The Daniel Boone Optimist Club

 The topic for this year's Daniel Boone Optimist Club’s Visual Arts Competition is: "Be Bold – Be the Change”

• There are two age divisions: up to 7 years of age and 8-11 years of age. Artist must be age eleven or lower as of October 1, 2025.
• 3 winners will be selected in each age group and will be awarded a $10 Island Pizza Gift Card and art supplies. The top 2 winners of each age group will move on to the District level competition for a chance to win $100, $75 or $50 in their age group. 
• Artwork must be created on 11" wide x 8.5" high paper or construction paper using pencils, markers, crayons or paint. Lightly write the artist’s name on the back of the artwork.
• All entries, with this entry form, must be given to the student’s school office or be dropped off at 211 Ben Franklin Hwy. West, Birdsboro, PA 19518 by Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Contact Lydia Rieger at 610-639-1439 for more information or to drop off your artwork.

This exciting competition is designed to encourage and celebrate youth visual art skills and gives youth an outlet for their creativity! The project for the Visual Arts Competition shall be the creation of a set of twelve notecards and envelopes. 

The notecards will be available for sale as early as June 30, 2026 at the International Convention in Jacksonville, Florida (Jun. 28 - July 2, 2026). There will be 12 winners at the International level who will receive a $150 monetary award, and the winner of the cover will receive an additional $100 monetary award. 

For the entry form go to:  https://danielbooneoptimist.com/visual-arts-competition  and click on Entry Form button.

Email: danielbooneoptimistclub@gmail.com

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:

Go to https://danielbooneoptimist.com/essay-contest and click on Essay Application button.

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

Come join us for this year's Daniel Boone Optimist Club's Spring Craft Show on March 21, 2026, from 9 AM to 3 PM at Daniel Boone Middle School, 1845 Weavertown Road
Douglassville, PA 19518.

Quality Handcrafted Items * Over 100 crafters * Raffle

Free Admission-----Free Parking-----Refreshments

To apply as a vendor go to dbcraftshow.com.  Application deadline is January 30, 2026.

Crafter Fee: $45/5x6 feet, $90/5x12 feet, $135/5x18 feet, $180/5x24 feet plus a raffle donation

For questions email: DBCraftShow@gmail.com
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 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!