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COMING EVENTS
WE'LL BE IN SCITUATE'S ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE
SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 2010 - PARADE STARTS AT 1 PM
The District 33S Eyemobile will lead members of
The North River Community Lions Club as they march in
Scituate's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday, March
14. The parade route is from Gates School, down First
Parish Road and through Scituate Harbor. The Eyemobile
is a rolling clinic that evaluates individuals for hearing,
vision and diabetes. Last year, the Eyemobile was at
Webster Square in Marshfield. In the past, the
Eyemobile has been part of Scituate's Heritage Days.
ALL YOU CAN EAT - PANCAKE BREAKFAST
SUNDAY, MARCH 28, 2010 - 8AM until 12NOON
The North River Community Lions Club will hold its
semi-annual PANCAKE BREAKFAST on Palm Sunday, March 28,
2010, at the Elks Hall on Rt. 139 in Marshfield.
Breakfast will be served from 8AM until 12 Noon. It's
an all-you-can-eat affair, featuring pancakes, scrambled
eggs, sausage, home fries, toast, juice and coffee/tea/milk.
Various Gift Baskets and hand-made wooden crafts will be
raffled. Donation is $5 for adults; $3 for children.
Proceeds will benefit the club's scholarship account.
SPECIAL
PROJECTS
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Helen Keller, who
was blind and deaf from birth, asked Lions Clubs International to
be “her knights of the blind.” For nearly 80 years, Lions Clubs across the world have been
responding to Ms. Keller’s challenge, adopting eyesight conservation
as their main charity. The
motto of Lions is, “We Serve.”
The
club has constructed a handicapped-accessible
ramp for
a 9-year girl in Marshfield who attends the Perkins School for the
Blind. The club purchased
the materials for the ramp and club members provided all the
necessary labor. In recognition of the club's efforts, and
wanting to be part of an organization that "serves," the
little girl's mother joined the North River Community Lions Club!!
The club has also teamed twice
with South Shore Habitat for Humanity in helping to finance and
construct accessible
bathrooms
for two Marshfield families. The club donated a fiberglass
shower stall for the project, as well as providing financial support.
The
club is also involved in
eyeglasses
for sight.
On a regular basis, in conjunction with
LENSCRAFTERS "GIFT
OF SIGHT"
program,
the
club provides eye exams and eyeglasses for families that cannot
afford them. And, on-going at all times is the
the
collection of used eyeglasses. Collection
boxes are in two towns for residents to deposit used eyeglasses.
Donations of used eyeglasses may be made at collection boxes
located at the Marshfield Town Hall, the Marshfield branch of the
Rockland Trust Company, and the Village
Market in Scituate, or by emailing the club at
info@northriverlions.org.
for mailing information. The glasses are then
brought to our "partner,"
LENSCRAFTERS
who reconditions
them and distributes them to needy persons in third-world countries.
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