Optimist Club of Chatham

10/07/2026

What a beautiful autumn Saturday for Chatham Optimists to support the 2026 Community Living Walkathon🚶🚶‍♀️🍁🍂

Special thanks to our junior Optimists that came out to help (Kaylin, Taylor, Lincoln and Nash), as they did a great job!👏

09/04/2026

The Optimist Club of Chatham are proud to be participating at this event! Please be advised that the event is Saturday Sept 12 NOT Sunday. (Despite the communication included).

Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 12, 2026! Chatham-Kent Crime Stoppers is hosting the Children’s Safety Expo at St. Clair College Chatham Campus. This free community event is focused on child safety and protection.

Join us for a day of learning, connection, and empowerment.

📅 Date: Saturday, September 12, 2026
📍 Location: 1001 Grand Ave W, Chatham, ON N7M 5W4
⏰ Time: 10 am to 2 pm

The Children’s Safety Expo is a free, community safety event designed to teach kids and families practical safety skills through hands on demonstrations, interactive activities, and direct engagement with first responders. It’s hosted by Crime Stoppers Chatham Kent and brings together police, fire, EMS, transportation services, and community agencies in one place to deliver safety education in a fun, memorable way.

Key Features
• Live safety demonstrations - including fire extinguisher practice, Jaws of Life vehicle extraction, and a rollover simulator showing the impact of crashes.
• Emergency vehicle displays - police cruisers, motorcycles, ATVs, fire trucks, ambulances, and even an armoured vehicle.
• Free safety clinics - car seat installation checks and a kids’ fingerprinting clinic that provides families with secure digital ID records.
• Interactive learning - stranger awareness, digital safety tips, and hands on activities led by first responders.
• Fun extras - games, treats, food vendors, prize passports, and character meet and greets (like PAW Patrol).

03/21/2026

Today's FreeHelpCK Food Drive at Chatham Superstore was a success!
Thanks to Geri Ann Hughson and Steve Brent, our volunteers & members of Chatham Optimist Club, and Knights of Columbus Council 1412 for your help and smiles brought to others. Also, thanks to everyone who had the chance to make a donation and give support to those in need.

03/08/2026

Hello Everyone,

Our March Share, Tag & Earn opportunity is here! Please take a moment to share the short video clip below on either Facebook or Instagram. This clip highlights the amazing support from our volunteers during our recent social media event. A big thank you to all the volunteers who came out to participate and help showcase the impact of charitable gaming in our community. Your support makes a difference!

To qualify for your March Community Engagement Share, please make sure to:

• Share this video on Facebook or Instagram https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CicE3Dr88/
• Tag Charitable Gaming Chatham-Kent in your post
• Send me a screenshot of your post (just to make sure I see it)


Your participation helps spread awareness about the incredible work our charities are doing throughout Chatham-Kent.
Thank you again for your continued support and dedication to the program. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

Thank you! Androulakis

03/08/2026

March 4th - Excitement filled the Learning Commons today at Winston Churchill Public School as students were celebrated during a special graduation ceremony for successfully completing the V.I.P. (Values, Influences and Peers) program.

Students proudly received their V.I.P. t-shirts and certificates from Mr. Bosazzi of the Chatham Optimist Club, Mr. Taylor (Teacher), Mr. Lambkin (Principal) and Special Constable Koldyk of the Chatham-Kent Police Service.

Congratulations to all of the graduates on this outstanding achievement! 🎉🎊

12/15/2025

Pickleball instructional clinics / camps are made possible through the funds that Charitable Gaming Chatham Kent provides to our Optimist Club. Thank you to our Bingo volunteers and thank you Charitable Gaming Chatham Kent!

12/13/2025

Some of our Optimist Members joined our “Friends of Optimists” volunteers at Match Eatery & Public House in Chatham to thank them for the volunteering done at various events throughout the last year. We would not have the ability to sponsor community and youth organizations without your help!

12/12/2025

The Optimist Club of Chatham recently donated this cheque to the Chatham-Kent Police Headquarters in support of the VIP program. Shown in picture are Daniella Androulakis, Special Constable Brenda Koldyk and Optimist Board Member Greg Beatty.

The VIP (Values, Influences, Peers) program, which is provided to the grade 5 students, is run in co-operation with the CK Police and the Lambton Kent District School Board as well as the Chatham Christian School and Eben-Ezer Christian School.

This donation ($4,819.00) allows all the students to receive, on their graduation from the program, a specially designed t-shirt. Thanks to Charitable Gaming Chatham Kent for their support. Monies raised through bingos is the source of the funds provided by the Optimist Club of Chatham

12/04/2025

Thanks folks for helping out at the Goodfellows porchlight campaign “No Child without a Christmas”.
Toys, food, and cash donations were collected to assist those in need throughout the community of Chatham-Kent.