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 Club Newsletter – 8/4/16
MTA General Manager Ed Benning and Mike Messer, who manages Swartz Creek “YourRide”, spoke to our 24 members and guests today about their development and coordination of a “state-of-the-art” public transit operation emulated by other areas of the country. The local...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/23/16
Speaker Chair Joe Bushey had the honor of introducing one of our own, Roxanne Caine, was here to represent McLaren, giving a report on the status of the Proton Therapy venture and to introduce Julie Snyder, our main speaker for the morning. Julie spoke about the...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/16/16
Amy Rouleau spoke with us today about her work with Restoration Place, a project to address the issue of sex trafficking in this area. Although most of us may not see this as a visible and significant problem, 300,000 children are caught up in this nationally, and...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 5/5/16
West Flint Optimist Club 5-5-16 Newsletter Mr. & Mrs. Glen Wilson spoke with the Club this morning about their organization, Communities First, Incorporated, a 5 ½-year-old non-profit “real estate redevelopment” venture. Its four-fold focus consists of: (A)...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 4/28/16
West Flint Optimist Club 4-28-16 Newsletter Michael Murphy, 2nd –term Lieutenant Governor for Michigan District Optimists, spoke with our Club this morning regarding a number of matters, but high on his agenda is the upcoming “Blues & BBQ/$5K Raffle” being...