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 Earlybird Deadline

 May 1

Officers elected after May 1 qualify for earlybird registration rate - even onsite.  If registering onsite meals events maybe "sold-out".
 

 Deadline Dates

 Bylaw Amendments - April 8

 

Earlybird Registration - May 1

 Advertising in Program - May 7

Convention Resolutions - May 8

Advance Registration



June 4

Baseball Game -

June 15 

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Exhibiting in Denver

Brax Fundraising

Here's a great new fundraising idea visit www.spiritcups.com
Spirit Cups are 18 ounce, heavy plastic cups. Spirit Cups feature your favorite team. They have a 3-D holographic design and are totally made in the USA. And they are recyclable and packed 4 cups to a set of the same team

Praesidium, Inc


with over two decades of experience, Praesidium is the national leader in child sexual abuse risk management.  Praesidium has helped more than 4,000 organizations designed club care, a package of sexual abuse prevention training and services, to help Optimist Clubs keep children safe. For more information visit www.praesdiumin.com
 

Harlem Ambassadors



We are a Harlem stayle show basketball team that works with non-profit organizations all oever the country doing our shows as fundraising events.  We have been very successful working with Optimists. Check us out at

 
LaviShea LLC
 

Lavishea Lotion Bars are an innovative new way to moisturize and heal dry skin.  Each bar is about the size of a hockey puck (approx 3" wide), and is made with all-natural ingredients.  Though it looks like soap, no water is necessary.  Simply rub the bar on your skin, and the heat of your body will melt the lotion onto your skin where it is quickly absorbed.  The bar is perfect for traveling, and will even pass through security if packed in your airport carry-on luggage




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Spring Has Sprung
Convention Planner
 92nd Annual Convention

Sheraton Downtown Denver

July 8-10, 2010
Published for the Convention Ambassadors to help promote the International Convention

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Suggested Sample Schedules

Are you a 1st Timer, Club or District Officers or an Experienced Convention attendee and don't know what you should attend at the International Convention.  Let us help!  Sample agendas are now available to show Optimists with different levels of experience how they can get the most out of their Convention experience.  Click on the links below.
 

1st Timers



 
Club-District Officers



 
Experienced Convention Attendee



Officer-Elect Training at Convention
Are you a Club President-Elect or Lt. Governor-Elect and getting ready to begin your year? 

 

Perhaps you are a Club Secretary-Treasurer-Elect or District Secretary-Treasurer designate and need to know how to get started?

 

Well, the Denver Convention is the place for you!

 

We will have classes for officer-elects on Thursday, July 8 from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. that will be some of best training that Optimist International has to offer!

 

 Club President-Elects will have a choice of


  •  sessions with training focused on helping them have a successful year.
  • There will be a session for the person who has never served as a Club President,
  • another session will focus on those members who have served as a Club President fairly recently and just need a refresher.
  • and there will also be a session for those who have served as a Club President in the past but it has been a while!

 All sessions are filled on a first-come first-served basis, so plan to get there early and we will see you in Denver!
 

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Get a $5.00 Coupon by saying No to Housekeeping

The Sheraton Denver Downtown  has a Green Choice Program and it could mean an extra $5/day you can spend at the hotel.  Forego housekeeping for a day and receive a $5 coupon to use for food or beverage outlets, except for the day of your departure.  All you have to do is take the provided door hanger, hang it on the door of your sleeping room the night before and they'll slip a voucher under your door to use, the maid will not make up your room that day and you will receive a $5 coupon which you can use at the hotel.

 

Did you know that it takes an average of 30 gallons of water to wash the sheets and towels in your guestroom? Expanded to doing that every day for a full year, that's enough water to fill the average family swimming pool!

 

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A+ Airport Shuttle Service


Exclusive Airport Shuttle for Optimist International.  A portion of proceeds go to Optimist International

 

Only shuttle offering direct route to hotel -- Easiest --  and most cost effective
 
online at
www.303shuttle.com or call 303-710-6367
Discount Code: Optimist
 

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Deadline May 7 to Advertise in the Convention Program
Advertise your club event, make your club known, showcase your business, acknowledge a friend, running for a position, shout out a thank you, get your name and face out to everyone as they arrive at the International Convention! As you can see there are several ways to be heard -- Advertise!

  
Full Page  - $100.00, 1/2 page $75.00, 1/4 page $50.00
 
Deadline for advertising insertion and artwork order is May 7, 2010.  Format: 8" X 4" black and white, off-set press.  Artwork must be electronically in .tif or .pdf format at 400 dpi resolution or higher.
 

Contact the Meetings Department (800) 500-8130 or email ronda.vaughn@optimist.org or sharon.parton@optimist.org














 

You know your from Colorado if.... 


  •  You eat ice cream in the winter.
  •  It snows five inches and you don't expect school to be cancelled.
  •  You'll wear flip flips every day of the year, regardless of temperature.
  •  Your sense of direction is: toward the mountains and away from the mountains
  • You think May is a totally normal month for a blizzard or ice storm.
  • You've gone off-roading in a vehicle that was never intended for such activities
  • You always know the elevation of where you are.
  • You wake up to a beautiful 80-degree day and wonder if it's going to snow tomorrow.
  • A bear on your front porch doesn't bother you.
  • When people out East tell you they have mountains in their state too, you just laugh.