Lions of Bridgewater

Well, it’s turning into quite a banner month for the Bridgewater Academy Lions. Another member is in the press, and this time it’s our very own Vale Sime. It seems Vale will be one of 287 women honored as “Unsung Heroines”.

You can find the article here.

Congratulations, Vale!

If you haven’t seen the May edition of The Lion magazine, check it out. There’s an extensive interview with Bridgewater Academy Lion Peter Bertelli featured on page 52. Well done, Peter! Lions all over the world are reading about a Bridgewater Lion!

The Bridgewater Community Lions Club is now up and running! The Presidents and Secretaries of the sponsoring clubs signed the Charter Application yesterday, along with the District Governor, and the paperwork is on its way to Lions Club International (LCI)! All that’s left now is for LCI to issue the club our official club number, but for all intents and purposes Bridgewater now has 3 Lions clubs!

We should receive the official charter in about 45 days. That document will define the official charter date of the club. From that date anyone who joins the club within 90 days will still be considered a charter member, so it’s not too late to join and have your name added to the official Charter document with the fancy seal and the signatures of all the Lions dignitaries.

It’s time to celebrate!

If you

1. Would like to spend more quality time with your family;
2. Wish you had more time for FUN in your life;
3. Want to give something back to the community;
4. Are interested in making the town of Bridgewater (not to mention the rest of the world) a better place to live;

then come to the Bridgewater Community Lions Open House.
The overwhelming response to last Thursday’s Open House has necessitated scheduling another to give more interested families an opportunity to find out what the Bridgewater Community Lions Club is all about and how they can share in making a difference by volunteering as a family.

Come to the Conant Health Center on Wally Krueger Way in Bridgewater on Tuesday, March 25th, 5:30-7:00 PM for an Informational Open House. The Bridgewater Community Lions Club will show you how you can do ALL of the above (in some cases without even leaving your home)!

You’ll learn something new about Lions and about yourself. Light snacks and refreshments will be served. Bring your kids (we’re serious about families serving together).

Please let us know you’re planning to come by using the RSVP form so that we may plan activities, materials and refreshments accordingly.Come join us! Serve the Community, Save the World.

We had a great Open House on Thursday night. It was great to see how enthusiastic everyone is about this new Lions Club. This will be a truly multi-generational volunteer group with a membership that ranges in age from 18 to nearly 80! Our instincts were right: this is going to be a fantastic group of people to volunteer with.

 In addition to the adults who attended, we had 9 youngsters (the “Cub Club”). The Easter baskets that the kids made during the Open House will be delivered to the Bridgewater Nursing Home right after St. Patrick’s Day (which this year is less than a week before Easter).

There were a number of people who indicated that they were interested in attending the Open House, but had conflicts on that night. Additionally, at least two of the attendees have invited some of their friends to join us. As a result, we’re planning an additional Open House. We had hoped to have the next Open House within the next two weeks, but the Conant Health Center is booked pretty solidly this month.

The next Open House will be held on Tuesday, March 25, from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM at the Conant Health Center. If you’re planning to attend that night, please take a moment and RSVP to let us know that you’re coming. It will help us a lot in figuring out what we will need in the way of refreshments, etc. In the event that you’re unable to attend on that night, we welcome you to join us on the night of our first club meeting: Thursday, March 27 at the Conant Health Center.

Again, “Thanks!” to those of you that attended last Thursday evening. We’ll see you at the first Organizational (Club) Meeting on Thursday, March 27. More details about that meeting will follow.