Platteville Optimist Club

Optimist Member Mark Essex (pictured in center) is also a volunteer at the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium (NMRMA). Mark...

Pictured above: Jaqueline "Jaquie" Vorholick Optimist Member Mark Essex and Jaquie Vorholick Jaquie Vorholick, Head of...

Since retiring from his position as publisher of TH Media and the Telegraph Herald in January 2024, Bob Woodward became Director of...

Sue Leamy Kies graduated from Platteville High School and then returned to teach high school English twenty years later. In her memoir,...

Optimist Club President Alaina Reeves presents a $350 check to Stephanie Saager-Bourett, representative of the Platteville Historic...

The 2024 Party in the Park was held on Thursday, July 25, 2024 in City Park. Our club served hot dogs, milk and cookies to many of the...

Dan Rohrbach, CEO of Southwest Health Center updated us on the tremendous growth that has occurred at Southwest in the last several years....

The Party in the Park includes a "Salute to Volunteers". Service organizations in town nominate a person to be awarded their "Volunteer...

Beth Frieders explaining horses' teeth Optimist President Alaina Reeves and Optimist Beth Frieders Our very own fellow Optimist Beth...

Doctor Kyle Quillin Optimist Vice President Bob Hundhausen and Doctor Kyle Quillin Doctor Quillin is a full-time...

Optimist Club President Alaina Reeves presents a grant award to Krystal Lorenz, representative from the Grant County Coordinated Services...

Barb Stockhausen, President of the Rotary Club and fellow Optimist, introduced Angie Wright. Angie was a student participant in the...

Congratulations Linda, for being our latest Sippy Cup winner.

Optimist Club President Alaina Reeves presented a donation to the New Fire Facility to Paul Budden. Alaina and Paul are Optimists and...

Pictured above: Paul Budden, Dawn Drake, and Chris Budden Dawn Drake retired from UW-Platteville after 33 years with the UW-System. She...

Pictured L-R: Optimist member Chris Budden, Senior Center Program Coordinator Jill Goffinet, Optimist Club President, Alaina Reeves, and...

The Mystery Greeter at a recent meeting was Paul Budden, who greeted Libby Sides. It was Libby Side’s lucky day. Her ticket was drawn and...

A grant check for $500, made out to “The Mining and Rollo Jamison Museums” for student tours was presented to Cody Grabhorn, museums'...

Pictured L-R above: Optimist Maxine Lane, Chief McKinley and Lt. Andrea Droessler. Platteville Police Chief Doug McKinley talked about...

Pictured above L-R: Maxine Lane, JoAnn McNett, Mitch McNett, Mike McNett and Optimist Club President Alaina Reeves The McNett family...