Platteville Optimist Club

L-R: Optimist Members Ernie Thalmann, Charlie Clark, Mark Essex, Beth Frieders, Bob Hundhausen, Bob Stephens, Amy Coffey, Jerry Schewe,...

The Holiday Party on January 5th was filled with delicious food and camaraderie, but for this newcomer, the highlight was witnessing...

Our 2024 Appreciation, Installation & Awards Gathering was held at the Platteville Golf & Country Club on Sunday, September 29th. The...

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...

Our Club is sponsoring a Golf Outing to support Grant County Deputy Sheriff's Association on May 17th at the Platteville Golf & Country...

On April 20th the Membership Committee and the Fellowship Committee of our Club joined together to host this year's NOW (New Optimists...

Maggie Kleisath recently received the Chuck Thalmann Service Award. The award is named for Ernie Thalmann's father Chuck. Ernie was not...

The Platteville Optimist Club Annual Appreciation, Installation & Awards Gathering was held on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at the...

Two of our charter Platteville Optimist Club members, Tom Jonas and Ken Kamps, lead us in this year's Dairy Day parade. The convertible,...

All are welcome to join the Platteville Optimist Bag/Pipe Band in two upcoming practices for our Dairy Days Parade Entry. Meet at First...

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...

This year we combined our Annual Cheese Curd Volunteer Appreciation Pizza Party with Our Annual Installation and Awards Ceremony. The...

Pictured L-R: Steve Lane, Director, Howard Crofoot, President Elect, Fern Nall, Secretary, Alaina Reeves, Director holding phone, Duane...