We, the Rochester Beaver Lions Club (6366) from PA district 14N pass out 100 pre packaged individual trees to the community in honor of Earth week and Arbor Day. The trees are labeled as „A Gift to You and the Environment from the Rochester-Beaver Lions Club“. This was our 5th year for this event and… Continue reading A Gift for You and the Environment
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We Serve Taken to the Next Level
We serve. That’s the Lions motto. After seeing the unbelievable, needless, pointless attack by Russia on Ukraine, one Fort Collins Lion felt like he, personally, needed to do something to help which prompted an amazing journey. After contacting a Ukrainian Lions Club, he connected with their sister club, Poznan Rotunda Lions Club, in Poland who… Continue reading We Serve Taken to the Next Level
Aurora (Ill.) Noon Lions plant tree for Earth Day
Caption for photo 5119: A day before Earth Day 2022, Aurora Noon Lions Club members plant an oak tree on Thursday, April 21, at Blackberry Farm in Aurora. From left are Lions Randy Fisher, Michelle Needham, club president Arvid Meyer, Becky Dunnigan, Paul Buddy, Jim Scott, Ken Koepke and Susan Koepke. Background is Frank Johnson,… Continue reading Aurora (Ill.) Noon Lions plant tree for Earth Day
College Lions club serve soup to fight hunger
Serving soup to fight hunger: College Lions to resume Empty Bowls fundraiser SUGAR GROVE, Ill., April 5, 2022–Waubonsee Community College’s Lions Club will cosponsor an Empty Bowls fundraiser to fight hunger on Wednesday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited. The event will be held in the Student Center lobby… Continue reading College Lions club serve soup to fight hunger
Providing A Helping Hand for Our Citizens
On December 10th, 2021 a F4 tornado was on the ground in Western & Central Kentucky for over 200 miles. In my District two major cities where hit hard. Several small communities where totally destroyed. There where fatalities all along the path of the tornado. Thousands of homes where totally destroyed, several thousand had major… Continue reading Providing A Helping Hand for Our Citizens
Special Olympics Florida — Melvin Jones Fellow
As part of the continued collaboration across the US State of Florida, Special Olympics Florida Chief Executive Officer (and Melvin Jones Fellow (MJF)!) Sherry Wheelock has bestowed upon Special Olympics Florida athlete Kerry Ford the distinguished Melvin Jones Fellowship! Kerry Ford is an exemplary Special Olympics athlete and community leader since 2014, and competes in… Continue reading Special Olympics Florida — Melvin Jones Fellow
Cornhole competition benefits LCIF
US$3,000 was raised for LCIF thanks to a cornhole competition, at a recent 14 C council meeting. Photographed in group photo: (Left) MD-14 LCIF Co-coordinator PDG Kerry McKnight and (Right) is the Builder/Donor VDG Mike Schaeffer. With the help of every Lion doing and giving what they can, Campaign 100: LCIF Empowering Service will meet… Continue reading Cornhole competition benefits LCIF
Hurricane Ida
G Gary applied for and was granted a $10,000 Disaster Relief Emergency Grant from LCIF to assist the victims of Hurricane Ida in Chester County. The disaster occurred locally on Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 to Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 when Hurricane Ida slammed into Chester County affecting Avondale, Coatesville, Malvern, Modena, Oxford, Phoenixville, and Pocopson… Continue reading Hurricane Ida
First City Lions Blanket Project
Bemidji First City Lions received a $250 Thrivent Action Team Grant that enabled the club to purchase materials to create fleece blankets for Bemidji Area Schools Families in Transition Program and for children at the Roger Maris Cancer Center in Fargo, ND. „Blanket Bees“ are taking place to create the blankets on Saturday mornings as… Continue reading First City Lions Blanket Project
More Resources, More Children Saved
“Your child has cancer” are four gut-wrenching words no parent ever wants to hear. For many in the Badger State, those words are inextricably linked to vital medical services provided at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin (CHW), which cares for two-thirds of the state’s young cancer patients each year. With the number of children needing life-saving… Continue reading More Resources, More Children Saved