July 1 - September 30: This is the last quarter of the Optimist International 2011-2012 year. This is the time when we step up our effort and ensure that we finish strong! International president Jack Creswell has asked us to give our all for the children - 100% and then some! In the great Caribbean district our Governor Dwight Phillips continues to remind us of The Power of One. If you have not done so in a while, have not done so as yet, or even if you have been doing so regularly, I ask you to take a listen to that song from Bomshell - The power of one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIIXoOXj0Ek
In the OI-7804 Family (Caribbean District, Zone 4) our theme is One one coco full basket...Harnessing the power of one. As a zone we have made strides in helping the Jamaican children in our schools, communities, children's homes and hospitals to have a better life. The Optimist clubs of Kingston Breakfast, Kingston Central, Sunset Liguanea and West St. Andrew have been beacons of hope for many marginalized children across the city of Kingston and suburban St Andrew. The Optimist clubs of West Portland in Buff Bay and Scenic Castleton continue to bring rays of sunshine into the lives of our children in rural Jamaica; and in Nassau, Bahamas, the Bayfa Optimist Club is making a difference in its own unique way.
The fact is Optimism is strong in the Caribbean. Children are engaged in after-school, reading and library improvement programmes in the many schools we serve. Children living with HIV&AIDS are seeing the love of Optimists through personal development programmes. Children's homes across Kingston, St Andrew and Portland embrace our effort at keeping their wards on the right track to seeing their true potential. The faces and hearts of many children in hospitals come alive from the care extended through regular visits, the provision of needed equipment, and improved health care. All across the Caribbean our children are experiencing the results of positive thinking and positive action.
In this last quarter, we must continue to do everything in our power to bring out the best in every child we meet; we must keep spreading our wings of goodwill; and we must soar to newer heights of achievement with and for our beloved children. Stronger and stronger we become as we pull together one with the other bringing hope and positive thinking to the world.
LtG Patrick
In the OI-7804 Family (Caribbean District, Zone 4) our theme is One one coco full basket...Harnessing the power of one. As a zone we have made strides in helping the Jamaican children in our schools, communities, children's homes and hospitals to have a better life. The Optimist clubs of Kingston Breakfast, Kingston Central, Sunset Liguanea and West St. Andrew have been beacons of hope for many marginalized children across the city of Kingston and suburban St Andrew. The Optimist clubs of West Portland in Buff Bay and Scenic Castleton continue to bring rays of sunshine into the lives of our children in rural Jamaica; and in Nassau, Bahamas, the Bayfa Optimist Club is making a difference in its own unique way.
The fact is Optimism is strong in the Caribbean. Children are engaged in after-school, reading and library improvement programmes in the many schools we serve. Children living with HIV&AIDS are seeing the love of Optimists through personal development programmes. Children's homes across Kingston, St Andrew and Portland embrace our effort at keeping their wards on the right track to seeing their true potential. The faces and hearts of many children in hospitals come alive from the care extended through regular visits, the provision of needed equipment, and improved health care. All across the Caribbean our children are experiencing the results of positive thinking and positive action.In this last quarter, we must continue to do everything in our power to bring out the best in every child we meet; we must keep spreading our wings of goodwill; and we must soar to newer heights of achievement with and for our beloved children. Stronger and stronger we become as we pull together one with the other bringing hope and positive thinking to the world.
LtG Patrick
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