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Greater Spartanburg Optimist Club

Welcome to the Greater Spartanburg Optimist Club!

The OPTIMIST difference... it's all in our name!
What differentiates Optimist Clubs from any other volunteer opportunity is simple -- OPTIMISM. And Optimists take their upbeat approach and work every day to make a difference for themselves and for the people around them. Optimists are people who believe that through positive action in their communities they can create a better tomorrow.

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     The Greater Spartanburg Optimist Club   

And 

The Security Blanket Project of Spartanburg

Present

The First Annual

Charity Poker Run

Saturday October 15th, 2005

 

Ride begins and ends at Poppy Square on Garner Road in Spartanburg, SC.  There will be an area designated for this event in front of Danz Place, 100 McMillan Drive.

 

Cyclists will travel along the routes and stop at rest areas to pick up playing cards and enjoy a snack.  Cyclists with the best poker hands at the end of the tour receive PRIZES!!

 

****For more information and to print the flyer and registration forms visit our website at http://spartanburgoptimist.tripod.com or call Carol 582-2159 or Tom 583-2161.****

 

Directions from Charlotte traveling on I-85:  Take exit 77 onto I-85 Business.  Follow I-85 Bus. for approximately 3 miles.  Take exit 5 onto I-585 and travel southeast into Spartanburg.  Travel along I-585 for approximately 2 miles.  Garner Rd will be on your Left shortly after I-585 turns into N. Pine St.  Poppy Square will be on you left shortly after turning onto Garner Rd. 

 

Directions from Greenville traveling on I-85:  Take exit 69 onto I-85 Business.  Follow I-85 Bus. for approximately 5 miles to Exit 5.  Take exit 5 onto I-585 and travel southeast into Spartanburg.  Travel along I-585 for approximately 2 miles.  Garner Rd will be on your Left shortly after I-585 turns into N. Pine St.  Poppy Square will be on you left shortly after turning onto Garner Rd. 

 

Directions from Ashville/Columbia via I-26:  Take exit 19 onto I-85 Business.  I-85 Bus. for approximately 3 miles to Exit 5.  Take exit 5 onto I-585 and travel southeast into Spartanburg.  Travel along I-585 for approximately 2 miles.  Garner Rd will be on your Left shortly after I-585 turns into N. Pine St.  Poppy Square will be on you left shortly after turning onto Garner Rd. 

 

Proceeds will go to helping children’s families in Spartanburg County-which include children with cancer and other life threatening diseases.

 

Poker Run Entry

Poker Run Contact/Questions
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Bethany was our first Security Blanket child.  She lost her battle with cancer two years after it was diagnosed at age 17.

Please get in touch to offer comments and join our mailing list.

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Greater Spartanburg Optimist Club * PO Box 18131 * Spartanburg * SC * 29318