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COMING EVENTS
SEMI-ANNUAL "ALL YOU CAN EAT"
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011 - 8:00 AM to 12 NOON
ELKS HALL, RT. 139, MARSHFIELD
Our "now famous" breakfast is open to the
public and features an all-you-can-eat menu including
pancakes, scrambled eggs, homefries, sausage, toast, coffee
and juice. Tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for
children, and can be purchased at the door. There will also
be raffles for several gift certificates as well as many
other donated gift items. Activities will be available for
children during the breakfast. All proceeds from
the Breakfast benefit the many charitable works of the Lions
Club, including four annual high school scholarships (Norwell,
Marshfield and Scituate).
Special THANKS to our friends at the Marshfield SHAWS
Supermarket for their generous support of our breakfast.
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 "ONE-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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