Optimist Club of Waterloo North

Calling all Foodies! New way to support.. EAT OUT & FEED KIDS! For Halloween weekend our friends at State & Main Waterloo and Cambridge locations are donating... portion of their sales to us! See the ad for details - Friday Oct 30-31-Nov 1st Waterloo Crossing Location is donating 15% of all Eat In and Pickup Sales and will have treat bags for all the kids! NOTE: For Pick Up Orders - You can ONLY order directly via their website --www.stateandmain.ca/home/waterloo-crossing WATERLOO - 578 Weber Street North - Waterloo (corner of Northfield & Weber) www.stateandmain.ca/home/waterloo-crossing CAMBRIDGE 375 Hespeler Rd - Cambridge Town Centre -- Donating 15% of Eat In Sales on Saturday October 31st!

Kudos to the K-W Gaming Centre for creating a safe environment and enabling our clubs and other charities to continue our fundraising efforts.

Coffee, please? Yes, our coffee4kids.ca program is still operating. We have had so many of you ask this very important question. The entire Food4Kids Waterloo ...Region is sending our kindest thoughts out to Nadine Doyle, and the entire Hacienda Sarria operation. The pandemic has levelled a horrible blow to them. Coffee4kids.ca, which was created by Michael Brown, Fibernetics, to feed kids served by Food4Kids Waterloo Region, is still being supported by the Hacienda Roasting Company who uses only the finest in-season beans from around the world. You can purchase this gourmet coffee in 5 varieties, ground or whole bean and in 2 sizes. AND, it FEEDS CHILDREN - every bag you purchase feeds a child for an entire weekend. 750 Kids need your support.

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Heart Beats Hate! Compassion and understanding is critical to creating a world of love and peace. Each of our decisions, every day can, change our direction, an...d the direction of others, for the better. When we receive a donation from the Heart Beats Hate Fund, it always causes us to pause and reflect on how we individually are thinking and acting. Be mindful of what is in your heart and in your mind. Always. Thank you Alan and team at Heart Beats Hate for understanding the impact of your gift to our vulnerable children. Your compassion is changing their course and giving them hope. View the wonderful Heart Beats Hate video link below and go to https://www.heartbeatshate.com to see how you can change the world one thought, one action at a time. Heart Beats Hate Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation https://youtu.be/03-e28i5yUg

Mark your calendars! The Lambert Group is excited to announce that we are hosting our second Online Poker Tournament this year, in support of Food4Kids Waterloo... Region on Friday, October 23rd at 8:00PM ET. The Lambert Group will be making a donation on behalf of each individual who participates. All levels of play are welcome! This tournament is free to play in and there are prizes to be won! All levels of play are welcome! Must be 18+ to participate. Help us reach our goal of providing 10,000 healthy meals to children in schools throughout our community. RSVP at www.lambertgroup.ca/poker. We can’t wait to have you join us! Thank you to our amazing sponsors, Colin at CVE Mortgage Group and Twice The Deal New Hamburg

The emotional benefits of extending a hand to someone else can help us all stay optimistic and resilient. Find out more about who we are, and how together, we... can help. Join * Locate * Start an Optimist Club in your area! Optimist.org http://ow.ly/wO4030rdMoi See more

Today is the start of the 2021 Optimist Year. Optimist International President Adriaan Elcock was an incredible leader for 2020!

Buy a coffee, feed a kid!

Happy to be able to represent our Optimist Club.

We have so many hardworking folks who work behind the scenes to keep our program humming. Here are just a few who sprang into action during our first week back ...to school in the ' new normal'. THIS WEEK - Food baggers Lora, Lynn, Mary, Marg and Carmel bagged up 600 bags each of loose bread and cereal for our kids. Our favorite handyman Jay drilled holes in 75+ new bins for us (stops them from sticking). Michelle our resident "Bag Lady" manages every single bag we fill. She ensures they are counted, separated and then applies stickers to ensure they end up going to the proper child. Many hands make light work and everyone's contribution is vital to our success. #thankyou #makingithappen #vounteersrock #behindrthescenes See more

Take advantage of this opportunity to get involved in helping our community!

An opportunity to brighten the day of a child in need...

Mindfulness means taking time to notice our thoughts, feelings on the inside and outside. Taking a mindfulness walk can be a way to help young people explore mi...ndfulness, and get used to paying attention to the present moment and themselves in that space. If you have the chance to get outside, go for a walk and take a moment to be silent, while watching and listening for anything new or different in your surroundings. Before you go back inside, ask: What did you see? Hear? Feel? If outside is inaccessible, play Eye Spy! Encouraging kids to choose unusual, or small things that they don’t usually notice around them.