Flag Letter To subscribe, print the Flag Letter and send $40 to Optimist Club of Treynor P.O. Box 354 Treynor, IA 51575 Check here to see if you have already paid Homes Paid in 2021 184 paid flags so far this year

The Treynor Optimist Club thanks you for your support of the Flag Project.   All funds go toward scholarships.

Past Speakers & Newsletters (for the last few months)

May 1 - Steve Irvin, Iowa College Access Network (ICAN)
May 8 - Cara Cool-Trede, EdVantage
May 15 - Steve Chain, IWCC Business and Accounting Instructor
May 22 - Dale Willenborg, Genealogy
May 29 - Stan Latta, Chaplain Good News Jail & Prison Ministry
June 5 - Melanie Schuler, Spanish Teacher
June 12 - Gary Spooner, working in Romania
June 19 - Lori McGoldrick, “A Perspective on Family"
June 26 - Aaron Terry, Assistant Football coach at IWCC
July 3 - Doug Dillivan, Iowa Farm Business Association
July 10 - Alysia Hess, New Business Owner in Treynor
July 17 - Kelly Hessler, Airbnb owner
July 24 - Dave Eldridge, Woodman Life
July 31 - Chris McQueen, Bike Enthusiast
Aug 7 - George Volz, our Optimist Lt. Governor
Aug 14 - Ken McCLure, policeman, and his dog Ares
Aug 21 - Tour of new High School addition
Aug 28 - Treynor Splash Pad
Sept 4 - Kelsey Stupfell, TS Bank
Sept 11 - Jane Leick, recipient of Lakin Outstanding Teacher Award
Sept 18 - Steve Owens, new Regional Director of Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Sept 25 - Bryce Warner - Special Ed and Fishing Club
Oct 2 - Tim Hamilton – Council Bluffs E-sports

For older speakers or newsletters, select "Speakers" to select a speaker or "Newsletter" to select by newsletter date from the menu at the top of this page

Organizations helping with flags

Flag Holidays for 2022	Put up flags, Assist	Take down flags, Assist
Put out Flyers - Late April or early May	Put out flyers on a Saturday
Memorial Day - Monday, May 30	Sat, May 28	Tues,  May 31
Flag Day - Tues, June 14	Sat, June 11	Wed, June 15
Treynor Days - Friday- Saturday, June 24-24	Thurs, June 23
Independence Day - Monday, July 4		Tues, July 5
Labor Day - Monday, September 5	Sat, Sept 3
Patriot Day - Sunday September 11		Mon, Sept 12
Homecoming - Friday, September or October	Thursday	Saturday
Veterans Day - Friday, November 11	Thurs, Nov 10	Sat, Nov 12

Veterans Day-Flags only along school and cemetery if weather permits

Placed flags on Columbus Day in past years - Changed to Homecoming weekend  in 2020 because of bad weather often in mid-October

 

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Flags for Scholarships

The Optimist Club provided scholarship awards for $7000 for
graduating Seniors in 2021
The recipients of $500 in 2021 in alphabetical order are:

JOI Club Members (Selected by JOI Club)

Emma Ehmke
Elizabeth Nowlin

Selected by Optimist Club

Callie Copperstone
Kaylee Dyke
Anna Elaine Halverson
Malloy Helvie
Mia Nichols
Aubrey Pierce
Hailee Poland
Blake Sadr
Stella Umphreys
Luca Vacanti
Devin Vorthmann
Livia K. White

Total of $62,100 since 2010
Full list of scholarship winners by year