Author: sandyspringlions
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Come Play a Round of Golf with the Lions!
The annual Sandy Spring Lions Club golf outing is coming up on May 8th, 2015 at Willow Springs Golf Course in West Friendship, Maryland. There will be fun for all and prizes for Longest Drive, Closest to Pin, Low Team Score, High Team Score, as well as Door Prizes. The format is a 2 Person…
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Sherwood Leos get a special visitor courtesy of District 22-C
Lions Julie Thomas and Lois Barb, 22-C Leader Dog chair, along with Leader Dog puppy-in-training Jasmin, visited the Sherwood High School Leo Club on February 9, 2015. The Leos learned about both the Leader Dog and puppy raising programs and were able to pet Jasmin while she was “not working.” As a service project to raise…
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Sandy Spring Lions Serve at NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo
The Sandy Spring Lions Club has a long history of working at local and regional health fairs providing health screenings. Our history continued this year at the NBC4 Health and Fitness Expo at the Washington Convention Center on January 10, 2015. Nine Lions attended, including three Past District Governors, the current King Lion and two…
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Lions Nite Out at El Andariego in Sandy Spring
The Sandy Spring Lions Club is working together with a local restaurant, El Andariego, for a social and a fundraiser! Come to El Andariego on Wednesday, December 10th anytime between 11am and 9pm and present the flyer attached below, and 15% of your bill will be donated to the club! Club members are aiming to…
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Lions Provide Free Health Screenings in Olney
The Sandy Spring Lions Club and EyeWorks Vision Care Center co-hosted a screening event at Olney Village Center on Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31, 2014. Using the Mobile Health Unit provided by the District 22C Lions Community Outreach Foundation, the Lions provided free vision, hearing, and glaucoma screenings to members of the public from 10:00 AM to 4:00…
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May Program: Lions Camp Merrick
Our speaker in the month of May was Lion Wayne Magoon, who is President of the Waldorf Lions Club Foundation. The Waldorf Foundation recently has taken ownership of the running of Lions Camp Merrick, a beautiful camping complex in southern Maryland that, along with regular camp, does special programs for blind, deaf, and diabetic children.…
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April Program: Olney Help
At our April meeting, Director of Olney HELP Marilyn Simonds spoke to us about the work they do in the Olney-Ashton-Sandy Spring community. Their food pantry is indispensable when it comes to helping local people who are hungry. Our members filled over 10 bags of dry food for the pantry and we also made a…
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New Lions Inducted in March 2014
At the March meeting of the Sandy Spring Lions Club, the club was proud to induct two new Lions: Lion John McCloskey of Brookeville was brought in by longtime member Jim Kibbe and Lion Carole Derrick of Leisure World was brought in by her husband, Warren. The new Lions were proudly inducted by one…
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November Program: JK House of Grace
At our November program, registered nurse and accomplished local businesswoman Maria Khader told us her life story and the story of the founding of the local assisted living community, JK House of Grace, Inc. Her amazing journey has led her to north Silver Spring where the community she founded helps the elderly live in…
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Sandy Spring Student Advances in Lions International Peace Poster Contest
Lily Byrne, an 8th grade student at Farquhar Middle School, has taken the first step to becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local competition sponsored by the Sandy Spring Lions Club. Byrne’s poster was among more than 375,000 entries submitted worldwide in the 26th annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest. Lions Clubs…
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