Gulfport Toastmasters Earn Titles at Area 10 Contest

Kelly Wright of Gulfport won first place in the Evaluation Contest by providing feedback about the test speaker’s presentation. Kelly is a business coach and online strategist with ZKDesigns. Joe Haynes, a member from Toastmasters at All Children’s Hospital earned second place.

Wesley Whittaker of Gulfport Toastmasters won second place in the Humorous Speech Contest. Wesley is a professional ghostwriter living in Gulfport and currently Vice-President of Public Relations for the club. First place was taken by Ranetta Sumner in her hilarious tale about “the change”. Ranetta is a member of Toastmasters at All Children’s Hospital.

Gulfport Toastmasters meets every Wednesday from 6:15 pm to 7:30 pm at the Gulfport Library, 5501 28th Ave. South in Gulfport. Guests and new members are always welcome. For more information, please contact Rene Enfield at (727) 251-0874 or visit www.GulfportToastmasters.com.

Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations and has more than 280,000 memberships in 13,500 clubs in 116 countries. Membership is open to anyone over 18 years of age.