Club Yard Sale

Lion Sarah is having a yard sale fundraiser for the club at her home in Kittitas on Saturady, September 26th from 8 am to noon. Donations from club members are needed (please price items before bringing to the sale). The items can be dropped off on Friday the 25th from 2-10 pm--I'm sure we'll be up that late getting ready :) Any left-overs are going to Goodwill, but you can retrieve any unsold items at the conclusion of the sale. I will take care of promotion, but I need two other club members to help out on the day of the sale.

Zone Pride T-shirt Sale

Fellow F-1 Lions,


Summer of 2009 is almost here,

drawing to a close the 2008-09 Lions year.


The clubs of F-1 still have much work to do...

a rest stop, a poker run--to name just a few.


Promoting our clubs means wearing Lions' best,

but, alas, what a shame to dirty ones vest!


What else could be worn to show off our pride

and be easy to clean, with just a wash and a dry?


The Ellensburg Lions have answered this call,

with Zone Pride T-shirts sized to fit all.


The tees are navy blue and only 15 dollars,

please, if you'd like one, give E-burg Lions a holler.

District 19 F Spring Conference Raffle

Raffle tickets for the Spring Conference are $5 each. The prize is a Visa Check Card for the 5-day Western Canada Experience train trip aboard The Rocky Mountaineer. If you would like to purchase tickets, contact Lion Sarah Storrs.

T-Shirts!

Our custom Lions T-shirts are ready. There are lots of L and XL, a few M. They are $15 each. You can buy one at the zone meeting Tuesday night (or contact Lion Sarah Storrs by email/phone, and I'll get one to you).

Show your Zone F-1 pride!

Play it by Ear Bunco Tournament

Last night was ELC's (Ellensburg Lions Club) first ever Play it by Ear Bunco Tournament. I don't have a final total yet, but between tournament tickets, donations, and the raffle we brought in over $700! We had eight full tables rolling away, with some hot hands rolling lots of Buncos. Thanks to all ELC members for helping to make this a very successful event.

F-1 Zone Chairman David Heath hopes luck is with him tonight. On the other team, Ellensburg Lion Bob Titus is hoping not :)


It's Terrace Heights vs. Ellensburg!


Two players modeling the very hip Bunco hat.



The tournament winning players: Jennifer Johnson (Most Losses), Naches Lion Paul Kauzlarich (Most Wins), Audrey Wedin (Last Bunco), and Linda Brennan (Most Buncos). All four chose to donate their prize money to the brand new Ellensburg Lions Club Hearing Project Fund.

Lions are on the Ellensburg Charm Trail

The "Lion" charm for the Ellensburg Charm Trail is here. Charms are available at Family Eye Clinic for $1.00 each, and all proceeds will be donated back to the Lions Club. Support awareness of Ellensburg Lions by buying a charm today (even if charm bracelets aren't really your thing, I'm sure you could come up with something to do with a little lion...)

Play it by Ear Bunco

Ellensburg Lions Club is sponsoring the first ever Play it by Ear Bunco Tournament on Saturday, November 15th, 6:30-9:30 pm. The event will be held at St. Andrew's Church (401 S. Willow St. in Ellensburg).

Tickets are $25 each or $80 for a table of 4 tickets purchased at one time. There will also be a hearing loss demonstration, dessert refreshments, and a raffle throughout the tournament. One raffle ticket is included with the Bunco registration, additional tickets will be available at the event.




Proceeds from this event will be split between the Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight and Hearing and the Ellensburg Lions club to fund local hearing projects.

White Cane Days

Hello all fellow Ellensburg Lions,

I have good news. I was able to secure the use of Super-1 entrance area for White Cane Days 2008. We are scheduled for May 2,3,4, which is Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I have ordered 1000 white canes and 1000 white cane tags. Also ordered 4 nice new posters and 200 each of the white cane story brochures and inserts.

Here's the deal. ALL members need to select and 4 hour period of time to stand and "greet" the public at Super-1 on that weekend. Our goal is to raise funds for the Lion's Eye Bank. On April 14, 2008 I will be contacting ALL members to get a commitment for this event. I'm sure we can all find 4 hours in a normal day to stand for the benefit of Lion's Eye Bank and all the good they do.

We will have an "assembly session" (meaning we put the tags on the canes) at the second meeting in April. I would appreciate all attending the usual meeting so we can be well prepared for the May weekend.

Thank you all in advance for your support for Lion's Eye Bank.

Respectfully,
Lion Byron Thomas, O.D.,
Ellensburg Lions Club White Cane Days Chairman

*Editor's Note: You can sign up by leaving a comment to this post or emailing Sarah Storrs. Currently, the following shifts are open: Friday 6-9 pm, Saturday 1-5 pm and 5-9 pm, Sunday 2-6 pm