New Clubs Built in 2022-2023

March 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
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
HOPE FOR KIDS (C0320) Alberta, Montana, Saskatchewan & Northern Wyoming Uptown-Great Falls, MT (13145)
04/10/2023 JOI - Alpha
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 - Alpha
JOI SPREADERS (C0318) Michigan Bay City Noon, Mi (17030)
04/30/2023 JOI - Alpha
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
ALFRED G. ADAMS JR. OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF UNIONTOWN (B2443) Alabama - Mississippi Alfred G. Adams Jr. Optimist Club Of Perry County, Alabama (29328)
05/31/2023 JOI - Octagon
ALFRED G. ADAMS JR. OPTIMIST CLUB OF MARION (B2444) Alabama - Mississippi Alfred G. Adams Jr. Optimist Club Of Perry County, Alabama (29328)
05/31/2023 JOI - Octagon
OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL OPTIMIST (B2445) West Missouri Osceola, Mo (36008)
05/31/2023 JOI - Octagon
Smile Always Uganda Foundation-Sauf Optimist Club (17577) Michigan Kalamazoo-Bft, Mi (17221)
05/31/2023 Joel Muhindo
OI - Club
 

June 2023
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Putting Children First Optimist Club Of Salisbury, Nc (44625) North Carolina West CAROLINA CARDINALS OPTIMIST CLUB, NC (44605)
06/05/2023 Bobbi Hague
Betty Parker
OI - Club
Area One Optimist Club-Kathmandu (82032) Asia Optimist Club Of Chitwan, Nepal (90079)
Highland, Il (12180)
Highland, Il (12180)
06/05/2023 Rishishwor Thapaliya
OI - Club
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
 

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
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 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
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
OAK CREEK JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (B2450) Southern Wisconsin Oak Creek Optimist Club (09939)
09/13/2023 JOI - Octagon
 

legend:
OI: Optimist International
JOI: Junior Optimist International