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Activity History of the East Brunswick Township, New Jersey Lions Club
Organization Date: |
September 24, 1951 |
Organized By: |
A.D. Smith |
Sponsoring Club: |
Spotswood, New Jersey |
First President: |
Steve Howarth |
First Secretary: |
Robert O. Berg |
First Treasurer: |
Dr. Albert Marsch |
Organized With: |
26 Charter Members |
Charter Members Still Active: |
None |
Activity Highlights By Year
1951-1952
- Held a "Barn Dance" raising $107.
- Purchased a $150 wheelchair.
- Sponsored an excursion to a baseball game in New York City raising $125.
- Donated $50 to Township Emergency Squad for purchase of equipment.
- Purchased a rowboat for use by lifeguards at public Beach.
- Operated a concession stand at local County Fair netting $210.
- Held Family Picnic.
- Held a turkey shoot netting $48 used toward furnishing a room at the polio hospital.
- Purchased telebinocular machine in cooperation with Spotswood Lions Club for use in schools.
- Erected and decorated community Christmas tree.
- Collected funds, clothes, food, and toys and donated money for Christmas baskets to seven needy families.
- Donated $25 to Cub Scout pack.
- Donated $10 to Girl Scout campsite fund.
- Sponsored excursion to Ice Revue in New York City raising $150 for County polio hospital fund.
- Held First Chart Night Anniversary Celebration.
- Donated $25 to Cub Scouts.
- Sponsored children's Easter egg hunt.
1964-1966
- Held a very successful cake sale with the entire club participating.
- A harness racing exhibition was held, raising over $300.
- Held a Lions family picnic that was exceptionally well attended.
- Held membership drive.
- Donated to Eye Foundation and Jamesboro Home.
- Gave Christmas baskets to needy families.
- Held a successful eye screenig for local school children. 20% of those examined needed further testing.
- Held a broom sale to raise funds.
- Held annual Easter Egg Hunt for the child of the local community with approximately 500 attending.
- Donated 284 pairs of safety glasses to the local school system for use in shop work and labs.
- A giant screening program was held for all the school children in the local system.
- Donated a Girl Scout "Campership" to a needy girl.
- Fourteen members and spouses attended the state convention.
- Held a successful "Father, Sons and Daughters Night."
1975-1977
- Club members participated in the District 16-D Eyemobile that was represented at the Middlesex County Fair in August for four days. There were 83 people screened on one of the days.
- Held a successful family picnic which included members and guests. There were over 200 adults and children in attendance.
- Completed sale of plastic bags that generated profits for charity. Donated $100 of the proceeds to the Senior Citizens Drop In Center of East Brunswick.
- Held a White Cane sale raising $807.
- A second White Cane netted over $1200.
- The Bicentennial Committee obtained three films titled "American Heritage" that covered the history of the United States beginning with the Revolutionary War to the end of World War I. The committee and club members showed the films at two local schools. In addition, the township used the films for student participation.
- Raised $200 at Turkey Shoot Raffle.
- Donated a total of $1000 for Lions special project of purchasing a portable kidney machine for the Perth Amboy Hospital.
- The club completed its Super Bowl Raffle fundraiser activity.
- A Christmas Greetings sign four feet by 24 feet was made and installed for display in the town.
- The Christmas Welfare Committee spent $400 for food, clothing, and toys that were distributed to needy families in the community.
- Held a successful Pancake Breakfast fundraiser.
- A friend of the club donated an electric piano with amplifier worth $1000 in the name of the club to the Music Foundation for the Visually Disabled.
- Provided eye examinations and glasses for three local youths.
- Donated $750 towards a Nursing Scholarship fund for Peggy Chaney and $500 scholarship to Julie Harold. For special scholarships, the club donated $250 to Debra Healy for a fourth year at specialized nurses training.
- Distributed $438 to local charities.
- Held the club's Charity Ball at the Pines Manor in Edison. Approximately 100 people attended the affair. The Blind Band played an hour's selection of music for all attending. Approximately $1000 was raised from this even.t
- Distributed $800 to eight projects including Camp Happiness, Camp Marsala, Delaware Valley Eye Bank, Eyemobile Foundation, Lydia hayes Home, Middlesex General Hospital Eye Center, Mt. Carmel School for the Blind, and St. Joseph's School.
1981-1983
- Held annual Pancake Breakfast at the East Brunswick High School with an excellent turnout. Profits over $1000.
- Held White Cane Days, collecting over $350 with fifty per cent club participation.
- Donated $1600 to East Brunswick Library for use in paying salary of Kurzweil reading machine instructor.
- Held eye screening.
- Staffed the Eye Mobile at Middlesex County Fair, providing eye and ear screenings. Held successful Soccer Kick Booth at the fair.
- Participated in Camp Daisy Country Fair sponsored by East Brunswick Brain Injured Association. Held annual Christmas Party for brain injured children from Camp Daisy.
- Held installation Banquet at Ramada Inn.
- Held annual Charity Ball.
- Held successful Family Day in June.
- Donated $100 for the Lions Sight Foundation.
1991-1999
- Held a successful fund raising Ring Toss booth at the Middlesex County Fair and Daisy Festival.
- Continue to hold successful Pancake Breakfasts.
- Held 40th Anniversary Dinner Dance.
- Held White Cane days.
- Organized a Night at the Races for the Daisy brain injured children and their families.
- Held annual Golf Outings.
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