By Lion Wayne Marr
Damascus Lions: Congratulations! We raised $2,080.44 last month during our Fall White Cane fundraiser. Twenty-seven dedicated Damascus Lions performed storefront collections over thirty-four two-hour shifts. That’s fewer Lions and fewer shifts than in the past, but we still managed an outstanding haul. We averaged $64.42 per shift, which is excellent. Thursday was our best day, but every day was important. Every one of our participating Damascus Lions is to be commended for their contribution. Absolutely every shift was important to our total collections. Please visualize the word “Lion” in front of each name in this article. Otherwise, in order to pay the fines, I would have to return to the workforce as a window washer.
As always, special thanks go to our White Cane committee members who served as Managers of the Day and/or Money Counters: Ken Phillips, Del Mayhew, Tom Jackson, George Hibbard, and Vi Hibbard (Lion Spouse!).
Special Recognitions:
– Six Over-$100-in-One-Shift Club recognitions go to:
- Warren & Joy Schwab, who collected $131.98 at Safeway on Thursday afternoon;
- Julie Sain, who collected $121.03 at Safeway on Saturday morning;
- Bobbie Warfield, who collected $111.69 at Safeway on Saturday morning;
- Bob Newlin, who collected $107.03 at Safeway on Friday afternoon;
- Del Mayhew, who collected $101.58 at Safeway on Wednesday afternoon; and
- Martin Carr, who collected $101. 52 at Safeway on Thursday evening.
– The Bert Lahr Special Award for Most Courageous Lion goes to Tess Gladhill. Tess worked her White Cane shift at CVS on Wednesday. Then on Thursday at 5:45, Tess happened to need to shop at CVS. She saw Tom Jackson completing his shift and asked who was replacing him. When Tom told her that the next shift had no one assigned, she volunteered to work the shift on the spot! That’s a courageous Lion!
Special Notes:
- New Lions Jenny Redifer-Allen and Dustin Fain worked White Cane shifts for the first time in their lives. Kudos to these new Lions.
- Our Red Rooster shifts have not done as well in recent years. This Fall was no exception. For our next White Cane fundraiser, I think we should drop these two shifts and then add a couple of noontime Safeway shifts to replace them.
Total Participants:
Here is the total list of Damascus Lions who gave of their time for one or more storefront collection shifts (multiple shifts in parentheses): B. Barry, Carr, Fain, Fletcher(3!), Gill, Gladhill(2), Gosnell, C. Hertel(2!), Hibbard(2!), M. Holpuch(2!), Howerton, Jackson(2!), Mallack, Mayhew, Molesworth, Newlin, Peters, Poland(2!), Redifer-Allen(2!), Sain, J. Schwab, W. Schwab, Snapp, Suddath, Thornett, Warfield, Washington.
Lion Wayne Marr