Merrill Noon Optimist

Join us tomorrow, May 27th at noon, at the Eagles Club of Merrill for our guest speaker, Cory Tomczyk. You know those blue magic paper boxes you see around town?? That’s him!

Cory started his company, IROW, in 1989. First as a collector and processor of scrap cardboard and paper. The company evolved into a document destruction service provider and also entered the Waste services market. Today mainly a Document, Hard Drive and Product destruction service company, IROW still does general Cardboard and Paper recycling and also some industrial scrap plastics. Serving North Central Wisconsin and now expanding eastward, IROW continues to provide the level of service that only a family-owned company can.

Guests to our Optimist Club get two meals free, so they can see what we’re all about before committing fully. We’re a great group of Merrill citizens and we’re excited to meet you!!

We are glad to have once again sponsored this event for the Merrill and Tomahawk 8th graders. It is a great opportunity for them to get a working knowledge on the ins and outs of law enforcement. Thank you again for everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to make this event possible!

Annual Law Expo at Prairie River Middle School in Merrill features FBI and local law enforcement Prairie River Middle School hosted the annual Merrill Optimist Club’s Law Expo Friday bringing in many different types of law enforcement from around and state, including the FBI.

This week was our week to pack bags for Food for Kids. This program supplies kid-friendly, shelf-stable food bags containing items such as cereal, heat-and-eat single-serve meals, pudding, fruits, granola bars, snacks, and more. These bags are delivered to the schools, and on Friday afternoons, the child’s teacher or aide discreetly place the bag in their backpack before dismissal. We are proud to be able to help this worthy need in our community.

This past Wednesday at our bi-weekly meeting, Optimist President Nancy Stadler present Kim Larson from the Boys & Girls Club with a $10,000 pledge donation towards their playground at the new Merrill location for the Boys & Girls Club. This project is still being funded however they are optimistic for the renovations of the former armory to begin soon. If you'd like to learn more about this initiative striving to support children within our community you can visit their website here: https://www.bgclub.com/bgcmerrill