Districts may conduct fund raising projects with prior written or electronic permission from the President or the Executive Director after adequate review and consultation with appropriate staff. Requests determined to be out of the ordinary shall be brought before the Board of Directors for approval.
Any fundraising activities conducted by Districts shall conform to Optimist International Board Product Endorsement Policy I-65 paragraph 1e, Policies I-105 (Conflicts of Interest) and ID-24 (Supply Sales).
Any request from a District for Optimist International approval shall include purposes for which funds are to be solicited and proposed disposition of all net proceeds revenues.
Districts may have fund raisers for the purpose of sending contestants to the Optimist International Oratorical World Championships and the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships or any other Optimist International program or community activity.