Our meeting at Horry Restaurant on Hwy. 9 in Longs at 6:30 PM.
We had great weather for the festival this year amd a large crowd. We met some great foks and had good sales of brooms and soda. See our Newsletter. For details on the festival please visit:
PLAYCARD PARK BABY ANIMAL DAY
Eight members (Lions John Barnhardt, Ben & Doris Burroughs, Verne Cappell, Bill Lutz, Frank Policastro and Bill Watson) of our club and Jack & Dorothy (Leonardo the Lion) Bambach of the NMB Lions had a great day at Playcard with aboout 800 school children. There were many there to entertain the children with displays, games, small animals. etc and we took the children along a trail with blindfolds on them to duplicate being blind. They held on to a rope suspended between some trees as we explained about Helen Keller and the experiences of those that are sightless. Leonardo did a fantastic job of entertaining the children by teaching them sign language. The photos show their excitement and attempts to copy the signs. We also took some children down part of the BrailleTrail aand showed them our signs done in script and braille. It was a great day for Lions!
Lions Bill Lutz, Verne Cappell, Frank Policastro, John Barnhardt & Bill Watson await the first group of children with the boxes of blindfolds ready.
Lions Verne Cappell & Bill Lutz leading a group down the trail.
Leonardo at the first sign along the Braille Trail.
The joy of the children is evident as they try to copy Leonardo's sign language.
Lion Jack showed the children pictures of animals as Leonardo did the signs.
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THE WOUNDED WARRIORS VISIT SOUTH CAROLINA
PDG George O'Neill, 1stVDGE Randy Edwards & Frank Policastro just before the Warriors arrived.
Over 50 cyclist's await the Warriors to escort them to Myrtle Beach.
Some of the 100 or so residents of Little River await the arrival of the Warriors.
Lion Frank chats with a Warrior who came from Frank's home town.
Lion George welcomes the Warriors as they arrive.
Our meeting on June 5th, 2012 at 5:00 PM is our private officer installation dinner. Our next reular meeting will be on June 19th at Horry Restaurant on Hwy. 9 in Longs. Please phone or email us with the first or third Tuesday evening of the month that you would like to join us. We also welcome prospective new members.
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HIGHWAY 17 LITTER CLEAN-UP
Eight members of our club joined three members of the Community Coalition of Little River (CCLR) February 18th to pick up litter along Highway 17 from Dunkin Donuts to Baker Street at the Post Office. It was cool weather at 9 AM, and we gathered 180 lbs. raising our total to 4,320 pounds.. Our next pick-up will be May 5th, 2012 at 8 AM.
CANDY DAY AT WALMART MARCH 24th 
We had nineof our members at Walmart at Gator Plaza for today's Candy Day. The weather was perfect. We were stationed at each entrance door and passed out candy to the generous Walmart shoppers who passed by our tables. Collections were up from our last Candy Day, so we were very pleased and appreciate all who supported our cause.
Lions Nick Lopano & Skip Levenski greet some shoppers as they exit Walmart.
SAYING OF THE MONTH
PARAPROSDOKIANS - - - (Winston Churchill loved them) are figures of speech in which the latter part of the snetance or phrase is surprising or unexpected; freguently humerous.
"Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak."
Little River is next to the North Carolina border and just north of Myrtle Beach, SC. It is a small town that lies along both sides of the intercoastal waterway (pictured). Well worth the visit !!! Click here for a tour.
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