The Daniel Boone Optimist Club

Mark the date of the The Daniel Boone Optimist Club 2025 Halloween Parade:

Tuesday , Oct. 21, 6:30 PM.

Rain date: Wednesday 10/22/2025

Groups and floats welcome
***Please note: Costume/Group/Float Registration: 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM

Costume contest
Cash prizes awarded for first place:
Children ages 5 and under: $25
Children ages 6-10: $25
Children ages 11 and over: $25
Pets: $25
Small groups (5 persons and under): $30
Large groups (5 persons or more): $40
Motorized Units: $40

Free refreshments to registered participants
Food Vendor
Music by One 2 One Productions
email contact: dbocparade@gmail.com
See the flyer and route map under discussion tab.

Join us for the 43rd Annual Holiday Show on  Dec. 6, 2025 from 9 AM to 4 PM. The Show will feature quality handcrafted items from over 100 crafters. 

For more information click on https://danielbooneoptimist.com/optimist-craft-shows

This year's Essay Contest topic is: “How My Acts of Service Help Me Understand What My Community Means to Me.”

Entrants are asked to compose a 700- to 800-word essay around this central idea. The contest is open to participants under the age of 19 as of October 1, 2025 (and are not enrolled as a degree seeking student of a post-secondary institution.)

Entry Due to Daniel Boone Optimist Club by 2/2/2026

Mail Essay & Completed Application to:

Attn: Anne Pyle, Essay Contest Chair

Daniel Boone Optimist Club

P.O. Box 98

Douglassville, PA 19518

In addition to developing skills for written expression, the club winner will be awarded $200 and will advance to the District Level competition where the winner is awarded a $2,500 scholarship.

Essay Application and Rules:

https://www.optimist.org/documents/2025/programs/25-26_essay_application.pdf

Email Anne Pyle @ am_pyle@yahoo.com for additional information

 On Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2025, members of the Daniel Boone Optimist Club visited with the Daniel Boone Area High School Band to present them with a new bass trombone that the Optimist Club purchased for the Daniel Boone Music Department.

The Daniel Boone Music Boosters requested a donation so the band could add a bass trombone, and the Daniel Boone Optimist Club was happy to support this request.

Attending were members of the Daniel Boone Music Boosters (Lori Falstich, President); Band Director Andrew Puleo; Daniel Boone Optimist Club members Curtis Clifford and Matthew Robb; and members of the band's brass ensemble.  

Congratulations to the recipients of this year's DBOC Scholarship program! As usual this year's program drew many qualified applicants, making it difficult to pick just one for each scholarship. All five students chosen are 2025 Daniel Boone Area High School graduates. They are:

Top row from Left:
Zachary Hasara, $2,000 Member's Memorial Scholarship
Tyler Ferenz, $2,000 James C. Erdman Medical Scholarship
AnnaBeth Glass, $1500 STEM Scholarship

Bottom row from left:
Hailey Hadwin, $1,000 Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship
Giana Stoltzfus, $1,000 Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship

 On Tuesday April 22nd, the Daniel Boone Optimist Club hosted students from the Daniel Boone Area High School AP History class on a trip to see the Pennsylvania State Capitol.  Optimist members Curt Clifford, Anne Pyle and Matthew Robb chaperoned the students as we met with local politicians and their staff to learn more about how our Pennsylvania government operates.  A special thank you goes out to State Representative Mark M. Gillen (128th District)  and his assistant Julieann Newill for hosting our group.  Additional thanks to Senator Tracy Pennycuick’s (24th District) legislative director Matthew Szuchyt for taking some time and speaking to the students.  

 Congratulations to the Daniel Boone Optimist Club's winners in the Optimist International Essay Scholarship Competition! This year's 1st Place winner (far left in the photo) is Allison Devine, a senior at Berks Catholic High School. Gabriella Luck (center) took 2nd Place, and Gabriella Clemente won third. Both are 8th graders at Immaculate Conception Academy. 

This year's topic was “How Optimism Has Paved My Road to Success.”

As the DBOC winner, Allison went on to compete in the Optimist International Atlantic Central District's Essay Competition, where she earned 2nd Place. Again, congratulations Allison!