Optimist Club of Richfield
Bringing Out the Best in Kids Since 1958
Next Meeting : Wednesday - May 1, 2024 - This week: Adam Alcott, Golf Coach - RHS
Our speaker last week was John Gibbs, Board Chair of the Three Rivers Park Commission. John told us of the many activities available in the parks. The Park District is named after the 3 rivers - Mississippi, Minnesota and Crow, and was established in the 1950’s. It has 43 lakes, 30+ miles of river and covers over 27,000 acres. They plant over 60,000 trees each year that are grown from seedlings at the Crow-Hassan Park Reserve. Newer projects
close to us are the takeover of the Hyland Greens Golf Course from Bloomington and establishment of the Taft Bike Park, with off-road features with jumps, etc.
Nominations for next year club officers were revealed. (Vote in early May.)
President: Steve Lindgren. 1st VP: Dennis Dietzler, 2nd VP: Mike Sandahl
Treasurer: Doug Kleist, 2nd year Board: John Ashmead, Arnie Odefey
1st year Board: Pat Dale, Mike Fogarty Past Pres: John BJOSTAD
If you are interested in being nominated, please contact Arnie Odefey.
CHILI & SALAD DINNER - APRIL 26, 12024 - Thanks to event Chair Doug Waller & Crew for putting together a great event, with help for our friends from the Bloomington Optimist Club. See page 2 for more Chili Dinner Information. Another great community event thanks to tremendous help from our friends from the Bloomington Optimist Club. Our ticket takers say they collected 156 tickets at the door and $2,300.00 In addition, attendees donated $89. Toward the children’s Christmas party and we picked up a paid subscription for the flag program. There is probably more dollars not turned in yet, so a final accounting is still forthcoming. We had some chili in excess. A good portion went to the Richfield Fire Department. But a big THANK YOUto everyone involvd!
Come in person if you can. Or catch the meeting on Zoom. Watch your e-mail for your weekly Zoom invite!