New Clubs Built in 2021-2022

June 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
B Optimist Club Of Deridder, Inc. (39327) Louisiana Jennings, La (39060)
Beauregard Light OF Optimist Club, LA (39322)
06/20/2023 Maysia Coker
Steven E Brand
Lenor B Cox
OI - Club
Junior Optimist 501 Punta Gorda Belize (B2446) Not In District Optimist Club 501 Belize (90089)
06/23/2023 JOI - Octagon
ASCOT HIGH SCHOOL JOI (B2447) Caribbean Fusion Optimist Club Of New Kingston (78627)
06/23/2023 JOI - Octagon
The Optimist Club Of Guyana (78655) Caribbean Barbados Bridgetown, Ba (78068)
06/26/2023 Creig R Kinch
OI - Club
Annapurna Optimist Club Of Pokhara (82033) Asia The Pokhara Optimist Club (90060)
Mechanicsville, Md (33182)
06/28/2023 Anjali Shrestha (Ranjit)
OI - Club (Pilot Program)
 

July 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB INTERNATIONAL BELIZE (B2448) Not In District Optimist Club Of Belize (90058)
07/10/2023 JOI - Octagon
WHITESBURG AMBASSADORS (C0319) GATEway Optimist Club Of West Georgia (21630)
Optimist Club Of Temple, Ga (21619)
07/13/2023 JOI - Alpha
Educators Optimist Club Of Dharan (82034) Asia Optimist Club Of Dharan (82022)
Optimist Club Of GREATER Rochester, New York (01001)
Optimist Club Of GREATER Rochester, New York (01001)
07/18/2023 Prithvi R Thapa
Pravash Rajbanshi
OI - Club (Pilot Program)
New Dynamics Virtual Optimist Club (78656) Caribbean North Eastern Stars Optimist Club (78638)
The New Challengers Optimist Club Of Kingston (78648)
07/31/2023 Yvonne P Purcell
Kevouy Reid
Aneisha Bridgen
OI - Club
 

August 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
LINCOLN JUNIOR OPTIMIST'S CLUB (B2449) Nebraska Lincoln-Lincoln West, Ne (10056)
08/07/2023 JOI - Octagon
St. Croix Valley Optimist Club, Stillwater, Mn (35237) Dakotas - Manitoba - Minnesota Roseville Area Optimist Club, MN (35232)
St Paul, Mn (35140)
08/15/2023 Terry K Gorman
Jeri M Gorman
Donna Robole
Donald Salverda
OI - Club
Springfield Optimist Club (24535) Ohio Centerville-Noon, Oh (24403)
08/22/2023 Mike Bevis
William M Stone
Thomas W Kendo Jr
Thomas Kennedy
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Birgunj (82035) Asia Optimist Club Of Nagarjun (82024)
The Kitchener-West, On (45932)
The Kitchener-West, On (45932)
08/26/2023 Prithvi R Thapa
Mukesh Singh
OI - Club (Pilot Program)
Armuchee Optimist Club (21637) GATEway Rome-Noon, Ga (21250)
08/29/2023 Bruce Peace
Bob Puckett
OI - Club
 

September 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036) Asia Optimist Club Of Bagmati, Nepal (90050)
Ashland, Mo (30005)
Ashland, Mo (30005)
09/06/2023 Sandhya Rijal
OI - Club (Pilot Program)
OAK CREEK JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (B2450) Southern Wisconsin Oak Creek Optimist Club (09939)
09/13/2023 JOI - Octagon
Nc Wesleyan University Optimist (43523) North Carolina East BLACKBIRD OPTIMIST CLUB OF ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA (43517)
09/24/2023 Linda J Shepherd
John Shepherd Jr.
Marsha Holloman
OI - Club
JONESBORO JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (C0321) TennArk Jonesboro, Ar (34058)
09/27/2023 JOI - Alpha
Marquette University Optimist Club (09941) Southern Wisconsin Brew City Optimist Club (09938)
Menomonee Falls, Wi (09103)
09/28/2023 Jo'El Pearlman
Michael Russell
Shannon Dederich
Nathan Russell
OI - Club
New Generations Virtual Optimist Club Of Jamaica (78658) Caribbean Nexus 101 Optimist Club Of Kingston (78632)
Kingston, Ja (78223)
09/28/2023 Krystal J Corbett
Yvonne P Purcell
Nicole Lovelace-Brown
Gillian Henriques
OI - Club
New Generation Optimist Club Of The Caribbean (78659) Caribbean Optimist Club Of York Castle, JA (78590)
Sunset-Kingston, JA (78302)
09/28/2023 Annallee Brown
Rose M Samuels
Bobby M Francis
Shantavia T Thaxter
OI - Club
WATERLOO REGION JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (B2451) Midwestern Ontario Waterloo-Westvale, On (46262)
09/30/2023 JOI - Octagon
Columbus-Fall River (09940) Southern Wisconsin Madison, Wi (09095)
Sun Prairie, Wi (09183)
09/30/2023 Maureen Crombie
Vernon W Andren
Kim Burlage
Helen Wirka
OI - Club
Indonesian First Optimist Club (90106) Not In District Kettering-Dor-Wood, Oh (24115)
Kettering-Dor-Wood, Oh (24115)
09/30/2023 OI - Club
 

October 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Ochoa Optimist Club Of Tucson (31208) Arizona Tucson-Pueblo, Az (31092)
Heat, Az (31172)
10/02/2023 Esthermarie Hillman
Anne McBride
OI - Club
WATTS ELEMENTARY JR. OPTIMIST CLUB (C0322) South Texas Tri County Optimist Club (06363)
10/05/2023 JOI - Alpha
Huntingtown Optimist Club (33356) Maryland - South Delaware Lexington Park-St Maries, Md (33264)
10/16/2023 Steve Mcdanal
Colleen G Coombs
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Sadbhav, Kathmandu (82037) Asia Lalitpur Optimist Club (82020)
Cherry Hill Business Optimist Club (02776)
Cherry Hill Business Optimist Club (02776)
10/18/2023 Pratap B Thapa
OI - Club
Laliguransh Optimist Club, Kathmandu (82038) Asia Optimist Club Of Bagmati, Nepal (90050)
Sacramento-Bft, Ca (20015)
Sacramento-Bft, Ca (20015)
10/18/2023 Sandhya Rijal
OI - Club
WHITNEY JUNIOR OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL CLUB (B2452) Pacific Southeast OPTIMIST CLUB OF CERRITOS (15203)
10/31/2023 JOI - Octagon
 

November 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Optimist Club Of North Side, Grand Cayman (78663) Caribbean George Town, Grand Cayman (78572)
Seed Of Hope Optimist Club Of George Town (78639)
11/08/2023 Patrice Hanson
Marshalee Allan
Trecia Ann Chin
Damion Brown
OI - Club
CROSSROADS OPTIMIST CLUB (B2453) TennArk Rogers, Ar (34093)
11/10/2023 JOI - Octagon
OPTIMIST CLUB OF ROLPA (82039) Asia Optimist Club Of Tulsipur (82025)
Perdido Bay, Al (29108)
11/10/2023 Man B Basnet
OI - Club
KETTLE MORAINE JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (B2454) Southern Wisconsin Lake Country Optimist Club, WI (09936)
11/14/2023 JOI - Octagon
Leland Optimist Club (29334) Alabama - Mississippi Cleveland, Ms (29023)
11/20/2023 Judy Richardson
Mary Hardy
OI - Club
LEBANON OPTIMIST JOI CLUB (C0323) Ohio Lebanon, Oh (24453)
11/27/2023 JOI - Alpha
 

December 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
SOUTH PIEDMONT JUNIOR OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL CLUB (B2455) North Carolina West Weddington, Nc (42465)
12/03/2023 JOI - Octagon
 

legend:
OI: Optimist International
JOI: Junior Optimist International