Hickory – Have you been wondering how to contact someone with the Long View Lions Club to learn more about their services to the blind/visually impaired? Have you been interested in purchasing a Lions Club Broom or Camp Dogwood Raffle Ticket? Or perhaps, you are looking for opportunities to serve your community, to make lifelong friends and connections, and increase your leadership skills by joining the Long View Lions Club? The answers to these questions will be discussed in this article and by stopping by the Long View Lions Club Tent at their Fall Broom Sale.
On Saturday, October 23rd, the Long View Lions Club has scheduled a broom, Camp Dogwood Raffle Ticket sales and Membership Recruitment Campaign under their tent at 204 US Highway 321 across from McDonald’s and Dunkin Donuts from 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Lions will be selling dust pans, and an assortment of brooms including whisk, children, camping, hearth, angle head, soft synthetic bristle, warehouse/patio, and push brooms in a variety of price ranges. Proceeds from the Lions Club Broom sale will benefit the blind/visually impaired and support other Lions Club charities.
In addition to selling brooms, the Long View Lions Club will be selling Camp Dogwood Raffle Tickets for $1.00 per ticket or a book of 12 tickets for $10.00. `Proceeds from Camp Dogwood Raffle Tickets supports a recreation facility for the blind/visually impaired, located at Sherrills Ford on Lake Norman, owned and operated by the NC Lions. You have five chances to one win one of the following prizes Grand Prize Winner $15,000 Cash; 2nd Prize: $1,000 Cash; 3rd Prize: $500 Cash; 4th Prize: 2-Day Beach Getaway; or 5th Prize: 2-Day Mountain Getaway. You do not have to be present to win. Also, you may win one of two $200 Gift Certificates.
Who Are The Lions?
When it comes to meeting the challenges, Lions Club International response is simple living up to their motto “WE SERVE”. Founded in 1917 by Melvin Jones, an insurance executive in Chicago, Illinois. LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, the world’s largest coeducational service organization, has over 1.4 million members in over 46,000 clubs in 210 countries and geographic areas around the world. When Lions Club International was founded, their slogan was “Liberty, Intelligence, Our Nations Safety”. In 2010, Lions Club International motto became “ Loving Individuals Offering Needed Services.”
For more information about Long View Lions Club, pleas check out their Face Book Page. Also, please check out Lions Club International, and NC Lions, Inc. websites: http://www.lionsclubs.org; http://nclionsinc.org.
