Aberdeen Lions Club

Former president Mike Barkstrom passing off the presidential briefcase off to incoming president Bruce Worth!

Aberdeen Lions White Cane Days 2024, this Friday and Saturday, May 3rd and 4th.

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Last night Lions Club member Erv spoke at the Grays Harbor Young Professionals monthly social about what it’s like to be a Lions club member and demonstrated the vision screening!

The Lions Club had there annual crab feed and inducted two new members! Congratulations to newly inducted members Dena Edwards and Fred Goheen. Welcome to the Lions!

Toast the Harbor wine festival is today from 1pm-8pm at Quinault Beach Resort and Casino! Visit www.toasttheharbor.com to purchase your tickets ahead of time or tickets will be available at the door.

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Aberdeen Lions Club is hosting their 16th annual Toast The Harbor Wine Festival on November 4th from 1pm-8pm! Visit www.toasttheharbor.com to purchase your tickets.

Harold and Greg unloaded 2 truckloads of books this afternoon!

Ok its official Mike Welliver the old president of Aberdeen Lions 2022 to 2023 term has expired. The new president Mike Barkstrom will begin his 2023 2024 term Now. Congratulations Mike we know we are in capable hands, we hope. Here’s to a successful year Mike B. This is the handing off of the dreaded briefcase.

Aberdeen Lions would like to thank Molly Bold, General Manager of the Westport Marina and Gary Nelson, Executive Director of the Port of Grays Harbor, they presented us with a great program about the Westport Marina, wow has it grown.

Last Monday the Lions had our charter meeting and it was awesome! The Lions recognized the new officers, gave out awards to several Lions club members, and welcomed our new members.

The Aberdeen Lions club had our information night tonight, it was a wonderful turn out!

We heard from our club president Mike Welliver about where some of the money raised by the lions is disbursed.

Greg Johnstone spoke about the paper recycle program
Andy Palmer shared with us the process and joy of Bicycles from Heaven
Erv Granahan gave a presentation and spoke about the vision screening program
Kim Gilbert spoke about the partnership between The Salvation Army Grays Harbor Corps and the Aberdeen lions club
Candy Palmer announced the upcoming Toast the Harbor wine festival and shared details of the event

Thank you to everyone that showed up to hear about what the lions do!

The lions club spent their Friday and Saturday outside of Safeway raising money for white cane days!

May 8th is our Lions Club information night! If you’d like to join us to learn what the Lions do for our community please RSVP by May 5th.

The Aberdeen Lions club and other lions clubs will conduct the annual WHITE CANS DAY FUNDREAISER on May 5-6, Friday and Saturday, The Aberdeen Lions Club volunteers will accept donations at both entrances of Aberdeen Safeway store from 8 AM to 6 PM. Funds raised from this go to the visually impaired. The public is also encouraged to drop off their old prescription eyeglasses/sunglasses/reading glasses. These glasses are then recycled and distributed by Lions free of charge, to the people in remote areas of developing countries.

Two weeks ago the Aberdeen Lions had a great dinner, Corn Beef and Colcannon, and some out of this world Soda Bread and Green Cake, this was our belated Saint Patty’s Day Dinner, IT WAS GREAT. We also had entertainment by our own Bob Neisinger, Bob did a great job with several Irish tunes, and also our we wear surprised by our own Cynthia Johnstone gut right up out of her chair and accompanied Bob in a duet. Thank you all for a very enjoyable evening.

Last Monday the Aberdeen Lions had the privilege of having the Mayor of Aberdeen Pete Shave, Pete was straight forward and interesting to listen to. Thank you Pete for a very informative program, hope to have you back soon!

The Aberdeen Lions had a fantastic time tonight at the Easter egg hunt. Thank you to everyone that helped make this happen!

Miss Grays Harbor’s Outstanding Teen

Yesterday at the lions weekly luncheon we had a very informative and interesting speaker- The Grays Harbor County Coroner George Kelly and the Chief Deputy Coroner Ryan Meister. Thank you George and Ryan we enjoyed having you!

Join us on April 6th at the Olympic Stadium in Hoquiam for an Easter egg hunt!

Toast the Harbor is back!

We are finally able to put on the popular wine festival for the first time since 2019. Stay tuned for more details but for now save the date: November 4th 2023!

Bring the kids out for a good time and get a picture with the Easter Bunny!

You’re invited to lunch on Monday! If you’d like to attend contact Dezy Victoria Lindgren at (360)-589-3678 or Mike O’Connor at (360) 581-5025. We will buy your lunch!

The Aberdeen Lions meet every Monday for lunch at 12:00pm with the exception of dinner at 6:00pm every second Monday. Come join us!

At one of the last Aberdeen Lions Club lunches the cast of the musical comedy “Company” came and sang for us. You can see the play at the bishop center on March 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, or 12. Friday’s and Saturday’s at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. More info is included on the flyer!

Hello Everyone! Just a friendly reminder that The Aberdeen Lions Club recycling project cannot recycle paperboard products. Paperboard is single layer "cardboard" such as cereal or cracker boxes, soda pop boxes, frozen pizza boxes, and other processed food packaging. It takes money away from our community project when we have to dispose of these materials. See photos of examples.

On a recent Saturday, eight Aberdeen Lions travelled to Olympia to clean 3 years worth of Seattle Times from a storage unit. We hauled approximately 7.5 tons of paper to the Lions paper trailer on Simpson Avenue in Aberdeen. The funds from the paper recycling efforts go to local scholarships, vision and hearing programs, and Bicycles from Heaven. We can recycle newspapers, magazines, catalogs, and books. Please no cardboard, cereal/cracker type boxes, or food soiled paper.

The Lions Club wants to take your old or used bikes off your hands! If you have bikes to donate you can drop them off at The Salvation Army Grays Harbor Corps on Tuesday’s and Thursdays from 8am-3pm.

Your bikes go to an amazing program called “Bicycles from Heaven”

The Washington State Department of Corrections and the Aberdeen Lions Club have been in a partnership for several years to get refurbished bikes into the hands of children in need. The lions collect used bicycles and store them at The Historical Seaport. Every few weeks Aberdeen Lions members take a couple of pickup loads of used bikes to the prison at Stafford Creek and return with bikes that look brand new!

At Stafford Creek there is a bike repair shop where they convert the used, sometimes rusty, bicycles into bikes that are practically brand new! As needed, they do sand blasting welding, powder painting, replacement of decals as well as new tubes and tires and brakes. The Aberdeen Lions Club pays for the parts, paint and tires.

The program is a win for everyone. Used bicycles are recycled, the men doing the work learn some valuable skills that they may use when their sentence is up, and children that would not ordinarily get a bike will have a shiny one that looks like new. The Lions Club has donated over 3,000 bikes to children in need.

The Aberdeen Lions Club is always looking for new members! If you’d like to join us or want to learn more about the lions club you can contact Desiree Lindgren (360)-589-3678 or Mike O’Connor (360)- 581-5025. Become a member of one of the largest volunteer organizations in the world!