The Laredo Noon Optimist Club, founded in 1939, celebrates its 80th anniversary in Laredo with a fundraising family picnic on Sept. 28 at IBC’s Lago del Rio on FM 1472.
Dulce Solano, Laredo Noon Optimist Club president, and fellow members Ramiro Martinez and Erika Mejia chair the 80th birthday event, which celebrates the life of the late Raquel G. Ramirez, wife of Optimist member Carlos Rene Ramirez
Proceeds from the 500 tickets sold at $10 per person will be shared by the Optimist Club and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Club members are now selling the allotted 500 tickets. The $10 ticket includes family entertainment and a menu of hot dogs, hamburgers, soft drinks, water, chips, Frito pie, nachos, and desserts.
For information on tickets, view the Laredo Noon Optimist Facebook page or call (956) 235-4595 or (956) 236-2111.
