The Peachtree City Optimist Club held its annual Youth Appreciation Banquet on Sunday, April 17, at Flat Creek Country Club. The banquet is part of Optimist Youth Appreciation Week.
Each year students from the Fayette County area are selected by their school counselors or agency representatives to be honored for their outstanding contributions to their school and community. Students must meet the criteria set forth by the Optimist Club, which encourages, leadership skills, academics, volunteerism, participation in school organizations and community improvement projects.
Club members joined the students, their family members and their nominators to celebrate the accomplishments of these outstanding students.
Contact Stony Lohr at srlohr@bellsouth.net for more information about joining the Optimist Club of Peachtree City.
In the front row, from left are Justyce Lewis, Whitewater High School; Matthew Melatti, Bennett’s Mill Middle School; Ellie Klarl, Flat Rock Middle School; Myah Booker, Fayette County Middle School; Emily Conley, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School; Taylor Haney, Rising Starr Middle School; Colleen McGlade, Optimist Octagon Club at Starr’s Mill High School; Nikki Vallor, McIntosh High School; Samantha Green, Starr’s Mill High School. In the back row are Alexander Tchaykov, J.C. Booth Middle School; Franklin Lowe, Fayette County High School; Ekemini Ubom, Sandy Creek High School; Noelle Parker, Whitewater Middle School.
