And th JOOI of New Prospect says: Try some of these ideas!
MI JOOI Conference, March 2005 | Oakland Community College | Auburn Hills Campus
Bragging Session: JOOI of New Prospect ideas
Community Projects:
- Back-to-School Rally
- Free Refreshments
- Free Immunizations
- Free Haircuts/Dos
- Free School Supplies (limit 60 youth)
- Free fun activities & playscapes/games
- Fire Safety w Fire Dept/fun activities
- Bicycle Safety w Police Dept
- Park Clean Up
- Free Community Car Wash and lunch
- Race for the Cure (Cancer)
- Oratorical Contest
- Essay Contest
- Annual Bazaar with adult Optimists
- Regional Basketball Competition
- Project Save (Abstinence workshop)
- Safe Night (Anger Management workshop)
- Optimist Prayer Breakfasts
- Senator Buzz Thomas Speaker
- Family Bowling Night
- Black History Participation
- Dr. Martin Luther King Presentation
- Men of Wisdom Workshops (Teens)
- Ladies of Integrity Workshops (Teens)
Recreational Activities:
- Laser Quest
- Bowling
- Joe Dumars Field House
- Hayride & Upland Hills Farm, Oxford
- Christmas Party
- Luncheon Outing
- Dinner Outing Wedding of Roses Event
- Snowball Dinner Dance
- Roller Skating
- Six Flags
- Fashion Show
- Museum Hop: African American, Science Center, Motown
- Basketball Game
Fundraisers:
- Annual Penny Drive ($800.00)
- Car Wash ($300.00)
Mission Projects:
- $300 to Children's Hospital Cancer Unit
- Angel Tree (Gifts to prisoner's children)
- Hamtramck Harvest Mission (Food for Needy)
- Feeding of 150 people at COTS
- Collaborate: Lion's Club: recycle eyeglasses
- 30 Hour Famine (Pledge /Fasting for Hungry)
- Caps for Teens with Cancer
- Gifts for Simon House (Moms and children AIDS)
- Soup Kitchen (Feeding the Homeless, St. Leo's)
- Capuchin Kitchen, sameMannos House, same
- Restoration Center, same
- Clothing/Toiletries Mens Shelter
- Habitat For Humanity