Lions of Bridgewater

Members of the Bridgewater Community Lions (BCLC), the Cub Club, and the Greater Bridgewater Leos Club got together this past Saturday and drove to Weymouth in order to clean, read, and catalogue over 200 pairs of eyeglasses which had been previously collected. The organizer of the event was Robin Piccini, a member of the Bridgewater Community Lions. “We had lots of fun on Saturday. Now that everyone feels comfortable reading glasses [with a lens analyzer]; we should be able to read 120 an hour. It was fun watching the kids pick up on it so fast.”

This was our first project to support Make a Difference Day. Thanks to Eye Health Associates of Weymouth who donated the use of the space and equipment in order to allow us to complete this project. The BCLC and the Leos will continue to collect eyeglasses for future “eyeglass reading parties”.

The Bridgewater Community Lions Club (BCLC) will host the First Annual “Arts for Everyone” Festival at the Bridgewater Middle School Gym & Auditorium on Saturday, November 15th from 9 AM to 4 PM. The school is located at the corner of Center and Mt. Prospect Streets, off Route 18 and Route 104.

The Festival will feature an Arts & Crafts Fair in the gymnasium; an art exhibition by the 11-13-year-old contestants of the Lions International Peace Poster contest, and the Bridgewater Senior Painters in the lobby; and a Performance Arts Showcase & Amateur Competition for local youth involved in dance, instrument, and/or voice in the auditorium. Admission will be $2.50 per person; children under age 6 admitted free if accompanied by an adult. Discount coupons are available locally.

The Craft Fair houses 56 vendor booths and will feature fine art work, hand-crafted items, origami, glass and jewelry items, hand-knit items, quilts, oil paintings, cards & photos. There will also be representatives of Pampered Chef, and Silpada jewelry. A limited number of vendor spaces are still available at a cost of $35.00 per 8′ x 12′ space.
Attendees of the festival will have the opportunity to vote on their choice of winner in the Lions Peace Poster contest. Winners will be announced at the end of the festival day.

View the General Flyer

The competition age groups for voice, instrument and dance are as follows: Grades 1-4, Grade 5-8, Grade 9-12. A Performance Arts Showcase featuring acts from various local performing arts schools will run between each discipline. There are still openings for contestants in the performance arts competition for a fee of $15.00 per act. Complete and mail-in the competition registration form. Prizes will be awarded.
The Bridgewater Community Lions Club will have tables featuring a snack bar, baked goods, special prize tables, and membership information.

View the competition flyer

Further information about vendor space, performance arts competition, arts exhibition, or performance showcase may be obtained by calling (508) 697-6939 or by e-mail to joyce.middleton@verizon.net. General Festival information may be obtained by calling (508) 697-0041 or by e-mail to arts4everyone@bridgewaterlions.org.

Wow! Our first big community service project (the clean-up of Legion Field following the 4th of July festivities) was picked up by the Brockton Enterprise! Theresa Knapp Enos wrote a very nice article about our project and about the club. You can all be very proud of the great work done! You can read the article here.

It’s officially the first day of the 2008 – 2009 Lions year and Bridgewater has 3 Lions clubs with new officers ready to charge into another year of making the world a better place. Good Luck to all the Lions of Bridgewater!

You can find the updated list of club officers for all the clubs on their respective pages.

This past Monday night, the annual Awards Dinner for the Lions of District 33S, aka the “Superior” district, was held at the Holy Ghost Hall in Taunton. The event was well attended by Lions from throughout the district and, once again, the Lions of Bridgewater came away with a nice round of awards:

• Best Secretary, Medium Club: Anne Fagan (Bridgewater Academy Lions)
• Best Secretary, Extra Large Club: Ben Ellis (Bridgewater Lions Club)
• Best President, Extra-Large Club, Runner-Up: George Andruk (Bridgewater Lions Club)
• Best Medium Club, Runner-Up: Bridgewater Academy Lions Club
• Best Extra-Large Club, Runner-Up: Bridgewater Lions Club

Congratulations to these Lions and their clubs on another great year!