Our members are dedicated to ''Bringing Out the Best in Kids'' and to do our part by supporting community activities and service projects which provide a positive role model to children and youth throughout the Welland and Pelham area. When a need arises in our community the Welland Optimist Club is ready to offer help.Our club members are Optimists and we strive to live up to the name, and maintain an upbeat attitude, which we try to pass along to the children we serve. The words of The Optimist Creed are well known to our Optimists and it gives each member a focus for personal improvement as we work to better the world around us.Recent Donations: City of Welland Recreation's Summer Camp, Niagara Sexual Assault Center, 9th Welland Scout Troop, Huntington's Society of Niagara Marathon, Niagara Youth Symphony Summer Camp.
An inclusive caring community where all people belong and have equal opportunity to participate effectively.''This state of belonging will be reached not because of any preferred status or label but from our acceptance that the uniqueness of each person is to be celebrated, supported and acknowledged as essential to the completeness of the whole community.The Board's vision is of a society where all people are valued.