Our flagship fundraiser is our Annual Pancake Supper & Auction, usually held the first Monday in March. Everybody always has a great time at this activity. We also raise funds through our soft drink and candy concessions at Carlisle Jr. & Sr. High School football games and through mint sales. Some of the activities and organizations we support include:
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Lions World Services for the Blind, the premier training center for visually-impaired individuals, located in Little Rock, Arkansas;
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Mid-South Sight and Hearing Center, located in Memphis, Tennessee;
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Arkansas Lions Eye Bank, located at UAMS, in Little Rock;
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Summer camp sponsor for visually-impaired child;
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College scholarships to local high school graduates;
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New software for Carlisle High School computer classes;
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New equipment for Carlisle High School special education programs;
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New baseball scoreboard for Rockefeller Park;
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Charter organization for Carlisle Boy Scout Troop 101;
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Carlisle Public Library Summer Reading Program;
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Wade Knox Child Advocacy Center;
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Lonoke County Safe Haven domestic violence shelter;
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CASA of Lonoke County;
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Collection of used eyeglasses;
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Arkansas DHS Haunted House;
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Free eye examinations and glasses for those in need;
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$10,000 donated toward the new Carlisle Senior Citizens Center;
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Sponsored student delegate to Arkansas Boys State;
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Supporting a student optometrist on an eyecare mission to the Dominican Republic;
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Helping to fund a new playground for the Arkansas School for the Blind; and
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Purchased two scoreboards for new Carlisle High School gymnasium.
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