PLAINFIELD LIONS CLUB
2023 - 2024
1) For the current Lion's club year, we have honored 7 Big Spring High School Seniors as Students of the Month for their academic and community achievements. They are Johnathan Gleed, Leah Bear, Mackenzie Flickinger, Katelynn Mattern, Sarah Slotter, Levi Stewart and Blake Wenger.
2) Prepared and delivered 40 fruit baskets to Plainfield, Carlisle and Newville area residents. These baskets contained apples, bananas, oranges, kiwis, pears and a quart of chicken corn soup.
3) Donated $480 to the District 14C Governor's Project Fund. That money will be distributed to County Food Banks in Adams, Cumberland and York counties, Lions Club International Foundation, PA Lions Beacon Lodge Camp, PA Lions Care for the Kids (Four Diamonds), Diabetes Awareness and Education, District 14C Disaster Relief, Leader Dogs for the Blind, Lions of Pennsylvania Foundation, Northeast PA Lions Service Foundation, PA Lions Hearing Research Foundation, PA Lions Sight Conservation and Eye Research Foundation and support for District 14-C K-9 Units in Adams, Cumberland and York counties.
4) Held our annual Easter Egg Hunt at West Pennsboro Park on Saturday, March 30, 2024. Over 40 children from less than 1 to 12 years of age hunted eggs. A few came away with prizes. The Plainfield Lions Club has hosted the Easter Egg hunt for over 30 years.
5) Picked up litter along a 2-mile stretch of PA Route 641 from Back Street in Plainfield east toward Carlisle. Eight bags of trash were collected during April 2024.
TO DO ALL OF THIS WE RAISE MONEY BY
Selling chicken corn soup. Soup sale will be held at the West Pennsboro Fire Hall in October 2024.
Selling ham and cheese or turkey and cheese sandwiches in February and May 2024.
We have brooms for sale.
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED THIS YEAR BY PUTTING INTO ACTION THE LIONS MOTTO: WE SERVE!
EASTER EGG HUNT
The Plainfield Lions Club will again sponsor the annual Easter egg hunt at West Pennsboro Park for the children in the community on Saturday, March 23, 2024, (Rain/snow date is March 30, 2024) starting at 11:00 am. The Plainfield Lions Club has been the sponsor of the community's Easter Egg hunt for over 30 years.
CHICKEN CORN SOUP
Every year the Plainfield Lions Club sells our delicious chicken corn soup. In past years we would make the soup in huge black kettles. Unfortunately, in the past couple of years we have had problems, first with the condition of the corn that was grown and then the COVID pandemic. We now purchase the soup from the Country Butcher Shop and sell it in that manner. Look for our soup sale in October 2024.
WESTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY (WCC) LION PROJECTS
The Plainfield Lions Club are part of the Western Cumberland County (WCC) Lions that work on large-scale projects in the Carlisle area. Plainfield Lions supplied the leadership of Peck and Jill Freeland, who have graciously opened their home for fund raising meetings during the past year. Plans include a golf tournament at Eagles Crossing on June 22, 2024 and a bake sale at the Country Butcher Shop in Plainfield on Saturday, August 31, 2024 during the Labor Day weekend.
Contact Lion Acting Secretary Charlie Holtry for information or to place an order for any of these fund raising efforts.
2022 - 2023
1) Honored 8 Big Spring High School Seniors as Students of the Month for their academic and community achievements. They are Mikela Ward, Aubrey McBride, Madison Brownewell, Naveah Barnhart, Sydney Leidigh, Diana Kepner, Hannah Werle and Rylee Piper.
2) Prepared 23 fruitbaskets for individuals and families in the Plainfield, Newville and Carlisle area.
3) Donated $230 in gift cards for Disaster Relief in Kentucky, South Carolina and North Carolina when those areas suffered flooding in October 2022.
4) Sponsored the 2023 Easter Egg Hunt held on April 8, 2023 at West Pennsboro Park. Over 50 children of all ages received prizes, hunted eggs and had a chance to say "HI" to the Easter Bunny.
5) Donated $500 to St Matthews Lutheran Church for use of their building and $200 for the servers to enjoy a night out.
6) Donated $300 to the West Pennsboro Fire Company.
7) Donated $250 to the West Pennsboro Township Parks and Recreation.
8) Donated $200 to Leader Dogs for the Blind.
9) Donated $110 to Beacon Lodge as part of the 500 club (5.00 per club member).
10) Donated $50 to the Zone Social, which in turn is being donated to the Carlisle Police Department K-9 unit.
11) $100 to Western Cumberland County Lions Project Fund to sponsor a hole at that organization's annual golf tournament.
12) $420 to the District Governor's Project Fund which is distributed to numerous organizations both Lion-sponsored and non-Lion-sponsored organizations.
