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Central Macomb Optimist Club

THE CENTRAL MACOMB OPTIMIST CLUB IS A BUSY CLUB AND SPENDS EACH YEAR
HELPING THOSE LESS FORTUNATE THAN US.
BELOW ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE GREAT THINGS OUR CLUB DID IN 2023!

2024-2025 Accomplishments

  • We added six new amazing members! Kathy Farnum, Josey Filka, Jonathan Furest, Nancy
    Kiger, Tammy Lefevre, Stephanie Moran, Erwin Wroblewski!!!
  • For the 16th year in a row, we took 150 needy children shopping for school clothes in August in
    partnership with the Macomb Charitable Foundation and the Macomb County Sheriff’s
    Department.
  • Our club put together an incredible event featuring Dueling Pianos to raise the funds for our
    Shop with the Sheriff event.
  • We raised over $5000 from our 4th annual Yeti cooler raffle for our Childhood Health & Wellness
    initiatives.
  • We held another successful January 2023 lottery raffle to support our Shop with the Sheriff
    event.
  • We are nearing the 21,000 mark for Beanie Babies that we have donated to various charity
    groups throughout the county.
  • We were proud to support the St. Peter Charity Garden as they look to install a new water
    tower.
  • We supported Troop 1407 and Troop 209 leadership academy attendees.
  • We adopted a family with 6 children for Christmas along with the family’s needs.
  • We adopted a military family for Christmas
  • We adopted a survivor at Turning Point for Christmas that left an abusive situation with only
    the clothes on her back.
  • A fellowship event baseball game was held at the Jimmy John’s field.
  • Our members helped wrap Christmas gifts for foster children at Big Family of Michigan. Big
    Family sponsored Christmas for over 2000 foster children.
  • We made 120 Fleece blankets for Fleece & Thank You and 65 additional blankets for children
    that were admitted to the hospitals in Michigan.
  • We donated filled stockings for the children supported by Macomb Foster Closet.
  • Two mitten trees helped support Big Family of Michigan, Macomb Foster Closet and an underserved school.
  • Many members attended Wreaths Across America and laid wreaths on the graves of veterans.
  • Held our annual Christmas Auction to support our Christmas shopping for those in need.
  • We donated over $500 in board games and children’s card games, in partnership with
    Cornerstone Community Credit Union that will be donated to the pediatric units in our local
    hospitals.
  • Donated birthday gifts to Champ Life foster kid’s camp and provided several members that
    attended the camp and helped put together the birthday party for 100 foster children.
  • Held a Wines for Humanity fundraiser and used the funds raised to sponsor our survivor
    through Turning Point.
  • The CMOC donated $1000 to support two children attending Champ Life Camp and several
    members worked at the Champ Life birthday party.
  • Club members donated one morning every week to tutor children from Schwarzkoff Elementary
    School with their reading.
  • Several members took time out of their busy day to read books to the students at Schwarzkoff
    Elementary School during March Reading Month.
  • Donated $1000 to Macomb Foster Closet to help support their efforts to move into a new
    building
  • A fellowship event baseball game was held at the Jimmy John’s field.
  • Our members helped wrap Christmas gifts for foster children at Big Family of Michigan. Big
    Family sponsored Christmas for over 2000 foster children throughout the State of Michigan.
  • We donated 40 fleece blankets to Big Family of Michigan to be used as Christmas gifts as well as
    several hundred Beanie Babies.
  • Two mitten trees helped support Big Family of Michigan, Macomb Foster Closet and an underserved school garnering hundreds of mittens.
  • Many members attended Wreaths Across America and laid wreaths on the graves of veterans.
  • Held our annual Christmas Auction to support our Christmas shopping for those in need raising
    more funds than ever!
  • We donated $1000 to Turning Point to be used wherever they needed it.
  • We donated over $500 in games and toys, in partnership with Cornerstone Community Credit
    Union that will be donated to the pediatric units in our local hospitals.
  • Donated 60 nerf footballs as well as 60 skip-balls to be used as birthday gifts to Champ Life
    foster kid’s camp and provided several members that attended the “girls event” at the camp as
    helpers.
  • The CMOC donated $1000 to support two children attending Champ Life Camp and several
    members worked at the Champ Life birthday party.
  • Club members donated one morning every week to tutor children from Schwarzkoff Elementary
    School with their reading.
  • Donated $500 to Bovenschein School for special needs.
  • Supported Four County Community’s Foundation with a $2000 donation to both their literacy
    program and food program.
  • Resurrected our annual Soup and Chili Cook-Off that was paused during Covid.