By Lion Charlie Hertel, Chair
It was a hot and busy day at the Montgomery County Fair on Tuesday August 18th 2015. It was senior day and the seniors were not going to miss out on all the freebies.
The Damascus Lions that came to help really stepped up and did a great job. I can’t thank them enough for making it all work out. The Leo’s clubs and partners in service did awesome. We were worried with the new age requirement that we were going to miss our middle school age volunteers however our 9th-12th graders did a great job. Everyone did an outstanding job. We all worked very, very hard. We had over 70 volunteers who worked over 250 hours.
I would like to thank Lion Steve and his dad Tom from the Rockville Lions Club. They ran the Ice Cream Parlor all week again this year. They did a great job. There are a few other people I would like to thank for making the Ice Cream Dipping go smoothly: lions Tony and Barbara Barry and Lion Ken Cook for stocking the freezers on Thursday night. The cash registers were new. However once you had a few minute training the ladies were able to run them like pros.
Thanks to my mom Virginia Hertel , Lions Christine , Mary Francis, Barbara, Patricia, Ronnie, Jerry, Dale, and Tessie, for working the cash registers all day long. Lion Ray, George, Tony, Tom, Kenneth and Bob helped Lion Tammy with the Leo’s and behind the counter dipping. My daughter came to dip and clean and Lions Gary and Bob helped greet everyone. We had Mary Ellen Cotton , our new Damascus Leos Club Advisor come help dip. My dad was awesome at cleaning and stayed with my mom until closing. They are to be admired at 85 years old. I also could not do this without my wife, Tammy. She organizes the whole day with emails and phone calls. She then trains all the youth and Leos as they come in. She helps with all the little issues that come up during the day and always has a smile on her face.
As the day was ending and we were tired, Lions Charlie and Carol came as the clean-up crew. I would like to personally thank all the Lions that came out and helped. Even if I didn’t mention your name, we still appreciated all your help .We even had Jonathon, the past Leo president for helping. It was one of the best days we have ever had at the fair. The Damascus Lions Club took in a total of $11, 033. 50. We sold 3,418 cones, floats, sundaes and shakes and 129 drinks. We don’t know our profit yet however it was a great job at the fair and we had so much fun. What a great job we all did!!! Thank you.