Trivia Night!

As part of our fundraising efforts, the UW - W Student Optimist Club is hosting a Trivia Night fundraiser. This Old Main Ballroom, at the James R. Connor University Center at UW-Whitewater. The evening will consist of ten rounds of trivia, ten questions each, on a wide-range of topics. In each round, the questions will be read aloud, after which teams will be given five minutes to work together to figure out the answers. At the end of each round, answer sheets will be collected and tabulated. The top three teams with the most answers correct at the end of the night will receive a cash prize. Also at the event will be a silent auction, with a wide range of items donated by local businesses and dedicated community members.

Trivia Night will be held on Saturday, October 26 at 7:00pm in the Old Main Ballroom in the James R. Connor University Center at UW-Whitewater.

The cost to attend is $80 per team, with an eight person per team maximum. 

Download your team registration form today.

Download a copy of the flier. 

Join us for an evening of challenging trivia, hundreds of laughs, and a great time. Hope to see you there!

Concert and Silent Auction

We have a very exciting announcement!

On September 21, 2013 at 7:00 PM Dean Mark McPhail, along with the College of Arts and Commuication, is hosting a FREE to the public concert at the Light Recital Hall in the Center of the Arts on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater campus.

There are two very talented guitarists scheduled to entertain this evening.  The opening artist is Nima Salami and the featured artist is John Moulder. 100% of the money raised at this event will benefit our efforts in Burkina Faso.  There will be a silent auction with items such as an overnight stay at the Grand Geneva in Lake Geneva, a private wine tasting for eight at the Staller Winery, dinner for two at the Black Sheep restaurant in Whitewater, as well as many other gift certificates and products.  There will be other opportunities this evening to support our efforts, too.

We hope that you're able to join us in this exciting concert and silent auction!

A visit from the Broadhead Optimist Club

This past week we had the exciting opportunity to meet up with the Broadhead Optimist Club.  We are extremely grateful that they arranged for a local hardware store to donate some garden supplies! They also delivered bags of seeds for the community garden, and soaps and shampoos for us to donate to communities in Burkina Faso.

We have been told by teachers in the communities that we're visiting that the children are creating lists for us in their classes!  Students in Dedougou are creating lists of seeds and other items needed to build the community garden as one of their assignments.  The gardening tools donated by the Broadhead Club will help create sustainable food so these children have enough to eat while they're attending school.

We are so grateful for the support from surrounding Optimist Clubs.  This is a tremendous undertaking and we could not do it without the help and support of our families, community members, and surrounding Optimist Clubs.

If you'd like to make a donation, please contact Kim Adams at adamsk@uww.edu.