Events Calendar
  • Optimist International Essay Contest

    Event Date: 11/30/2025

    Topic for the 2025-2026 school year is: “How My Acts of Service Help Me Understand What My Community Means to Me”   If you are interested, you may obtain rules and application here - Essay Contest Application Deadline for essays to be turned into the Meridian Optimist Club is January 23, 2026. 

  • Optimist International Oratorical Contest

    Event Date: 11/30/2025

    The topic for the 2025-2026 school year is: “The Moment I Realized I Belonged — My Definition of Community” Click this link Contest Application for rules and applicaiton.

Meridian Optimist Club Directory

Club Officers

Janet Simmons
President
Phone: (208) 850-6729
Mike Harris
Secretary Treasurer
Phone: (208) 484-4529
Kirk Farnsworth
Immediate Past President
Phone: 208 850-6729
Vacant
Vice President
Byron Farnes
Board Member
Phone: (208) 350-8436
Bill Garcia
Board Member
Phone: (208) 870-7975
Bert Moore
Board Member
Phone: (208) 949-3673
Valerie Wagner
Board Member
Phone: (208) 440-1564
Gail Van Patten
Board Member
Phone: (208) 870-7193
Travis Walthall
Board Member
Phone: (208) 631-8141
Vacant
President Elect