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Christmas in The Park

The Optimist Club members have been working all summer long on some terrific new lighting and magical mechanical displays that will delight all! It's going to be a spectacular year, with many donations from our dedicated sponsors and donors. All funds raised support our programs and initiatives for youth in our community.

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2024 SPONSORS

Sparkling lights from last year

2024 Behind the Scenes

The Optimist Club of Orangeville has been bringing you Christmas in The Park for more than 30 years! It started with a number of seniors stringing a few lights on a few trees at the park across the street from the Seniors Centre on Bythia. It has since grown to include fantastic illuminated characters, millions of dazzling lights, music, entertainers of all sorts, hot drinks served by local scouts and churches, and many delightful community displays! A free month-long event that draws over 24,000 visitors a year. With the help of volunteers and funding by generous sponsors, Christmas in The Park at Kay Cee Gardens is a holiday tradition for our community and beyond.

As always our park is free and open to the public from 5:30 to 10:00 every evening in December, except when weather prevents it. Follow us on our social media to stay updated. Our Donation Station is set up beside the Pergola at Kay Cee Gardens, and cash donations are very welcome!! This year we have a POS Terminal with Square to make it easy to tap a donation!

For sponsorship or online donations please click here.

It is with the generous financial support from Sponsors of Christmas in The Park, our only fundraiser, that we are able to support and participate in programs that enrich the lives of youth in our community, such as: Big Brothers Big Sisters, Westminster Milk program, DCAFF, Scouts and Guides, Orangeville Minor Sports, ODSS and Westside Bursaries, Bike Roadeo, Junior Golf, One Voice One Team, Canadian Children's Optimist Foundation, Youth Empowerment Day, Oratorical and Essay Contests, and COLS (Central Ontario Leadership Seminars. As well as donations to Family Transition Place, Headwaters Hospital, Food Bank etc.

Christina Clare

Mar 16, 20221 min read

Optimist Essay Contest

On behalf of the Optimist Club of Orangeville we are proud to announce the Winners of the 2022 OI Optimist Club of Orangeville Essay Contest!

1st Place - Trinity Allen ODSS ($200) This amazing essay will be submitted to the next level of the Optimist International Essay competition and represent our club.

2nd Place - Eknoor Chohan ODSS ($50) Eknoor was the winner of the Early Bird incentive and received a Booklore Gift Certificate

3rd Place - Diora Eskimo ODSS ($25) for her terrific essay.

4th Place - Jack Gillies ODSS ($25) for his well written essay.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU!!

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