The Centerville Noon Optimist Club was recently recognized for its win of Global Award Optimist Club of the Year – 2015-2016. Here is the article:
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Centerville Noon Optimist Club Completes Major Donation to Dayton Children’s “Reaching New Heights” Campaign to Transform Care for Kids
On July 16, 2017, Dayton Children’s Hospital successfully moved patients into the new eight story tower!
The Centerville Noon Optimist Club played a major role in supporting the Reaching New Heights campaign to transform care at Dayton Children’s Hospital! We helped to create a world-class healing environment that is just right for the tiniest to the tallest patients.
On Sunday, 45 patients were moved into floors four, five and six, otherwise known as the Newborn Intensive Care Unit, Wallace Critical Care Center and Mills Family Cancer & Blood Disorder Center. The move went off without a hitch and the new patients were welcomed. Floors seven and eight, our Specialty Care Units, will move later this fall in October.
The Centerville Noon Optimist room is in the Oncology-Hematology wing. It will serve as an “Assessment Room” for helping admit children who have been stricken with cancer.
This is just another example of how Optimists are making a difference in the lives of children in Dayton and surrounding vicinities. Funds for this investment came from the Annual Tom Frazier Tee Off for Youth Golf Classic, Annual Christmas Tree Sales and the Avenue of Flags program.
Sinclair College Optimist Club is OFFICIAL!
Miami Valley’s newest Optimist Club is now OFFICIAL – On Wednesday September 28th, the Sinclair College Optimist Club held its charter meeting with thirteen members in attendance. The club is off and running – with officers elected, by-laws approved, future meetings scheduled and ideas for first club projects under consideration. Centerville Noon Optimist’s past President, Myron Rheaume, was in attendance in his new role as Lt. Governor, as well as Darrel Basford, who represented Optimist International during the charter meeting and installed the club officers and board of directors. The charter members of the area’s new Optimist Club are very excited about the formation of their club and anxious to begin serving local youth. The Centerville Noon Optimist Club – who sponsored the Sinclair College Optimist Club extends its hand in support and wishes all of the charter members all of the best as they begin their journey in Optimism for our kids.
About Our Members – Why Not Join us?
Thank you for your interest in the Noon Optimist Club of Centerville. If you are already a member, thank you. You are one of more than 200 members who understand the need to “Bring Out the Best in Kids!” You are involved in many of the club’s activities and events and know the Optimist Creed by heart. Centerville Noon Optimists get things accomplished in our community. We set examples and embrace an optimistic mindset for all to see. We display leadership skills and working relationships locally, regionally and nationally. We reach out and help young people.
Please join us any Tuesday for a free lunch at noon at Yankee Trace Golf Clubhouse. Our meetings are always fun and informative. Having a tough day and need a little “Optimism?” See you next Tuesday! You will be a stranger for all of five seconds.
Unable to join us at Lunch on Tuesdays? Optimist 2.0 is for you. We meet every third Thursday at various local venues to enjoy 60-90 minutes of fun, networking, a guest speaker and an opportunity to join a group of folks dedicated to helping local kids. Information on Optimist 2.0 is here.
We‘d love to have you join us! Please use the application form from this website to apply for membership or call 937-221-6720.
Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for the youth in our community – why not have your name listed below, with our current club members, whose combined service to the youth of our community totals over 3,300 years – WOW!
| Optimist Club Member | Member Since |
| Marilyn Abbott | 2019 |
| Chris Abratowski | 2019 |
| Gary Aiken | 1982 |
| Gail Aiken | 1993 |
| Rick Altvater | 2018 |
| Gary Anderson | 1979 |
| Jack Anderson | 2016 |
| Nancy Anderson | 2017 |
| Dan Apolito | 2019 |
| Diane Arehart | 2016 |
| Patrick Arehart | 2017 |
| Dawn Arrowood | 2019 |
| Marge Back | 2016 |
| Christine Balsan | 2013 |
| Roy Barclay | 1986 |
| Bob Bargmeyer | 2014 |
| Amy Barker | 2008 |
| Brandon Barrett | 2019 |
| Marilyn Becht | 2016 |
| Dan Beck | 1981 |
| Tom Beery | 2014 |
| Pat Behn | 2003 |
| Erin Belangia-Sanchez | 2006 |
| Tim Bemis | 2019 |
| Mike Bevis | 2002 |
| Steve Blake | 2015 |
| Paul Boeckman | 1994 |
| Harry Bossey | 1994 |
| June Bosworth | 2018 |
| Paul Bowell | 2000 |
| Mike Brem | 2018 |
| Dav Bremer | 2001 |
| Lou Brinkman | 1995 |
| David Brookman | 2011 |
| Jeff Brown | 2015 |
| Alan Brown | 2019 |
| Tom Brozich | 2019 |
| Sue Brubaker | 2008 |
| Mike Brubaker | 2008 |
| Bob Burkman | 2003 |
| Carol Burkman | 2003 |
| Jeff Busch | 2001 |
| Andrew Cain | 2018 |
| Will Cale | 1976 |
| Katie Calloway | 2019 |
| Aaron Campbell | 2009 |
| Steve Campbell | 2009 |
| Joe Cantrell | 2019 |
| John Carroll | 2012 |
| Laura Caschera | 1997 |
| CeAnn Chalker | 2000 |
| Wayne Christie | 1988 |
| Wes Cleaves | 1993 |
| Bob Clements | 2005 |
| Tim Clemmer | 2001 |
| Julie Cochran | 2009 |
| Bob Collins | 2014 |
| Brooks Compton | 1994 |
| Joan Cordonnier | 2008 |
| Mike Cordonnier | 2018 |
| Denny Cottle | 2015 |
| Greg Crabtree | 2008 |
| Bob Crawford | 2019 |
| Blanca Criner | 2014 |
| Penny Culhane | 2019 |
| Brendan Cunningham | 2018 |
| Kelly Davis | 2019 |
| Abby Davis | 2019 |
| Bill DeFries | 2004 |
| Judy DeMarco | 1998 |
| Gary DeMarco | 2016 |
| Frank DePalma | 1979 |
| Bill DeShurko | 2011 |
| Melissa DeShurko | 2016 |
| Andy Dickerson | 2018 |
| Erin Dickerson | 2018 |
| Gareth Dickey | 2018 |
| Shelby DiPasquale | 2017 |
| Debe Dockins | 2009 |
| Cheryl Dowd | 2019 |
| Craig Dring | 1997 |
| Dana Dring | 2018 |
| Bob Duffy | 1988 |
| Bill Duffy | 2019 |
| Emily Duke | 2019 |
| Beth Duncan | 2016 |
| David Duncombe | 2018 |
| Natalie King Dunlevey | 2012 |
| Beverly Dunnington | 2019 |
| Larry England | 1994 |
| Mike Fanelli | 2003 |
| Greg Fay | 2014 |
| Ryan Fay | 2017 |
| Jordan Feldkamp | 2019 |
| Jane Fiehrer | 1998 |
| Bob Foster | 2003 |
| Jon Fox | 2000 |
| Clint Freese | 2018 |
| Bev Fritz | 2019 |
| Bill Fritz | 2019 |
| Stan Fronzaglia | 1999 |
| Karl Frydryk | 1988 |
| Liz Fultz | 2015 |
| Cindy Gaboury | 2017 |
| Jesse Gaither | 2016 |
| Christy Gariety | 2011 |
| Cherie Gentry | 2015 |
| Kelly George | 2015 |
| Jerry Gerhards | 2019 |
| Karin Gilstrap | 2019 |
| Bob Glavin | 1993 |
| Renee Glenn | 2014 |
| Rachel Goetz | 2013 |
| Robin Golden | 2012 |
| Charlie Goodwin | 2008 |
| Jack Grady | 2019 |
| Denise Green | 2013 |
| Greg Griffin | 2014 |
| Evelyn Griffin | 2015 |
| Gary Hansen | 1999 |
| Andy Harmon | 2018 |
| Cindy Harris | 2018 |
| Wendy Hattan | 2018 |
| Shawna Hatton | 2016 |
| Louise Haun | 2019 |
| Sara Hemmeter | 2014 |
| Tom Henderson | 2009 |
| Dean Heyne | 2016 |
| Andy Higgins | 2019 |
| Jay Hoffman | 2017 |
| John Horner | 2010 |
| Valorie Huff | 2004 |
| Martin Huffstutler | 2019 |
| Russell Hulbert | 2013 |
| Ted Humphrey | 2001 |
| Art Hung | 2001 |
| Donna Huss | 2012 |
| Ray Huss | 2019 |
| Ken Irwin | 2012 |
| Martha Jackson | 2013 |
| Sue Jessee | 2018 |
| Robby Johnson | 2017 |
| Cristlyn Johnston | 2010 |
| Rob Jones | 2001 |
| JC Jones | 2019 |
| John Kalaman | 2016 |
| Paula Kalaman | 2016 |
| Mark Karns | 2019 |
| Maha Kashani | 2006 |
| Dave Kay | 1992 |
| Becky Keegan | 2018 |
| Todd Kelchner | 1992 |
| Don Kelley | 1983 |
| Rick Kempfer | 2012 |
| Anne Kessler | 2002 |
| Jessica King | 2008 |
| Dawayne Kirkman | 2019 |
| Mike Kistler | 2020 |
| Dave Klein | 2013 |
| Kathy Klein | 2016 |
| Steve Kohls | 2003 |
| Joe Kronenberger | 2014 |
| Jeff Kujawa | 2015 |
| Ron Kuker | 2018 |
| David Ladd | 2012 |
| Tom Lakes | 2017 |
| Scott Langer | 1997 |
| Larry Larrimer | 2012 |
| Bob Lawson | 2016 |
| Dick Lee | 2017 |
| Dick Lee | 2019 |
| Nancy Lehren | 1994 |
| Terri Leputa | 2019 |
| Jesse Lightle | 2006 |
| Steve Linder | 2018 |
| Kathy Linder | 2019 |
| Jim Long | 2015 |
| Larry Lynde | 1988 |
| Mary Ann MacKenzie | 2019 |
| Joe Madden | 1982 |
| Mary Madden | 1998 |
| Jim Marker | 2011 |
| Kristen Marks | 2020 |
| Don Massie | 1991 |
| Greg McAfee | 2008 |
| Chris McAlpine | 2009 |
| Jay McAlpine | 2017 |
| Kathy McAlpine | 2018 |
| Vida McDowell | 1999 |
| Judy McFadden | 2019 |
| Drew Mckenzie | 1987 |
| Rhonda Meeker | 2017 |
| Keith Meyer | 2013 |
| Pam Miller | 2017 |
| Bryan Miller | 2018 |
| Carrie Million | 2015 |
| Steve Mock | 1996 |
| Jim Mogan | 2016 |
| Brian Nolan | 2018 |
| Tom Novak | 1990 |
| Paulette Novak | 2005 |
| Betty Olfky | 2019 |
| Denise O’Neil | 1994 |
| Jane Orr | 2019 |
| Lacy Owens | 2019 |
| Will Pace | 2019 |
| Jeff Papanek | 2014 |
| Ellie Parker | 2011 |
| Debbie Parks | 2020 |
| Dr. Dan Passidomo | 2007 |
| Kristen Passidomo | 2017 |
| Ken Peacock | 2001 |
| Mark Petre | 1996 |
| Molly Petsch | 2004 |
| Sam Pfabe | 2015 |
| Laurie Poeppelman | 2003 |
| Fred Polizzi | 2005 |
| John Powell | 1999 |
| Cheryl Probst | 2018 |
| Jean Pummill | 2012 |
| Wilma Quarin | 2019 |
| Jack Quinlan | 2019 |
| Ruthy Quinlan | 2019 |
| Kristina Rainer | 2012 |
| Roland Rapp | 2002 |
| Steve Rau | 2019 |
| JoAnne Rau | 2019 |
| Cheryl Reichel | 2008 |
| Vince Reidy | 2016 |
| Lynne Reilly | 2017 |
| James Reinhard | 2019 |
| Doug Reno | 2019 |
| Myron Rheaume | 1987 |
| Charla Rheaume | 2018 |
| Scott Rheaume | 2018 |
| Brent Richburg | 2018 |
| Pete Rife | 2013 |
| Candace Rinke | 2019 |
| Phil Robinson | 1982 |
| Donna Robinson | 1997 |
| Jeff Rolf | 2015 |
| Steve Rudisill | 2018 |
| Jim Rumford | 1990 |
| Wasfi Samaan | 2019 |
| Dan Samiec | 2010 |
| Rafael Santillan | 2016 |
| Barbara Santo | 1999 |
| Deb Saunders | 2016 |
| Mark Scarpino | 2018 |
| Morgan Schiffhauer | 2019 |
| Jay Schindler | 2019 |
| James Schumacher | 1991 |
| Mike Schwartz | 2018 |
| Rachel Selby | 2016 |
| John Sherman | 2009 |
| Bill Shisler | 2020 |
| Julie Shisler | 2020 |
| Sharon Silverberg | 2017 |
| Ashley Simeone | 2019 |
| Sonny Singhvi | 2017 |
| Karen Sirmans | 2008 |
| Don Skelton | 1987 |
| Carol Smerz | 2019 |
| Gary Smiga | 1985 |
| Greg Smith | 2007 |
| Chris Smith | 2019 |
| Matt Somerlot | 2013 |
| John Speers | 2008 |
| Jerry Stahley | 1986 |
| Dick Stevens | 2001 |
| Sandy Stevens | 2010 |
| Bill Stone | 1977 |
| Kelly Stone | 2001 |
| Paul Stull | 1970 |
| Tim Stull | 1987 |
| Michelle Tagliamonte | 2019 |
| Rick Talda | 2017 |
| Charlie Tapp | 1978 |
| Nick Tarkany | 2018 |
| Roberta Taylor | 1995 |
| Carolyn Taylor | 2018 |
| Shawn Thacker | 2017 |
| John Thompson | 2018 |
| Ron Thompson | 2019 |
| Ira Thomsen | 1991 |
| Susan Thomsen | 1997 |
| Ron Tinnerman | 2005 |
| Kate Trangenstein | 1900 |
| Pam Truitt | 2019 |
| Deb Ulrich | 2017 |
| Sarah Umbreit | 2016 |
| Jeff Umbreit | 2018 |
| Mariah Vogelgesang | 2018 |
| Bob Vogt | 2005 |
| Stephen Walker | 1998 |
| Mike Wall | 1995 |
| Julie Walling Noeth | 2008 |
| Greg Wasmund | 2007 |
| Paul Webendorfer | 2016 |
| Jayne Weikel | 2017 |
| Suzanne Werts | 2018 |
| Jon Werts | 2018 |
| Laurie Westheimer | 2018 |
| Don Wildenhaus | 1997 |
| Shane Wilken | 2003 |
| Bill Williams | 1993 |
| Mike Witt | 1994 |
| Casey Wyckoff | 2018 |
| Chris Wysong | 2019 |
| Mike Yoder | 2014 |
| Ralph Young | 2020 |
| Sue Zammit | 2018 |
| Chris Ziehler | 2017 |
| Monty Zinck | 2009 |
