Fall 2016 Youth Appreciation Honorees:
Serena Wade, Tommy Norris, Lexi Paidas, Amanda Bergner, Brianna Koenick, and Jessica Cromwell

​The National Capital Optimist Club has a passion for donating to children's charities. This past year, the following organizations received NCOC contributions:

• Langston Junior Boys & Girls Golf Club
• Young Doctors DC
• Peppermill Youth Association
• Children's National Medical Center (Children's Hospital)
• Culmore Club Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington
• The Tree House Child Assessment Center
• The Reginald S. Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children
• Sisters Who Swing Golf Association Junior Golf Program
• Viking Mat Club
• Montgomery County Young Life
• Boy Scout Troop 68
• White Oak Middle School Athletic Department
• AVID Program at White Oak Middle School
• Special Love
• First Tee of Washington, DC
• U.S. Chess Center
• Generals Elite Wrestling
• Montgomery Youth Wrestling League
• University of MD School of Medicine Medical Family Fund