With Clarkston Area Optimist Club as sponsor, Lake Orion Area Optimist Club is officially in business with 29 charter members.
Richard Bloom, field representative for International Optimists and former vice president, installed officers and charter members, Sept. 30. New club president, for Oct. 1 thru Sept. 30, 20011, is Kelly Weaver.
The club meets the second and fourth Thursdays at 4:30 p.m. at the Burger King Restaurant, 1155 S. Lapeer Road, Lake Orion, in the special meeting area of the restaurant.
Everyone 18 years and older are welcome to attend and find out about what the club will be doing in the Lake Orion community in the coming years to enhance opportunities for young people.
Optimists world wide provide over 45,000 programs annually for children K-12, impacting over 6,000,000 youth and raising over $7 million for programs every year.