New Clubs Built in 2021-2022

December 2022
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
St. Charles - Waldorf Optimist Club (33355) Maryland - South Delaware Mechanicsville, Md (33182)
12/15/2022 Steven McDanal
Christine McDanal
OI - Club
Sagarmantha Optimist Club (82028) Asia Lalitpur Optimist Club (82020)
Brillion Inc., WI (23043)
Brillion Inc., WI (23043)
12/17/2022 Prithvi R Thapa
Pratap B Thapa
OI - Club
Scholars Optimist Club Of Lalitpur (82029) Asia Optimist Club Of Patan, Nepal (82008)
St Cloud, Mn (35131)
St Cloud, Mn (35131)
12/27/2022 Prithvi R Thapa
Surendra Thapa
Shyam Kumar Thapa
OI - Club
 

January 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
MILWAUKEE VIEAU JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (A2233) Southern Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wi (09110)
01/03/2023 JOI - Junior
CREEKSIDE JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (B2428) North Florida Westside, Fl (60012)
01/03/2023 JOI - Octagon
Optimist Club Of Tokyo (90104) Not In District Bonita, Ca (41007)
Bonita, Ca (41007)
01/14/2023 Mitsuharu Kato
Arikaku Matsumura
OI - Club
YYC JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB OF CALGARY (B2429) Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming Calgary, Ab (13025)
01/19/2023 JOI - Octagon
LOCKWOOD JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (B2430) Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming OPTIMIST CLUB OF LOCKWOOD, MONTANA (13877)
01/20/2023 JOI - Octagon
Faith Sports Optimist Club Of Hickory Nc (44624) North Carolina West CAROLINA CARDINALS OPTIMIST CLUB, NC (44605)
01/29/2023 Bobbi Hague
Jason Willis
OI - Club
GREENE, OH (B2431) Ohio Greene Optimist Club, Oh (24521)
01/31/2023 JOI - Octagon
 

February 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Brew City Optimist Club (09938) Southern Wisconsin Kenosha Area-Noon, Wi (09086)
Metro Milwaukee, Wi (09031)
02/02/2023 Jo'El Pearlman
Joshua Zaidel
Amy Soleimani-Mafi
Sharon Pearlman
OI - Club
Children'S Camp Optimist Club Of Yellowstone County (13881) Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming Billings-Bft, Mt (13020)
02/02/2023 Michelle Cormier
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Budhanilkantha, Nepal (82030) Asia Lalitpur Optimist Club (82020)
Senoia, Ga (21267)
Senoia, Ga (21267)
02/04/2023 Pratap B Thapa
Prithvi R Thapa
OI - Club
Virtual Optimist Club Of Trinidad And Tobago (78654) Caribbean Barbados Bridgetown, Ba (78068)
Pride Of Barbados, Ba (78027)
02/06/2023 Creig R Kinch
Melissa B Savoury-Gittens
OI - Club
THE BISHOP'S SCHOOL JOI CLUB (B2432) California South Del Mar-Solana Beach, Ca (41033)
02/10/2023 JOI - Octagon
STONE AND SKY OPTIMIST CLUB (45939) Southwestern Ontario Essex, On (45073)
Riverside, On (45178)
02/14/2023 Sandra Larivee
Marlene Phillips
OI - Club
OCTAGON WALKERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL (B2433) Maryland - South Delaware Frederick, Md (33090)
02/24/2023 JOI - Octagon
THE NEW CHALLENGERS OPTIMIST CLUB OF KINGSTON (B2434) Caribbean The New Challengers Optimist Club Of Kingston (78648)
02/28/2023 JOI - Octagon
Optimist Club Of Southaven (29333) Alabama - Mississippi Hernando, MS (29084)
02/28/2023 Nancy E Boyd
Kathy S White
OI - Club
 

March 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Optimist Club Of Rapti Nepal (82031) Asia Optimist Club Of Tulsipur (82025)
Jonesboro, Ar (34058)
Jonesboro, Ar (34058)
03/01/2023 Man B Basnet
OI - Club
THE OPTIMIST CLUB OF WINDSOR GARDENS, INC (C0315) Colorado - Wyoming THE Breakfast Optimist Club of Windsor Gardens, INC, CO (25040)
03/02/2023 JOI - Aplha
CHINOOK WINDS JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (A2234) Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming Calgary-Dinner, Ab (13024)
03/07/2023 JOI - Junior
Thedford Optimist Club (45940) Southwestern Ontario Ausable-Port Franks, On (45170)
Alvinston Districts-Alvinston, On (45018)
03/07/2023 Emily Wilcox
Tanya Smith
Lorie Scott
Sandra Larivee
OI - Club
Horizon Drive Optimist Club (25341) Colorado - Wyoming Denver-Tamarac, Co (25052)
03/08/2023 Jonathan Purdy
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Seoul South Korea (90105) Not In District Media-Rose Tree, Pa (02263)
Media-Rose Tree, Pa (02263)
03/11/2023 Soobin Yoon
OI - Club
CRAWFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (C0316) North Florida Coastal-Wakulla INC., Fl (60540)
03/14/2023 JOI - Aplha
ST. XAVIER'S SCHOOLS JOI CLUB (A2235) Kansas Junction City Breakfast Inc., Ks (37105)
03/14/2023 JOI - Junior
LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL JOI CLUB (B2435) California South Del Mar-Solana Beach, Ca (41033)
03/14/2023 JOI - Octagon
ALAMEDA JUNIOR OPTIMIST GEMS (B2436) Colorado - Wyoming Lakewood-Sunrise, Co (25193)
03/15/2023 JOI - Octagon
JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB OF SEOUL SOUTH KOREA (B2437) Not In District Optimist Club Of Seoul South Korea (90105)
03/20/2023 JOI - Octagon
JUNIOR OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF EXCELSIOR HIGH SCHOOL (B2438) Caribbean The New Challengers Optimist Club Of Kingston (78648)
03/28/2023 JOI - Octagon
ADOLESCENT CLUBHOUSE JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (A2236) Maryland - South Delaware Solomons, Md (33270)
03/29/2023 JOI - Junior
 

April 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Women Of Changes Optimist Club Of Charlotte, Nc (44626) North Carolina West CAROLINA CARDINALS OPTIMIST CLUB, NC (44605)
04/05/2023 Bobbi Hague
Betty Parker
OI - Club
TIGER JOI CLUB OF TEMPLE (B2439) GATEway Optimist Club Of Temple, Ga (21619)
04/11/2023 JOI - Octagon
LEBANON JUNIOR OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL CLUB (B2440) West Missouri Lebanon-Downtown, Mo (36140)
04/25/2023 JOI - Octagon
Rochester Regional Optimist Club (17576) Michigan Farmington Hills-Bft, Mi (17150)
Battle Creek-Harper Creek, Mi (17200)
04/26/2023 Pamela Barckholtz
Sue Kardasz
Tom T Neal
Michael C Olson
OI - Club
SFHS JOI CLUB (B2441) GATEway Forsyth-Cumming, Ga (21078)
04/27/2023 JOI - Octagon
JOI CREATORS (C0317) Michigan Bay City Noon, Mi (17030)
04/30/2023 JOI - Aplha
JOI SPREADERS (C0318) Michigan Bay City Noon, Mi (17030)
04/30/2023 JOI - Aplha
JOY JOI (B2442) Iowa Riverside, Ia (40017)
04/30/2023 JOI - Octagon
 

May 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Oak Creek Optimist Club (09939) Southern Wisconsin Milwaukee Area Young Professionals, Wi (09037)
SOUTHWEST MILWAUKEE OPTIMIST CLUB, WI (09062)
05/03/2023 Janet L Mcginty
Diane Czeszak
Coryann St Marie-Carls
Jo'El Pearlman
OI - Club
Smile Always Uganda Foundation-Sauf Optimist Club (17577) Michigan Kalamazoo-Bft, Mi (17221)
05/31/2023 Joel Muhindo
OI - Club
 

legend:
OI: Optimist International
JOI: Junior Optimist International