JOOI Club Project Ideas

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