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Lion Karen Norton organized the volunteer day at Barnes and Noble     Bookstore across from Valley River Center. Ten club members      worked in two hour shifts from 10 AM until 4 PM on Saturday      December 15th performing free gift wrapping for the store’s patrons.    

Barnes and Noble    provided Holiday  wrapping paper and even  special paper for  Hanukkah gifts. During  my shift there were two  customers who were quite grateful that the Hanukkah paper was available. Lions worked so that two were involved in the wrapping and the third member greeted and offered the customers the free gift wrapping while promoting Lionism. It was a great experience in previous years and currently so the tradition will continue. There was a large snifter sitting on the tables should the customers want to donate to the Lions and we totaled $64 in donations to the Club for the day.

Report and pictures by Lion Tim Chuey

Publicity Chairman

Eugene Downtown Lions

Santa and Mrs. Claus Really Bring them In

The Eugene Downtown Lions Club 5th annual Pancake breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus fundraiser was a roaring success. The breakfast ran from 8:30 AM until Noon Saturday December 1st at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church Fellowship Hall. The Hall was full for practically the entire time.  

The guests feasted on pancakes with syrup, sausages, eggs, orange juice, cocoa, and coffee. Holiday treats and baked goods were available for sale from Mrs. Claus’ Sweet Shop. 

This was a wonderful family affair with Santa’s helpers assisting kids   with putting frosting and decorative sprinkles on their own Christmas   cookies.

Members of the Downtown Lions Club flipped pancakes, rolled sausages, and scrambled eggs to prepare the meal.

The servers were members of the Delta Gamma Sorority from the U of O. They did such perfect job of keeping the guests tables served with pancakes, eggs, and sausages. We couldn’t have done it without them. They came in two shifts totaling about twenty-five or so ladies each shift.

Santa and Mrs. Claus were, as usual, a big hit with the youngsters and adults alike. Many kids were heard giving Santa their list of toy requests. Holiday music was provided by Dennis Lees who kept up the Christmas spirit by playing the piano.

Raffle tickets were sold for two kids bicycles purchased from Fred Meyer. The winners were Megan Bauer and our own Lion Jeff Musgrove.

Lion Treasurer Len Calvert reports that the event netted over $1,900 surpassing all expectations and previous year’s totals.

Special thanks go to Lions Twila Butler and Judith Grosenick for organizing such a perfect event. Thanks also go to St. Thomas Episcopal Church for allowing us to use their facilities again this year, to the Delta Gamma Sorority, Elizabeth Highland who designed our poster and “QSL” Printing for printing the poster, to Mike Corno from “Ye OLe Pancake House” for the pancake mix and sausages, end especially all of the people who came to eat. We can’t wait for next year’s breakfast.

Report and pictures by: Lion Tim Chuey

Publicity Chairman

Eugene Downtown Lions Club

10 December 2012

This Gathering Was “Nothing To Crab About

The annual Crab Feed and Auction of the Eugene Downtown Lions Club was a great gathering of hungry and happy Lions and guests who totaled between 90 and 100 in all. It is another case of Lions serving and in this case they were serving tasty crab, side dishes, and yummy desserts.

Congratulations go to Lion Jane Olbekson and Lion Twila Butler who did a superb job organizing the event and having everything go perfectly. Lion Jane Olbekson was singled out as being instrumental in getting the job done.

Lion Gene Gustafson did his usual outstanding job of cajoling everyone into buying tickets for the wine raffle. And he made sure those with the winning tickets got their pick from the many bags of high quality wine.

Story and Pictures by:

Lion Tim Chuey

Publicity Chariman

Eugene Downtown Lions

Downtown Lions Chili Fiesta makes Money for FOOD For Lane County

The Eugene Downtown Lions embarked on a new fundraiser this year---a Chili Fiesta. The Fiesta  was open to the public and was held at St. Thomas Episcopal Fellowship Hall 1465 Coburg Road from 5:00 PM until 7:30 PM Tuesday March 15th, 2011.

More than 90 people were served by volunteer Lions who worked in the kitchen, served the food, and cleared the tables.

There was special entertainment for the Fiesta. Duo Piel Canella, Mago and Willy, sang, and danced to his guitar music to the delight of crowd.

On the menu was award winning chili, homemade corn bread with honey butter, cider, punch, and coffee. The tickets were $ 8.00 with children under 10 years old $6.00. $3.00 from each bowl sold went to support Food For Lane County and the total earned for FOOD For Lane County was $320. According to FOOD For Lane County three meals can be provided for those in need for ever dollar donated to the organization. That means that earnings from the Chili Fiesta purchased over 900 meals.;

While the Lions hoped for a larger turnout, more community folks attended than did Lions and we took that as a good sign. Publicity for the event was handled by FOOD For Lane County and the club’s publicity committee who sent out press releases and Public Service Announcements to all of the local Media. KVAL-TV did a pre-Fiesta story explaining the event. All hope that next year’s event will bring back those who participated this year plus many more.

Reporter: Tim Chuey 

Publicity Chairman

Eugene Downtown Lions Club