OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL
Northwest Optimist Club
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Friend of Youth
CLICK on THE BEST to access our Club Application
http://optimist19.wix.com/nwoc
505-867-0567 • so@docso.com
NWOC's Meeting Times/Dates...
Usually 10-11 AM,
usually THE THIRD WEDNESDAY monthly
Taylor Ranch
Phone to make sure! 505-867-0567
SCHOLARSHIPS
For details, click on each Contest icon link next to the Contest's description.
The scholarships provided by the Optimist International Foundation are all competition-based scholarships for post-high school education--the scholarships may be applied to technical or academic schooling.
All of the contests begin at the Club level and end at the District level. Our club is the Northwest Optimist Club and our District is the New Mexico-West Texas District. Grab these opportunities to grab your future. Chair of our Scholarship Contests is Robert Martinez, 505-899-2165, zentrebor@aol.com.
This year's Essay Contest topic is "How Does an Optimistic Mindset Change My Tomorrow?". The topic for the Oratorical and CCDHH is "Staying Optimistic in Challenging Times."
NWOC's Club Contests
Club Chair Robert Martinez must receive submissions on or before the Deadlines
Essay Contest Packet DEADLINE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2022 =
Essay + Application + Birth Certificate copy
Oratorical Contest APPLICATION DEADLINE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2022 =
Application + Birth Certificate copy
Oratorical Contest held Wednesday, JANUARY 19, 2022 at the Erna Fergusson, 3700 San Mateo NE 87110
505-888-8100
- available to those who have met the January 12 registration DEADLINE
Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH)
APPLICATION DEADLINE TBD =
Application + Birth Certificate copy + Audiograph
Click on the photo panel, ABOVE, and/or logo for each contest. BELOW, for a link to that Optimist International scholarship contest.
Remember, read all of the rules, including those for the judges, when preparing for your contest.
Essay Contest
While our essay topic changes each year, the process remains the same.
1. Find out the Deadline and contest
rules (click on the Essay Contest scroll
icon);
2. READ all of the rules, including the
judges' instructions;
3. Plan, write and even read aloud your essay;
4. Contact the Northwest Optimist Club and submit your entire package of paperwork before the NWOC's DEADLINE-- WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2022.
The club contest is followed by the District contest. The winner for the District is announced in April.
The key to winning this $2500 scholarship seems to be to have written an excellent essay that meets all of the competition's rules. AND, Optimists will be glad to review applicants' essays before they are submitted and make suggestions on how to better meet the rule requirements.
Oratorical Contest
While our oratorical topic changes each year and the award opportunities have INCREASED, the process remains much the same--BUT read this year's rules!
1. Find out the Deadline and contest rules
(click on the Oratorical Contest icon);
2. READ all of the rules, including the judges'
instructions,
3. Plan, write and PRACTICE your speech;
4. Contact the Northwest Optimist Club and submit your registration paperwork + a copy of your birth certificate/passport before the club's DEADLINE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2022.
Remember--1/12/22--Received by
Robert Martinez,
6976 Glen Hills NE
Rio Rancho NM 87144
(505) 899-2165, zentrebor@aol.com
Contestants who have submitted their paperwork by 1/12 will be notified before Jan. 19 by Contest Chair Robert Martinez.
The Club contest will be held Wednesday, January 19 at 6 PM, at a Erna Fergusson Public Library, 3700 San Mateo NE 87110
(505-888-8100).
The club contest is followed possibly by a Zone level contest February 16 at Erna Fergusson Public Library, 3700 San Mateo NE 87110, 505-888-8100.
The District contest for the winners of the various Zone competitions will be held at a meeting of the NM-West Texas District, location and date TBD.
The District award is $2500 for first place, $1,500 for second and $1,000 for third.
This year Optimist International will hold an REGIONAL and then a WORLD competition after the District competitions.
The Regional competition first place winners will win and additional $5,000.
The first place World competition winner will be awarded an additional $15,000 in scholarship money; the second place winner, an additional $10,000; third Place, an additional $5,000.
The key to winning the oratorical scholarship seems to be to having written and then practiced an excellent speech. Also remember to read carefully the rules AND FOLLOW them. Superb orators have "lost the race" because they failed to follow the rules.
Oftentimes, the winners have competed several years. Othertimes, like in 2019 and three or four years before that, the winner was a middle school student with an excellent essay that was presented from memory in a sophisticated and mature manner.
Communication Contest for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (CCDHH)
While our topic changes each year, the process remains the same--we work with the NM School for the Deaf.
HOWEVER, we are very available to sponsor a student who is not attending the NMSD, just let us know about you.
1. Find out the club contest's Deadline and contest rules (click on the CCDHH icon);
2. READ all of the rules, including the judges' instructions;
3. Plan, write and PRACTICE practice delivering your speech;
4. Contact the Northwest Optimist Club and submit your paperwork before the club's DEADLINE--TBD.
The club contest may be followed by a Zone level contest and then the District contest, which is held at the District meeting in May. The winner for the District is announced AT the meeting in May;
The key to winning this $2500 scholarship seems to be having written and then practiced an excellent speech.
The speech may be delivered orally or in sign. Translators will be provided.
Remember to read carefully the rules AND FOLLOW them. Superb contestants have "lost the race" because they failed to follow the rules.
ORATORICAL Scholarship Awards
2021 - 2022
$22,500 possible
District First Place-$2,500
Second Place-$1,500
Third Place-$1,000
Regional First Place Only-$5,000 *
World First Place-$15,000
Second Place-$10,000
Third Place-$5,000 *
* Presentation Specifics YTD
NORTHWEST OPTIMIST CLUB
5417 Las Trampas Way NW
Albuquerque, NM 87120
so@docso.com to Suzann
Tel: 505-899-2165 to Robert
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