Lakewood First Lions Club members recently gathered to sort eyeglasses collected from the Lakewood community.
Lions Club tests kids’ hearing on first day of classes
On the first day of school at Four Heroes Elementary School in Lakewood, more than fifteen members of the Lakewood First Lions Club and the Dupont Lions Club gathered to perform sight and hearing testing on some 585 students.
Caring for Kids gives away 400+ backpacks
More than 400 under served children and their parents recently attended a back to school fair at Springbrook Park sponsored by Caring for Kids.
Donate your old eyeglasses
Looking to donate those eyeglasses you’ve had laying around the house for a long time? Look no further than the Lakewood First Lions Club, which has been collecting and recycling used eyeglasses since 1954.
The used eyeglasses collected by the club (more than 6,000 in 2014) are processed and packaged by the Northwest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center in Lacey, which either includes them in their own humanitarian efforts or distributes them to other humanitarian groups traveling to developing countries.
Easter egg hunt at Springbrook Park
Approximately 300 Lakewood children participated in an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, March 28th, at Springbrook Park, sponsored by the Lakewood First Lions Club and Caring for Kids.
Klingenberg named ‘Lion of the Year’
Jillian Klingenberg, Heritage Bank Lakewood’s assistant branch manager, was recently named Lakewood First Lion Club “Lion of the Year” for 2014, for her efforts on behalf of the club’s apple sales and crab feed.
Lions helps test students sight, hearing
Since September, the Lakewood First Lions Club, in conjunction with the Dupont Lions Club, have tested over 6,350 elementary and middle school children in the Clover Park and Steilacoom school districts for sight and hearing issues.
Lions help serve Thanksgiving Dinner
Lakewood First Lions Club members recently helped served Thanksgiving dinner to approximately 400 children and parents at the Lakewood Boys and Girls Club.
Lions Crab Feed set for April 26
Do you like to eat crab? Do you like to dance? Then plan on attending the Lakewood First Lions Club’s Crab Feed and Dance at 6 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 at Clover Park Technical College’s Sharon McGavick Center.
Wine, beer and pop and water are available or you can select to purchase a bottle of wine from the organization’s Wall of Wine. Music provided by the well-known Lakewood band, “The Derivatives.”