New Member

 District Governor and Council Chair Elect Ted Peterson visited our club meeting. He installed our newest member, Dennis Johnson.

Scholarship

Each year the Lions Club presents a scholarship to a graduating senior from our local high school.

The scholarship was presented at the high school awards ceremony.

Health Fair

 Every year for decades, the Lions Club has led the annual Health Fair in Idaho Springs. Originally this had been organized by Channel 9 television station, but now it is a separate organization.

For the last couple of years we were not able to hold the health fair, largely due to the pandemic. This year, we were delighted to be able to hold the event once again.

This year, we had support from many organizations: 

Of course, everything starts with Signing In:

There were many stations for physical and mental health check-ups and screenings:

...until it was time to Sign Out:

Face-to-Face Meetings Are Back!

We had our first face-to-face meeting that we have had since the pandemic started over two years ago. It was good to see people again!

We had breakfast at Marion's of the Rockies. Einar Jensen from the South Metro Fire District gave a very informative talk about preparing for wildfires-- a topic that is so important where we live.

Relief for Marshall Fire Victims

At the end of last year, a rapidly-moving wildfire starting near Marshall, Colorado, swept through Marshall, Superior, and Louisville. Over a thousand homes were destroyed in a few hours. Lions District 6C was heavily involved is setting up a relief center to provide food, clothing and other essentials for the people left homeless.

Today, Lion Annie volunteered at the distribution center:

Sorting Eyeglasses for Recycling

 Clubs all over the district have been collecting used and discarded eyeglasses. These eyeglasses can be recycled for people who need prescription glasses, but cannot afford them.

The Idaho Springs club collects them around town, as most clubs do. Furthermore, our club also collects lost and abandoned glasses at several of the casinos in Blackhawk. So we make a large contribution to the overall district effort.

People from all over the district are getting together to sort the glasses, to get them ready for the recycling.

KidSight Vision Screening

The club has been able to get back to the screenings, after missing a couple of years because of the pandemic. We are all grateful that at least some of the schools will let us come in and screen the pre-schol kids.

Lions Annie, Mike, and Vickie were one of the teams.

Lion Mike at the camera:

Lion Annie at the camera:

We did one screening jointly with the Nederalnd Lions Club:

Lions Ann Marie from Nederland and Annie from Idaho Springs