John Zakelj, President of the Friends of Maplewood Nature, will be our speaker at the March Maplewood North Lions Dinner Meeting. The meeting takes place on Tuesday, March 4 at Sgt. Peppers Restaurant, 930 Helena Ave. N, Oakdale, beginning at 6 p.m. Contact President Lion Jason Demoe 651-331-8076 if you'd like to join us. 

Our Business Meeting is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18 at Villages on McKnight, 177 McKnight Road N, St. Paul. 

Thank you to all those who joined us at the annual All You Can Eat Chili Feed on Thursday, February 27 at the Lakewood Salvation Army. In addition to the delicious chili, there were 30 silent auction items that went to lucky bidders. All the proceeds will go to community service projects. 

Join us at the Lions Community Service Day starting at 10 a.m. on April 5. Meet us at the NALC Hall, 1715 Van Dyke Street in Maplewood, and help make snack baggies for the unhoused, eco-friendly seed pots, fleece blankets for Children's Masonic Hospital, placemats for Meals on Wheels, and hypoglycemia kits. You can make a difference in our community in partnership with Maplewood North and other local Lions Clubs. 

Our next Joy Park Neighborhood Preserve monitoring will take place  on Saturday, April 12. Join us for a pleasant nature walk and the rewards of assuring this public treasure is clean and safe. We gather at 10 a.m. in the Joy Park parking lot across the street from the Preserve.

Mark your calendar - the annual Lions Plant Sale will take place the weekend after Mother's Day, May 16 - 18. More details to come. 

Check out the Lions District 5M6 website to view other Lions events in the District at www.lions5m-6.org. 

We collect used eyeglasses! They are truly the "gift of sight" to people in third world countries. In fact, we collected 4,375 pairs last year! If you've got old eyeglasses to contribute, drop them in a collection box at your local optical shop or call any Lion!

Lions - "We Serve"