Club Projects
The Fargo Lions participate in many fundraising and community service projects throughout the community, as well as our weekly business meetings and social events.
Fargo Lions - "We Serve."
Fundraising Activities:
Monday Night Football Raffle – Our major Fall fundraiser, members are asked to sell raffle books that cover all 16 Monday Night Football games of the regular NFL season. Each $20.00 donation to the club grants the donor a book that has a 1 in 100 chance of winning a $50.00 prize for each of the 16 Monday Night Football games in the season. For those of us familiar with a Super Bowl board you get the idea. It is a fun and easy fundraiser for the club and participants.
Spirit of the Sandbagger 100 Year Anniversary Project -
The Fargo Lions Club is commemorating its 100-year anniversary. To celebrate, the club has facilitated a public art project funded by the community and donated to the City of Fargo to honor the spirit, determination and cooperation of all who volunteered to protect thecommunity from historic flooding in 1997 and 2009 by filling and laying sandbags.
The project is called “Spirit of the Sandbagger”.
A website has been set up where you can find further details about this project. Visit spiritofthesandbagger.com
Prairie Public Broadcasting has produced a video documenting the creation of the artwork. You can view the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvpntVDJGis
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THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS AND DONORS!
As of September 30, 2021 we have raised $200,000 to commission, erect, and light The Spirit of the Sandbagger artwork. For more details about this project, visit www.spiritofthesandbagger.com.
Since this project is all about individuals and businesses serving the community, we invited community members and organizations to participate through donations toward the expenses of this project. The following individuals and organizations made this artwork possible. All donations, large or small, were most welcome and appreciated!
Floowall Level ($10,000 and over)
Mike & Peggy Bullinger Family Heyer Engineering Industrial Builders, Inc. Alex Stern Family FoundationSandbag Level ($5,000-$9,999)
James R. Dawson Fund Mayor Bruce & Lorraine Furness Gary & Ruth Hanson Mayor Dr. Tim & Kathleen Mahoney Dick & JoEllen Solberg AdShark Dakota Monument Company Fargo Gateway Lions Club Fargo Lions Club Fargo Moorhead Area Foundation Fargo Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau Foss Architecture & Interiors, Inc. Gate City Bank Horace Lions Club Houston Engineering KPH Inc. Moore Engineering Northern Improvement Sanford HealthShovel Level ($1,000-$4,999)
Robert and Bonnie Ames Theodore and Marian Appel Mary Ann Armbrust Mike & Jan Benson Dr. Lance & Ruth Bergstrom Family Fund John and Anita Dobbs David & Bonnie Johnson Dr. Max R. Johnson Neil and Nancy Jordheim Neil & Nancy Jordheim Fund** Robert & Kathy Littlefield Kelly & Todd McComb++ Nikki & Blake Nelson++ Tim & Jane Pettinger Tim & Jane Pettinger ** Paul & Mary Jo Richard Toni & Joe Sandin++ Richard Schaefer Blake & Kathie Strehlow Ann & Pat Zavoral AE2S Apex Engineering Group, Inc. General Equipment & Supplies Heartland Trust Company Horace Lions Club** Luther Family Buick GMC Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Master Construction Scheels All Sports Surgical Associates** ** In Honor of Dennis Walaker ++ Bullinger Family ContributionFloodfighter Level ($1-$999)
Susan & Troy Anderson Kelly Binfet** Patrick Brown Joe & Dana Dobbs John Fischer Mark & Kay Forkner Brian Grave Carol & Tom Gustad John Hoeven Sandy Huseby Blake Itterman Bonnie O. Johnson Kim & Deborah Kaul Connie Koehmstedt Mark Kolstad Ian Patrick Komorowski Barb & Ron Martin Constance Mital-Herold Karna Nelson Mel Olson Milton Ota David & Vickie Piepkorn Thomas & Joyce Pettinger Mona and Keith Rindy David and Beth Rogness Scott Seiler Julie Snortland John & Sherry Stern Leland Swanson, Jr. Diane Syverson Dick & Pat Tedford Katherine Tweed Ene & Nicholas Vogel Alerus First Western Bank & Trust Key Contracting, Inc. SRF Consulting Group The Title Company VISION Bank Ward Muscatell Automotive Group ** In Honor of Dennis WalakerGrants
Alex Stern Family Foundation North Dakota Lions Foundation North Dakota Vibrancy Grant * Produced in partnership with the North Dakota Department of Commerce. Sanford HealthIn-Kind Gifts
AdShark Marketing D & S Beverages Dakota Monument Company FM Area Foundation Foss Architecture + Interiors Heyer Engineering Industrial Builders, Inc.Still to complete: bronze plaques describing the project for visually impaired visitors, dynamic lighting, and ongoing maintenance which will be incurred by The City of Fargo as caretakers of this wonderful commemorative artwork. Follow the Fargo Lions Club on facebook or visit www.spiritofthesandbagger.com for updates.
