Newsletter – February 27, 2025
A guest, Gary Quillen, joined the 11 members present this morning for our weekly breakfast at Liberty Family Dining. In the absence of a guest speaker, we had a lot of free-ranging discussion: Former Michigan District Governor Deb Berry contacted Greg Hilliker this...
2024 Breakfast with Santa for Michigan School for the Deaf Students
The holiday season is just around the corner, and the West Flint Optimist Club is excited to bring back one of our most heartwarming traditions! On Wednesday, December 4th, we’re hosting our annual Breakfast with Santa Claus event for the students of the Michigan...
Newsletters
Newsletter – January 16, 2025
A sparse but active dozen member group came to breakfast this morning, but we were without a speaker and speaker chair because of illness. Jeff Gauger reviewed Sleep in Heavenly Peace developments, noting that $6,000 worth of high quality wood has been accessed for...
Newsletter – January 9, 2025
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson (on R in photo above- note badge) was invited to speak to this morning’s group of 20 attendees by Member Joe Farah (in Center above, with President Cindy Sullivan on L), and we were all impressed by the Sheriff’s detailed...
Newsletter – January 2, 2025
These folks need to be recruited for our Club and "heed our Creed"! We gathered for our weekly breakfast at Liberty for the first time in 2o25 with 15 attendees. In the absence of a speaker, we had free-flowing conversation and fine "fine" activities: Steve Schlott...
Community Events
December 13th – Pancake Breakfast with Santa and Michigan School for the Deaf
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...
Flushing Summerfest 2023 Beer Tent is Huge Success
There was standing room only on Friday night for the Rock and Roll concert. We didn't hear many complaints (actually only 1 from a guy that showed up already intoxicated). The concert Saturday night wasn't as crowded and the older people that were there for the...