Ready, set, go! Organizational Meeting on Wednesday, Sept 1 at 4:00 pm

Great news! We've reached the required number to officially organize the Optimist Club of Middleton, Idaho!  Woohoo!

An Optimist International Field Representative will be in Middleton on Wednesday, September 1 to complete the official paperwork that allows an Optimist Club to receive their charter.  Please join us at 4:00 p.m. at the Sunrise Restaurant so you can be a part of this important day.

Our congratulations and thanks to members:
Russell Nelson
Stacy Nelson
Estela Cabrera
Peter Cabrera
Cathleen Woods
Kim Boguslawski
Aaron Mitchell
Sherin Williams
Betty Ashwell
Dave Castro
Jennifer Driscoll
Patrick Halpin
Julie Halpin
Tammy Macklin
Amber Dickens
Stacy Thibault

New members are always welcome. Charter membership status will remain open until September 30 and our goal is to reach 25 members by that time. Help us help kids by joining today.

Click here for a charter membership application.  

Next Meeting will be Monday, August 30

Ten people gathered at the Sunrise Restaurant this past Monday for an informational meeting about the new Middleton Optimist Club. "We are still in what is considered the building phase," commented Rocky Jackson, Vice President, Optimist International.

During the building phase, potential Optimist Club members meet each other and learn about what an Optimist Club can do in their community and make plans for how they want to participate.  It usually takes about eight of these meetings before the club is actually chartered and begins meeting on its own to plan projects and activities for the community. 

During this time, the club adds members and gathers ideas. With 10 signed members, and 2 more that have agreed to join, the Middleton Optimist Club needs only three more members to be official.

"We don't want to leave anyone out," Rocky continued. "Please join us on Monday, August 30 and help us complete our roster so that we can get to the fun stuff: projects for the Middleton School District and the community at large." 

For more information, please call 208.861.2310
Download the August 27 bulletin here. 

Next Meeting on Monday, August 23

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On Wednesday, August 11, ten new members of the Middleton Optimist Club headed to the fields at the Heights Elementary School to meet the parents of some of the young football players. It was great to meet them and talk about how an Optimist Club will benefit the community.

We then returned to the Sunrise for our informational meeting where we discussed how to talk to more people and get others involved. With that in mind, our next official meeting will be:

Monday, August 23

7:00 - 8:00 p.m. 

Sunrise Restaurant 

Members Tammy Macklin, Pat Halpin and Julie Halpin are working on details for a Back-to-School party. If you want to be involved, please call Tammy at 831-233-0153. 

This week we are excited to add Sherin Williams and Aaron Mitchell to our roster.  Only five more members to go before we officially charter the Middleton Optimist Club!

And we also want to send a VERY BIG THANK YOU to Pat Halpin for treating us to pie and coffee.  

Let's get organized!

Please join us for complimentary pie and coffee/tea/soft drinks 

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Patrick Halpin is so excited about what an Optimist Club can do for the children in our community that he is treating everyone to pie on Wednesday, August 11.

Please join us and find out more about some things that we have planned. Better yet, bring an idea and a friend and tell us what you would like to see happen in Middleton and our surrounding communities.

Do you have an idea?  Would you like to get involved? Join us at:

Wednesday, August 11

7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Sunrise Restaurant, 200 E. Main, Middleton

For just $30 initiation fee, you can help set the direction of this new service club in your community. Please join us and find out more.

The dream of having an Optimist Club to serve the Middleton community will soon be a reality! 

Eight people have joined our club: Dave Castro, Jennifer Driscoll, Patrick Halpin, Amber Dickens, Stacy Thibault, Tammy Macklin, Julie Halpin, Betty Ashwell

On August 11, we hope to officially organize the Optimist Club of Middleton, Idaho. We’ll choose our official name, meeting time and location and elect officers to lead us for the next year.

We’ll also plan our first project:  a back –to-school activity for kids and families so that everyone can experience the fun of an Optimist Club

Please come to the meeting on August 11, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. and be involved in the planning.  We are looking for 15 members signed and present to make it happen.

See you there!  

New Optimist Club to officially organize on August 11

The Middleton Optimist Club met on August 4.  With 9 members signed in, they hope to officially organize on August 11, but your help is needed to make this a reality.

Please join us for a FREE pie and coffee/tea social on August 11 at 7:00 p.m. 

Meet your neighbors, talk about positive activities in our community and help us make the Optimist Club a vital service organization that will serve Middleton for many years.  Watch here for more updates.

Thanks!

Please click on the picture to download a membership application.

August 3: Middleton Optimist Club Newsletter

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The dream of having an Optimist Club to serve the Middleton community will soon be a reality! 

Eight people have joined our club:

Betty Ashwell

Dave Castro

Jennifer Driscoll

Debbie Brunner

Patrick Halpin

Amber Dickens

Stacy Thibault

Tammy Macklin

We’re looking at some very interactive projects.  School breakfasts and developing a place for kids to go after school have been discussed as have scholarship, art and internet safety programs. Plus we know that the Middleton Optimist Football players would love to be supported by an Optimist Club at home.

An Optimist Club will not take the place of other organizations in the community.  One will, however, provide extra hands and hearts to fill the needs that we see every day with an emphasis on projects that our members want to do to make Middleton a better place to live, work and raise a family.  

Optimist Clubs have a local focus

Two features that make Optimist Clubs stand apart from any other service organization are:  the degree of independence that local clubs enjoy and the direct involvement or “hands-on” approach that we put into our projects.

Every Optimist Club is unique depending on the community it serves. Some clubs do activities every week.  Some have a monthly schedule and others opt to do really big programs once or twice per year. It is really up to you and how active you want to be in your community.

A few projects coordinated by Optimist International

Optimist Essay and Oratorical Contests – students compete for ninety-six $2,500 scholarships each year

Optimist Junior Golf Championships – six hundred golfers participate in one of the largest junior golf tournaments in the world

Childhood Cancer Campaign – more than $5M has been given to John Hopkins Research Hospital to eradicate childhood cancers. Every club is now encouraged to donate to local causes that serve children with cancer and their families

Do you have an idea?  Would you like to get involved?

We would like to meet you and tell you more at an Informational Meeting:

Wednesday, August 4

7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Sunrise Restaurant, 200 E. Main, Middleton