Hello everyone: This will be short(er) than usual (you already know with me, it's NEVER "short" in the conventional sense, but oh my, all the great stuff to share takes room!!!) There will be much more comprehensive information next weekend and acknowledgements (pages and pages of acknowledgements!!!).
OH, the blessings!!! About the time I think Lions 4 Kids has certainly had many, many more than our share, Heaven opens and showers us with more (see below for some recent ones)!!
In this installment:
Save the date:
Kids served this month
Status of renovation:
SAVE THE DATES:
Friday, December 12th from 11-5 at Windermere Real Estate in Bonney Lake is their holiday open house and putt-putt golf tournament. Your $5 golf entry fee will benefit Lions 4 Kids. Ken Freed REALLY knows how to "DO" golf.... This is one not to miss!
SATURDAY, December 13th from 1:30-4:30 at the Bonney Lake Sr. Center (not Sunday as I mistakenly reported earlier): Holiday bazaar and garage sale fundraiser
Consultants from numerous companies will be selling candles, stamps and accessories, cosmetics and fragrance, Pampered Chef, unique jewelry and MORE! We've been collecting a great assortment of garage sale items; there will be yummy baked items for sale (all calories removed if you're going to eat it yourself, or good enough to pass off as your own if you aren't!); Santa and the Mrs. for the kids with photo opportunities (thanks to the McConkeys and the Cresons for helping with the Ho-Ho-Ho's!!), refreshments and FUN. All proceeds will benefit the kids who are our future served by Lions 4 Kids House. There will be some excellent and affordable gift-giving options available and you'll support a great cause!
Our incredible volunteers Iona, Andrea, April, Dana and others have been working overtime to organize this event. Grateful thanks to each of them.
Also next Saturday: FREE community holiday dinner at Sumner High School from 12-4 sponsored by the high school's leadership class. What an amazing group of kids this is - our future's in GREAT hands! Thanks to John Norlin for his leadership!
Christmas Angels: We have a fabulous group of volunteers to help with wrapping but are in need of a couple more helpers on both Saturday 12/13 and Saturday 12/20 from 12-2. All other days and hours are covered and we sincerely thank everyone who is helping!
On the Move to deliver warm coats, hats and mittens to local homeless feeding programs in December is being organized. Please stay tuned for dates and times!
Children served:
Kids, kids everywhere!!!
We've broken all records this month so far: Wednesday 12/3 we served 69 kids from 4-8:30; Saturday 12/6 we served 67 from 10-2, with a number of families who came by choosing to return another time because we were so busy. Except for general excitement of the season, volunteers reported it was an orderly and VERY FUN couple days!!
Renovation requests filled!
- We have a roofer to install our shingles! Thank you for the referral Ruben Hernandez!
- We have a cement finisher to work with Miles Sand and Gravel to install our exterior hard surfaces! Thank you for the referral Walt Miles!
Energy inspection completed Friday 12/5. Our builder Bryan Long completed all the framing; drywall will complete this week and taping commence next weekend; sealing, texturing and painting upon completion of taping.
The race to the finish line!
You certainly don't need to be reminded about the rapid approach of Christmas! Because volunteer projects have their own cadence as our helpers have to fit this activity into their regular work schedules, it's appearing that a good deal of the finish work will need to be completed in the week after Christmas. If you are available starting December 27th for even an hour and have a desire to help, we are in need of the following helpers:
- Finish carpenters to install doors, baseboards, trim, door hardware, etc. (materials provided)
- Individuals willing to install slot walls, hanging wall racks and shelving
- Someone to create and install shoe shelves (materials provided)
- Someone to build, paint and install book shelves (materials provided)
- Strong individuals to help us move, place and install our new cabinetry (and a few pickup
trucks to move it from it's Bonney Lake storage location)
- Individuals willing to install batt insulation in the attic
We must vacate our old building by Monday, January 4th and are scheduled to open our doors to Our Kids on Wednesday January 7th. We know we won't be totally completed with the project by then, but having finish work done will alleviate a great deal of hassle.
Flooring challenge!
As you know the last BIG piece of our renovation project is proving to be a challenge. We're having difficulty finding flooring materials for the new building -- 1600 s.f. Pergo-like laminate material in a light maple wood finish. This segment of the building industry seems especially hard-hit by the economy and even manufacturers and distributors have been unable to assist. A couple companies have offered us materials at cost, but every undesignated dollar we receive goes to purchase items needed but not donated for Our Kids, so essentially we have no money. EVERYTHING to date on our renovation has been the result of donated materials and labor with one monetary gift early on that has purchased items we haven't been able to get donated.
Our facility manager, Iona Catonio, has issued a challenge:
Iona has put $50 in a fund to help pay for flooring and so far we have received another $101. If you would like to contribute $1, $5, $50, or anything in between toward the purchase of our floor, our mailing address is below. Please mark checks "L4K Floor Fund". Credit card donations are also accepted if you will email me with your name and phone number ONLY. DO NOT SEND CREDIT CARD INFO via email! I will contact you personally for information. Thank you Iona and Jessica Larios!
Showered by Blessings!!
Do you believe in Miracles? If you don't, please come hang around Lions 4 Kids for awhile. Why, it could even make a believer out of a hard-hearted fellow like Ebenezer Scrooge!!
- Saturday, one of our construction volunteers for the day, Bob Leistico, was asking about delivery of our new windows. I mentioned that Champion will have them onsite sometime in January but that I had received a call from the owner on Friday who indicated that due to the high cost of materials and labor to produce it they would be unable to supply our sliding glass door. Bob's face brightened and he said he'd been golfing recently at Lipoma Firs Golf Course and one of the homeowners had replaced their windows leaving a white vinyl slider leaning against their fence on the fairway marked "free slider". I checked it out on Saturday, it's still there, and a phone call from the homeowner today indicates they would LOVE for us to have it. Bob and his golfing buddy are picking it up Monday! Thank you Bob!!
- Iona was at Prime Fitness last week and was talking to one of her trainers about our need for kid's Christmas gifts. A lady standing nearby overheard the conversation and mentioned that she had a car full of gifts to donate to "someone" and she decided then and there she wanted to give them to us! Her totally stuffed Suburban pulled up at Lions 4 Kids House and off-loaded the goodies, which was enough to supply gifts for the 69 kids we saw last Wednesday!
- Friday I had a call from Lisa Peters, another of our wonderful volunteers and an employee of Home Depot. Lisa has been instrumental in bringing Lions 4 Kids to the attention of her co-workers, and Home Depot's support on the remodel and for Our Kids has been incredible. Home Depot had several bundles of attic insulation returned but it's a brand they no longer carry. Her superiors wanted to know, could we use it? Attic insulation is one of the next things I am working on finding, and this donation along with that of Ruth Wergin will take care of more than 25% of our attic. Thank you Lisa and Home Depot!
In the rush, bustle and sometimes overwhelming chaos associated with the season, please take a moment to BREATHE, to hug those you love and reflect on your blessings.
This is the season of giving and perhaps the most important thing you can offer is a hand of reconciliation, a kind word or a smile to someone. It may be the most important gift you ever give to them -- or receive yourself.
With deepest thanks to YOU, our incredible community, for the blessings showered upon Lions 4 Kids, that ARE making a difference to the children who are our future, Carol
Carol Wells-Reed
Founder and Director, Lions 4 Kids House
Mailing address: 20825 SR 410 East, PMB #198
Bonney Lake 98391
Message phone: 253-447-3844
Website: www.lions4kids.com
Email: cwells-reed@hotmail.com
The Bonney Lake Lions Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization #38-3753543
OH, the blessings!!! About the time I think Lions 4 Kids has certainly had many, many more than our share, Heaven opens and showers us with more (see below for some recent ones)!!
In this installment:
Save the date:
Kids served this month
Status of renovation:
SAVE THE DATES:
Friday, December 12th from 11-5 at Windermere Real Estate in Bonney Lake is their holiday open house and putt-putt golf tournament. Your $5 golf entry fee will benefit Lions 4 Kids. Ken Freed REALLY knows how to "DO" golf.... This is one not to miss!
SATURDAY, December 13th from 1:30-4:30 at the Bonney Lake Sr. Center (not Sunday as I mistakenly reported earlier): Holiday bazaar and garage sale fundraiser
Consultants from numerous companies will be selling candles, stamps and accessories, cosmetics and fragrance, Pampered Chef, unique jewelry and MORE! We've been collecting a great assortment of garage sale items; there will be yummy baked items for sale (all calories removed if you're going to eat it yourself, or good enough to pass off as your own if you aren't!); Santa and the Mrs. for the kids with photo opportunities (thanks to the McConkeys and the Cresons for helping with the Ho-Ho-Ho's!!), refreshments and FUN. All proceeds will benefit the kids who are our future served by Lions 4 Kids House. There will be some excellent and affordable gift-giving options available and you'll support a great cause!
Our incredible volunteers Iona, Andrea, April, Dana and others have been working overtime to organize this event. Grateful thanks to each of them.
Also next Saturday: FREE community holiday dinner at Sumner High School from 12-4 sponsored by the high school's leadership class. What an amazing group of kids this is - our future's in GREAT hands! Thanks to John Norlin for his leadership!
Christmas Angels: We have a fabulous group of volunteers to help with wrapping but are in need of a couple more helpers on both Saturday 12/13 and Saturday 12/20 from 12-2. All other days and hours are covered and we sincerely thank everyone who is helping!
On the Move to deliver warm coats, hats and mittens to local homeless feeding programs in December is being organized. Please stay tuned for dates and times!
Children served:
Kids, kids everywhere!!!
We've broken all records this month so far: Wednesday 12/3 we served 69 kids from 4-8:30; Saturday 12/6 we served 67 from 10-2, with a number of families who came by choosing to return another time because we were so busy. Except for general excitement of the season, volunteers reported it was an orderly and VERY FUN couple days!!
Renovation requests filled!
- We have a roofer to install our shingles! Thank you for the referral Ruben Hernandez!
- We have a cement finisher to work with Miles Sand and Gravel to install our exterior hard surfaces! Thank you for the referral Walt Miles!
Energy inspection completed Friday 12/5. Our builder Bryan Long completed all the framing; drywall will complete this week and taping commence next weekend; sealing, texturing and painting upon completion of taping.
The race to the finish line!
You certainly don't need to be reminded about the rapid approach of Christmas! Because volunteer projects have their own cadence as our helpers have to fit this activity into their regular work schedules, it's appearing that a good deal of the finish work will need to be completed in the week after Christmas. If you are available starting December 27th for even an hour and have a desire to help, we are in need of the following helpers:
- Finish carpenters to install doors, baseboards, trim, door hardware, etc. (materials provided)
- Individuals willing to install slot walls, hanging wall racks and shelving
- Someone to create and install shoe shelves (materials provided)
- Someone to build, paint and install book shelves (materials provided)
- Strong individuals to help us move, place and install our new cabinetry (and a few pickup
trucks to move it from it's Bonney Lake storage location)
- Individuals willing to install batt insulation in the attic
We must vacate our old building by Monday, January 4th and are scheduled to open our doors to Our Kids on Wednesday January 7th. We know we won't be totally completed with the project by then, but having finish work done will alleviate a great deal of hassle.
Flooring challenge!
As you know the last BIG piece of our renovation project is proving to be a challenge. We're having difficulty finding flooring materials for the new building -- 1600 s.f. Pergo-like laminate material in a light maple wood finish. This segment of the building industry seems especially hard-hit by the economy and even manufacturers and distributors have been unable to assist. A couple companies have offered us materials at cost, but every undesignated dollar we receive goes to purchase items needed but not donated for Our Kids, so essentially we have no money. EVERYTHING to date on our renovation has been the result of donated materials and labor with one monetary gift early on that has purchased items we haven't been able to get donated.
Our facility manager, Iona Catonio, has issued a challenge:
Iona has put $50 in a fund to help pay for flooring and so far we have received another $101. If you would like to contribute $1, $5, $50, or anything in between toward the purchase of our floor, our mailing address is below. Please mark checks "L4K Floor Fund". Credit card donations are also accepted if you will email me with your name and phone number ONLY. DO NOT SEND CREDIT CARD INFO via email! I will contact you personally for information. Thank you Iona and Jessica Larios!
Showered by Blessings!!
Do you believe in Miracles? If you don't, please come hang around Lions 4 Kids for awhile. Why, it could even make a believer out of a hard-hearted fellow like Ebenezer Scrooge!!
- Saturday, one of our construction volunteers for the day, Bob Leistico, was asking about delivery of our new windows. I mentioned that Champion will have them onsite sometime in January but that I had received a call from the owner on Friday who indicated that due to the high cost of materials and labor to produce it they would be unable to supply our sliding glass door. Bob's face brightened and he said he'd been golfing recently at Lipoma Firs Golf Course and one of the homeowners had replaced their windows leaving a white vinyl slider leaning against their fence on the fairway marked "free slider". I checked it out on Saturday, it's still there, and a phone call from the homeowner today indicates they would LOVE for us to have it. Bob and his golfing buddy are picking it up Monday! Thank you Bob!!
- Iona was at Prime Fitness last week and was talking to one of her trainers about our need for kid's Christmas gifts. A lady standing nearby overheard the conversation and mentioned that she had a car full of gifts to donate to "someone" and she decided then and there she wanted to give them to us! Her totally stuffed Suburban pulled up at Lions 4 Kids House and off-loaded the goodies, which was enough to supply gifts for the 69 kids we saw last Wednesday!
- Friday I had a call from Lisa Peters, another of our wonderful volunteers and an employee of Home Depot. Lisa has been instrumental in bringing Lions 4 Kids to the attention of her co-workers, and Home Depot's support on the remodel and for Our Kids has been incredible. Home Depot had several bundles of attic insulation returned but it's a brand they no longer carry. Her superiors wanted to know, could we use it? Attic insulation is one of the next things I am working on finding, and this donation along with that of Ruth Wergin will take care of more than 25% of our attic. Thank you Lisa and Home Depot!
In the rush, bustle and sometimes overwhelming chaos associated with the season, please take a moment to BREATHE, to hug those you love and reflect on your blessings.
This is the season of giving and perhaps the most important thing you can offer is a hand of reconciliation, a kind word or a smile to someone. It may be the most important gift you ever give to them -- or receive yourself.
With deepest thanks to YOU, our incredible community, for the blessings showered upon Lions 4 Kids, that ARE making a difference to the children who are our future, Carol
Carol Wells-Reed
Founder and Director, Lions 4 Kids House
Mailing address: 20825 SR 410 East, PMB #198
Bonney Lake 98391
Message phone: 253-447-3844
Website: www.lions4kids.com
Email: cwells-reed@hotmail.com
The Bonney Lake Lions Foundation is a 501(c)3 non profit organization #38-3753543
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