You will find the Damascus Lions working in the community in many capacities. Perhaps they will be at the Senior Center, volunteering at the Community Fair or cleaning up the highways. They assist youth with scholarships for higher education and sponsorships in the recreation area. Damascus Lions also have a medical loan closet to meet community medical equipment needs and conduct blood drives to compliment the Blood Banks.
The Lions motto is “We Serve”
The Twelve Days of Lions Christmas Baskets!
By Lion Mary Frances Gosnell
1st
Day of Christmas - 34 Families were assigned to the Lions Club to serve for
Christmas
2nd Day of Christmas - Three Lions worked on profiling the family members
3rd Day of Christmas – Lions willingly took names of children to purchase a
toy/gift for the designated child
4th Day of Christmas – Team of 6 shoppers stormed Kohl’s purchasing outfits for
each child... [+ read more]
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Holiday Party for Damascus Senior Citizens
On Friday December 7th the Damascus Lions Club sponsored a Holiday
Party for local senior citizens at the Damascus Senior Citizen Center.
Thanks to Lion volunteers Lion Sue Suddath, Lion George Hibbard and Lion Joy Schwab.
Our own King Lion Gary Rogers showed up as Santa and was assisted by
"Elf" Lion Ann Davis. See our photo gallery for
pictures.
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Christmas
Wreaths Decorate Main Street
Did you notice the wreaths decorating the lamp posts on Main Street in
Damascus? Every year members of the Lions Club hang these
wreaths as a service to the Damascus community. We hope you
enjoy them! [+read more]
November Blood Drive
By Charlie Hertel, Damascus Lions Club Blood Coordinator
We had our 5th blood drive on Monday November 19, 2007 of the 07-08 year. The blood drive was held at the Damascus Volunteer Fire Department Activity Building between 1:00 to 7:00PM. We collected 96 units of blood. This brings our total so far this year to 311. The American Red Cross collected double reds at this drive. [+ read more]
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Thanksgiving Holiday Baskets
By Lion Mary Frances Gosnell Food and more food!!!
When we walked into the food storage area at Damascus Chevy on Friday, we couldn’t believe what we saw. Stacks and stacks, piled high and deep, of nonperishable foods and all collected from Rocky Hill - some 2800 plus items. It was a sight to be seen. And then the “Haulers” brought in more food from Damascus High School. The students did a great job in their promoting the Food Drive.
[+ read more]
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Local
Student attends Festival in Peru sponsored by their Lions Club.
At our November 6 meeting, 17 year old Damascus High School
student, Colleen Murphy, gave a presentation on her trip to Peru
to attend the Festival of Spring sponsored by the local Peruvian
Lions Club. We were most impressed with Colleen's
presentation and asked her to share on our website. [+ Read Colleen's article and
view photos ]
Pancake Breakfast
By Lions Joy Schwab and Sue Suddath
The Fall Pancake Breakfast was held Saturday, October 20th from 7
- 11a.m. at the Damascus United Methodist Church. On Friday, October
19th the Set-Up crew made ready the Dining Room. Saturday started at
5:30 a.m. with the preparations of the food - pancakes, sausage,
scrambled eggs, chipped beef, biscuit, home fries, hot apples,
orange juice, coffee and etc. The Bake Table received items to be
sold. [+ Read more]
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Walk 4Hearing - ROARING DAMASCUS LIONS
By Lion Mary Frances Gosnell, Captain of 1way4Gran2hear
Between Pavilion B and C you could clearly see a group of Yellow Hats, Yellow Vests and a bit of purple mingled in - Couldn’t miss them, they were bright! There were 10 of them! They had come to support the Walk4Hearing at the Damascus Regional Park on Sunday, October 28. And at the Sweepstakes end of the walk, there was another one with his car laden with water bottles for the walkers. [+ Read more]