Optimists sponsor oratorical and essay contests, youth sports, scholarship programs and other projects. Locally, the Richmond Optimist Club benefits the VA Home for Boys. The Quota Club is an international organization of executive, professional and managerial people from all industries which raises funds to provide scholarships for the hearing impaired and profoundly deaf from the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind. Nancy Juliano, 746-0002. The Richmond Academy of Medicine Auxiliary Foundation is a nonprofit, volunteer, philanthropic organization designed exclusively to raise funds for educational and charitable purposes.
Members are spouses of medical doctors in the community.
The Richmond Council of Garden Clubs heads approximately 40 Richmond metropolitan clubs. Projects include landscaping work in the metro area and the Christmas house tour. Mrs. William L. McIntosh , 262-7900. The Richmond Council of Women s Organizations is an umbrella organization covering about 35 women s groups in the area. The Richmond First Club , composed of business and professional men and women, fosters responsible citizenship and sound governance by creating a forum for the analysis and debate of community issues.