Lion Wright celebrates 75 years

 Lion Rick turned 75 Saturday, celebrating with some Lion friends at his home. Happy birthday Rick!

Happy Independence Day!

 

Volunteer Chase Blais helps take down flags along Viking Avenue.

Fireworks may still be going off but Poulsbo Lions have set up and taken down American flags along Hwy 305, Viking Avenue and Front Street today.

Enjoy a safe and sane Fourth of July!

 

#poulsbolions #weserve #americanflags #flagsonthefourth

Oyster Plant Park featured for July in our calendar

Pam Sproul's gorgeous photo of a seemingly floating dock at Oyster Plant Park is the featured for July in our 2024 NK Photo Calendar. At the end of the dock are gourds with purple martins. It's truly a magical place!
 

Club hands out $24,000 in scholarships

We are pleased to announce many of our 2024 Poulsbo Lion scholarship recipients. Lion Karl Ostheller presented checks to Allari Strong and Avery Pruden, and they left before the photo was taken. Our club gave out $24,000 in scholarships this year - the most ever!

 

Row 1: (L to R): Ava Banker, McLean Bowers, Tiffany Le, Matthew Fee

Row 2: Evan Silcott, Viet Tran, Camryn Prouse, Alice Moe, Bristol Hubbard

Row 3: Emalee Burgh, Cor Ellis, Audrey Crossgrove, Quinny Stuart, Ethan White, and Ostheller

 

Congratulations to all of these amazing students!

#bestofthebest #poulsbolions #scholarships #weserve #gotocollege #nkhs #khs

 

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Burgh

 This photo of our scholarship recipients includes Allari and Avery.

Loads of Change helps 45 people with their laundry

Our Loads of Change Wednesday helped 45 people with 57 loads of wash (71 loads in the dryer) to the tune of $384. Special thanks to the Severe Weather Shelter of Kingston for its donation, along with others' donations of cash and pod detergent. We appreciate it! Donations may be left at John L. Scott Real Estate (ask for Pat Osler or Dennis Deitch).

 

Loads of Change helps the unhoused/needy with laundry the third Wednesday of every month at The Village Laundromat in Poulsbo. People need to be from the NK area.

#poulsbolions #cleanlaundry #weserve #helpingthehomeless #serviceproject #communityservice #lovethosequarters #villagelaundromat #poulsbowa

Vision screening team visits close to 500 children in a year

 

Our amazing vision screening team, consisting of 14 Poulsbo Lions this year, screened 468 kids, referring 78 for further testing (17 percent). Our Lions year starts July 1 and ends June 30.

Steve Calhoun leads the team, with these Lions helping him: Karen Reitan, Jeff Olson, Kathy Moncrief, Dan Vogel, Laurie Carson, Laurie Sarver, Gretchen Dunmire, Pauline Osthelle, Michele Grenier, Dan Holt, David Damazo, Greg Supancheck, and Kim DeArton.

#kidscansee #visionscreening #poulsbolions #weserve #theeyeshaveit #Lionsrock

Clean laundry day coming up Wednesday

 

This Wednesday, June 19, is Loads of Change for the unhoused/needy at The Village Laundromat.

A couple of reminders: For North Kitsap residents only, and the last load of wash should be in by 5:30 p.m.

#cleanlaundry #loadsofchange #poulsbolions #serviceproject #feedingquarters #donationswelcome #weserve

Lions set up and take down American flags on Flag Day

 

Poulsbo Lions set up and take down flags on various holidays throughout the year along Highway 305, Viking Avenue and Front Street (pictured).

 

What is the meaning of Flag Day? On this day 246 years ago, Congress created our national flag by commemorating Betsy Ross' creation of the Stars & Stripes.

 

#flagday #americanflag #patriotic #poulsbolions #weserve #fundraiser #flagfundraiser

 

Volunteer Eric Blais picks up a flag on the Viking Avenue route.

Garden gets drip lines with harvest of garlic scapes

 

Poulsbo Lions put in a drip irrigation system last weekend at the Firehouse Garden on 10th Avenue, except for one section, which will get done this next weekend. 

 

Today, six pounds of garlic scapes and butter lettuce were harvested and taken to ShareNet in Kingston.

 

#feedthehungry #firehousegarden #poulsbolions #weserve #poulsbowa #ShareNet #freshvegetables

 

 

Firehouse Garden is off to a great start with a couple of harvests

 

Leeks

Lead by Poulsbo Evening Pride Lion Rob Ratcliff, the Firehouse Garden is producing veggies for ShareNet. Lion Dave Risley took in some leeks we planted last fall, and last Friday, Rob took in around 30 lbs of Bok Choi and Red Leaf lettuce.

#firehousegarden #poulsbolions #weserve #feedthehungry #sharenet #goodfood #poulsboeveningpride

 

Bok choy and lettuce leaves

Firehouse Garden off of 10th Avenue, Poulsbo

 

50 unhoused and needy individuals helped with laundry program

Another successful afternoon of Loads of Change is in the books. We were able to help 50 people doing 78 loads of wash, and drying 71 loads for $478.25 ($90.75 in Lions donations).

Ray and Ria were on hand as usual, along with Terry Blais, with help for a couple of hours from Dennis Tesch and Dennis Deitch.

Many thanks to those of you who donated laundry pods because we really go through them!

#cleanlaundry #weserve #unhoused #needy #poulsbolions #villagelaundromat #loadsofchange

Wednesday is laundry day

Laundry day is coming up this Weds., May 15! We start putting in the quarters at 2 p.m. and the last load to wash should be in by 5:30 p.m.

 

#cleanlaundry #loadsofchange #serviceproject #villagelaundromat #poulsbolions #weserve #donationsappreciated

 

White Cane Days 2024 campaign brings in almost $2,700 for sight and hearing

 

Poulsbo Lions gear up for Viking Fest

 Lions will host a one-day pancake breakfast at Sons of Norway as well as offer smoked turkey legs and frozen bananas as a vendor at the waterfront!

Find out more about the schedule and list of events on their website. https://vikingfest.org/

#VikingFest2024 #Poulsbo #LittleNorway
 

Vogel earns blue vest

Congrats to our newest blue-vest-wearing Poulsbo Lion Dan Vogel (right). His sponsor, Dave Damazo (left) was on hand while Membership Chair Andy Hento listed all of the requirements Dan met to earn the blue vest!

#bluevest #poulsbolions #weserve

 

White Cane Days winds down

 

Lions are still out collecting for White Cane Days! It's our final day and last hour and a half so come on by. This is NK High Leo Jasmine Sonnenberg and volunteer Sylvie Blais collect donations at Town & Country till 4 today.

 

#forsight #forhearing #whitecanedays #poulsbolions #nkhsleos #donate

White Cane Days kicks off at 5 area locations

 

Poulsbo Lions like Rick Wright and Michele Grenier are at your favorite markets collecting for sight and hearing today and tomorrow! Please come by and drop a buck or two.

 

Lions are at the Poulsbo and Kingston Safeways, Town & County, downtown Poulsbo and the post office. Donations are always welcome - via Paypal it's poulsbolions@gmail.com. Thanks! 

#whitecanedays #poulsbolions #weserve #safewaycares #sight #hearing

Robinson's aerial photo a showstopper

 

Ashley Robinson took this photo of Bainbridge Island from an airplane. It's our May 2024 NK Calendar photo and it's spectacular!

#poulsbolions #onaclearday #bainbridgeview #ashleyrobinsonphotographer #fundraiser #2024nkphotocalendar