Thank you, all Lions who participated in our Spring 2010 White Cane fundraiser. We raised $1,438.10. This collection will fund about 14 eye appointments and new glasses for needy Damascus-area citizens. Twenty-six Damascus Lions contributed to White Cane week this spring. Please put “Lion” in front of every name in this article. I can’t afford the fines.
Special Recognitions:
- Three Over-$100-in-One-Shift Club Recognitions go to:
- Ø Barbara Barry at CVS on Thursday evening; she solicited $101.20.
- Ø Bill Mahylis at Safeway on Thursday evening; he pulled in $103.31.
- Ø Warren and Joy Schwab at Safeway on Friday evening; they collected $105.95.
The Bert Lahr Special Award for Most Courageous Lion goes to three first-timer Lions: Cheryl Wyatt, Carol Cook, and Alice Denell. It is refreshing to have new Lions take part in White Cane. And they all did a great job.
- Thanks for your courage!
Here are the Damascus Lions who gave unselfishly of their time for one or more storefront collection shifts (multiple shifts in parentheses): B. Barry, Burlas(2), Cook, Davidson, Davis, Denell, Durairaj, Gladhill, Gosnell, C. Hertel, Hibbard(2), M. Holpuch, Jackson, Mahylis, Mallack, Peters, Rogers, J. Schwab, W. Schwab, Snapp, Ch. Stone, Suddath, Tench, Thornett, Washington, Wyatt. Special thanks go to our reliable Managers of the Day: Bill Mahylis, Ken Phillips, and Del Mayhew… and to our meticulous Money Counters: Del Mayhew, George Hibbard, and Tom Jackson. And guess who else helped with the counting … Tom Van Vliet!
Do you have any special stories about unusual occurrences during White Cane Week? Please provide them to me and I’ll see that they get published.
For the first time, we worked both entrances of the new Safeway. It worked out great. However, doing this added eight new shifts to our shift list. Since we had three fewer Lions participating than last fall, this caused us to have about eight empty shifts! We need more Lions to participate in White Cane. That is the only thing holding us back from increasing our receipts very substantially. Mark your calendars for the Fall White Cane fundraiser: September 22-25, 2010.
When patronizing the Damascus establishments which support White Cane (CVS, Safeway, Tom & Ray’s, & Red Rooster), please express your gratitude to the management for allowing White Cane Lions to do our work there. Without their assistance, there would be no Damascus White Cane. Thanks.