Monday Dinner Meeting:

The Rainier Lions Club will be meeting next Monday evening at 6:30 PM for dinner.  The club meeting starts promptly at 7 PM.  We're serving homemade meatloaf, mashed potatoes, vegetable & dessert.  The cost for dinner is $5.00. 

Remember, we're voting on whether or not to renew our membership in the Yelm Chamber of Commerce.  Your thoughts and votes are important.  Please come!  

We look forward to seeing everyone Monday evening!

Thurston County Recreational Marijuana Applications LIST:

We received a copy of the list of Thurston County Recreational Marijuana Applications, which is public knowledge.  We have permission to post the list here.  There are 11 spots open in Thurston County and 21 spots in Seattle (King County).  Seattle is requesting more spots be made available there.

Thurston County has 234 applications.  The lottery for licenses will be conducted later on for the 11 licenses that will be made available.  The applicants will be scrutinized by the Liquor Board.

Where there are applications from businesses in Yelm, Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Rochester, Centralia & Tenino, there are no applications for any Recreational Marijuana businesses Rainier or Bucoda.  

Harlem Ambassadors Show Basketball Team

We received the following letter from about the Harlem Basketball Team coming to our area:

Dear Lions Club,

The world famous Harlem Ambassadors Show Basketball Team is coming your way this fall 2014! The Harlem Ambassadors Show Basketball Team has performed fundraising events throughout the United States and 20 foreign countries since 1997. The Harlem Ambassadors feature a “Harlem-style” basketball show, including ball handling tricks, slam dunks and amusing comedy routines.

We have worked and continue to work extensively with non-profit organizations including, but not limited to: Rotary Clubs, Chambers of Commerce, Boys & Girls Clubs, Habitat for Humanity, Kiwanis Clubs, Lions Clubs and many other service organizations. Our main goal is to help your community organization reach its fundraising potential through these unique basketball events.

We will be touring through WASHINGTON and wanted to inform your organization of this opportunity to host a special fundraising event with the Harlem Ambassadors this NOVEMBER 2014.

With this inclusive package we supply media and promotional tools. We will send you a fundraising guide that consists of a step-by-step process to help plan, promote and advertise the event. We provide you with 1,000 game tickets printed specifically for your organization to use and Harlem Ambassadors’ press releases, photos and logos to distribute to your local media. Additionally, you will receive an autographed Harlem Ambassadors team basketball, which is great for a fundraising raffle. Then, the Harlem Ambassadors play a team your organization assembles, making this an event the whole community can rally around.

Please let me know if you are interested in receiving our fundraising package, which includes video, reference letters and all financial information regarding the Harlem Ambassadors show. 

Sincerely, 

Tim Fjestad
Assistant Sales Manager
Phone: 970-472-1000
Fax: 970-472-9297
Toll Free #: 888-386-4667
tim.fjestad@comcast.net

Lions Mobile Screening Unit Visits Rainier & Yelm Schools Today

Hi Lions,

  I want to thank Terri, Chris, Bernice, Linda L., Linda J. for the great job they did today in helping with hearing and eye exams. Couldn’t have done it without you. We screened over 350 students from Rainier Elementary and 105 Eagle View Christian School Students. It was lots of fun working with the children.

Thanks again,

George

Lions Health Screening Unit

 Started in 1996, this specially-equipped unit travels to communities throughout Washington and Northern Idaho. It provides free health screening for vision, glaucoma, hearing, diabetes and blood pressure. The Lions Health Screening Unit is staffed by local Lions Club members and community health professional volunteers. In 2000, the LHSU screened over 25,000 individuals, including over 8,000 children.

  We can host the Lions Health Screening Van for screenings for blood pressure, diabetes, hearing, glaucoma and vision at no cost to the community. Our club members routinely transfer donated corneal tissue from our eye bank in Seattle to transplant recipients.  

Rosie's Place

George & I attended our monthly Rainier Community Cares meeting tonight.  Our guest speaker was Cole Ketcherside from Street Outreach Program.  You can get more information on this program in Olympia at:

http://www.communityyouthservices.org.  

They offer help for homeless, or couch surfing youth under 21 years of age, including counseling, help getting your GED, housing, education, finding a job and health services. They have many, many other services available, too.

Be a Hero!

Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research

There's still time for you to be a hero this year! Help give the gift of sight today by donating online!
http://www.lionseyeinstitute.org/the-foundation/individual-donations

Lions Eye Institute for Transplant & Research

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