Welcome to the Breakfast Optimist Club of Kalamazoo – BOCK
Optimist Mission:
By providing hope and a positive vision, Optimists bring out the best in our youth, our communities, and ourselves.
Gatherings:
Club Gatherings are on most Thursday mornings from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, at Mark’s Diner (https://www.marksdinerportage.com), at 677 Romence Road, Portage, MI 49024 (see map below).
On the fourth Thursday of each month, the gathering starts at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time and is at Jac’s, https://jacscekolaspizza.com/portage/, 7638 South Westnedge Avenue, Portage, Michigan, 49002 (see map below). There is no morning gathering on the fourth Thursday of the month.
There is no gathering when Kalamazoo or Portage Public Schools are delayed or closed due to weather.
If a Thursday night gathering is cancelled due to weather, the Club President and/or other Board Members will notify BOCK members.
Be a first-time visitor. The club pays for your meal.
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.
