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- Published: 08 April 2018 08 April 2018
Family fun at Bayside Park
Colchester Lions Club, in partnership with Colchester Parks & Recreation, sponsored the annual Easter egg hunt at Bayside Park. Children were separated by two age groups: 4 and under hunted Lower Bayside Park, ages 5 -8 hunted Upper Bayside Park. Over 3000 eggs were 'stuffed' 'hidden' and 'found' during this event. The 'Easter Bunny' arrived, giving photo opportunities for the children making memories that will last for a long time. The Colchester Lions Club also hosted its annual food drive for the Colchester Community Food Shelf, collecting just shy of 250 pounds of food, with an undetermined amount of cash donations.
The Colchester Lions Club would like to thank the Colchester High School Honor Society and the Colchester Boy Scout Troop 601 for their assistance over the weekend. The club would also like to thank the St. Michael's Fire and Rescue for having a 'special connection' to the Easter Bunny. Thanks to Colchester Parks and Recreation for their continued support of this great event. Please see Colchester Lions Club Facebook page for more photos.
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- Published: 04 April 2018 04 April 2018
Norshaft Lions held their annual 'Night for Sight' dinner dance at the Elks Lodge in Bennington, Vermont on Saturday, March 24th. This all-ages event raises money to benefit training of seeing-eye dogs. Seeing-eye dogs and puppies in training are featured at the event and the Puppy Kissing Booth is a huge hit every year!
This year Norshaft Lions were joined by PDG Ken Emery, PDG Pamela Nichols, and Lion Jackie Dutil to help celebrate a most successful milestone - Bennington County has now been named as a “new puppy raising community”!
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Happy Easter, Help Your Neighbors!
26 members of the Middlebury Lions Club completed their annual “Food from the Heart” food drive on the Saturday before Easter. The food drive is conducted in support of the CVOEO and HOPE food shelves. Once again our community demonstrated their outstanding generosity by donating just over 2.5 tons of food in only 6 hours. One community resident filled an entire shopping cart with goods to donate. Other community members preferred to quietly donate cash in lieu of goods. The Middlebury Lions also added their own cash contribution; making a total cash gift of $2,000 to be shared between our Middlebury food pantries. Many thanks go out to our area grocers: Hannaford, Kinney Drugs, Middlebury Natural Foods CO-OP, Pratt's Store, and Shaw’s. Half of the goods were delivered to CVOEO that same day. “Thank you Middlebury Lions! 1,983 pounds of food gathered in food drive for our food shelf in Middlebury” says the CVOEO website alongside a photo of a huge pile of foods and smiling Lions. The remainder of the food was delivered to the HOPE food shelf on April 2nd.
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Measuring the reach of Vermont Lions service
Vermont K-12 population is currently estimated at 84,334 students.
Vermont Lions KidSight has screened the vision of over 22,000 kids this year.
Wow!
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- Published: 18 March 2018 18 March 2018
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The 2018 Green Mountain Lions Camp is rapidly approaching.
This year the GMLC teen session will run from July 1st thru 13th, with the youth session will running from July 15th thru the 21st. GMLC Committee members gathered in Rutland on February 24th to plan this year’s camper activities and begin the hiring process that will ensure the camp is fully staffed with highly qualified counselors. Tri-Chairpersons Lion Brian Steckley, Lion Gia Vadnais, and Lion Patricia Johnston-McWilliams, RN have also made plans for another “Lions Work Day” at the camp on June 9th from 10am until 4pm. Last year’s work day accomplished a huge amount of spring clean-up activities to help make the camp safe and ready. It also did a tremendous job of building trust and strengthening our partnership between Lions and facility owners. Mark your calendars for June 9th and bring all your spring cleaning skills. We certainly hope to see as many Lions there as possible. The lunch alone will be worth the trip!
In other news our thanks go out to the GMLC Calcutta co-chairs PDG Betsy MaGee and PCT Loreen Teer for hosting another successful Calcutta to benefit our camp. This year’s 1st place winner was Colchester Lion Carmelita Belisle taking home $1,000. Our 2nd place winners Steven and Connie Weston brought home a great Geiger jacket. The 3rd annual Region 1 GMLC Calcutta was held on March 3rd at the Essex Junction Post 6689 VFW with approximately 80 in attendance. Thanks to all who attended, donated prizes and worked on the eve
nt. The kids at camp truly appreciate everyone’s efforts on their behalf. Next up on the GMLC fundraising front – The Lions Twin State Soccer tournament July 21st at Castleton University. Join the fun on the soccer field if you aren’t at the Green Mountain Lions Camp.
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Thanks Castleton Lions for great fun making memories with family and friends on a beautiful Vermont day!
Castleton Lion’s Annual Ice Fishing Derby celebrated a 40th birthday on February 17th and 18th with hundreds of fishers, families, and friends at Crystal Beach on Lake Bomoseen. The weekend event followed an unusual winter thaw just days prior, but conditions on the ice were excellent. Competitors vied for the heaviest catch of Bass, Pike, Perch or Trout.
This year Fred Shaw of Whitehall, NY caught the winning Perch; angler Matt Muratorri of Hydeville, VT brought in the top Trout; Randy Shaw of Benson, VT wrestled in the leading Northern Pike; meanwhile hometown hero Kylie Eagan of Castleton, VT bagged the winning Bass. See top four in each class here.