Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/25/15
Brooke brought us our speaker today from the Community Foundation. There was much discussion over their “Young Professionals” group, whose age ranges from 19-49. Our group encouraged Enosh and Nate to consider joining, seeing how they were the only ones in...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/20/15
The Genesee County Prosecuting Attorney’s office was well represented this morning by David Leyton and John Potbury, who gave a detailed, enlightening, and disturbing presentation on the recent efforts to “save money” in the state by reducing prison populations....
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/18/15
I brought DeAndra McCain as our speaker today. She used to work with me over at Whaley, then was in sales at the Flint & Genesee Chamber. She recently accepted the position as the Director of the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. You can learn more about them here:...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/13/15
Ghassan Saab was our special guest speaker this morning, talking about the historical context, personal remembrances, and international (mis)perceptions of Lebanon and the Middle East, more generally. (Saab is associated with Sorenson Gross and is known to many of our...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/11/15
We had another great meeting. Murphy was still accepting well deserved complements for his work on the party and gave us some preliminary numbers on how well we did. Joe accepted my invitation to be our guest speaker on short notice. (he is after all the king of...
Congratulations To The Winners of The 31 Day Raffle!
West Flint Optimist Club thanks everyone that helped make our first 31 Day Raffle a success. A few things to remember: There is a winner everyday of July We use the straight match for the Michigan 3-Digit Evening Drawing to determine our winner If the winning ticket...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 7/30/15
Vice President Jeff Dennings, flush from his winnings of the 50/50 drawing last week and his successful bid on a Wolverines football package, rang the bell to open this week’s meeting, had Steve Schlott lead in the Pledge and Ken Cullen give the invocation. Before...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 7/28/15
I was late to our meeting today, but it is clear team Murphy has our celebration on track. See you tomorrow at 6 pm. Thank you! Mike Buckel
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 7/23/15
Linda Campbell is the “power behind the throne” at Old Newsboys and came to speak with us this morning. After recounting her personal family history, she told us of going to college with an Optimist Club scholarship that we gave her. (This may be one of the few times...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 7/21/15
Joe and Amber brought us our quest speaker today, Marquise Gray who is the new program director at the Boys and Girls Club. Marquise is a former MSU basketball star who played 8 years overseas. He shared his hopes to help Flint and his experiences traveling the...