West Flint Optimist Club Event Calendar
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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 – 9/29/16
Ted Valley, accused by Dave Crabill of blatant thespianism, came from Vertigo Productions to encourage each of our 16 members present to 'Embrace Your Inner Child." He suggested that many of us older folks need to remember how to play and to engage with those who do....
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter- 9/22/16
Steven Low, Executive Director of the Flint Jewish Federation, spoke to 14 of our members and 2 guests about his "non-sectarian, non-denominational" organization. Although the organization is invested in disaster relief, medical transport (the only "out-of-county"...
West Flint Optimist Newsletter – 9/1/16
Our "Repeat" Guest Speaker Joe Farah, continuing his series of presentations on the use of the English language, shifted from his previous topic of "Trash Talk" to the new topic of "Sentence Completion": Really, folks, these were his topics, even if the context is not...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/25/16
WEST FLINT OPTIMIST CLUB 8/25/16 Newsletter Former West Flint Club Member and President-Designate Stephanie Eastman, now residing and working in Naples, Florida, and serving as President to their Optimist Club, returned to our Club wearing a tiara and identified...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/11/16
Kayla Bright, Swartz Creek Middle School special education teacher, spoke with the 22 Club members today about her work in the “cognitively impaired” program and how she has put our prior contributions to good use. Working with students who generally have IQ scores...