Bicycles to Africa
Bakary Aidykahn, above, shared his passion project of sending bicycles to Gambia, Africa with our group. Bakary connects with locals in...
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Chris Budden
- Sep 21
- 1 min
Amazing Art From Recycled Bicycle Parts
Tim Ingram, owner of Momentum Bikes, creates beautiful artwork from recycled bicycle parts. Above, Tim displays some wonderful examples...
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Chris Budden
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Dairy Days Parade 2023 - An Udder Day in Paradise
Two of our charter Platteville Optimist Club members, Tom Jonas and Ken Kamps, lead us in this year's Dairy Day parade. The convertible,...
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Chris Budden
- Sep 20
- 1 min
Cheese Curd "FUN"draising!
Cheese curd sales were very successful at both the Grant County Fair and at Dairy Days. Thank You to all our wonderful volunteers and...
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Chris Budden
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Speaker ELL Teacher Jessica Brogley
Pictured above L-R: Optimist Club Vice-President Alaina Reeves, Jessica Brogley, English Language Learner Teacher, and Mark Essex. Mark...
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Chris Budden
- Sep 18
- 1 min
Meet our latest Sippy Club Award winner - Maggie
It has been a long time since we have had a Sippy Cup Award winner. That changed when Maggie Kleisath received the award at a recent...
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Chris Budden
- Aug 28
- 1 min
The 3 musketeers on a treasure hunt
Pictured above L-R: Optimists Paul Budden, Tom Nall, and Kevin Haertzen These three numismatists shared their passion at a recent Friday...
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Chris Budden
- Aug 28
- 1 min
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
A big thank you to all our generous volunteers who worked the cheese curd stand at the Grant County Fair. Your hard work and dedication...
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Chris Budden
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Platteville Historic Re-enactment Donation
Optimist President Melissa Palfrey (L) presented our Club's donation to the Historic Re-enactment to Stephanie Saager-Bourret (R). The...
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Chris Budden
- Aug 19
- 1 min
Diver Lynn Raley shares her experiences
Diver Lynn Raley (L) is pictured with Optimist President Melissa Palfrey (R). Lynn shared her experiences as a diver and spoke to our...
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Chris Budden
- Aug 13
- 1 min
Coming Soon to a Parade Near You . . .
All are welcome to join the Platteville Optimist Bag/Pipe Band in two upcoming practices for our Dairy Days Parade Entry. Meet at First...
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Chris Budden
- Aug 13
- 1 min
Kathy Marty Speaks about GriefShare
Pictured L-R: Optimist President Melissa Palfrey, Kathy Marty, Group Facilitator for GriefShare, and Tom Nall. Tom Nall invited Kathy...
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Chris Budden
- Aug 13
- 1 min
Storybook Walk Donation
Optimist member Carley Borcherding (left) presents a storybook, Only One You, to Samantha Charles (right), Librarian at Westview School. ...
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Chris Budden
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Dave Allen finds purpose in retirement
Dave Allen was our speaker on July 28th. Dave talked about about the many special people in who influenced his life, and about his...
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Chris Budden
- Jul 31
- 1 min
Grant County Coordinated Service Team Donation
Vice President Reeves presented the Club’s donation check to Sarah Digman from Grant County’s CST to be used for their Resource Fair. ...
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Chris Budden
- Jul 26
- 1 min
2023 Party in the Park
The 2023 Party in the Park was held on Thursday, July 20, 2023 in City Park. Our club served hot dogs, milk and cookies to many of the...
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Chris Budden
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Congratulations Amy Coffey, Volunteer of the Year
The Platteville Optimist Club is delighted to announce Amy Coffey as their 2023 Volunteer of the year. Amy joined our Club in June of...
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Chris Budden
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Welcome Lisa and Darlene!
Vice President Alaina Reeves installed new members, Lisa Kratz and Darlene Masters. Terri Ellis is Lisa's sponsor and Optimist President...
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Chris Budden
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Interesting Friday Morning Speakers
Optimist member Bob Hundhausen invited Bill Mitchell from the Rountree Gallery to speak to our group about the history of Rountree...
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Chris Budden
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Welcome Clint Langreck
Clint Langreck, Platteville City Manager, was installed as a new member during our Friday morning meeting on July 7th. Pictured below is...
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