Virtual Meetings

 Because of the pandemic, we have had to hold our meetings virtually. However, we have been able to continue many of our service projects.

Flags

On holidays, the club hags flags along the city's two main streets. Businesses contribute, to have a flag hung on their storefront. The contributions fund an annual scholarship for a high school senior.

Lions Jim, Jeff, Mary, and Annie get ready.:

Lion Jim hangs a flag:

Lions Mary and Jeff hang more flags:

The streets look very good with lot of flags flying:

Annual Picnic

 The club has been meeting online, but we decided to try an in-person gathering for our annual picnic.

Each person brought their own food. We practiced the recommended social distancing as best we could.

It was good to be able to see each other.

Keeping Going During Pandemic

Our club has been faced with the same obstacles that every other club has faced. We have been able to maintain some of our projects, such as of hanging flags around town on holidays. We have also  been able to take on a few new projects, including food distribution. Our meetings became online virtual meetings.

KidSight

Every Fall, the club screens the vision of preschoolers in our area. This year, between November 14 and December 12, we screened the vision of 341 children.

Lion Annie starts the process off, while Lion Laura helps the child focus. Lions Carolyn and Jack take care of the paperwork:

Lions Laura, Jim, and Carolyn celebrate finishing at the first school:

Lion President Mike participates on the camera:

PDG Jack takes over the camera:

And Lion Carolyn hands out stickers to reward the children for doing their part in getting their eyes checked:

Dynamite Days

Dynamite Days is the annual fair for the city of Idaho Springs.

At the event, the Lions Club set up a booth to publicize our activities and services to the community:

Lions Carolyn, Mary, Annie, Carla, and Barb opened the booth:

No doubt that this was the Lions' show:

Attendance at the booth was strong all day:

The club gave away surplus reading glasses. These helped illustrate our services for vision. Lions Carolyn, Mary, Barb, and Jim help staff the later afternoon:

The club also gave away children' books that had been donated. These helped illustrate our services for literacy:

Flaming Fall Foliage Fund Raiser

As a fund-raiser, the club helps support the Flaming Fall Foliage Relay Race, which runs 168 miles from Idaho Springs to Buena Vista.

Set up is at 3:30 am in Idaho Springs, so we can be ready when the first teams of runners arrive at 4:00 am.:

PDG Jack checks the teams in:

Lion Carolyn hands out the T-Shirts:

A bit later, Lion Jeff mans the first relay station, where runners hand off to team-mates:

Yet further down the road, Lions Laura and Sandy man another exchange point:

Runner teams await the arrival of their runner at the exchange location:

Lion Sandy can attest that the work is quite hard:

At least there is spectacular scenery and the company of wildlife at the exchange points:

At another exchange yet further up the road, Lions Mary and Barb help out: