September – Reason for Enjoying Our New Look
Written by Mary Stephenson
Surprise: Jim got his gavel back! It is super great to have him back and glad he had a great vacation.
Interesting note: Mike Ferrier was telling me that the “Camp out for the Cops Event” ending up being a huge success. They ended up well exceeding their goal in a day and a half. Pretty awesome!
The September Mane Lion is up and can be accessed by clicking on Mane Lion in the side bar widget.
Back to School Night
Written by Mary Stephenson
If you had told me a year ago that I would be going to school more in the next year than I have done over the previous 30, I would say “no way“.
But here we were again at Sycamore!
This time we were invited by Susanna Winstead, Sycamore School principal, to help serve chicken taco salad dinner on August 23rd. About 5 PM we arrived and remained until 6:30.
Students and parents came to have dinner and then meet with the teachers afterwards. Great way to get parents involved with their children’s school.
I can see a big difference with the way children are in this school compared to a number of other schools we have visited through the vision screening.
Having kids line up in a straight line without talking, walking to where they need to go and acting more mature than kids twice their age is pretty awesome.
What are the Lions doing with Cupcakes?
Written by Mary Stephenson
First day of school and how I ended up there!
Really not sure what we had unwittingly agreed to, but here we were with “bells on“.
My daughter was always thrilled about the first day of school, but I can’t remember ever feeling that way. All it meant was the end of summer which ended up interrupting my activities of swimming, fishing, sewing, biking and lots of other fun stuff. I was quite happy playing with my youngest brother and the neighborhood boys.
I didn’t even mind the activities of weeding the garden, raking grass, picking blackberries and the assorted picnics we got to go on. Much more fun than cracking the books.
Moving Forward with the Lions
Written by Mary Stephenson
Anybody see the big black vehicle parked in an unofficial questionable parking spot when you left Country Waffles last Thursday morning?
First we talked about why would they park there and when looking closer it became quite apparent. I had to crack-up with laughter, sitting in the driver’s seat was a big black and white dog patiently waiting for his passenger! It reminded me of those commercials they have been putting on TV lately with the dogs driving the vehicle.
What Our Lion’s Club Has Been Doing
Written by Mary Stephenson
The Annual Kohl’s Shopping Spree on July 30, 2016 was a huge success again this year.
I believe it was 95 children that were the recipients of the wonderful generosity of Shasta County. Having new school clothes gives a sense of pride and a new beginning for the first day of school.
Progress is still taking place at Sycamore School. Not only our Lion’s club has rallied around to help, but a number of businesses have given donations to help in the creation of the special room.
I was in there painting by myself the other day alone with my thoughts. All of a sudden I was bombarded with some overly excited children breaking the silence. It was like being jarred awake from a daydream.
