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October 17, 2011

Caterpillar Community Chest donates to Lions Christmas Baskets

Bement Lions Club President Kendra Jayne accepts a check for $350 from Tail Twister Bob Stevens. The check is from the Decatur Caterpillar Community Chest, a fund supported and administered by employees of the Decatur Caterpillar facility. The money will go toward the purchase of food items for the annual Lions Christmas Food Basket program.

Pictured, (left to right): Kendra Jayne, Bob Stevents –photo by Sue Bramlett

April 23, 2011

2011 Lions Club/Bement Health Care Center Easter Egg Hunt

Lion Sandy Huddleston, who organized this year’s Easter Egg Hunt and the Easter Bunny who just happened to hop by, at the 2011 Lions Club/Bement Health Care Center Easter Egg Hunt. The annual event was held on Saturday, April 23rd at Walsh Gym. For the second year in a row, the EE Hunt was moved to Walsh Gym and the small gym at Bement high School, due to inclement weather. Lions provided the candy and BHCC residents stuffed the eggs with the candy. Prizes and prize baskets were provided by the Lions (9) and BHCC (18). The 3450 eggs took a week to be stuffed; approximately 20 minutesto ‘hide’; and under 2 minutes to “find.”

Pictured: Lion Sandy Huddleston and Easter Bunny –photo by Sue Bramlett

Lions Ray Spry and Cary Hinton are discussing the various techniques of “hiding” eggs on the gym floor.

Pictured: Lions Ray Spry and Cary Hinton –photo by Sue Bramlett

April 12, 2011

Upcoming Lion's Activities

April 16th
Bement Spruce-Up Day, Lions will be working at the Recreational Park (the ball park/pool), beginning at 9:00 a.m.

April 23rd
The Annual Easter Egg hunt will be held on April 23 at Bement Health Care Center at 10:00 a.m (members should be there by 9:40 to scatter eggs. In case of rain, the event will be held at Walsh Gym at Bement High School with a start time of 10:15.

April 30th
Trash Bag Sales day – Members will need to gather at Crosswind Creations at 8:00 a.m. for the door-to-door sales in Bement, Milmine and Ivesdale. Curtis will also have a drive-thru service for customers who would like to pick up themselves. Service Learning students will be asked to help with this event.

May 6th
Tom Kinsella plans to have crews, covering the north and south entrances to Bement, for a highway clean-up day/morning. We will be looking for service learning students to assist as well. Please meet at the band shell in the City Park at 9:00 a.m. and bring some heavy duty gloves and wear comfortable walking shoes. This community service project usually takes only a couple of hours and Tom says the more who show up, the faster the job will go. Rain date not scheduled yet.

June 11th
The Annual Chicken Fry is coming up on June 11th! Please put this date on your calendar; all Lions are needed to help make this event happen!!!

July 8th
And into the summer – we will sponsor a visit from the Sight and Sound van to Bement on July 8th.

January 22, 2011

Pack the Pantry Night

The Bement Lions Club teamed with Bement High School to help the Bement Food Pantry in a food drive on Monday, January 22, 2011 for a Pack the Pantry Night. The community was requested to come out to support the South Piatt Wildcat girls’ basketball team in their game against Arthur. The food drive resulted in over 300 items and several cash donations for the Bement Food Pantry. As a show of support for local high school athletes, the Lions attended both varsity and junior varsity games.

Pictured, (left to right): Backrow – Barney Camden, Jack Hicks, Jim Haynes, David Farmer, Ray Spry, Ed Pfau, David Elder; front row – Gail LeFever, Ed Clack, Cary Hinton, Donna Sharp Gene Schnierle, and BHS Principal Doug Kepley. Other Lions present but not pictured: Dana Jennings, Tabitha Elder, Dan Brue, and John Hendrix –photo by Sue Bramlett

Our Club

The Bement Lions club members are men and women who strive to make a difference in Bement and surrounding communities. Their volunteer efforts support youth and community programs in the area. Some of our programs and projects are:

Youth Recreation Baseball & Softball

Easter Egg Hunt

Halloween Judging Contest

Christmas Baskets

Eye Glass Assistance Program

Christmas Light Judging Contest

Highway Cleanup

Fundraiser - Heavy Duty Trashbags

The Bement Lions Club has trashbags for sale.

30 gallon: $18 each or 2 for $35

55 gallon: $45 each

Contact Barney Camden at: 678-8028

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