High school Leos receive boat ride as thanks for pancake breakfast help

 

Lion pancake breakfast chairs Dennis Deitch and Terry Blais picked a beautiful day to take Leo high school students for a boat ride to say "Thank you" for all of their help during the Viking Fest event. Dennis keeps his boat at the Poulsbo Yacht Club, where we found this heron hanging out.

 

These 10 students made a BIG difference at our Viking Fest pancake breakfast.... and the best news is we ended up giving out $10,000 in scholarships.

 

Our fair city from the water.

Firehouse Garden getting underway

 

The eight beds at the Firehouse Garden off 10th Street are being planted now. Evening Pride Branch Lions Club is looking for a hose, nozzle, and lawn mower to mow the pathways down as the weeds grow. Also any starter plants are welcomed - especially beans, peas, and squashes would be greatly appreciated. Poulsbo Lions will be working on the garden at least every Tuesday and Saturday from 9 am to noon. All vegetables will be donated to Sharenet in Kingston.

Update: Many thanks to a local farmer, Jen Clark of Poulsbo, for contributing two flats of vegetables, Poulsbo Fire Station for donating tomato starts, and to Olmsted's Nursery for giving us a discount on many more starts.

Clean sweep for Viking Avenue

 

The group responsible for a clean Viking Avenue - Sherri Burch, Andy Hento, Pat Burch, Greg Supancheck, Chuck Weaver and Terry Blais (she took the photo). We consolidated our trash bags down to 4 big ones.

 

Lion Andy Hento

Lions Pat Burch and Chuck Weaver picked up trash so heavy it took both of them to carry the bag! Chuck wasn't happy....

Exceptional Leos earn variety of awards; new Leo to Lion member too

 

Congrats to these Leos! From left: Ashley Jayroe (NKHS Leo of the Year), Gemma Clohesy and Abby Brown (tied for KHS Leo of the Year), Wren Mason-Todd (Peace Poster winner), Emalee Burgh (PMS Leo of the Year), Mackenzie Crow (KMS Leo of the Year) and Nate Blanchard (100% Leo President and Leo Leadership Award for MD19 District C).

 

Nate Blanchard, a senior at NK High, has earned the 100% Leo Club President award for 2017-2018.

 

Lion Karl Ostheller with Ashley Jayroe, a Running Start student and NKHS Leo, earned the Leo Leadership Award for 2017-2018.

 

Emalee Burgh got her name engraved on the plaque for Leo of the Year for the Poulsbo Middle School Leo Club.

 

Lion Karl Ostheller and Mackenzie Crow of Kingston Middle School - the Leo of the Year Award winner for 2017-2018.

 

Gemma Clohesy and Abby Brown share the Leo of the Year award for the Kingston High Leo Club.

 

Poulsbo Middle School student Wren Mason-Todd accepts a Certificate of Achievement for her Peace Poster from Vice District Governor=Elect Patrick Burch.

 

Lion Karl Ostheller places pins on our newest Poulsbo Lion member, Nate Blanchard, who is going to Cal-Poly this fall in biology.

 

 

 

 

Free concert courtesy of Poulsbo Noon Lions

 

Poulsbo Lions are sponsoring this performance! It's FREE (donations gladly accepted).

Bellringer funds given to St. Vincent de Paul

 

Poulsbo Lions President John MacDonald handed $10,000 to John and Maureen Sawaya of St. Vincent de Paul at today's noon meeting from our Bellringer Fund! Lion Dennis Tesch (left) serves on our nonprofit Poulsbo Lions Raab Foundation board that administers the funds.

NKHS Leos raise more than $700 with Les Schwab's help

 

North Kitsap High School Leos made and held up signs May 26 in front of Les Schwab for their annual hot dog fund-raiser. Les Schwab donates all of the supplies, including condiments and soda, AND matches whatever the students raise.

 

Leos show a lot of spirit!

 

Lion Joe Stenstrom grills the hot dogs.

 

Lots of paying customers came by and donated big bucks for hot dogs, including many Poulsbo Lions. 

Update: $724.16 was raised by the NK High Leos with their hot dog fund-raiser.

Vision of 652 children screened for the 2017-18 Lions year

Poulsbo Lions screened the vision of 21 kids at the Strong Family Picnic May 23, making 5 referrals. For this Lion year (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) we've screened a record 652 children. Last year, that number was just under 500.

May 24 noon meeting filled with awards and banner gift

 

Vice District Governor Pat Burch presents Elda Armstrong with a certificate for completing the third and final leg of The Lions Journey, of which there are requirements for service, leadership and growth. Congrats Elda!

 

Lion Thomas from Norway presented President John Macdonald with a banner from his club today.

 

President John Macdonald and Vice District Governor Pat Burch were on hand to present former President Kent Lord (far right) with a centennial patch for an increase in members while he led our Poulsbo Noon Lions.

Strawberry Shortcake booth nets $1,400

 

Many thanks for supporting our Strawberry Shortcake Booth during Viking Fest! It brought in $1,400 to be used in the NK community.

Pancake breakfast raises $10k for scholarships

 

We are THRILLED to announce we're giving $10,000 in North Kitsap scholarships this year thanks to a fantastic pancake breakfast! Vikings overran a pancake grill Sunday, much to our NKHS Leos' delight.

 

Lion Kevin Hogan and his daughter, Sydnee, were on hand to make eggs to order.

 

An NK High Leo helps Lion Kent Lord with table bussing and garbage.

 

Lions Elda Armstrong and Karen Reitan enjoy a moment.

 Lions Tom Settle and Dick Prine whip up another batch of pancake batter.

$3,225 collected May 4 and 5 for sight and hearing

 

Thanks to the efforts of many, we brought in a grand total of $3,225 for sight and hearing during our White Canes campaign May 4 and 5. Above, Lions Larry Linn and Sherri Burch collected at Walmart.

 

Lion Elda Armstrong teamed up with Miss Poulsbo Natalia Tucker in front of Central Market. 

 

 NKHS Leos Ryon Singleton and Spencer Grubb collected for White Canes at Central Market.

 

Lion Chuck Weaver collected more than $500 in two hours downtown.

 

North Kitsap High Leo President Nate Blanchard and Vice President Ashley Jayroe took a late afternoon shift at Walmart.

 

Lions John Macdonald (president) and Ann Best joined forces at Red Apple for a bit Friday afternoon.

 

Three Lions graduate from leadership institute

 

Vancouver, B.C. is gorgeous this time of year with flowers blooming and black squirrels running amuck (see it in the V of the tree?).

 

Pat Burch (vice district governor and Poulsbo Lion) was a coach May 10-13 at the NW Lions Leadership Institute, while fellow Lions Sherri Burch, Carol Ryan and Terry Blais completed the coursework and graduated.

 

Meeting Lions from so many other clubs in Washington, Idaho and British Columbia was also a perk. Lots of ideas for service projects and fund-raisers were shared. Above, Carol Ryan ran into another Carol from Vancouver while on a coffee run.

$10,000 given to Fishline from Lions Bellringer Fund

 

Poulsbo Lions Club presented to Fishline a check in the amount of $10,000 from their holiday Bellringer funds! Many thanks for the generosity and support of Poulsbo Lions and our community. (Left to right): President John Macdonald, Linda Burris and Dennis Tesch.

Calhoun places second in achievement speech

 

Congrats to Steve Calhoun on placing second at our district convention for his achievement speech on vision screening! Second Vice District Governor Pat Burch presented the certificate at our noon meeting today.

Highway interchanges are clean once again!

 

These Poulsbo Lions picked up litter at the Highway 3/Highway 305 interchanges April 24. From left: Greg Supancheck, Dori Swokowski, Pat and Sherri Burch, Carol Ryan, Eric Thanem, Pat Osler and Terry Blais. Sylvie Blais helped too (and took the photo!).

Lots of Lions hit Bremerton for spring convention

 

We're proud of Lion Steve Calhoun for getting up in front of everyone at the MD19 Spring Convention Saturday to give an achievement speech about vision screening. Lions Larry Linn and Carol Ryan were there along with many other Poulsbo Lions. And Pat Burch won the 50/50 & $1,000!

 

Lions Larry Linn and Carol Ryan

 

Lion Steve giving his 5-minute achievement speech on vision screening.

Fishing derby hooks lots of kids and Lions

 

Poulsbo's Bradley Ryan, 6, shows off his 20" trout. It's his 3rd year in a row of catching trout at our annual fishing derby.

 

Poulsbo Lions Pat Osler, Dennis Deitch and Rick Wright set up fishing poles at the tackle table.

 

A handful of Leos are on hand to sell donuts, coffee, hot chocolate and water. From left to right: Eli Machen (NKHS), Gemma Clohesy (KHS), Nate Blanchard (NKHS Leo president), Emalee Borgh and Wren Mason-Todd (both PMS).

 

Ben, Ryan and Sophie Harris of Poulsbo took home 4 trout this morning. Ben said he caught 10, but released 8.

 

Poulsbo Lions and royalty

 

It was a beautiful, sunny morning as people lined the trout pond near Poulsbo Middle School.

 

 

 

 

Our Leos sort donated eyeglasses

Our Leo clubs have been doing a fabulous job sorting used eyeglasses collected every other week at places like Walmart and Poulsbo Eyecare Center. We get at least one big trash bag full every other week!