BECOME INVOLVED WITH OPTIMISM

The Optimist Club of Chippewa Falls is an organization, under the global youth-oriented organization, Optimist International. As a service club, we strive to demonstrate our mission, vision, purpose plus live by the Optimist Creed in everything we do.

Mission: By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in youth, our communities and ourselves.

Vision: Optimist International will be recognized worldwide as the premier volunteer organization that values all children and helps them develop to their full potential.

Purposes: To develop optimism as a philosophy of life utilizing the tenets of the Optimist Creed; to promote an active interest in good government and civic affairs; to inspire respect for the law; to promote patriotism and work for international accord and friendship among all people; to aid and encourage the development of youth, in the belief that the giving of one’s self in service to others will advance the well-being of humankind, community life and the world.

OPTIMIST CREED

• To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind
• To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet
• To make all your friends feel there is something in them
• To look at the sunny-side of everything and make your optimism come true
• To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best
• To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own
• To forget the mistakes of the past, and press on to the greater achievements of the future
• To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile
• To give so much to the improvement of yourself you have no time to criticize others
• To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.