by Greg Hilliker | Dec 26, 2023 | Newsletters
Jet Kilmer, today’s guest speaker, spoke to the 12 members present about her passion for “Music on the March”, a program that she created and fed through the Grand Blanc Chamber of Commerce and our sister Optimist Club in Grand Blanc. Responding to a need in the local...
by Greg Hilliker | Dec 15, 2023 | Newsletters
Karen Lorenc from Flushing Christian Outreach spoke this morning with the 15 members present, noting that Flushing has a population of 20,000 and that 1/10 of those are described as having “constrained income”. Her organization processes 19,900 pounds of clothing per...
by Greg Hilliker | Dec 15, 2023 | Community Events
West Flint Optimist Club sponsored one of our favorite events of the year this past Wednesday at Liberty Family Diner: All the elementary students from Michigan School for the Deaf, their family members, and school staff were treated to a pancake breakfast, gifts...
by Greg Hilliker | Dec 6, 2023 | Newsletters
Major Randy Hellstrom and Joy Martinbianco from Salvation Army spoke at this morning’s meeting and gratefully accepted a check from the Club for $1000 (See Randy with President Cindy Sullivan in photo above.) and our offers of teams for this week’s “Bell-Ringing” at...
by Greg Hilliker | Nov 29, 2023 | Newsletters
Karen Gasperosky from Sleep in Heavenly Peace joined us today to update us on SHP, where 40 new beds have just been stained and are ready for delivery/assembly, adding to the totals of builds from Flushing and Millington that have taken place in the last several...
