WHEAT RIDGE OPTIMIST CLUB
By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in Youth, our Communities, and Ourselves.
ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION
ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION
Annual Online Auction Fundraiser
Bidding is NOW CLOSED
This annual event has touched thousands of kids and continues to be our most heartfelt contribution to the community.
Some of the programs we sponsor include:
College Scholarships | Blue Santa Toy Drive & Holiday Program
Brain Bowl | Farmer's 5000
Junior Optimist Clubs (JOI) | Wheat Ridge High School STEM
Ronald McDonald House | Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth (AWRSAY)
Autism Rescue Kits (NOAH’S ARK)
By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in Youth, our communities, and ourselves.
Please help us reach our goal of $11,000.
How We Make A Difference…
The Wheat Ridge Optimist Club is one of over 2500 Optimist clubs world-wide that make up Optimist International. The first Optimist Club was formed in Buffalo, NY in 1911 – dedicated to serving youth in the local community. This is the foundation of Optimist International – local clubs serving their local community. The Wheat Ridge club was formed in 1957 by a group of businessmen that included Carl Cerveny-owner of the Scotsman Diner. Carl remained an active member of the Wheat Ridge club until his passing in 2021. But his spirit of service to the local community lives on through the club and its members. For more information about who we are and what we do today, please explore this webpage and contact us if you are interested in becoming a member or would like more information.
The Optimist Creed is the guidepost by which clubs, members and those they serve strive to live by and is a cornerstone of Optimist clubs everywhere.
Every Optimist meeting concludes with the reciting of the Creed.
The Optimist Creed
Promise Yourself
To be SO STRONG that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS of the future.
To wear a cheerful countenance AT ALL TIMES and give every living creature you meet a smile.
To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have NO TIME to criticize others.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.