West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 5/9/19

Bill Reaves is Speaker Chair this month and announced that Pastor Dave (from Bill’s church) is unable to speak, so Bill himself took over the speaker role and told us about “Via de Christo”, a group that focuses on faith, fellowship, and service and...

West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 2/21/19

Sheila Gafney is a long-time friend of our Club (the annual Charlie Gafney award is named after her father, long member of this Club) and came to us today to speak about Special Olympics, focus of one of our group’s longstanding recurrent activities and...

West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 2/14/19

Brandee Cooke, Project Manager at “100K IDEAS” working out of the Ferris Wheel in downtown Flint, told us about this exciting new addition to Flint’s business scene. (She was accompanied by Vivian, Youth Engagement Coordinator for...

West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 2/7/19

Andy Younger, Race Director for the Crim Fitness Foundation, came to speak with us this morning, recounting the 22 year history of the Race and its evolution. From 750 original racers, the events have grown to include many thousands of participants and spectators and...

West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 1/31/19

Fourteen  of us hardy (or foolhardy, on this bitterly cold day) folks gathered today to meet Jennifer Acree, Program Officer for the C. S. Mott Foundation, and hear her describe the organization’s philanthropic mission and impact. Started in 1926 by this...