COMING EVENTS
 
VISIT US AT THE MARSHFIELD FAIR
AUGUST 20, 2010 thru AUGUST 29, 2010
 
 
Once again we will be operating our GOURMET HOT DOG BOOTH at the annual Marshfield Fair.  Our booth is open from 11AM until Fair Closing each day of the Fair.  We serve the "best hot dogs at the Fair," and also the least expensive!  Our goal is to provide good food at "family-friendly" prices.  Stop by when you're visiting the Fair .... we're located to the right side of the main Fair Exhibit Hall.  All proceeds from the Booth are used to support our community and Lions International charitable work.

 

COMING IN NOVEMBER

ALL YOU CAN EAT - PANCAKE BREAKFAST

 
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2010 - 8AM until 12NOON
 
 
The North River Community Lions Club will hold its semi-annual PANCAKE BREAKFAST on Sunday, November 21, 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
 

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.” 

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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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