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Living The Creed Wi l son Go lden C i r c l e Opt imis t C lub
Upcoming Events
Nov 19 - Dec. 19 - Auto Bell Fundraiser
Dec. 17 - Christmas Party - Home of
Janice Lamm
January 4 - Birthday Cupcakes DOI
Linda Watson
January 7 - Program Meeting at
Stoneybrook Christian Church
January 13 - Board Meeting TBD
January 21 –Fellowship Meeting at
Stoneybrook Christian Church
February 4 - Program Meeting at
Stoneybrook Christian Church
February 13 - Valentine’s Day Party at
Middlesex Children’s Home
Inside this issue:
Dee’s House 2
New Members 3
Teacher Appreciation
Vinson -Bynum School
3
Longleaf Party 4
Dime -A -Day and
Autobell Car Wash
4
Photos From 1st Qtr. 5
Member Spotlight 6
FUN PAGE; Golden Circle
Crossword Puzzle
7
PGI, Essay & Oratorical 8
1st Qtr District Mtg 9
President’s Page 10
Volume 3, Issue 1 December 1, 2015
Installation Banquet
Golden Circle held its Officer In-
stallation Banquet on Thursday,
Oct. 1st, at Stoneybrook Church.
This year’s officers are President-
Linda Shepherd; 1st Vice President
- Kathy Sandifer; 2nd Vice Presi-
dent - Kathi O’Rock; Secretary –
Norma Duell; Treasurer - Angela
Iwaniuk; OI Rep - Barbara Hester;
Chaplain-Ruth Godwin; and Board
Members- Janice Lamm, Joy Bell
Finch, Diane Johnson, Carol Collier,
Celia Wise and Barbara Hester.
GOLDEN CIRCLE INSTALLS NEW OFFICERS
The Wilson Golden Circle held
its annual “Kisses For Can-
cer” fundraising event at the
Food Lion stores at Brent-
wood and Peppermill on Sat-
urday, October 10th.
Even though it was overcast
and rainy, members raised
$716 which will be used to
help families of children who
are battling childhood cancer.
The club normally donates
gas cards and other monetary
support to help with the ex-
penses of cancer treatments
and traveling for treatments.
Raising Money for Childhood Cancer
2015-2016 Officers & Board Members
(Not Pictured Ruth Godwin)
“Bringing Out The Best In Youth, Ourselves, and our Communities”
Living The Creed Page 2
Golden Circle Donates to Dee’s House
Golden Circle members
enjoyed learning how
Dee’s House was
formed and the wonder-
ful work it is doing to
provide prekindergar-
ten to children who can-
not afford to pay for
schooling. Dee’s House
is all volunteers and
does such a fantastic
job that many of their
kids are able to skip kin-
dergarten and move
straight to first grade!
“A day without
laughter is a day
wasted.”
Charlie Chaplin
1st Quarter Finances:
Donations:
$100 - Donated to Dee’s House
$100 - Donated to Optimist Int’l
Fundraising:
$1,110.15 - Yard Sale Profits
$ 716.00 - Kisses For Ch. Cancer
$ 360.00 - Belk Charity Coupons
President Linda Shepherd presented a check for $100 and a gift basket full of healthy snacks to Dee’s House co-founders Levolyre Pitt and Yolanda Pitt Davis.
New Member “Disco” Carol
Carol Collier modeling the Disco Wig
she won for her great dancing foot-
work at the Longleaf Halloween
Party.
American Education Week at Vinson-Bynum Elementary School
New Opinion Poll Coming Soon!
OUR NEWSLETTER WILL PUBLISH OUR MEM-
BERS’ OPINIONS ON SERIOUS AND FUN TOP-
ICS STARTING IN OUR NEXT ISSUE OF LIVING
THE CREED.
START THINKING ABOUT YOUR OPINION OF
TEXTING AND BE READY TO SHARE YOUR
OPINION IN FEBRUARY –SHOULD BE FUN!
The Delicious Lunch Members Pouring the Tea Teachers Enjoying their Lunches
Living The Creed
New Member - Kathi O’Rock
PICTURES FROM VINSON-BYNUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
“A good teacher
knows how to
bring out the best
in students.”
Charles Kuralt
Teacher Appreciation for American Education Week
In celebration of American
Education Week, Golden Cir-
cle members prepared and
served lunch to 45 staff mem-
bers at Vinson-Bynum Ele-
mentary School.
The menu for lunch was fried
chicken, roasted pork loin,
potato salad, fresh corn,
green beans, deviled eggs,
strawberry/banana and or-
ange congealed salads, fruit
tray, tea, and several des-
serts.
Lunch was served in the
school library, and each staff
member expressed apprecia-
tion for their lunch!
This was a fun and worth-
while project!
New Member - Ginger Haden
Linda Shepherd, Installing Officer; Ginger
Haden; and Ruth Godwin, Introducer
Jeanette Ferrell, Linda Watson, Janice
Lamm, Angela Iwaniuk, Linda Shepherd,
Celia Wise and Kathi O’Rock
Linda Shepherd, Angela Iwaniuk,
Janice Lamm and Kathi O’Rock
Teacher, Wendy Watson with her
mother-in-law, Linda Watson
Janice Lamm, Sponsor; Kathi O’Rock; and In-
stalling Officer, Past President Brenda Farmer
NEW MEMBER INSTALLATIONS
Page 3
American Education Week
Thank You For Making
A Difference In
Children’s Lives.
Wilson Golden Circle
Living The Creed Page 4
Halloween Party for Residents at Longleaf Neuro-Medical Center
What happens when you put a festive table full of food and
punch, coupled with a wonderful DJ pumping out some of
the great dancing oldies and party strobe lights in the Light-
house Room at Longleaf?
We can tell you first-hand; lots of happy noise, dancing, eat-
ing, and laughing. Even several of those confined to walk-
ers and wheelchairs were up on their feet keeping time to
the beat of the music. It was a wonderful sight to see! Of
course our members joined right in after all the work was
completed.
A special thanks to Chairpersons Patsy Nobles and Ruth
Godwin for a great job of purchasing the food and making
all the goody bags (one for each resident).
Don’t forget to purchase your full-service Autobell
coupons and ask your friends and family also. This
is the fourth year we have had the Autobell fund-
raiser, and our club does very well in raising
money to fund our service projects during the
year. Those coupons also make great speaker
gifts and stocking stuffers for our family and
friends!!
“There is no
substitute for hard
work.”
-Thomas Edison
CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? DIME-A-DAY CAMPAIGN
One of our campaigns this year, in addi-
tion to recruiting new and younger mem-
bers, is to increase the number of members
who donate to Optimist International
though the Dime-A-Day program.
It’s easy to do, simply fill out a few lines
on the donation form and mail it along
with your check for $36.50 (dime-a-day
for 365 days) to Optimist International or
give to any of our club officers.
Golden Circle Members at the Longleaf Halloween
Party (Co-Chair Patsy Nobles not pictured)
Eleven of our members have already
taken the challenge - Will you join us
to help Optimist International con-
tinue to fund cancer research, junior
golf, and scholarships for our Oratori-
cal and Essay Contests?
AUTOBELL FUNDRAISER IN NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
Page 5 Living The Creed
MEMORIES FROM FIRST QUARTER
Member Sara Robbins with Speaker/Entertainer Tom
Lamont from Wilmington Winter Park Club
President Linda Shepherd with Tom Lamont at our
Installation Banquet
Carol Collier, Janice Bunn, and Jeanette Ferrell with Wil-
son Mayor Bruce Rose at the Health Fair
Linda Shepherd, Angela Iwaniuk, and Linda Watson
volunteering at the Health Fair at First Baptist Church
Barbara Hester, Linda Mizelle, Diane Johnson, Brenda
Farmer, and Norma Duell volunteer at Health Fair Carol Collier, Angela Iwaniuk and Ginger Haden working at the
Belk’s entrance in Wilson, selling Belk Charity Day Coupons
GOLDEN CIRCLE QUARTERLY MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Page 6
Living The Creed
Charter Member - Eloise Sidelinger
The Golden Circle Optimist Club has four charter members
who are active participants. We want to celebrate each and
every one of these special ladies and will begin to highlight
one member per quarter. I visited with Eloise Sidelinger
early in November to find out about this charter member. I
came away with a great sense of what an optimist and a hum-
ble person she is. I will tell you more about this later.
First, let’s look at a little background. Eloise was brought up in a farming community in
Johnston County. There was no expectation that she should gain any further education. Her
aunt would not hear of this and sent for Eloise to come to see her in Washington, DC. Once
there her aunt gave Eloise room and board and paid for her to attend a business school.
While attending school, she worked in the House of Representatives. Later, upon gradua-
tion, she worked for the Governor of Virginia. It was in business school that she met
Wayne Sidelinger.
Eloise says “If you want to see a true Optimist, look at Wayne.” In 1987, Optimist Interna-
tional decided that women could become members of the Optimist Club. Wayne and Eloise
set about starting the Golden Circle Optimist Club. I asked Eloise what she had hoped to
accomplish starting the club, and her smart response was “to have enough people to have a
club.” Through their efforts, they started the club with 30 members.
When asked “What part of the Optimist Creed lifted you up during a difficult time?,” she
said "All of it" and began reciting the creed. When you say someone is humble, you may
be referring to having a modest estimate of one’s own importance, may be referring to
one’s background and may be self-effacing. All of these statements sound unflattering, but
there is another side to the coin where you will find Eloise. Eloise is respectful, modest,
not proud or arrogant. She claims that Wayne is the real Optimist and takes no credit in the
formation of our club, but what I see is a beautiful, hopeful, optimistic woman who not
only knows the creed but lives it. (Interviewed by Ruth Godwin)
BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO FINDS WISDOM, THE MAN WHO GAINS UNDERSTANDING,
Proverbs 3:13
GOLDEN CIRCLE CROSSWORD PUZZLE
PRIZE FOR FIRST PERSON TO SUBMIT CORRECT ANSWERS TO ANGELA IWANIUK
Page 7 Living The Creed
Down
1. ______ for Childhood Cancer
4. NC EAST _______
6. We are in Zone _____
8. Newsletter "Living The ____"
9. Current Governor of NC East
10. Initiation/application fee
11. Charter president
12. What we often feel like (young)
13. Personal Growth and Involvement
15. Current number of charter members
16. Belk _____ Days
18. Dues are $30 per _______
Across
2. Number of board members
3. Bringing out the best in ______
5. Something we love to do
7. Formed in 198__
10. Current Lt. Governor, Zone 3
12. Current president
14. Annual fundraiser
17. _______ yourself
19. What we like to have
20. Current secretary
PGI - PERSONAL GROWTH & INVOLVEMENT
Page 8
Living The Creed
Get those PGI passports ready! It’s time to improve our-
selves and our club by accomplishing things we never
thought we could - but WE CAN!
There are 10 levels in the PGI Program and most of our
members are at level 1 today, but by the end of the Opti-
mist year, many of our members will be moving up in the
growth levels by accomplishing things which will improve
themselves personally by gaining knowledge and the con-
fidence to invite and bring in new members, to speak in
front of a group, to read about the history of Optimism and
our Creed and several other fun and challenging things.
Our new members will also be getting their passports and
will move to level one in this quarter and learn how they
too can begin learning and moving up to higher levels by
the end of the Optimist year. Let’s all work hard on improv-
ing our leadership and our personal skills!
This year’s chairperson, Carol Collier, is planning to spend
time each quarter to help all members with their personal
growth and involvement goals.
Essay & Oratorical Contests—2015-2016
This year’s essay and oratorical con-
tests will be here before we know it!
The Essay Contest will take place in Febru-
ary and the topic is “Lead by Example: Re-
ality or Fiction”? We will need to submit
our winning essay to the District Chair,
Sandy Cyphers by 2/28/16.
The Oratorical topic is “How My Best
Brings Out the Best in Others.” Our club’s
contest will be held in March or early April.
Our top two contestants will go to the Zone 3
Oratorical Contest which will be held in
April. The top two winners from the Zone
contest will move on to the District Contest
which will be held in late April or early
May.
The winner from the District Oratorical will
receive a $2500 scholarship and be eligible
to move on to a regional contest and then a
worldwide contest and a chance to win schol-
arships for $22,500. This year’s District
Chair is Darrell Fulcher from Wilmington
Cape Fear (resides in Morrisville, NC).
Highlights From 1st Quarter District Meeting
Page 9 Living The Creed
November 13-14 - Boys & Girls Home - Lake Waccamaw
The Friday Night Auction - Over $1400 raised
Dinner at Dale’s Seafood Restaurant on Friday night
Some of our members during the meeting on Saturday Over 55 Optimists attended the 1st District Meeting
Welcome from the Boys and Girls Home
A FEW WORDS FROM OUR PRESIDENT, LINDA SHEPHERD
President -
Linda Shepherd
7290 Jordan Road
Elm City, NC 27822
Linda Shepherd 252-567-5673
Angela Iwaniuk 252-289-5050
Email: [email protected]
A FRIEND OF YOUTH
Wi l son Go l den C i r c l e Opt imi st C lub
We’re on Facebook!
The Wilson Golden Circle Optimist
Editor -
Angela Iwaniuk
10861 McKenzie Rd.
Bailey, NC 27807
Our club was formed in 1987 and is an “all ladies” club. We strive to
live by the tenets of the Optimist Creed and promote optimism as a
way of life, inspire a respect for law, inspire an interest in good
government, and aid and encourage the development of youth, in
the belief that the giving of one’s self in service to others will ad-
vance the well -being of man, our community and even the world.
While performing community service projects and raising funds, we
also manage to have a good time and enjoy the fellowship of other
like-minded women. We invite other women to come join us!
As most of you know, Optimist International voted this
year at the convention in New Orleans to change our
slogan from “Bringing Out the Best in Kids” to “Bringing
Out the Best in Youth, Our Communities, and Ourselves.”
In the five years I have been an Optimist member, I
have been so thrilled to be a part of making a differ-
ence in our community and in the lives of our youth. I
know that we have unintentionally worked on bringing
out the best in ourselves at the same time. Let’s pledge
to continue the good work we have already been do-
ing, and let’s be intentional about bringing out the best
in ourselves!
The Golden Circle has a reputation in our zone and in
our district for being women on the move who know how
to get things done. I propose that we let all the clubs in
the whole of Optimist International know who we are by
submitting our application next spring for consideration
as Optimist Club of the Year! I have no doubt that we
can achieve that distinction!
Brenda’s goal was to double our membership during her
term as President. We made great strides toward that
objective. It is my goal that we will continue Brenda’s
dream, with emphasis on bringing in younger members.
While we are an enthusiastic, hard-working bunch,
many of us are at the stage in life when health issues
and our “can do” get in the way of our “want to.” So
let’s continue to invite our friends, but also think about
whom you know who is under the age of 60! Do you
have a daughter or daughter-in-law who lives in our
area? Most of those younger women are busy, working
wives and mothers! If we can show them how much fun
we have together and how much good we accomplish
in our community and with our youth, perhaps they will
think of the Golden Circle as the outlet they need in
their lives.
It is said that an average of 35 children are impacted
by the work of each Optimist member. I believe we
are well on our way to our 35 apiece. But let’s not rest
on our laurels. Each of us needs to invite at least one
person to join our organization so that we can be twice
as effective.
Let us work to keep our promises that we state in our
creed and let us work together for the good of our
club, the good of our community, and especially to be a
friend of youth.
