Projects

ProductivityLocal Fund Raising Projects (our budget surpasses $100,000.00 annually)

Community Bingo
Current: Cash Draw Travel Voucher. Past Annual Elimination Draw (Choice of Boat, ATV, Snowmobile or CASH)
OptiMart Show & Sale, Canteen, 50/50 Draw, Nevada Sales (during the PA Exhibition)
Saskatchewan Lotteries
Fall Gala
Kyla Art Show & Sale
Thunder in the Pines Tractor Pull

Community Sponsored Youth Activities, Projects & Awards

Santa Anonymous
Discoveries Children's Festival
School Bands
Big Brothers / Big Sisters
Optimist Toppers Volleyball Teams
Irish Dancers
Minor Sports
Boxed Lacrosse
Minto (boys) and Bear (girls) AAA Hockey
Faron Chevon Memorial Children's Golf Tournament for Northern kids. Proceeds to Children's Wish Foundation
4-H Clubs
4-H Finished Beef Show
School Safety Patrollers
Youth Talent Search at the PA EX
Team Uniforms
Graduation Awards & Recognition
Children's Haven
Student Travel Programs: Encounters with Canada and Forum for Young Canadians
P.A. Exhibition - Youth Sponsorship: Photography, Horticulture, Arts & Handicrafts, 4-H Record Books
Local Charities
Crime Stoppers
Classroom Productivity Enhancement Tools - King George, Westview and St. John's Community Schools

Optimist International Programs which we support
Childhood Cancer Campaign
Youth Appreciation Week
Respect for Law
Junior Golf
Essay Contest
Oratorical Contest


Civic & Community Enhancement

Optimist Field Diamond #1 at Max Power Ball Parks at Prime Ministers Park $67,500
Optimist Tourist Park $50,000
Optimist Tourist Park Improvements $25,000
Mair Park improvements
Vicker School Accessable Playground $27,000
Snoezelen Room (Vickers School)
The Optimist Centre (Under the Grandstand on the PA Exhibition Grounds) $100,000
Prince Albert Optimist Soccer Field $30,000 (just in time for the Western Canada Summer Games 1997)
   The only major cash sponsor of the Saskatchewan Summer Games in 1992 with $35,000
Victoria Hospital Beds
Defibulator Project (Gateway Mall)
Victoria Hospital Foundation - Maternity Ward Improvements
Queen Mary Community School - Playground Improvements and a Walking Track
Vincent Massey Community School - Playground Improvements
St. Francis Community School - Playground Improvements
John Diefenbaker School - Playground Improvements