West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/25/15
Meeting Notes Phil Holmblade introduced our speaker for the morning, Sharri Newman. She is the Program Director for the Flint/Genesee County Chamber of Commerce Youth Quest. More detailed information about the program can be found at their nicely designed and easy to...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/23/15
Bob did a great job of putting together our scholarships again this year. He was out of town, but Clyde did a great job filling in. The winners, all from Flint Northwestern were: Aliyah Armour Lyrica Kelly Kiosha Quasha Gladney Marquawan Burnett They were joined by...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/18/15
Meeting Notes Phil introduced Marcia Franks from the Robert E. Weiss Child Advocacy Center. She is the Interim Executive Director of the center. Child abuse and neglect are serious problems in Genesee County. There are 2000 confirmed cases every year. 90% are...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/16/15
Scott brought in another great speaker today, Tracy Fowler-Johnston from the food bank. Tracy did a great job explaining all the great work that the Food Bank does, as well as how and where they get their food. Next week President Bob will be back and we will award...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/11/15
Meeting Notes Phil Holmblade introduced our guest speaker Dave Geiger. He is the Mundy Township Supervisor. He was Police Chief for 20 years and retired in 2006. He then was elected Treasurer and then Supervisor. Mundy Township and Swartz Creek are working together to...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/9/15
Scott brought us two great speakers today from The Disability Network. They led us through several questions that help everyone better understand exactly what having a disability means. Disability Network is located at 3600 S Dort Hwy. Ste. 54, Flint, MI 48507. Their...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/4/15
Meeting Notes Geri Poage was our speaker this morning. She is a health coach representing Take Shape for Life. She helps people lose weight through good health habits of enough sleep, lots of water, moving, being energetic and eating right. There meal replacements and...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 6/2/15
Our speaker chair Scott brought us Roger from the East Side Mission as our speaker. Roger shared all the good work he does at Franklin and Delaware on the city’s east side. GoodSearch: Help the Mission by Searching the Web! Now you can raise money for the Eastside...
West Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 5/28/15
Meeting Notes Richard Warmbold from the Hurley Foundation was our guest speaker today. Optimists and the Children's Miracle Network cooperation dates back over 20 years. To find out more about the Hurley Foundation please visit their website HurleyFoundation.org. The...
Downtown Flint Optimist Club Newsletter – 5/26/15
Meeting Notes We had a small but fun group today. The food at the Soggy Bottom was good and well priced. It is wroth checking out. We solved all but a few of the worlds problems over lunch. See you next week. Thank you! Mike Buckel