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COMING EVENTS
FALL
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
SUNDAY,
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
 8AM to 12 Noon
Marshfield Elks
Hall, Rt. 139, Marshfield
All you can eat, featuring pancakes, eggs, hash browns,
sausage, toast, juice, tea and coffee. Tickets sold at
the door. Adults $5.00. Children $3.00.
The breakfast also features "tables of raffle prizes!"
All proceeds benefit the club's Scholarship Account.
SPECIAL
PROJECTS
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The
club is proud of its continued participation in Marshfield's
"ADOPT-AN-ISLAND"
program in
cooperation with the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce. The
club maintains the landscaping in front of the Marshfield Harbor
Master's office in Brant Rock, complete with window boxes on
the railings!!. With a commitment to the beautification
of the community, the design was drawn up by a club member.
Donations of plant materials from local merchants and the hard
work of club members have made the
area an attractive
spot.
A
BLUE
RIBBON SITE - FIRST PLACE
- 2003
THIRD
PLACE AWARD - 2005.
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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 eyeseight 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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