New Clubs Built in 2022-2023

June 2024
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Weaubleau-Collins Optimist Club (36645) West Missouri Osceola, Mo (36008)
06/11/2024 Eric Brockus
Curtis Colby
OI - Club
OPTIMIST CLUB OF OXFORD COUNTY (46963) Midwestern Ontario London-Carling Heights, On (46041)
06/11/2024 Maidy Keir
Barbara Ayres
OI - Club
Romeo Area Optimist Club (17578) Michigan Central Macomb, Mi (17504)
Clarkston Area Optimist Club, MI (17050)
06/12/2024 Debra Berry
Richard Paul
Leesa Paul
David Putt
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Chhattisgarh, India (90112) Not In District Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036)
Brew City Optimist Club (09938)
Brew City Optimist Club (09938)
Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036)
06/15/2024 Puspa R Bhattarai
OI - Club
 

July 2024
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
HABERSHAM COUNTY (21638) GATEway Cleveland-White County, Ga (21306)
07/13/2024 Wanda Obermeier
Dale Obermeier
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Dairy Entrepreneurs, Kathmandu (82048) Nepal Lalitpur Optimist Club (82020)
Highland, Il (12180)
Highland, Il (12180)
07/18/2024 Prakash Ghimire
Pratap B Thapa
Arun R Pandey
Prahlad Dahal Mr
OI - Club
Virtual Bardstown Optimist Club (03451) Kentucky - West Virginia Bardstown, Ky (03005)
BLUEGRASS OPTIMST CLUB, KENTUCKY (03444)
07/29/2024 Jean Smith
Edwin R Smith
Roland E Williams
Monika L Williams
OI - Club
TWIN OAKS JR OPTIMIST CLUB (A2245) Dakotas - Manitoba - Minnesota Prior Lake-Savage, MN (35124)
07/31/2024 JOI - Junior
 

August 2024
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Optimist Club Of Birtamod (82049) Nepal Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036)
Hanover, Va (16001)
Hanover, Va (16001)
08/07/2024 Puspa R Bhattarai
Rama N Bhattarai
Dharmendra Bhattarai
Durga Parsad Thapaliya
OI - Club
Optimist Club Belize Diaspora (90113) Not In District Optimist Club 501 Belize (90089)
08/07/2024 Bernard Panton Jr.
OI - Club
SNIPS DESIGNS JOI CLUB (A2246) Alabama - Mississippi Selma, Al (29291)
08/24/2024 JOI - Junior
Optimist Club Of Koshi (82050) Nepal Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036)
Ft Smallwood, Md (33088)
Ft Smallwood, Md (33088)
08/28/2024 Prakash Ghimire
Puspa R Bhattarai
Bhakti Prasad Bhattarai
OI - Club
Blackford County Optimist (04613) Indiana North West Jay, In (04581)
08/29/2024 Sandra Doyle
Sandy Rogers
OI - Club
 

September 2024
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Optimist Club Of Kathmandu Metro (82051) Nepal Optimist Club Of Nawalparasi, Nepal (90043)
Wayne-Corydon, Ia (40032)
Wayne-Corydon, Ia (40032)
09/04/2024 Rishishwor Thapaliya
Shyam K Basyal
Prakash Ghimire
Gyan Prasad Gaire
OI - Club
CAMELLIA CITY OPTIMIST CLUB OF GREENVILLE ALABAMA (29336) Alabama - Mississippi Selma, Al (29291)
Talladega, Al (29295)
09/07/2024 Vera W Hendrix
Janet N Smith
Edwina Twilly
Benjamin Irvin
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Kavre (82052) Nepal Optimist Club Of Bagmati, Nepal (90050)
St Louis, Mo (30390)
St Louis, Mo (30390)
09/09/2024 Sandhya Rijal
Prakash Ghimire
Vasantanarayan Bhochhibhoya
Raja Ram Gautam
OI - Club
THE JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB OF WILMOT (A2247) Midwestern Ontario New Hamburg, On (46133)
09/10/2024 JOI - Junior
Mediapolis Optimist Club (40204) Iowa Optimist Club of Burlington-West Burlington, IA (40012)
09/12/2024 Marge Hopkins
Lynnae Hillyer
Geraldine Barnett
Mark Feilmann
OI - Club
CARING HANDS VIRTUAL OPTIMIST CLUB (78665) Caribbean Optimist Club Of Trench Town, JA (78605)
09/15/2024 Doneath Edwards-Johnson
Claudia Daley
OI - Club
BETTENDORF BLACK JOI CLUB (A2248) Iowa Bettendorf Optimist Club (40193)
09/24/2024 JOI - Junior
BETTENDORF GOLD JOI CLUB (A2250) Iowa Bettendorf Optimist Club (40193)
09/24/2024 JOI - Junior
The Elite Junior Optimist International Club of York Castle High School (A2251) Caribbean Optimist Club Of York Castle, JA (78590)
09/24/2024 JOI - Junior
C.A.V.E JUNIOR OTIMIST CLUB OF DUNNVILLE (A2252) Central Ontario Dunnville, On (47060)
09/30/2024 JOI - Junior
JUNIOR OPTIMIST MT. PLEASANT, MI (B2469) Michigan Optimist Club of Mt. Pleasant, MI (17287)
09/30/2024 JOI - Octagon
Optimist Club Of Palpa (82053) Nepal Optimist Club Of Nawalparasi, Nepal (90043)
Palmetto Optimist Club, SC (22427)
Palmetto Optimist Club, SC (22427)
09/30/2024 Prakash Ghimire
Shyam K Basyal
Rishishwor Thapaliya
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Rohini, Rupandehi (82054) Nepal Optimist Club Of Nawalparasi, Nepal (90043)
Riverside, On (45178)
Riverside, On (45178)
09/30/2024 Prakash Ghimire
Shyam K Basyal
Rishishwor Thapaliya
Puspa R Bhattarai
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Dailekh (82055) Nepal Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036)
Paso Robles, Ca (14668)
Paso Robles, Ca (14668)
09/30/2024 Prakash Ghimire
Puspa R Bhattarai
Rishishwor Thapaliya
OI - Club
 

October 2024
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
TWIN OAKS JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (A2253) Dakotas - Manitoba - Minnesota Prior Lake-Savage, MN (35124)
10/01/2024 JOI - Junior
Optimist Club Of Kinshasa (90114) Not In District Jackson County, Fl (60200)
Jackson County, Fl (60200)
10/06/2024 Joram Kisenda
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Biratnagar Metro (82058) Nepal Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036)
Kalamazoo-Bft, Mi (17221)
Kalamazoo-Bft, Mi (17221)
10/07/2024 Prakash Ghimire
Shyam K Basyal
Puspa R Bhattarai
Kailash Khaki Shrestha
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Bageshwori, Nepalgunj (82057) Nepal Optimist Club Of Nawalparasi, Nepal (90043)
Des Moines-Western-Noon, Ia (40048)
Des Moines-Western-Noon, Ia (40048)
10/09/2024 Prakash Ghimire
Shyam K Basyal
Laxmi Tiwari
OI - Club
Optimist Club Of Dhaka Palashbari (82056) Nepal Kathmandu City Optimist Club (82036)
Cherry Hill Business Optimist Club (02776)
Cherry Hill Business Optimist Club (02776)
10/20/2024 Puspa R Bhattarai
Prakash Ghimire
Dr. Ashadullah Ahamed
Dr. Quazi Dilkusha Begum
OI - Club
ALPHA CLUB OF WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY (C0331) Dakotas - Manitoba - Minnesota Prior Lake-Savage, MN (35124)
10/22/2024 JOI - Alpha
JUNCTION CITY HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (B2470) Kansas Junction City Breakfast Inc., Ks (37105)
10/23/2024 JOI - Octagon
BAY HIGH SCHOOL JOI (B2471) North Florida Panama City-Beaches, Fl (60040)
10/24/2024 JOI - Octagon
 

November 2024
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
JUNIOR OPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL CLUB OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE BARBADOS (B2472) Caribbean Barbados Bridgetown, Ba (78068)
11/07/2024 JOI - Octagon
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic School JOI Club Alpha Level (C0332) GATEway Tybee Island, Ga (21270)
11/18/2024 JOI - Alpha
St.Peter the Apostle Catholic School JOI Club Junior Level (A2254) GATEway Tybee Island, Ga (21270)
11/18/2024 JOI - Junior
LOGOS FRIENDS JUNIOR OPTIMIST CLUB (A2255) Atlantic Central YORK COUNTY, Pa (02100)
11/21/2024 JOI - Junior
Wake Tech Optimist Club (43524) North Carolina East Wake Forest, Nc (43000)
11/21/2024 Paige Bivens
Aryanah Smith
Linda J Shepherd
David Griffiths
OI - Club
 

December 2024
Club Name (#) District Sponsor Club(s) Charter Date Builder(s) of
Excellence
Club Type
Belton Optimist Club (36646) West Missouri Ray-Pec Sunrise, Mo (36354)
12/05/2024 Mike Sanders
Janet L Jones
Brian Mills
Jon Overacre
OI - Club
 

legend:
OI: Optimist International
JOI: Junior Optimist International