Here's what happened today, March 14, 2013

Good Morning everyone. Figured if I didn't write these up I'd surely leave something out. Great group of folks this morning. 

Bruce brought fliers for the Beaverton, Banks and Beyond Bike Tour which will be held on August 24, 2013 starting at Papa's Pizza Parlor. Registration is currently open, they have an early offer for a NWBSC biking jersey as well. There annual budget right now is creeping up to $ 25,000. Thanked the Optimist Club for their donation. 

Greg Cody joined us today he is on the THPRD Board as well as a neighbor to Marv Doty. Eric S. talked to him at coffee last night and suggested he come to check out the Optimist Club. 

Bruce introduced Captain Eric Oathes of the Beaverton Police Department, he will take over where Terry Merritt left off as our liaison. Bruce has known Eric for sometime as they used to do cases together. 

Alan asked Bruce if Captain Oathes had received a brochure to fill out, when Bruce said no that he had read in an e-mail provided by Alan, that he would have one ready this morning. Alan had to scramble a bit but the captain got his brochure to fill in. 

Bob P. brought an updated roster, passed it around so people could make changes. Thank you Bob for doing this. 

Dave said we need to move our shed. Bob P. said to call him that he would come over and meet Dave and go through the stuff in shed. 

Raffle winner last week was Eric. He gave his winnings to the Dean Mitchell Scholorship Fund. Thank you for doing that. Raffle winner this week was Wally. 

Linda Robinson came from the Hope Pantry, to let us know what they have been up to. Linda said that last year they gave out 5,500 food boxes. These food boxes give a family a 3 day supply of food. The Hope Pantry helped out 23,000 people last year. Said it's very rare for people to come weekly to the pantry. That often people come in just when the need arises. 

They are looking for Volunteers. Here are their hours of operations in case you have a little time to spend at the Hope Pantry: 

Wednesday 

10-11:30am Unload food trucks, Prep the Pantry, Stock the Shelves 

6:00-7:00pm Repackage the produce 

Thursday: 

10:00-1:30pm Prep the Pantry, Fill Food Boxes, Clean up 

Friday: 

10-11:30am Receive/sort/store food from stores 

2:00-3:30pm Unload food trucks, prep the pantry, stock the shelves 

Saturday: 

10:00-11:30am Prep the Pantry, fill food boxes, clean up 

If you are interested in helping you can contact Linda Robinson at 805-750-5105 or at the Hope Pantry's email address: hopepantry@thisishope.com She mentioned that if you would like to donate items that during any of the times above would be great. The top things they are looking for are; Shampoo, TP, deodorant and bar soap. 

Bob P. talked about the amazing time he had at the Robotics fair this last weekend at the Memorial Coliseum. Said that this year the kids made robots that launched Frisbee's clear across the room. Something for our club to get involved in next year. 

This day in History, 1997. Bill Clinton, while recovering from an operation, showed interest in picking up golf again. 

Next week our speaker will be Sally Fabre, she is with the Aloha Business Association and our Optimist club speaker of the month. She works for Agape Community Insurance. 

The week after that Joycelyn from PAL will be there. 

Here is our website, please check it out and read a blurb about our speaker of the month. http://beavertonoptimist.webs.com/ 

Last but not least, have a great week everyone and we'll see you next week. Susan