Saying goodbye to beloved member, Dick Prine

 

Poulsbo Lion Dick Prine

Today at 2 pm at Nelson Park in Poulsbo, our Lions, friends and family say goodbye and remember good times in a memorial service for Dick Prine.

 

Dick brought our American flags service project to the club, was instrumental in the waterfront boardwalk, Fish Park boardwalks and platforms, making batter for our annual pancake breakfast and so much more over decades of service. He will truly be missed.

 

Our Poulsbo Lions are providing a spaghetti meal today with a dessert potluck.

 

A lot of people are expected and parking is limited at the park. Integrity Roofing is opening their lot for parking.

 

 

Firehouse Garden ripe with good, organic veggies

 

Our Firehouse Garden has produced 270 pounds of organic veggies for ShareNet Food Bank with this morning's 30-pound harvest.

 

We had everything from plums and blackberries to onions, musk melon, broccoli, kale, chard, celery, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, and one mini pepper.

 

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Musk melons highlight food bank donation

 

We've got musk melons! They, along with many other veggies, made 46 lbs we donated Friday to ShareNet.

 

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Poulsbo Lions give community orchestra $1,000 donation

 

We love our Poulsbo Community Orchestra and have been supporting it since its inception.

 

Barb Stark, representing the orchestra, picked up a $1,000 check from Poulsbo Lion treasurer John Macdonald at Thursday's meeting.

 

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Loads of string beans today for ShareNet

 

Our Firehouse Garden produced 25 lbs of onions, tomatoes (2 kinds), string beans, kale, chard, sweet peas, and cucumbers Friday for Sharenet Food Bank. Blackberries were also picked just outside the garden.

 

There will be many more tomatoes, as well as eggplant, musk melon and squash to come!

 

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59 unhoused and needy individuals get help with laundry

 

Well, we managed to spend a whopping $767.30 at Loads of Change yesterday, helping 59 people with 187 loads of wash and 117 dryer loads. We kept those machines hoppin'!

 

Donations are EVERYTHING! We were blessed with a couple handfuls of quarters, laundry detergent and body wipes, and a check for $100. Everything is truly appreciated! (Thanks again, Brooklyn, for the gorgeous flowers!)

 

We help people who are unhoused, living in their cars, and who just need a helping hand. If you're inclined to donate, physical items may be dropped off at John L. Scott Real Estate on 10th Avenue, Poulsbo, attn: Dennis Deitch. Online, you can use poulsbolions@gmail.com for PayPal donations; and if you need to mail a check, please write it to Poulsbo Lions Club, PO Box 1244, Poulsbo, WA 98370 (Loads of Change noted on the check please).

 

Feel free to use the QR code to donate too! And thanks so much.

 

 

All kinds of Firehouse Garden produce hits food bank

 

Lions Rob and Terry, and volunteer Sylvie, harvested and picked 34 lbs for ShareNet this morning from our organic Firehouse Garden. We took in broccoli, sweet peas, eggplant, cucumbers, cabbage, chard, celery, kale, onions, and blackberries.

 

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Laundry Day is Aug. 20

 It's clean laundry day this Weds., Aug. 20, from 2-6 pm!

 

Finger lickin' good chicken at Poulsbo Lion annual picnic

 

43 Poulsbo Lions and family members, Leos and others picnicked at Nelson Park Aug. 14. Past president David Damazo and his wife, Becky, brought KFC chicken, Tom Settle brought corn on the cob (a Dick Prine favorite!) and others brought a variety of food and desserts to the annual potluck.

 

Special guests included Miss West Sound Ally Newhouse, Poulsbo Evening Pride Branch Club member Amanda Cheatham and her mom, and the new NKHS principal, Dr. Jimmy Sellers. We were also treated to Mike Regis, a past Poulsbo Lions Club president.

 

The evening concluded with the playing of chicken cornhole which was won again by Leo-Lion Emalee Burgh and her partner, Newhouse.

 

Lions Ken Hatton and Gretchen Dunmire

Lion Emmalee Burgh and EP Lion Amanda Cheatham with two NKHS Leos playing corn hole.

Lions Sherri Burch and Dennis Deitch

  

Lots of fresh greens for ShareNet

 

We picked 25 lbs of broccoli, string beans, sweet peas, eggplant, cucumber, cabbage, and squash this morning for ShareNet Food Bank clients.

 

We'll soon have tomatoes and bell peppers (shown in photo).

Many families fed with Firehouse Garden organic veggies

 

We harvested 32 lbs of fresh veggies for ShareNet this morning from our Firehouse Garden. Veggies include: broccoli, beans, kale, chard, cucumbers, blackberries, eggplants, and onions.

 

Our July total: 183 lbs!

 

This garden feeds a lot of North Kitsap families.

 

 

Pole beans to blackberries delivered to Kingston food bank

 

We dropped off 15 lbs of organic veggies (broccoli, pole beans, sweet peas, kale, celery, chard, cucumbers, cabbage, red and green lettuce, and a pound of blackberries to ShareNet this morning.

 

Just a note: If you have fruit trees and don't want to pick the fruit, contact Kitsap Harvest (info@kitsapharvest.org) to pick the fruit and give it to food banks, senior centers, etc.

Smith earns permanent Poulsbo Lion blue vest

Poulsbo Lion Max Smith earned his permanent blue vest at today's meeting. He had to do things such as attend a board meeting, help on a Lion project, and visit another club.... He was a North Kitsap Leo and is just one of our Leo-to-Lion members. Way to go Max!

Lion Max Smith

 

 

63 lbs of organic veggies taken to ShareNet Food Bank

 

 Poulsbo Lions picked blackberries and harvested 63 lbs total of broccoli, beans, kale, celery, chard, cucumbers, radishes, cabbage, and red and green lettuce today, delivering it to Lydia at ShareNet.