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Lions Club
Parkersburg Lions Club ........................................ We Serve
The Parkersburg Lions Club is a local service club affiliated with the World Lions Club International Organization founded in the United States in 1917 by Melvin Jones, a Chicago businessman. Today, world wide there are over 43,811 clubs and 1,428,000 members in 151 countries.
The underlying principle of Lionism is based on involvement in providing assistance to the sick, the needy and the less fortunate and a willingness to take an active role in community leadership. Melvin Jones' idea has developed into a worldwide expression of what individuals, properly motivated, can do in providing unselfish service to their communities, their nations and their fellow man.
Parkersburg Lions Club was chartered in 1978 and today has 25 active members. A few of our past/present projects include:
1. Awarding four (4) yearly scholarships to local students/citizens through the Aplington-Parkersburg Dollars for Scholars program.
2. Providing eyeglasses to local school children needing assistance.
3. Organizing and planning for the Carson and Barnes Circus for citizens and families in the area.
4. Providing and delivering Christmas sacks for shut-ins and elderly.
5. Hosting a 3 on 3 basketball tournament for the children in our area.
6. Making available through a local loan closet wheelchairs, walkers, beds, and other specialty medical equipment to local citizens in need of those services.
7. Supports Christmas festival of lights display at our local Depot Park.
8. Contributor to Cedar Valley Friends of the Family, a crisis intervention and prevention service for Bremer, Butler and Chickasaw Counties.
9. Helping plant trees at schools and parks in town with contributions from local citizens, area businesses, and in cooperation with Mid-American Energy's Tree's Please Program.
10. Support for the Leader Dog program for the blind, which annually helps nearly 300 adults gain independence and safe mobility through this program started in 1939.
11. Contributing towards new fire station/building in Parkersburg.
12. Donation to Veterans building project.
13. Construction of bandstand in Rotary Park.
The Parkersburg Lions Club meets every second Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the Victorian House at 211 6th Street.
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