Sandy Spring Lions Club

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  • King Lion’s Komments for November

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    As the holiday season fast approaches, we Lions all take time to give thanks for all we have and pause to share with others who don’t have as much as we do.  Thanksgiving is next week and Olney HELP needs donations of food and volunteers to pick up donations and to help deliver food to…

  • October Program: District Governor Dee Hawkins

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    This month the District Governor of 22-C, Dee Hawkins, addressed the club at our annual joint meeting with the Olney Lions.  She spoke about the dreams of Melvin Jones and Helen Keller to create an organization founded on the ideal of service, and how those dreams came true.  She also challenged us to work together…

  • September Program: Matt Green, Farquhar Middle School

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    Last year, Matt Green, a teacher from Farquhar Middle School, came to talk to us about a project he does every year where he takes a group of kids from Farquhar on a trip to the Chesapeake Bay to learn about the ecology of the bay and how their actions have environmental consequences.  He asked…

  • King Lion’s Komments for September

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    by King Lion Julie Thomas Our 2013-2014 Sandy Spring Lions year is well underway and we have already been busy. We’ve had three Board meetings and two regular meetings with another meeting scheduled for September 23 — hope everyone will be there now that summer vacations are over. We began the Lions year by getting…

  • August Program: Crime Solvers

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    After a brief interlude in July, when the program consisted of newly incoming King Lion Julie Thomas laying out her vision for her year, we are back to our regularly scheduled programs from community members.  This month, we heard from Rick Potocek, a former special agent with the FBI and currently a Forensic Accountant for…

  • School Supplies Donated to Sherwood Elementary

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      At our August meeting, as part of the Reading Action Program sponsored by Lions International, a committee of three Lions: King Lion Julie Thomas, 1st Vice President Ann Bucher, and Immediate District First Lady Luana Beeson presented a package of school supplies, including notebooks, backpacks, pencils, and reading materials, to representatives from Sherwood Elementary…

  • Sandy Spring Lions help Boy Scout Troop 759

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    The Sandy Spring Lions Club recently received a thank you letter from Boy Scout Troop 759 of Ashton, Maryland.  Last Spring the troops received a donation from the Club which they used to purchase a new rain fly.  The rain fly was used on a recent camping and rafting trip to Ohiopyle State Park in…

  • Lions Serve at the 93rd Annual Picnic and Bazaar

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    The Medstar Montgomery Hospital Women’s Board Annual Picnic and Bazaar was held on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013.  Over 30 members of the Sandy Spring Lions Club worked over 200 volunteer hours to help make this event happen. The Lions started work at 7am on Saturday morning staging tent supplies.  At 8am a full complement of…

  • Officer Installation and Charter Night

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    Celebrating 67 years of service to the greater Sandy Spring Community, the Sandy Spring Lions Club recently installed their new officers for 2013-2014 at their annual Charter Night Celebration held at the Maryland Room at Leisure World. The installing officials were Past District Governors Meredith “Brother” Pattie and Bill Thomas from the Sandy Spring Club.…

  • Lions Present Student Awards

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    As part of their continuing recognition of youth service in the community, the Sandy Spring Lions Club recently presented scholarships to deserving students at area schools. During ceremonies conducted at Sherwood High School and Sandy Spring Friends School, scholarships totaling $4500.00 were presented. Recipients at Sherwood were David Mazzeo and Andrew Krotchko, and Dipesh KC was…