join us today.

Join us as we welcome Avery McGrath from Falls Church, Virginia a player in the 2024 Junior Golf Championship. She shares her experiences on and off the course. She finished in 4th place.

On today's podcast welcome Lev Abramson from Denver, Colorado a 2024 player in the 16-18 division of the Junior Golf Championship at Doral Golf Course in Miami, Florida. He shares his experiences and aspirations for the future.

Join us with Avery Hollingsworth from Houston, Texas and played in the 2025 Junior Golf Championships in Miami, Florida.

Join us today as we hear from Kaden Frierson on his experiences with the Junior Golf Championships. Kaden is from Austin, Texas he is the 2025 winner in the 16-18 division.

Our guest this week is Tom Neal, from the Farmington Hills & Farmington Optimist Club of the Michigan District. Tom is going to share his insights on building and maintaining Junior Optimist Clubs within the Public Schools. https://f2hoptimists.org

Join us today as we have Olivia Blair, a Junior Optimist member reflects on her time being a Junior Optimist (JOI) as well as competing in the Oratorical and Essay contests.

Join us today for our guest Lucie Régimbald from the Carlsbad Springs Optimist Club of Ontario. She shares her insights on the challenges of small clubs, Lucie has been an optimist for 32 years and tells the importance of listening to young people. https://www.facebook.com/optimistintl/videos/691483021360233/ YouTube video - https://youtu.be/9ZyNNWSdox0

Today's guest is Kristi "Cricket" Palmer from the Rushmore-Noon Optimist Club, on how to amp up your club meetings to a more exciting and dynamic events energizing members. View content on YouTube .

Our guest today is Rick Gillespie who is on the Optimist International Growth Committee. He is also a member of the London-Fanshaw Optimist Club of Canada. He will be talking to us about plans for "Growth" in the 2025-2026 Optimist Year. View content on YouTube .

Join us as we talk to President Ed Finn from the Kids Mental Health-Canada Optimist Club, he is ranked 7th in Growth / 6th in Retention, he will tell us about some special programs he uses to increase retention and growth. View content on YouTube .

Join use as we talk to Connie Sohnleitner, District Governor of Atlantic Central District, her district is ranked 3rd in retention. she will share her insights on retention. View content on YouTube .

An interview with 2 top 10 leaders in growth, President Michelle Meyers from the Brighter Days Optimist Club and Governor Larry Harper from the Central Ontario District. View content on YouTube .