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Optimists Club Calls It Quits
November 29, 2004 4:35 AM PST
QUAKERTOWN, Pa. - It's a glum day for optimists. After 24 years of community service, the Quakertown Optimists Club is calling it quits. They're holding their last meeting on Thursday, citing declining interest.

"I feel sad," club president Bernard Kensky said.

Kensky said that fewer club members were taking part in sporting and scholastic activities for children, and fewer kids were getting involved in club events.

The group worked with schools to hold essay, spelling and public speaking contests for students, sponsored a youth bowling league and organized golf tournaments and football and basketball events.

A bicycle derby sponsored by the club and the Quakertown police department drew only 12 children last year, down from previous attendance of 50 to 70 children, Kensky said.

The Optimist Club is an international organization that formed in 1920. The Quakertown chapter started in 1980 with 35 members, but dropped to 15 members this year.

"Four or five people would come to meetings and only two or three people would help out with the activities," Kensky said. "I don't know why people stopped getting involved."

Quakertown is about 35 miles north of Philadelphia.

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WTF how this was on the news ticker tape, or why I posted it I don't know just though that it was pretty funny.

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HeavyB3

People are just less optimistic then they used to be. Its sad. Guess the world's glass is really half empty. Its all over now. We are all going to die.

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I wasn't serious in my post.. I don't really give a crap.

Jersey Girl

That's the spirit, LOL!

swd1974

This coming from the president of the pessemists club

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