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 – 9/3/15
We do not have a speaker chair for September, therefore we had no speaker for this meeting. Please contact President Jack if you can arrange for a speaker this month. $5K Raffle and dinner tickets are available from Jeff Dennings. Raffle tickets are $100 and dinner...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 8/27/15
Tracy Payton-Lester, our guest speaker for the morning, intorduced her program, “Ele’s Place, A Healing Center for Grieving Children & Teens”. The organization has 2 faces: (A) a school-based program (now positioned at both Beecher Schools and Whaley Children’s...
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....
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...
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...