North West Lions Foundation for Sight and Hearing

(NWLFSH).  Members place a table outside a participating

business, hand out small plastic white canes and

informational brochures on sight and hearing conservation

and accept donations. 

Play It By Ear is a similar event, the donations from which also go to NWLFSH.

Bell ringing for the Salvation Army is service on behalf of another organization. 

The Salvation Army secures the sites for the red buckets. 

We work three-hour shifts on the designated Friday and

Saturday, ringing the bells and smiling our thanks.

food drive started with Lions over twenty years ago. 

It now includes all service organizations, churches, school

groups, Scout troops, and community members.  The goal

is to “walk up every walk and knock on every door” to

collect food donations for the Stop Hunger Warehouse which distributes food to the

ten food banks in Clark County. 

The food collected plus food purchased with money donated to Walk and Knock

usually keeps the food banks stocked through the end of March.

The Fruit Valley Christmas Store has been a club project

for twenty some years.  All year members gather puzzles,

dolls, caps, kitchen items, toiletries, tool, music, anything

and everything that a child might like to give to a parent

or sibling.  On the last day of school before Winter break all the “merchandise”

is hauled to the school and displayed on long tables in the gym.  Students come to

“shop” one class at a time.  Each child chooses one gift for each member of his/her

family living at his/her address.  Then each child chooses one book and one stuffed

animal for himself/herself.  There is no charge to the students; for some families, this

is their entire Christmas gift exchange.