Welcome to the Breakfast Optimist Club of Kalamazoo, BOCK, website

Optimist Mission:

By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in our youth, our communities, and ourselves.

Get-togethers:

Club get-togethers are on most Thursday mornings from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Starting Thursday, May 27, 2021, our get-togethers are both in-person at Michelle’s Restaurant, 677 Romence Road, Portage, MI 49024 and online via Zoom.

Why Join BOCK

Improve our community, emphasizing its kids.

Create lasting friendships.

Optimist Activities:

The Optimist Creed:

Promise yourself –

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Breakfast Optimist Club of Kalamazoo Video

Theme: Living the Optimist Creed

Narrator: Dan Mills, Club President, 2017 – 2018

Created: April 2018

Length: 2 minutes and 21 seconds

Monthly Inspirational Quote, May 2021:

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill

Welcome to the Breakfast Optimist Club of Kalamazoo, BOCK, website

Optimist Mission:

By providing hope and positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in our youth, our communities, and ourselves.

Get-togethers:

Club get-togethers are on most Thursday mornings from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.

Starting Thursday, May 27, 2021, our get-togethers are both in-person at Michelle’s Restaurant, 677 Romence Road, Portage, MI 49024 and online via Zoom.

Improve our community, emphasizing its kids.

Create lasting friendships.

Optimist Activities:

The Optimist Creed:

Promise yourself –

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

Breakfast Optimist Club of Kalamazoo Video

Theme: Living the Optimist Creed

Narrator: Dan Mills, Club President, 2017 – 2018

Created: April 2018

Length: 2 minutes and 21 seconds

Monthly Inspirational Quote, May 2021:

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
Winston Churchill