The Maplewood North Lions take the summer off from dinner meetings. The only meetings during June, July and August will be our Business Meetings. The July meeting is 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15 in the Community Room at 1695 County Road D East, Maplewood.
We will continue our efforts to address food insecurity by working a shift at Today's Harvest on Saturday, July 12.
Maplewood North Lions are volunteering at several City of Maplewood community events this summer and fall: Celebrate Summer at Afton Heights Park on July 16; Celebrate Summer at Edgerton Park on August 13; Light It Up Maplewood at Hazelwood Park on September 19.
Our Annual Club Picnic will be a swimming party and picnic on August 2 at Lion Chris's home. Members will bring beverages and contribute $5 to cost of the food.
Club members will be involved at the Minnesota State Fair in two ways: selling tickets a the Kidway; staffing the Minnesota Lions Diabetes, Hearing and Vision Foundation informaiton booth.
Our next Joy Park Neighborhood Preserve monitoring will take place on Saturday, August 9. 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.
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!
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