NEWSLETTER for December 4, 2025

NEWSLETTER for December 4, 2025

Today saw a good turnout of 16 members, many of whom brought in Christmas gifts for MSD kids in anticipation of next week’s Breakfast with Santa, here at Liberty after our normal breakfast gathering on December 11 at 7:30, with kids and families arriving at about 8:15...
(Belated) NEWSLETTER for November 20, 2025

(Belated) NEWSLETTER for November 20, 2025

Sixteen Optimist Club members and our 2 guests shared breakfast this morning and listened to Joy Peterman and Randy Helmstrom (seen in photo above with Jeff Dennings) from Salvation Army speak about their ongoing work in the face of 4 times their monthly calls for...
NEWSLETTER—-November 13, 2025

NEWSLETTER—-November 13, 2025

Fourteen of us came to share breakfast at today’s normal gathering of members. We did not have a scheduled speaker but had a lot of discussion – Greg Hilliker announced that the Flint School of Performing Arts big “Seeing Stars” event is February 6 and he will...
Newsletter – November 6, 2025

Newsletter – November 6, 2025

Karen Lorenc (in lower left of above photo, in front of President Rich Lewis) introduced our speakers, Leslie Beamer (in center) and Jamie Covill (far right) from Selah’s Red Tent, a  Birth and Postpartum Doula House in downtown Flint.  It is a relatively new group...
Newsletter – October 23, 2025

Newsletter – October 23, 2025

We had a relatively small gathering of 11 members and 2 guests this morning as President Rich Lewis asked Governor-Elect Bill Reaves to lead the Pledge of Allegiance and Jack Proffitt to say grace before breakfast. (Part of the reason for lower attendance is that 2 of...