Happy Easter!

Today is the day in the Pacific Northwest and around the world with many Optimist Club that the whistle blows and if you blink, you've missed it.

What happened? 

The Optimist Club Easter Egg Hunt!

Shown here is a quick glance at the Optimist Easter Egg Hunt in Salem, Oregon. Enjoy.

Happy Easter!

Posted by Optimist Club of Salem on Saturday, March 26, 2016

"Hoppy" times with the Optimist Club

Over the weekend, one of the most popular activities for many Optimist Clubs took place in communities throughout North America. In Idaho, the Jerome, Meridian, Middleton Area, and Twin Falls Optimist Clubs all headed out to their parks to host the Easter Bunny and his friends at the annual Easter Egg Hunt.

 

All clubs partnered with others to make sure this "hoppy" event took place in their community. The Meridian Optimist Club solicited donations from area businesses to help defray the costs of their hunt and then members got together to stuff eggs and then host the event. In Middleton and Twin Falls, the Optimist Clubs partnered with their local Parks and Recreation districts to make the event a great success; and in Jerome, the Jerome Optimist Club teamed up with the Kiwanis Club.














Twin Falls Optimist Club member Dennis Bowyer summed up the day when he told the newspaper, "If you’re a minute late, you missed it."

In case you missed it, here are a few pictures of the fun. Thanks to Traci Hine Brandebourg for sharing them with us. Photos ©Traci Hine Brandebourg.

It's the most eggs-citing time of the year

Where's the golden egg? 

The Twin Falls, Jerome, Meridian and Middleton Area Optimist Clubs in Idaho are busy preparing for the fastest service project of the year. Scheduled to take place at different times on Saturday morning, April 7, each one of the projects have an anticipated running time of 60 seconds.

According to Robin Stanhope, editor of the Twin Falls Blab, one minute is about  how long it takes for the kiddos to find every egg that has been hidden for their hunting pleasure at an Optimist Club Easter Egg Hunt.

Known by different names, such as "Scrambles," "Hunts," or "Egg-offs," according to reports, each club is planning on hiding 2,000 to 4,000 eggs for the eligible hunters to find with special prizes for finding "golden eggs."

If you need to bring a smile to your face, join one of the Optimist Easter Egg-stravaganzas in your community. If you want to bring a smile to others, start a project on behalf of your Optimist Club. It's fun. It's quick. It's appreciated.



As of this post, these are the only Optimist Easter Egg Hunts known by the author. If your club is planning one, please leave the details in the comment section so that your community and other PNW Optimist Clubs know all about it. 


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Optimist Clubs celebrate Easter

Many Optimist Clubs hold them, and all will agree these fun events are the fastest projects your Optimist Club will ever do. What are they? Easter Egg Hunts of course!

Official time: 1 minute 43 seconds. That's how long it took for the little hunters and gatherers to make their way to the finish line with their candy at the Meridian Optimist Club Easter Egg-Off. Caseloads of candy were spread out in four age groups and hundreds of youngsters up to ten years old raced through the course collecting their treasure. Many also garnered specially marked prizes and got to choose from tables full of gifts donated by Meridian, Idaho businesses. The Meridian Fire and Police Departments joined in the fun. You can watch the slide show and enjoy it too!

Easter egg hunting with the Optimists

Optimist Clubs throughout the Pacific Northwest celebrated Easter with an annual egg hunt. In Idaho, the Twin Falls Optimist Club offered golden eggs to lucky scavengers. The rare golden eggs contained two one dollar coins.