The Early Bird Lions meet twice a month on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Both meetings take place at 6 PM at Canterbury Park in Longview.
There is also a business meeting for club members on the second Wednesday of the month at 8 AM.
What do we do?
Through our devotion to you and our community... Longview Kelso Early Bird Lions has provided the following for both past and moving into the future:
- Provide assistance for low income individuals for eye glasses, hearing aids and cataract surgeries.
- Provide Scholarships to qualified Kelso and Longview High School Students
- Assist by contributing both time and money to the Washington Lions Mobile Health Screening Unit
- Provide 1500 to 2000 trees to the public at Earth Day each year in conjunction with Weyerhaeuser who donates the trees.
- Provide financial support for two campers at Camp Leo which is a diabetic youth camp each year.
- Provide a Flags for First Graders program for 150 to 200 hundred students.
- We buy four hundred dollars worth of school supplies which is matched pound for pound by Red Canoe Credit.
2023-2024 Officers
President: Ken Hash
Immediate Past President: Dean Takko
First Vice President: Cindy Fickett
Second Vice President: Pat Reistroffer
Treasurer: Bob Reistroffer
Secretary: Becky Standal
Tail Twisters: Kay Koski & Phil Koski
One-Year Directors: Skip Mezger & Lewie Fickett
Two-Year Directors: Marla Anderson & Cliff Lewis
Lion Tamers: Kerby Kee & Phil Koski
Service Coordinator: George Obermeyer
Need Financial assistance for Sight or Hearing? Then click here to print the Request Form!
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