West Flint Optimist Club Event Calendar
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West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 11/7/19
Welcome Mike! Our newest member Mike Butts was installed by the prez, this morning. Mike is a lifelong member of the Flint area, an Ainsworth grad and retired from GM. We are proud to have Mike as a member. Cindy Sullivan was our guest speaker this morning. Cindy is a...
About Us
This is the official website of the West Flint Optimist Club which was founded in 1963. We raise money to support several local charities that support children. A few of our benefactors are Whaley Children’s Center, CANUSA Games, Old Newsboys of Flint, YMCA of Greater Flint, University of Michigan – Flint Scholarships and many others.
Our best fund raising event is $5000 Raffle. The raffle is actually a reverse raffle, meaning that the last ticket drawn is the winner of the $5000. The first ticket drawn and every tenth ticket win the cost of the raffle ticket. A separate ticket which includes dinner for two with drinks at our event held at the Atlas Valley Country Club.
Greg Hilliker is our current President.
Breakfast Thursdays @ 7:30AM
Club Newsletters
West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 4/27/17
Karyn Miller, Flint Township Supervisor and frequent visitor to the Club (pressed again for membership), spoke to the 19 of us present about this year's construction projects (avoid Linden and Court Street areas for a while this summer), other Township road...
West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 4/20/17
West Flint Optimist Newsletter - 4/20/17 President Peter Venos was with his wife, Ellen, at the hospital this morning, so Jeff Dennings stood in for him with his "shiny new personal gavel" to ring in the morning meeting. After auctioning the "pretty red and gold...
West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 4/13/17
Eric, Group Sales Representative from the Lansing Lugnuts drove over from Lansing this morning to share information about their renovations, programs, and events. New "picnic area" along the "3rd Base" line has covered "semi-private" seating with grilled food and...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 4/6/17
Jeff Cram, from Camp Quality, came to speak with the Club this morning about the national system of camps for cancer patients. There are 15 camps in 11 states, providing over 30 years of service to cancer patients and their families at approximately $800/week per...
West Flint Optimist Club – 3/30/17 Newsletter
The winners of our recent Oratorical Contest came to this morning’s meeting, and two of the three delivered their winning speeches to the Club. Jason Van Tol (who was the $200 winner) attended with his parents, Jaden O’Berry (the $100 winner) and John Hill (winner of...