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...
Join Us at Flushing SummerFest 2025 – June 19–21!
he West Flint Optimist Club is excited to once again be part of Flushing SummerFest 2025, happening June 19–21 in downtown Flushing, Michigan! This beloved community celebration is more than just rides, music, and parades—it’s an opportunity to bring...
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Newsletter – August 21, 2025
With President Cindy Sullivan still on vacation and President-Elect Rich Lewis otherwise occupied, President Substitute and King Wannabe Jeff Dennings called today’s gathering to order with 13 members attending and our CANUSA friend Tony Sitko spoke to us (in more...
Newsletter – August 7, 2025
13 members and 3 guests attended today’s breakfast meeting, with Theresa “Queen Bee” Burdette and her 11-year-old granddaughter joining us for a short time while waiting for another (martial arts) meeting in the restaurant. Theresa, recently widowed, is moving here...
Newsletter – July 10, 2025
Newlywed Deb Hawley Bailey, from St. Francis Prayer Center, joined our relatively small aggregation of members for our regular breakfast meeting and to be inducted into Optimist Club membership. We are glad to have her as part of our group and wish her well in her...
Community Events
A FIRST for the West Flint Optimist Club!
In a "red-letter day" for the West Flint Optimists at the December 28 Breakfast Meeting, Lieutenant Governor Bill Reaves (far left in photo) is shown leading the recitation of vows for new and Board-approved members Natalie Fox (2nd in photo), owner of Red Fox Realty,...
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...