In addition to funding and hosting various Optimist Programs, we financially support other groups in our area who deliver services to youth.
1st Lexington Scouting 
KidsAbility 
Cadet Youth Development Centre 
Strong Start 
Send’em Off Smiling 
Nutrition for Learning
Sports
- Young Athletics Track & Field
- Hockey
- Soccer
Youth Development
- 1st Lexington Scouting Group– Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Venturers, Rovers
- Cadet Youth Development Centre
- Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership
- Canadian Children’s Optimist Foundation
Summer Camps
- Lutherwood Foundation
- Camp Kummoniwannago
- Camp Clover
- Camp Trillium
- Family & Children’s Services
- Camp McGovern
Community
- Food Bank of Waterloo Region
- Tree of Angels / Toy Mountain
- KidsAbility
- KidsLink
- Anselma House
- Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region
- Marillac Place
- Sunshine Foundation
- Children’s Miracle Network
School Programs
- Nutrition for Learning
- Send’em Off Smiling
- Strong Start
- The Ripple Effect Education (TREE)
- Children’s Safety Village
- Food4Kids
Capital Projects
- Optimist Rink @ RIM Park
- Woolwich Community Centre
- Playground equipment (Sandowne Public School, and more)
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