West Flint Optimist Club 3-24-16 Newsletter Bob Holec, from the Greater Flint Area Baseball Softball Association, spoke with our group this morning about the importance and impact of “America’s Favorite Pastime” on our community. His playing experience (a Little...
Crystal Pepperdine, one of our Club’s University of Michigan scholarship recipients and now the Manager of Development and Communication for Priority Children, spoke with us this morning about her and the organization’s roles in county-wide advocacy for children. Two...
President Jeff Dennings rang the bell to open this morning’s meeting just as just as Joe Bushey was changing positions: He had volunteered to sell tickets for last week’s 50/50 winner, Floyd Olmstead, who showed up just as the ringing died down. He also volunteered to...
Lisa Cornell, from BLC Enterprises, spoke as this morning’s guest. She noted that she has played matchmaker for natural gas customers and natural gas deliverers, beating out the “Bigs” prices for the last 10 years by locking down contracts (usually annual) at...
In the absence of a guest speaker this morning, we had an interesting discussion about a possible role in assisting our community in the context of the nationally publicized water crisis. Members generated and considered several options and Dave Crabill even brought...
Paul Rozycki spoke to us this morning after an introduction by colorfully attired Speaker Chair Dave Crabill. Paul has been a frequent and engaging speaker to our Club as Political Science Professor at Mott Community College, and he continues his interest and he...
