Mt. Vernon Lions Club Monday night awarded two $750 Scholarships to Paul Ryan and Tyler Elliot.
Congratulations to both and we hope our gift to you will help you in the future!
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The Mount Vernon Lions Club voted at our last meeting to help sponsor an artist's square once again at this years Chalk the Walk. Mt. Vernon President, Paul Fugate, says, "We see that Chalk the Walk is one of the best event's to be apart of, the city of Mt. Vernon supports us, so we feel we should support it back. Our club is happy to support Chalk the Walk and we look forward to an amazing event again this year." The Mt. Vernon Lions club at our March 25 meeting voted to donate $250 to the Iowa Lions Foundation.
The Iowa Lions Foundation is a non-profit Iowa Corporation. It is an integral part of the Lions Clubs of Iowa and is supported by the voluntary contributions of Lions Clubs, Lions and friends throughout the State of Iowa. The Iowa Lions work with many agencies to fulfill our motto, "We Serve". These agencies include: Iowa KidSight Iowa Lions Eye Bank University of Iowa Cochlear Implant Center Iowa Lions Hearing Aid Bank Iowa School for the Deaf We are proud to donate to the foundation and we continue to support what the Iowa Lions Foundation is doing. Stuff the Bus, the WMT Radio event encouraging people to donate items for those in need, is making its annual stop in Mount Vernon this coming week.
Your Lions Club voted at their meeting to do a match of $300 to its members! So far our members have donated $150 toward the match. We hope the rest of our membership will match this by tomorrow. They will be accepting toys, games, clothing, blankets and other items for those in need. Monetary donations are also welcome. What's collected locally will stay local, with distribution through Southeast Linn Community Center in Lisbon. Selah Loyd a 6th grade student at Mt. Vernon Middle School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Mt. Vernon Lions Club.
The Mount Vernon Lions Club Screened over 80 Children this month with the Iowa Kidsight Programs. The Iowa KidSight is a joint project of the Lions Clubs of Iowa and the University of Iowa, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, dedicated to enhancing the early detection and treatment of vision impairments in Iowa’s young children (target population 6 through 48 months of age) through screening and public education. Parents will be notified if any such problems arise with their child's vision. This program is offered at no cost to the parents.
Thank your to Mike Cranston, Justin Dix, and John Brehm for helping out with this project. The Mt. Vernon Lions Monday approved a donation of $350 to Southeast Linn Community Center Food Pantry, which was in need of supplies. This donation will help relieve hunger in the MVL Community!
The Mt. Vernon Lions Club Monday Night approved at $200 donation to the Mt. Vernon High School Social Justice Trip. Paul Fugate, President of the club said, "our club always loves to help out our students in the high school, I love to see our students travel the country to represent Mt. Vernon and learn outside of the classroom to actually feel and see history.
Mrs. Erickson was very thankful for the donation, and that it will go towards help paying for the trip. The trip aims to help students confront our country's history of race and bias and move forward proactively ensuring that we make gains to prevent the cycle of racism and hate from continuing. If you would like to help with the trip contact Mrs. Erickson and the Mt. Vernon High School. We would like to personally invite the citizens of Mt. Vernon and Lisbon to join the Mount Vernon Lions Club at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17 for an informational meeting in the library at the First Street Community Center. During this special event, you will be able to join others in your community who share a passion for service, and together learn about the world’s largest service organization—Lions Clubs International—and how we are engaged locally and globally! Join us for food and fellowship. Our Open Letter to the community is below
For the first time in our club’s history and partnering with The Mount Vernon Area Arts Council, we have decided to participate in the Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest. The Peace Poster Contest was created in 1988 to give young people ages 11-13, the opportunity to creatively express their feelings for world peace and to share their visions with the world. Approximately 600,000 children from 75 countries participate in the contest annually. This years theme is "Kindness Matters." We are looking forward to what are students in the middle school will create. |
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