Author: sandyspringlions
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Sandy Spring Lions “Quack Drill Team”
Check out The Sandy Spring Maryland Lions Club “Quack Drill Team” members just prior to marching in the Olney Days Parade on Sunday Apr 30, 2018. They won the trophy for 1st Place in the Marching Unit Division. The team included, Lions All, PDG Don Beeson, PDG Brother Pattie, PDG Bill Thomas, John McCloskey, Greg…
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February Program: Sandy Spring Slave Museum
Tonight’s program was presented by Joy Turner from the George and Georgianna Campbell Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery. The museum is located in the Freeman’s Village on Brooke Road in Sandy Spring. The campus is very interactive. They start with a trip through Africa, with replica structures, African art, textiles, and musical…
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January 2018 Program: John Chu from the U.S. Mint
Welcome to 2018! Tonight’s program was put on by John Chu, Branch Chief from the Office of Corporate Communications at the U.S. Mint. John gave us a brief history of the U.S. Mint, from it’s beginning in 1792 until the present day. There are 6 Mint facilities today, including Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, West…
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Upcoming Events: December 2017
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays – Christmas Tree Sales – On December weekends, we will be selling Christmas trees on the old hospital grounds in Olney at the corner of 108 and Prince Phillip Drive. Our hours are Thursday and Friday 2-7 and Saturday and Sunday 10-7. Please come by and pick up a tree! This…
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Upcoming Events: November 2017
Thursday, November 9 – Zone Meeting – The Laurel Lions Club will be hosting members of the Sandy Spring, Olney, Colesville, Burtonsville, Leisure World, and Takoma Park Lions Clubs at the Laurel Fire Department at 6:30 for dinner. This is a chance for clubs that are close geographically to exchange ideas and let each other…
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October Program: District Governor Carl Vettel
Tonight’s meeting was a joint meeting with the Olney Lions Club. DG Carl Vettel brought us a message from the International President Naresh Aggarwal, about the power of we. It’s all about clubs working together, Lions working together, different service organizations joining together. We can do more if we organize and work together. Traditionally, the…
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September Program: Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes
Our guest speaker, Karla Gilbride, is a co-founder of the Metro Washington Association of Blind Athletes. After participating in a similar organization in San Francisco after college, she moved to DC and did not find any similar multi-sport clubs for the blind here, so decided to found one of her own with a fellow blind…
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Upcoming Events: October 2017
Monday, September 25 – Raffle Drawing and Regular Meeting – We will be having our Travel Raffle drawing at our regular meeting at Salem United Methodist Church on Monday the 25th. We’ll let you know who wins! If you’re interested in coming to a meeting, just call or e-mail us to let us know. September…
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Upcoming Events: September
Please come out and see us if you get a chance in September. September 18-21 – White Cane Vision Days – Cloverly and Olney Safeway – If you are looking for an opportunity to support your local community as well as help blind and diabetic people around the world, look no further than your local grocery…
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Eyeglass Donation Box Locations
We often get requests for information about our donation box location for eyeglasses. Here are some locations where you can drop off used eyeglasses: Fletcher’s BP Service, 17901 Georgia Avenue Giant Food & Drug, 17821 Georgia Avenue EyeWorks Vision Care Center, 18159 Village Center Drive Medical Eye Center, 3402 Olandwood Court Sandy Spring Bank, W.…
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