Mt. Hood Lions Club: Mountain Roar

Swimming Lessons Dinner Saturday June 1st!
By the time you read this you’ll have just enough time to plan your June 1st evening! Please plan to attend a wonderful Mexican dinner in support of our Swimming Lessons program (Saturday June 1st). Happy hour starts at 4:30pm, dinner hours are from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. The menu includes chicken fajitas, rice, beans, salsa and tortillas. Tickets at the door are $10.00 for kids 10 and under and $20.00 for adults. Special adult presale tickets are available for $18.00 at Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern, and Coffee House 26 or ask any Lion. This event is chaired by Lion Nolberto Perez. We will also be offering several raffle items including a “Private Pool Party “certificate (a value of $500), donated by Camp Arrah Wanna – please come and enjoy.
Free Swimming Lessons, get your Children signed up!
Swimming Lessons will be held again at the Camp Arrah Wanna pool. We are able to offer these lessons free of charge to Welches School students and local Mountain children. Lessons will begin on Monday June 17th and last through Friday June 21st. Lessons will begin again on Monday June 24th and last through Friday June 28th. We are offering beginner, intermediate and advanced lessons. Exact times will be scheduled and families contacted. Our Swimming Lessons Program is chaired by Lion David Buoy. Lion Patti Buoy is heading up the registration and scheduling of students. Lion Patti has informed us that we have already met our limit of 90 students. Don’t give up, we are creating a waiting list, so please continue to register your children
Installation Night!
The club will be installing its slate of officers and directors at our June 24th meeting. The new Board will begin their term starting July 1st, 2024, lasting until June 30th, 2025.
A REMINDER from our Health Committee!
We are working with “femforward” to bring their Mobile Health Clinic to our club. Information on services can be found on their website. Making appointments can be made through the website, by texting or calling. Our first clinic will be offered on Friday June 28th.The clinic will start with one Friday a month, depending on need, since they can see up to 14 patients in a day. Please watch for our advertising. The health of our community has always been a concern of our club. Over the years we have given over 15,000 free inoculations, polio, measles, flu etc. Please take advantage of this opportunity.
Bingo!
Thank you for attending our Bingo season. We had wonderful support from our great bingo players all season long. We look forward to seeing you again this coming year. Lions Carol Norgard and Molly Espenel Co-Chair our Bingo committee.
Bingo Supports two $1000 Scholarships each year and assists with the funding of many of our club projects.
Chuckwagon Breakfast July 6th and 7th!
Please plan to attend our “Chuckwagon Breakfast” on Saturday, July 6th and Sunday, July 7th. Hours are from 7:00am to 12:00pm both days. Tickets at the door are $6.00 for kids 10 and under and $14.00 for adults. Special adult presale tickets are available for $12.00 at Welches Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern, and Coffee House 26, or ask any Lion. Lion Cari Gesch is this year’s Breakfast Chairwoman. A mountain tradition since 1958, we’ll be serving bacon, sausage, eggs and hotcakes, along with coffee and juice. We will be offering raffle items and our famous “Turkey Shoot’’ as well. This year we have planned to have a car show. If you would like to show your favorite car, spaces are available for $20.00 per day per spot. Please contact Lion David Anderson at 971-373-3869 for more details. Come out and enjoy a great meal and mountain tradition. Hope to see you there!
A Little Chuckwagon Breakfast History!
You know Lions are a very patriotic group. In August of 1959 Hawaii became our 50th state. In the spring of 1960, our club purchased 24 new 50 star U.S. flags (cheaper by the dozen). Early Saturday morning Lions Walt Blaisdell and Pat Kasch put the flags out along the highway and on Arrah Wanna and Welches roads. During clean-up after Monday’s breakfast (sometimes the breakfast was held for three days), Lions Tom Day and Del Howard retrieved 31 flags. (it was kind of tough to be recognized as a Lion for a week or so). We hope to see you: you will have a good time. You will even see some of our 50 star flags, as we display them on our clubhouse now.
Congratulations to outgoing Lion President Tyler Lehmann for completing an outstanding year as our club President.
Congratulations are also due our incoming Lion President David Anderson, who has many new ideas. He has also promised to keep us busy this coming year.
We greatly appreciate the support of our community for our many projects. Thank you very much.
It’s great to be a Lion!