Well, the 2023 Optimist Club of Menomonee Falls Kids Catch and Release Fishing Derby is in the books, and WOW, what a fantastic event it was! This year’s fishing derby took place the morning of Saturday, May 13th at the Mill Pond. The weather turned out decent. While it looked like it wanted to rain...
Photo courtesy of Cline Design Photography These are the 8 amazing participants from this year's Distinguished Young Women program held May 6, 2023 at North Middle School: Sumedha Adavi –Menomonee Falls High School Alena Her –Menomonee Falls High School Aashi Iyengar- Sussex Hamilton High School Krystal Lee –Menomonee Falls High School Heidi Lillegard –Menomonee Falls...
On March 12, 2023, our Optimist Club presented the "Coo Olympics", a new fund raiser for our club, to our Menomonee Falls downtown area. A well-received event by our six local downtown establishments and the 90 players with an average age of 50+ that participated in playing 11 games, raffles, food, and having just a whole...
Menomonee Falls Optimist Club - Trivia Night FEBRUARY 4, 2023 St. Agnes School 12800 Fairmont Ave., Butler, WI BYO Adult Drinks/Soda/Snacks Doors Open - 6:00 PM Contest – 7:00 Sharp Tables of 10 people-$150.00 Per Person- $15.00 Form a team and pick a team name Be creative, wear costumes and have table decorations...
We had a successful Chili Dinner at the MFHS cafeteria on January 28, 2022. It was a great 2-day event: Thursday we cooked up all the chili and Friday we served it up! This year's event had some challenges. We found out we no longer had the steam kettles at the high school to simmer...
It's November and our Gobble Wobble Meat Raffle is just around the corner. A small fund raiser for our club, but an important and fun one. The American Legion is our host for this event on Saturday, November 12th from 1:00 until 4.—a WIN-WIN for our veterans and our kids. Please join us for the...
2022 Leaf Raking for Seniors takes place November 5–20. Senior citizens can sign up to have their yards raked by calling the CE&Rec Office at (262) 255-8460 by Thursday, October 27. In early November, various youth groups will be assigned to handle the raking. They will contact the residents to arrange a convenient date and...
7th Annual Tri-Star Soccer All the planning, preparation and setup was worth it so that on an absolutely gorgeous September evening, 90 kids ages 4 to 12 could test their skills in the 7th annual Tristar Soccer Contest on the evening of September 21, 2022.. Accompanied by their parents and coaches, they got to...
Bags Tournament and Meat Raffle The bags tournament had a small turnout on September 17, 2022 at Players Pub, but mighty spenders on the meat raffle! $900 was raised for the club in a few short hours and was lots of fun. 2022 Bag Champion team was Scott Schilling and Nick Doedens ~photos by Jon Cline...
Each $100 raffle ticket allows one person to come to the drawing and Tailgate Party. Over $2,000 in door prizes will be given out to those in attendance that night. Others who have contributed to the purchase of a ticket can attend for $10. Free food, beer and soda make it a fun event. Winners...
Boys and girls ages 6 – 13 can show off their basketball skills at our FREE Tri-Star Basketball Contest at the MFHS New Gym on Sunday April 7th between 1 & 4pm. Each participant will be evaluated individually within his/her age and gender group in three basic skill tests: Passing Dribbling Shooting Your child may...
Well, the 4th annual Optimist Club/Sal's Pub and Grill Softball Tournament is in the books. Cory Kleeba, Larry Hebbring, and myself would like to thank all who were a part of this adventure. I'd like to recognize a few groups that helped make our 3 day event successful. First of all, to all of our Optimist friends that...