Optimist Club of Frederick, Inc. Frederick Md.

Optimist Club of Frederick
In the Street - 2003

Optimist Club of Frederick, Inc. Frederick Md

This year the Frederick Optimist had the chance to present themselves to those In The Street.  Two tents were set up in the area set aside for the Optimist Club of Frederick on Market Street between Carroll Creek and Patrick Street.  One tent held information and displays about the clubs activities and in the other was a "fishing pond' where everyone could catch a prize.  

After a cold-wet setup the skies dried out, and even thought over cast, it turned out to be a great day.  No matter how tired the club members were you could see the fatigue leave their bodies when:
    -  as a little four-year old girl  reels in her prize and seeing a string of red beads proclaims - "AWESOME" with pure joy in her voice.
    -  child after child came up and looked at the back drop and pointed out to their parent - "That NEMO"

Even after a long day every member of the Frederick Optimist Club said it was a great day and a lot of fun. 

Join us in a walk through the project in the pictures below: 

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Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Marcha Gamber (l) and Project Co-Chair Anna Cunningham (R) work on a display explaining the Optimist Club Frederick's activities.
As club member arrived on Market St. at 8:30 AM the scene was wet and cold with a light drizzle falling.	Click on the pictures to enlarge:
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Anna Cunningham (L) and Mary Ellen Hoffman (R), project co-chairs, help Jack Evans (back to camera) set up the tents.
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Once the tents were up Jack Evans (L - partially hidden), Anna Cunningham (M) and Mary Ellen Hoffman begin to build the Fishing Hole.
Once the fishing hole was built we can see the great job the club member Kim Ellsworth did on designing the backdrop.	Click on the pictures to enlarge:
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	The prizes arrive and Tara Taliaferro (r) is aided by a member of Frederick County Public Schools' Service Learning Advisory Board in setting up behind the back drop.
Club President and Project co-chair Mary Ellen Hoffman invites some of the first fishers to come on in.	Click on the pictures to enlarge:
The first casts were made , what will the prize catch be?	Click on the pictures to enlarge:
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Mary Ellen Hoffmand helps the fishers "unhook" their catches.
Club member Vic Hoffman (blue jacket and red hat) "supervises" as Craig Taliaferro, Optimist Zone 2 Lt. Governor and Fredrick Optimist club member, (black and white shit) makes adjustment to the tent, as Jack Evans ( blue shirt and green hat) talks to a someone interested in the Frederick Optimists.	Click on the pictures to enlarge:
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Pat Taliafferro (L - back to camera) is joined in the display tent by Craig Taliaferro (second Left), Vic Hoffman, partially hidden by Jack Evans in blue shirt on right.
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Even though the day started out wet it cleared up and the streets began to fill.
People of all ages had to chance to cast for fish.	Click on the pictures to enlarge:
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Many fisherperson seemed to really enjoy the school of bead fish that seemed to school near Carroll Creek.
Club members Allen Downs in yellow jacket and Rick Parson bent over in blue shirt talk to some potential fishers.	Click on the pictures to enlarge:
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	Late in the day the drizzle starts again but the crowds don't seem to get smaller.
Click on the pictures to enlarge:	After a long fun filled day the process of shutting down starts.
	1 cast - 50 ¢,  3 casts - $1.00,  fun for the club - priceless.

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