Get your hot dogs TODAY

North Kitsap High School Leos are serving up hot dogs and chili, pop and bottled water in the Les Schwab parking lot today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., so take a friend to lunch!
Les Schwab provided all of the funds for this Leo Club fund-raiser AND will match the club's sales.

A special visitor to the Strawberry Shortcake booth

This 'lady in waiting' stopped at our Strawberry Shortcake booth Saturday at the waterfront and talked about her costume and its history. 

She did not buy any strawberry shortcake, but did attract several others that did!

 

Our strawberry shortcake booth brought in net proceeds of $820.93. Lion Ginger  Shields headed up the booth with set-up and take-down help from her hubby, Jim, and Lions Chuck Weaver and Tom Settle. Several Lions helped from Friday thru Sunday. Below are Lions Larry Linn and Sherri Burch.

 

Photos courtesy of Larry Bennett

 

 

I love a parade

Here are Lions Pat and Sherri Burch in the Viking Fest parade Saturday afternoon.

Photo courtesy of Johnny Walker at http://www.almostcandid.net/

Youth Exchange families sought

The Lions Youth Exchange Program is in need of host families for 2-3 weeks this summer for several young people visiting from Europe and Japan. Host families must be sponsored by a Lions Club, but do not need to be Lions members themselves. If you know of someone that would make an ideal host family for our program, please pass the word along to them immediately!

Thank you Lions!

Lion Kathy Schumer
MD-19 Lions Youth Exchange
Incoming European Coordinator
kshoom@comcast.net
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www.LionsYouthExchange.org

New Lions - Lawson and Chatman

Two new Lions just got inducted with their sponsors by their sides - (left to right) sponsor Greg Supancheck (a new Lion!) brought in Frank Lawson, and Dwane Chatman was brought in by Chuck Weaver. It's GREAT to be a Poulsbo Lion!

 

 

Hat and apron made for Norseman

We've got the Norseman himself advertising our pancake breakfast and Strawberry Shortcake booth this weekend! Gotta love that. Lion Pauline Ostheller sewed the apron and Lion Elda Armstrong made the chef's hat - XXXXXXL? It's BIG.

For $5 a kid and $7 an adult, you can eat pancakes (plain, chocolate chip and blueberry!), sausage, eggs (scrambled or made to order), and enjoy orange juice, coffee and milk. It's a full-meal deal that brings in money for high school scholarships. Hope to see you there!

 

Photo by Lion Lynnea Heerman

 

Dressed for success

Photo by Lion Terry Blais

Our pancake breakfast chairman Scott Puhn (Viking on the left) and President Pat Burch make the local newspaper!

http://www.northkitsapherald.com/community/259088761.html?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=socialmedia

Thanks James Lumber!

It's great to have such wonderful community support for our annual pancake breakfast! Thanks to James Lumber for their sign!

Photo by Lion Terry Blais

Thanks Liberty Bay Auto!

Our incredibly yummy pancake breakfast is coming up next weekend! Thanks to Liberty Bay Auto for advertising our event for us, and to Lion June Cotner for taking the photo. We hope to see you all at the North Kitsap High School Commons next Saturday and Sunday (it's so good, you'll want to eat there BOTH days!).

Photo by Lion June Cotner

Outstanding White Canes efforts by newest members

A few of our newer Lions were recognized for their efforts during White Canes last weekend and given a white cane award - Steve Calhoun and Dwane Chatman (pictured), and Dennis Deitch.

We've got our final stats from the 2-day White Cane Days last weekend:
* 38 Lions worked 191 hours
* $3,646 was collected (just short of what we collected last year)
* Lions George Dierking (at Kingston Albertson's) and Pauline Ostheller (office) put in 6 hours apiece
* 4 Lions worked 4 hours each - Herb and Elda Armstrong, President Pat Burch, Mike Alvarado, and Lynnea Heerman
* 3 Lions worked 3 hours each - Ginger as Leo the Lion, and Chuck Weaver and Pat Osler.
* 3 of our newest members earned a big white cane - Duane Chatman, Steve Calhoun, and Dennis Deitch.
Thanks to everybody for a great 2-day event to benefit sight and hearing!!!

 

Photo by Lion Terry Blais

 

Great Give results

60 people donated $3,500 to NK Schools Foundation during the Kitsap Great Give May 6. That's BEFORE matching funds! So the total is approximately $7,000. Whoo hoo!

Kitsap Great Give is TODAY!

 

Today's the day to give!

The North Kitsap Schools Foundation is participating in the Kitsap Great Give, a 24-hour online fund-raising event presented by the Kitsap Community Foundation and the United Way of Kitsap County.

One of the things that makes this community-wide day of giving so exciting is that donations to NKSF and other participating nonprofits will be matched by more than $100,000 from Great Give sponsors.

Here's what you can do to help: Go to http://kitsapgreatgive.org/#npo/north-kitsap-schools-foundation between midnight and 11:59 p.m. and make a tax-deductible donation to NK Schools Foundation. Tell your friends, colleagues and family about this opportunity to be part of the biggest day of philanthropy in Kitsap County history.

All donations, plus our share of the matching funds, support NK students and help bridge the gap between state funding and local needs. Since 2012, the foundation has given $70,000 to local schools to provide direct support to students who are underperforming in math, reading and science; fund STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs, and restore services affected by budget cuts.

Thank you for your support!

White Canes May 2-3

 

Lions Scott Puhn and Mike Regis pull first shift at Albertson's for White Cane Days Saturday, May 3.

 

Always a good sign. Pun intended.

 

Our Lions staff: (front) Dottie Ridgeway and Claudia Dierking; (back) President Pat, June Cotner, and Sherri Burch. We were able to use an empty office space near Azteca for White Cane Days. Lions could grab a bottle of water and a cookie, an apron and an empty container for donations.



All photos by Terry Blais

 

Not a Lion, though she's big in Lion spirit, Regan Vincent (age 7) collected donations in front of Albertson's from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday. She collected $56 and a frosted sugar cookie with sprinkles.

 

Lion Sherri Burch chaired White Canes this year, 33 Lions helped out, eyeglasses were collected for recycling, and a grand total of $3,646.26 was collected over the two days.

Club receives Founders Patch

George Dierking (left), president of the West Sound Branch of Lions Project New Hope Northwest, presents President Pat with the Joel Graves Founders patch at today's noon meeting for our $500 contribution.

Three Poulsbo Lions earn blue vests

We have 3 new Lions who've earned their permanent blue vests. President Pat handed out "coupons" good for the vests since they've been ordered but aren't here yet. From left to right: Lions Steve Calhoun, Dennis Deitch, and Greg Supancheck.

Also, at the noon meeting, we found out that Fish Park has a lot fewer blackberry branches thanks to the hard work of Lions Karl and Pauline Ostheller, Steve Calhoun, Dennis Peters, and Rich Colpitts, who pulled a bunch out this past weekend.

Lions spend Earth Day cleaning up interchanges

Photo by Eric Blais

Happy Earth Day! Our club completed another highway litter clean-up. Seven people showed up and it took just over an hour. Even the rain held off until we were done. Our three interchanges are spotless! In the photo above, from left to right: Lions Chuck Weaver, Sherri Burch, Terry Blais, Larry Linn, Eric Thanem and Pat Burch.

Lion Larry Linn

Our Adopt-a-Highway areas were pretty clean. We left only four white bags of trash behind with a couple of larger pieces of plastic.

 

Lion Chuck looked oh so pretty with his found bow.



Eric, Chuck and Larry

Another egg hunt under our belts

Photos by Lion Lynnea Heerman

Lions Dennis Deitch and Patrick Osler took on parking duty at the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Raab Park Saturday, April 19.

 

A little rain didn't spoil the joy Leo the Lion (aka Lion Ginger Shields) brought to the kids.

 

Lion Ryan Smart's son, Aiden, ready to hunt with his adorable Easter egg basket.

 

Miss Poulsbo Emily Ward and Miss Silverdale Ryleigh Hazen showed up for the event too.

Fishing for the big one

Photos by Lion Terry Blais

For many years, Lion Herb Armstrong has chaired the Hooked on Fishing Derby event. For one day in April every year, kids aged 11 and under can come and fish for rainbow trout for free.

 

This April 19th day was chilly with a few sun breaks, but the banks of the pond - located between Poulsbo Elementary and Poulsbo Middle schools, was lined with kids and parents, or grandparents.

 

 

Our club not only has a bunch of fishing poles kids may use, but also offers services such as attaching a hook on a line (as Lion John MacDonald is doing above for 7-year-old Regan Vincent), teaching a kid how to cast, explaining what a bobber is, and putting bait on the hook. Worms and power bait was available to everyone.

 

 

Lion Chuck Weaver brought his granddaughter, Hanna, to fish. She caught this on her first cast!

 

 

North Kitsap High School freshman Thorne measures and cleans fish for kids like Lorenzo, above. This fish was 16" long - the biggest catch of the day.

 

 

Lion Pat Olsen and his wife, Jessica, were able to enjoy the event after Pat worked so hard to clean brush from around the pond last week.

 

 

Lion Lynnea Heerman brought her camera and little dog to the event.







Work party helps clean up pond

Photos by Terry Blais

 Lion Patrick Olsen (above) led the pond clean-up efforts Friday, April 11, between Poulsbo middle and elementary schools. The work party cleared litter, branches and more from the pond, which was stocked with 480 trout for our club's annual Hooked on Fishing Derby.

 

Lion Steve Calhoun loads blackberry vines and other debris into a wheelbarrow.

 

Lion Kent Lord chats about the clean-up plan with Bill Stock of Trout Unlimited.

 

Lion Tom Settle got a weed eater capable of cutting back some saplings growing along the banks.

 

Ducks and Canada geese enjoy the far side of the pond. It's really a pretty area.

 

Pat Allen of Trout Unlimited dons chest waders to pull out cattails in the pond. Our Hooked on Fishing Derby is Sat., April 19, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

EP Lions awarded at Spring Convention 2014

 

These Evening Pride Branch Lions have every reason to be proud. The International President's Certificate of Appreciation was awarded to Erika Risley (left) for her outstanding work as the District Membership Chair at the Multiple District Spring Convention in Tacoma April 11-12.

IPDG Dave Risley was awarded the District Governor's Appreciation Award for Service as Election Chair.

And the International President's Certificate of Appreciation was awarded to Dottie Ridgeway for her work on Lions Project New Hope Northwest and for contributions to the Poulsbo Noon Lions and Poulsbo Evening Pride Branch Lions Clubs

Photos courtesy of Dottie Ridgeway

Poulsbo Lions Pauline and Karl Ostheller went to Spring Convention, along with President Pat and Sherri Burch. Pat was named Best Dressed Putt Putt Golfer. Sorry we don't have a photo of that! The miniature golf event was on Friday afternoon.

 

Also in attendance were Poulsbo Lions Sandi and Jay Dahlquist, Elda and Herb Armstrong, and Karl Ostheller.

 

Claudia and George Dierking of Evening Pride Branch enjoy the Saturday night banquet.

 

Dick and Ginny Risley of EP Branch were in attendance, as well.

 

Lion Jan Weatherly was voted 2nd Vice District Governor, and Lion Al Hedstrom was voted 1st Vice District Governor. The new District Governor is John Kirry.