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It’s time for the Gettysburg Optimist Club to get back to business after a month of vacations, holiday and the Optimist Family Night. Wednesday, August 1 is the first regular business meeting in August and the first regular meeting since late June. As the Optimist year begins to wind its way to a new administration, […]
It’s happening next Wednesday, July 11th, and it takes place at Wayne and Sue Hill’s home at 10 Oak Trail in Gettysburg. The Annual Optimist of Gettysburg Family Night is one of the most popular member events of the year. Wayne will be preparing chicken quarters on the grill and all attendees will be asked […]
On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress at a meeting in Philadelphia selected a committee which included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. They were charged with drafting a document that would formally sever ties between the colonies and Great Britain. The final draft, written by the hand […]
It is time for the 7th Annual Alex’s Lemonade Stand in Gettysburg. Optimist members will remember Caton and Jared’s visit and presentation to the Optimist Club earlier this year when they received the Club’s donation to their cause. The winners of the Optimist Family Trivia Contest at last summers Optimist Family Night selected Caton and […]
The next regular meeting of the Optimist Club of Gettysburg is Wednesday, June, 20. The meeting will get under way at the Lake Heritage Pavilion at 6:30 pm. Daryl Aurand will be preparing the meal for all the members in attendance. An advanced copy of the evenings agenda can be accessed by clicking on Optimist […]
As we enter the fourth and final quarter of this Optimist year we still have much to accomplish as “Friends of Youth” in Gettysburg. Although the list of things to do is getting shorter, each remaining challenge is certainly no less important to our club, our members and the community. Since 1958, The Optimist Club […]
Tyler Harte and Norma Jean Redman, Gettysburg High School seniors, were recently presented the 2012 Optimist Club of Gettysburg, Dollars for Scholars Scholarship. The students were presented with their award by Optimist Club member and Dollars for Scholars Board President, Matt Sheads. The Dollars for Scholars program is one of 19 youth related programs that […]
It will be upon us all very soon. The time for family vacations, fireworks, swimming, beach going, barbecues, festivals, grille-outs and all things outdoors. Summer will be making it’s annual debut on June 20th and the Gettysburg “Friends of Youth” will embark upon a Hot Summer of Optimism in Gettysburg. Knowing no season, members will […]
May 2012 was a very busy and important month for the Optimist Club of Gettysburg. Two of the most important fund raising projects of the Optimist year occurred during the last two weeks of the month. The Blue Gray Youth Soccer Parking Project and the Second Annual Gettysburg Optimist Golf Tournament commanded the clubs attention […]
The Optimist Club of Gettysburg and the Blue Gray Soccer Tournament are joining together on May 26 and 27 in Gettysburg to support young soccer enthusiast from several mid-Atlantic states. More than 2000 young soccer players from Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia and New York, will converge upon Gettysburg this weekend for the first of […]
The Optimist Club of Gettysburg, PA was chartered in 1958 as an affiliate of Optimist International. The Club has been in continuous service to the Gettysburg community and its youth.
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