UW-Whitewater Community Optimist Club

07/23/2025

Our summer fundraiser, we'll be selling "NFL FundCrazr" raffle tickets again. 🏈 This is a raffle shared by many southern Wisconsin Optimist clubs.
• Each ticket costs $20.00 (same price as all the previous years.)
• Each ticket has 198 chances to win (11 weekly winners X 18 weeks).
• Buyers can check the weekly results, usually by Tuesday night, at a web site printed on the ticket portion that they keep. (They need the ticket "discount code" to see results)
• Weekly winners are notified by email.
• Weekly winners receive a check-in-the-mail at the address they put on the ticket stub for their prize (the stub is returned to the SWIS district organizer of the raffle along with the money).
Support our club's Whitewater area youth programs and scholarships by purchasing one, or more, of the raffle tickets from you friendly, neighborhood club member. Not sure who that may be? Email us at our Gmail account listed on this page.

12/11/2022

A few photos from Breakfast with Santa 2022.

12/03/2022

Hello!
We’re Paula and Elisa and we’re exchange students from Germany and Italy. We’re staying this full school year in Whitewater and we’re going to Whitewater High School. We’re at the breakfast with Santa helping serving drinks as volunteers. We enjoy being with people, meeting new people, and being involved in the local community.
Maybe we’ll meet at some point this year:)

Ciao! Sono Elisa. Sono un’exchange student dall’Italia. Vivrò a Whitewater per l’intero anno scolastico. Sono alla colazione con Babbo Natale e sto aiutando a servire bevande come volontaria. Amo stare a contatto con altri, conoscere nuove persone ed essere coinvolta nella comunità locale.
Magari ci incontreremo qualche volta quest’anno :)

Hallo! Ich bin Paula. Ich bin eine Austauschschülerin aus Deutschland. Ich verbringe das ganze Schuljahr hier, in Whitewater. Ich helfe ehrenamtlich Getränke auszugeben bei dem „Frühstück mit dem Weihnachtsmann“. Ich mag es mit Leuten zu sein, neue Leute kennenzulernen und mich in die lokale Gemeinde einzubringen.
Vielleicht werden wir uns ja dieses Jahr mal treffen :)

🇺🇸🇮🇹🇩🇪🫶

12/03/2022

Come join Santa for Breakfast at Esker Hall on the UWW campus. Choir members from Whitewater High School are currently serenading everyone. We’ll be here until 10:45am.

12/03/2022

Good Morning Whitewater! It’s a wonderful day to have Breakfast with Santa!! Join Santa, the Whitewater Optimist Club and UW-Whitewater University Dining at Esker Hall on the UWW campus. Santa and breakfast will be here until 10:45.

05/11/2022

Our summer fundraiser, we'll be selling "NFL FundCrazr" raffle tickets again. 🏈 This is a raffle shared by many southern Wisconsin Optimist clubs.

• Each ticket costs $20.00 (same price as all the previous years.)
• Each ticket has 187 chances to win (11 weekly winners X 17 weeks).
• Buyers can check the weekly results, usually by Tuesday night, at a web site printed on the ticket portion that they keep. (They need the ticket "discount code" to see results)
• Weekly winners are notified by email.
• Weekly winners receive a check-in-the-mail at the address they put on the ticket stub for their prize (the stub is returned to the SWIS district organizer of the raffle along with the money).

Support our club's Whitewater area youth programs and scholarships by purchasing one, or more, of the raffle tickets from you friendly, neighborhood club member. Not sure who that may be? Email us at our Gmail account listed on this page.

04/28/2022

We just wrapped up our online auction on BetterWorld! Thank you so much to everyone who participated, for bidding, for donating items, and for spreading the word! With your help, we raised $670! We’re incredibly grateful!

04/22/2022

The spring 2022 online auction supporting U W Whitewater Community Optimist Club is ending soon! There are just 48 hours remaining, so make sure to bid on some great items before they’re gone! Not sure if you’ll have time to bid down to the wire? Set a max bid on any item and the site will automatically bid for you until you reach your max bid.

Want to help spread the word? Share this link on social media or forward this email to a friend so they can help support too.

By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in our youth, our communties and ourselves

12/04/2021

See Santa and Mrs. Claus this morning at Starin Park! A drive-by event for all “kids at heart!” Goody bags for the kids! Whitewater Food Pantry donations are welcome.

11/02/2021

Enjoy the Optimist Creed in Multiple Languages with caption in English, No ASL.

08/27/2021

Albert Einstein's wisdom extended far beyond the realm of science to reveal a man with a permanent sense of wonder and a deep love of humanity. Check out our collection of his best quotes -- you'll feel instantly energized.