Burrito Breakfast!
Thank you for attending our Burrito Breakfast. We began with a slow start but had a good turnout, with great food and many nice comments from our guests. Lion Craig Calvert chaired the event helped by a great crew of Lions. Thanks go to Welches Mountain Building Supply, Welches Clackamas County Bank, Whistle Stop Tavern, and Café 26 for the sale of our tickets. Thanks also go to Barlow Trail, Tollgate Inn, Whistle Stop Tavern, and St. Michael's Church, for the loan of cooking equipment, to Hoodland Thriftway for their generous discounts and donations, and finally to 6-year-old Elija Hatzi, son of Lions Matt and Aubrey Hatzi, for his donation of $50 plus in sales and tips made by selling his famous Lemonade. Proceeds from the Burrito Breakfast help support our Swimming Lessons program.

Bingo!
Lions Bingo began on Friday September 29th. We had a great crowd and a brand new Bingo machine for them to enjoy. Bingo is our largest fundraiser helping to support our scholarship program and much more. Come and have a great Friday night, doors will open at 6:00pm with Bingo starting at 7:00pm.

Red Cross Blood Drive!
Thank you to those of you who donated blood at our September 30th Red Cross Blood Drive. We had a nice turnout.

The Club has a busy October coming up!

R.I.F. Dinner!
Our Reading is Fundamental (R.I.F.) Steak and Prawn Dinner will be held Saturday October 14th, with Happy Hour starting at 6:30pm and Dinner at 7:00pm. Price at the door is $18.00. Special Presale tickets are available for $16.00 at Welches Clackamas County Bank, Welches Mountain Building Supply, Coffee House 26, and the Whistle Stop Tavern, or ask any Lion. We began R.I F. in 1992 and have given over 15,000 books away to Welches School students. Lion Molly Espenel is our R.I.F. Committee Chairman.
New Member Initiation!

We will be initiating several new members at our Wednesday October 25th club dinner meeting.
Christmas Toy Drive Dinner!

We are making plans for our Christmas Toy Drive Dinner to be held December 2nd. We have been holding this Dinner to support our communities' youngsters since 1996. We have a great dinner planned for you and prepared by our own Lion Chef Craig Calvert and his crew of hard working Lions. More details to come in next month's column.

Remembering Lion, John Young.
Lion John Young passed away September 12th at his home. John will be remembered as someone you always enjoyed being around. He was a very caring guy, happy, funny, hard worker, great storyteller and just fun to be with. The only problem he seemed to have was keeping his pipe lit. We were very blessed to have John as our club president in 2007/2008. John, we miss you very much.

It's great to be a Lion!