St. Cloud Morning Optimist Club 

Meets Weekly:

Every Wednesday at 7:15 A.M.

We  are meeting via Zoom or in person

Members: Find the weekly Zoom meeting link in your email

The St Cloud Morning Optimists will be meeting at the Boy Scout Office 

at 1191 Scout Drive, Sartell MN 56377

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   7:15 Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance

7:16 Short Business Meeting

7:30 Program

7:59 Recite Creed

8:00 Adjourn

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August Programs

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Aug  3    Achievement in Education
Aug 10   Youth Following Our Lead
Aug  17  At Great River Children's Museum
Aug 24   TBA
Aug 31    Charitable Gambling Report

July 13-2021
St Cloud Morning Optimist Club achieved a major recognition this past week.  Optimist International named the  St Cloud Morning Optimist Club as the 2020-21 Optimist International Club of the Year.  Thanks to President Don Berger  and our entire membership.
The Club was established in 1974. The Club has given over $2.5 million to youth activities in the St Cloud Area. 

Respest from Law Awards

The St Cloud Morning Optimist Club recognized some of our local Officers who work to make our community safe and Community Members that work to show their appreciation for all that law enforcement  does for our citizens in are our area. Those honored are left to right. 
    Meghan Kelsey, 2nd Street Coffeehouse
    Chad Thesing ,  Works with DNR
     Sgt Gregg Klinefleter  St Cloud Police and Dist 742
     Officer Sara Gangle, North Junior High
     Officer Debora Ocloo  St Cloud Police 
Three individuals were not able attend the breakfast but were given certificates of appreciation.
      Eric Geier and Aaron Rieland  Bad Habit Brewing (Provides meeting space and a lot of root beer.
      Officer Todd Vanderwyst,  Works with DNR
 

On June 8 our speaker was Sebastian Mitzel. He is a seventh grader in Royalton Middle School.  He is one of the three seventh graders involved in a robotic team. He explained the competition for robotics.  He showed what they built for the competition and what the team had to demonstrate in order to earn points.
He also thanked the Morning Optimists for our clubs financial support.

St Cloud Children's Museum Presentation

Cassie Miles Exe Dir, and two board members, Heidi Everett and Buddy King spoke to our members about the fundraising efforts and what is happening in the museum. The museum has had some soft openings where they  rented  some displays from the Children's Museum in St Paul.  It was very well received  Now they are tearing down ceiling and walls to make room for  many of the planned displays. Thanks to many area business that have sponsored a room.