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”
By Lion Mary Frances Gosnell
Food and more food!!!
TWELVE DAYS OF LIONS CHRISTMAS BASKETS
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
5th Day of Christmas – Teams were assign families that they
will deliver to.
6th Day of Christmas – Lions gathered in their pick-ups and
vans to pick up the nonperishable foods from the school food drives and from NRC
7th Day of Christmas - 25 Lions, friends, Leos and students
unpacked and sorted approximately 10,000 nonperishable items in two hours.
8th Day of Christmas - Santa Albert and his Helpers canvassed
the Damascus area merchants for monetary donations for the Christmas Basket
Project
9th Day of Christmas - 10 Lions wrapped gifts and stuffed
Santa’s bag full for each family.
10th Day of Christmas - Teams and helpers packed food boxes for
each family. Homemade Cookies, Candy, Canes, extra toys, homemade wooden toys,
stuffed animals, Filled Christmas Stockings , fresh produce, handmade Christmas
Cards by Girl Scout Troop 2479, and two bath towels were packed in a white bag
with red ribbon for each family
11th Day of Christmas – 11 Delivery Teams consisting of 25
Lions and friends delivered 3 boxes of food, bag of family gifts, bag of toys
and gifts for each child to 78 children, and 77 adults all of which were in 34
families.
12th Day of Christmas - Packed up excess nonperishable (Est.
1500 items) and delivered to Help Food pantry. Cleaned up! Write reports and
thank you notes.
Lions, Partners-In-Service, Friends, Leos and Students - Thank you for your
support – It took all of us working together to make it happen. About 50 of us
were involved with the project, worked about 230 hours and spent $3500 serving
34 families consisting of 78 children and 77 adults.
It warms the heart when you arrive at a family home, the children are just
getting up in the morning and Santa is at the door - bringing in gifts and food
– while the family is so excited and appreciative you see them standing their
saying thank you with tears rolling down their little cheeks! I Believe!
It warms the heart when you have everything packed up; closing the door on the
project, and a pick-up comes rolling in the parking lot. He comes over to us and
asks if we have an extra food to spare. Seems as though his neighbor has hit
some hard times and he remembered the Lions usually had food leftover and asked
us to support his neighbor. Love Thy Neighbor!
And it warms the heart to hear Lions talk about the project and how the families
touch their hearts!
We Serve!
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