Platteville Optimist Club

Bakary Aidykahn, above, shared his passion project of sending bicycles to Gambia, Africa with our group. Bakary connects with locals in...

Tim Ingram, owner of Momentum Bikes, creates beautiful artwork from recycled bicycle parts. Above, Tim displays some wonderful examples...

Pictured above L-R: Optimist Club Vice-President Alaina Reeves, Jessica Brogley, English Language Learner Teacher, and Mark Essex. Mark...

Pictured above L-R: Optimists Paul Budden, Tom Nall, and Kevin Haertzen These three numismatists shared their passion at a recent Friday...

Diver Lynn Raley (L) is pictured with Optimist President Melissa Palfrey (R). Lynn shared her experiences as a diver and spoke to our...

Dave Allen was our speaker on July 28th. Dave talked about about the many special people in who influenced his life, and about his...

Optimist member Bob Hundhausen invited Bill Mitchell from the Rountree Gallery to speak to our group about the history of Rountree...

Doug Martin invited Brent Bower, Executive Director of Wisconsin Badger Camp to speak at a recent meeting. Ashlyn Moon, Director of...

PHS Superintendent and fellow Optimist Jim Boebel arranged for a tour of the construction project at the high school for our Club. Mr....

Jimmy Collins and Bridget Wallace from the UW-Platteville Foundation came to speak to our Club. Jimmy announced the appointing of Tammy...

OI President Bob McFayden and his wife, Peggy, from Kitchener, Ontario in Canada visited our Club meeting recently. They were traveling...

Bob Hundhausen, Kathy Kopp, Wayne Wodarz, and Mike Moran from Building Platteville were our speakers at a recent meeting. Bob, Kathy,...