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  District Home  |  Officer Directory  |  Newsletters        Saturday, February 04, 2012
Projects: Youth District Updates
SWIS District Optimists Sponsor Oratorical Contest
May 2, 2009

Optimists held the District Oratorical Contest at their 3rd Quarter Convention at the Kalahari in Wisconsin Dells on May 2nd. Each of the 18 contestants prepared a speech on the theme: "For Me, Optimism is...". They won contests at club and zone level prior to the District competition.

The Oratorical Contest is the longest running program by Optimist International - since 1928. The contestants cannot have turned 16 years of age as of January 1, 2009. This year there were over ___ contestants from 5 Zones and -- clubs. At the District competition we had 9 boys and 9 girls. A panel of 6 Judges reviewed 2 rounds of speeches. The judges are not current Optimist members. They include English teachers, Forensic coaches and a college English Professor.

Unfortunately, there could only be one boy's winner and one girl's winner. The Boy's winner is Benjamin Mau, sponsored by the Downtown Madison club. The Girl's winner is Dawn Manning, sponsored by the Cross Plains club.



Here are Benjamin Mau - the boy's winner; Barb Nelson, SWIS District Governor; and Dawn Manning - the girl's winner..


Thanks to Jim Costanzo and all the people at the Club, Zone and District levels who were involved with the Oratorical Contest. Thanks to parents and teachers for encouraging all the contestants. Thanks to all contestants for their hard work and wonderful speeches! We hope to see many of you again next year!

 
 
UPCOMING EVENTS

JULY 12-14, 2012
SAVE THE DATE
Optimist International Convention

JULY 12-14, 2012
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

Click here for additional information
regarding sponsorship & volunteering!
For further information, contact
Joanne Ganske.
GENERAL INFORMATION

July 13, 2011
Links
 > Click here for a copy of the SWIS Strategic Plan from 2010.

 > Click here for a copy of the SWIS District policies as of 2011.

 > Click here for a copy of the SWIS Budget document for 2011-2012

 > Click here for a copy of the SWIS 2011 - 2012 Expense Voucher in .PDF format.

 > Click here for a copy of the SWIS District Logo for 2011 - 2012.

 > Click here for the Optimist International Logos, including OI President's Logo for 2011 - 2012 and the International Convention in Milwaukee logo for 2012.

August 8, 2011
 > Click here for the 4th Quarter Newsletter for the months of July, August & September.

October 2011
Skateboard Competition Series.
 > Click here to go to the web site with all the information.

The schedule - Finals were on October 15 at the 4 Seasons in Milwaukee.
 
May 31, 2011
SWIS and WINUM have a T-Shirt for sale as a fundraiser for the OI International Convention in Milwaukee in 2012.
 > Click here to order your one-of-a-kind shirt.
May 30, 2011
Tri-Star SWIS District Basketball Event - April 9th, 2011.
 > To see this year's event - click here.
Updated May 13, 2011
College Football Frenzy Sweepstakes Information
Click the logo for the link to the sweepstakes web site. Once the College Football season starts, you can click the link and see if you are a winner!

For more information on the sweepstakes, Click Here.

October 5, 2010

SWIS District is now on Facebook!
SWIS on Facebook

Click Here to go to our Facebook page.

E-mail me at info@swisdistrict.org

January 31, 2008

Click here for information on how your Unrestricted Gift to the OI Foundation is used.

November 5, 2007

Visit the web site of www.courageofchildrenwithcancerbooks.org to learn more about the Childhood Cancer Campaign.

Consider the Dime-a-Day donation program for the OI Foundation- click for details.


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