Lions help 46 people with clean laundry

Our April Loads of Change served 46 people who are unhoused or low-income. Poulsbo Lions paid $515.25 ($40.50 in donations) for 81 washers and 112 dryers. Lions helping were Ray and Ria McMahon, Terry Blais, Dennis Tesch and Lee Metcalf.

 

Our next Loads of Change will be May 15.

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Rummage sale raises $1,252 for our laundry program

Thanks to everyone who came and bought stuff last Friday! Poulsbo Lions made $1,252 for our Loads of Change service project, where we pay for washers and dryers at the laundromat for the unhoused and low income. We had 4 Leo students and lots of Lions help with this fundraiser. Special thanks to long-time Lion Dottie Ridgeway, who donated all of the items. Bon voyage!

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Clean laundry day is this Wednesday!

Help with getting clean laundry is here for the unhoused and low-income individuals in North Kitsap. This Wednesday, April 17, Poulsbo Lions will be at the Village Laundromat from 2-6 p.m. Your last load of dirty clothes should be in the washer by 5:30 p.m. so they'll have time to get in the dryer before we leave.
 

Drop off a suitcase for a foster kid April 13-27

Poulsbo Lions are helping Miss Evergreen Outstanding Teen with a luggage drive for foster kids. Ideally, the luggage is new or like new, kid-sized with no broken zippers or handles. Typically, foster kids' belongings get tossed into a garbage bag and that's what they take from place to place.

Please help if you can!

Rummage sale to raise funds for Loads of Change

Coming soon - a sale to benefit Loads of Change, our laundromat service for unhoused and low-income individuals. Stay tuned!

 

Calendar features April aurora borealis in Poulsbo

Photographer Jon Oleyar took this striking aurora borealis photo last April. It's this month's featured photo in our Poulsbo Lions' 2024 NK Photo Calendar.

 

Amazing vision team knocks out three schools in two days

Our mighty vision team went twice to CK Montessori and once to Garden Montessori School March 26 and 27, where they screened the eyes of 72 kids, referring 13 on for further care. Lion Steve Calhoun led Lions Karen Reitan, Laurie Carson, Kim DeArton, Gretchen Dunmire, Dan Holt, Pauline Ostheller and Greg Supancheck. Go team!

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Trout arrive April 24 and clean-up around pond follows

Our annual Hooked on Fish fishing derby is an event kids and their families look forward to every year. This year, the fishing derby falls on Saturday, April 27, and will be held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Horticulture Pond, which is near the entrance of Poulsbo Middle School.

Kids aged 12 and under fish for free. Poulsbo Lions will be on hand to loan out fishing poles, add hooks, bobbers and bait, or just offer advice and encouragement.

Leos from North Kitsap High and Poulsbo Middle schools will be selling doughnuts, coffee, cocoa and water.

Poulsbo Lions spent $1,500 on trout this year as for the past couple of years so that kids could hook "lunkers" as well as regularly-sized trout. The fish will go into the pond April 24. Lions will form a work party after their meeting April 25 to weed-eat and clean-up around the pond so there's less brush for hooks and lines to get caught in.
 

Be proud to wear the vest

We wanted to share a Lions International video that we showed at our Lions & Spaghetti night, just because IT'S FUN!

 

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Silverdale Martha & Mary kids receive vision screening

Poulsbo Lions Laurie Sarver, Karen Reitan and Steve Calhoun screened the vision of 14 Silverdale Martha & Mary kids this past week, referring 3 on for further evaluation.

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Service project helps 34 people with laundry

 

Dawn finishes folding her laundry at yesterday's Loads of Change. Poulsbo Lions spent $438.50 ($25.75 from Lions' donations and $7.50 from a man who donated his leftover change at the laundromat). We served 34 people, washing 72 loads and drying 75 loads.

 

Lions Ray and Ria McMahon were on hand as usual, with Terry Blais. Dennis Tesch and Lee Metcalf helped too.

 

Also, we found that Faith Episcopal (across from Taco Time) offers Fresh Start Mondays, where anyone in need can take a shower, do laundry and enjoy lunch in the parish hall. The church also offers clean clothes, hygiene items and food to go!

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