Christmas Party

The Lions Club held its annual Christmas Party at Hildaddy's Restaurant.

Lions Tom, Pat, Carla, Dick, Don and Mary:

Lions Dick, Don, guest, Carla, Jack, Carolyn, guest, Barb, Mary, and Kim:

Lions Kim, Tom, and Bill at the Buffet:

Lions Dick, Mary, and Carolyn:

Lions Barb, Caroly, and Jack:

Lions Kim, Jack, Pat, Jeff enjoying dinner with Tamara:

Guest and Lions Dick, Don, and Carla:

KidSight, Fall 2016

The Idaho Springs Lions Club participates in the KidSight program to screen the vision of preschool children.  This year we will have made 15 visits to 12 different schools and daycares to screen 500 children.

Lions Jack and Mike:

Lions Carolyn, Jack, and Laura:

Lion Carolyn and Vickie:

Vickie and some of the kids:

Lion Jack:

Lion Jim:

Lion Laura handles the paperwork, and treats the kids to stickers for their cooperation:

Pumpkin Smash

An organization, Scraps to Soil, in Idaho Springs promotes sustainable practices including composting. The Lions Club has supported their efforts.

Each year, Scraps to Soil holds a Pumpkin Smash on the Saturday after Halloween to promote composting the pumpkins.  But first, everyone has to have fun smashing the pumpkins with everything from a giant hammer to a catapult.

The event has become a major "happening" in town.  The Lions Club had a booth at the event this year, with a good chance to publicize who we are and what we do.

Lions Laura and Barb did all the work, and Lion Jim stopped by for a little while.

Our support for the Scraps to Soil sponsors seems to have been appreciated:

Trunk or Treat

Many people in the Idaho Springs area live in a country setting.  The kids don't have much chance to trick-or-treat, and the homes get few, if any, visitors.

So several organizations in Idaho Springs went together to create have an opportunity for kids to come for a Trick-or-Treat type of experience.  While they were at it, they thought it would be fun for the adults to have some visitors.  They set it all up in a parking lot.  Anyone who wanted to could bring their car, with treats in the trunk; costumes were optional, but a lot of people were dressed for the occasion.  The kids then had lots of places to visit.

The Lions Club had a trunk.

Lion Barb was ready...

... and Lions President Mary and Secretary Carolyn made sure that there were plenty of treats.

Fall Foliage Relay Fundraiser

Our club's fall fundraiser was helping with the "Flaming Foliage Relay" race.

It was a foot race with runners in teams of about 10, running 165 miles - all day and all night to the finish.  Our club members helped set up at the starting area, checked teams in, and checked to be sure each team had all the necessary equipment.  Our members also supervised exchanges between runners at checkpoints 1, 2, and 5.

Lion Past President Mike and the owner, Paul setting up canopies and starting flags.

Lions Jim and Anne getting ready to check in the running teams.

Lion Anne checking a team's equipment.

Lion President Mary and Past President Mike taking pictures of the set-up before the race started.

Runners from the first 4 teams ready for the starting bell to sound.

Lion 6C District Governor Jack supervising exchanges at the first checkpoint.

Lion Laura flagging in a runner at the first checkpoint.

President Mary waiting to supervise runners' exchanges at checkpoint 2.

President Mary ready to supervise the next checkpoint.

Past President Mike ready to supervise the next exchange at checkpoint 2

District 6C Cabinet Meeting

The Idaho Springs Lions Club hosted the 6 - C Cabinet meeting on August 20.

The PDG meeting started the morning.

The program was about the Hearing Dogs.  Cammie was the star of the show!

District Governor (and club member) Jack conducted the meeting.

IS Lions earned a 4 star service pin.

DG Jack brought out his traveling gavel.

Lion Mary led the group in some songs.

PCC Ken Quast reported on the Eye Bank.

Thanks to Cooks - Lions Mary, Laura and Barb!

Lions Annual Picnic

It was an unusually gorgeous evening for our annual picnic!

It was well attended by members and families.

PDG Bill Mehrer and Lion Tom Allen grilled fabulous steaks and salmon for us!

Outgoing President Mike expressed appreciation to his officers for their help.

New Lions Laura Salmons and Barbara Stoffers were inducted by District Governor Jack Russalesi.  Mary Broyles was their sponsor.

District Governor Jack installed Outgoing President Mike Morris as the Tail Twister for the coming year.

District Governor Jack installed PDG Bill and Eye Bank Director and PCC Ken Quast  as Board Members for the coming year.

District Governor Jack installed Lions Anne and Jim White as Lion Tamers for the coming year.

District Governor Jack installed Lion Jeff  Norton as Treasurer for the coming year.

District Governor Jack installed Lion Carolyn Kennedy as Secretary for the coming year.

District Governor Jack installed Carla and Don Allan as Vice Presidents for the coming year.

Finally, District Governor Jack installed Lion Mary as President for the coming year.

We had a delicious, fun and successful evening!