Category: olney
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Presentation of School Supplies
The Sandy Spring Lions Club presented a large selection of school supplies, including backpacks, for underserved students at Sherwood Elementary School. Past President Lion Julie Thomas is shown making the presentation to Sherwood counselor Jennifer Fleming on August 17th.
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Free Health Screening in Olney
The Sandy Spring Lions held a screening event on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16 in the Olney Village Shopping Center. The event was sponsored by EyeWorks Vision Care Center and was held in the Lions District 22-C Mobile Health Unit. EyeWorks made promotional coupons available to all who were screened. A total of…
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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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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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October Program: District Governor Dee Hawkins
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…
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Lions Serve at the 93rd Annual Picnic and Bazaar
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…
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Sandy Spring Lions in the Olney Days Parade
Lions from our club participated in the 2013 Olney Days Parade last week. A total of 5 Lions worked to build and prepare the float on Friday, then on Sunday we had four Lions ride the float and help to break it down after the parade. Our float was in the third stage of the…
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