Narragansett Lions Club

Please see this volunteering opportunity from our friends at South County Museum.

🍉😎🌻ENDLESS SUMMER CELEBRATION 🌻😎🍉

Some say today is the unofficial end of Summer, we, as think Not! So we are throwing our Endless Summer Celebration!

FRIDAY, September 20th
5pm: Enjoy Food Trucks & Beer Garden
7-10pm will be taking center stage!
SATURDAY, September, 21st
5pm: Food Trucks & Whalers Brewing Beer Garden
7-10pm Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band .us will close out our Endless Summer Celebration.

Entry Fee is $10.

THE SHOW MUST GO ON, so this is a RAIN OR SHINE EVENT.

Sorry, NO COOLERS, NO BACKPACKS, NO DOGS OR PETS, PLEASE.

🌻🍉😎Come enjoy fabulous eats and musical treats while enjoying the beautiful atmosphere and community that is Narragansett. We can’t wait to see you! 🌻🍉😎

💙🦁💛Thinking of joining the Narragansett Lions Club and give back to your community? We would love to have you! Click the link below to fill out an application. 💙🦁💛

https://narragansettlionsclub.org/narragansett-lions/join-the-club/

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Hope to see you at our Endless Summer Concerts on September 20th and 21st! September is a special time in Narragansett.

Did you know you can purchase advance tickets to our Endless Summer Concerts on September 20th and 21st through Eventbrite?

It's under the big tent so it's rain of shine!

2024 Narragansett Endless Summer Concert Series Friday 9/20 & Saturday 9/21 Endless Summer Concert Series Presented by The Narragansett Lions Club and Narragansett Parks & Rec

The Narragansett Lions Club has sponsorships available for our Endless Summer Concerts on September 20th and 21st in Veteran's Park in the Pier. Thank you to South County Dermatology for sponsoring us at the Platinum level and Roof
Rite Roofing at the Gold level. Remaining sponsorships range from $2500 to $500.

Reply to this post or use FB Messenger to have the full sponsorship information sent to you. The information is also available from [email protected]

All proceeds will go to the RI Lions Children's Cancer Fund and Narragansett Parks and Rec Scholarship Fund.

The official race photos are available. Thanks to all those who supported our efforts to put on a safe race. Good job!

Blessing of the Fleet Blessing of the Fleet

We are proud to have had a big team from the Providence Police Department join our Blessing of the Fleet race. Semper Vigilans!

Pictures of the prize winners from the Blessing of the Fleet boat parade. Grand prize went to Sea Jem, 1st to O'Fishal Business, 2nd to Ocean Rose and 3rd to True Story. Thank you to all boats and their crews. It was fun!

Day 3 photos from the BoF Festival

Blessing Day 3 - Gianguzzi Photography Gianguzzi Photography was created after 25 years of studying and understanding all aspects of photography. Julie, Cooper and sometimes Todd

Looks like we had a marriage proposal at the finish line of the Blessing of the Fleet 10 Mile Road Race on Friday night. Thank you to Bethany Moore for sharing the photo! If you know the couple, please share with them.

SHE SAID YES!!!

Please enjoy these photos from yesterday's traditional Blessing of the Fleet in Galilee keeping in mind our commercial fishermen and women. Personally, it is this writer's favorite part of the weekend. I thought Bishop Henning's prayer was particularly meaningful and beautiful. It is a special moment when the young boys from a fishing family toss the wreaths into the channel in memory of those from the local fishing community who have lost their lives at sea while the bagpiper plays Amazing Grace.

May God bless and protect the families of our commercial fishing community!

https://gianguzziphotography.smugmug.com/Blessing-of-the-Fleet-2024/n-7TCspb?fbclid=IwY2xjawESO45leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHUcgJwhf1OyEYOZOZ-w-5nM87trAL5ldWD7-UULC6A_s-xV19Gk0UXOX5g_aem_GgMcNUlZeFu2Kx919LJ5Qw

Blessing of the Fleet 2024 - Gianguzzi Photography Gianguzzi Photography was created after 25 years of studying and understanding all aspects of photography. Julie, Cooper and sometimes Todd

Lots of great pictures from Friday night - both from the race and from the festival!

Blessing Day 2 - Gianguzzi Photography Gianguzzi Photography was created after 25 years of studying and understanding all aspects of photography. Julie, Cooper and sometimes Todd

Some of our newest members jumping right in at tonight’s BoF Festival. We serve!!!

That’s a nice photo!

The Blessing of the Fleet Celebration in Narragansett, R.I. 🎡🎟️🌊⚓️🌔🏰🦞

It’s Saturday night at the Blessing and Dave’s here! We are officially ready to roll!!!

Pictures from yesterday's Festival.

Blessing Day 1 - Gianguzzi Photography Gianguzzi Photography was created after 25 years of studying and understanding all aspects of photography. Julie, Cooper and sometimes Todd

💙🦁💛Today is the day!💛🦁💙

The would like to wish all of those participating in the road race this evening all the best! There will be hydration stations along the route and we will be waiting for you all at the finish line!
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The Beer Tent at the 2024 Blessing of the Fleet festival will be strictly 21+. Unfortunately, we will NOT be able to make exceptions to this rule for minors or young children, even if they are accompanied by an adult.

We understand that this may result in some "growing pains" for the festival and we anticipate that this may not be a popular policy with all of our guests. That said, this decision was based on direction from the Narragansett Police Department and the Narragansett Lions Club is firmly committed to delivering a safe environment for all of our festival attendees.

Please share this information with those in your own circles so that we can get the word out to the community at large!

Thank you!

As many fans of our 10 mile Blessing of the Fleet Race know, we sold out last Friday a week before the actual race. We acknowledge and understand that many people who were looking forward to participating in the race are disappointed.

The max allowed was 4,000 participants. This number was arrived at in consultation with the Narragansett Police and Fire Departments fully knowing that a small percentage would not show up. Therefore, we will not be able to transfer any bibs from one individual to another nor will we maintain a waiting list. If you get a bib from someone, you will run as that person and the results will be recorded as those of that person. We ask that you not run without a bib as that defeats the purpose of limiting numbers.

It has been said that the success of this event will ultimately result in its failure. Don't be one of those people who think only of themselves and end up ruining it for everyone. For the Narragansett Lions, this is our biggest fundraiser of the year. It enables us to contribute to many worthy causes and assist local individuals in need. Losing the race would be a real loss for the community.

Blessing of the Fleet Celebration - Narragansett Lions Club Blessing of the fleet, a series of events that include a road race, music and food festival and ceremonial blessing of local fishing vessels.

📢 The parking lot at Salty Brine State Beach in Narragansett will be temporarily closed on Saturday, July 27, from 8:30 AM until 1 PM during the Narragansett Lions Club’s 52nd annual Blessing of the Fleet celebration. During this time, the parking lot will be closed but the beach will remain open. The parking lot will reopen after 1 PM.

First held by the Narragansett Lions Club in 1972, the Blessing of the Fleet has grown into a beloved multi-day celebration that includes a road race, a festive parade of boats, great food, live music, and people by the thousands making wonderful new memories. This colorful event features a parade of decorated commercial and recreational watercraft. A local clergyman blesses each vessel as they pass as the spectators along the breachway wave and cheer them on. Annually, this free event allows the public to learn more about the Port of Galilee, the fishing industry, and the fleet who call the port home. For more information and a complete listing of Blessing of the Fleet events, please visit https://narragansettlionsclub.org/.

📷 Tiny yet popular, Salty Brine State Beach allows beachgoers to enjoy close up views of fishing boats and ferries going by.

We are at 3,500 race registrants with a cap of 4,000. It is probable that we may be sold out by the weekend, a week before the race.

There are 2,831 runners/walkers registered for our Blessing of the Fleet 10 mile race on Friday, July 27th. We have a 4,000 participant cap so don't put off registering for too long!

2024 Annual 52nd Blessing of the Fleet Road Race/Walk The 2024 Annual 52nd Blessing of the Fleet Road Race/Walk is on Friday July 26, 2024. It includes the following events: 10 Mile In Person Run and 10 Mile In Person Walk.

Tune in to Studio 10 WJAR on NBC 10 WJAR weekdays at 12:30pm! Today Ben DeCastro, Mario Hilario WJAR, Christina Erne and Krystin Rea welcome Bryan Pickell of Narragansett Lions Club and NIROPE, Ron and Pete Cardi. They will be discussing the upcoming Blessing of the Fleet Festival going on July 25, 26 and 27 in Narragansett! Don't miss it!

The Narragansett Lions Club thanks our 2024 Blessing of the Fleet Race sponsors. We appreciate their support.

As of this morning, we have exactly 2,000 runners/walkers registered for this year's Blessing of the Fleet Race. What are the chances of that? Well, actually, 1 in 2,000.

You can join the fun using this link.
https://runsignup.com/Race/RI/Narragansett/48thAnnualBlessingoftheFleetRoadRace

Ignore the design we have a new one for 2024.

2024 Annual 52nd Blessing of the Fleet Road Race/Walk The 2024 Annual 52nd Blessing of the Fleet Road Race/Walk is on Friday July 26, 2024. It includes the following events: 10 Mile In Person Run and 10 Mile In Person Walk.

Thank you, Wakefield Running!

STARTS ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!
Join our info session June 1 at 8am at the store for more details, Q&A, sign ups, and a 4 mile run!

Sign up in advance here: https://forms.gle/SqNUWHjW7BkigTyz8

Register for the race here: https://runsignup.com/Race/RI/Narragansett/48thAnnualBlessingoftheFleetRoadRace

The 2024 Blessing Race Shirt design! We have over 700 runners/walkers who will be sporting this shirt in late July! Have you registered? It's quite easy to do on our website.