From The Lions Den - ‘Tis the Season

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Submitted by Lion Lona Lineham
"'Tis the season to be jolly" - but that has been pretty hard to do when the temperature was -31. You would think we would get used to it, living in this country.
An organization called "Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies" operates from the Black Diamond Health Clinic. Their aim is to increase health and social support for pregnant women who face challenges that put their health and the health of their infants at risk. Some of the circumstances include poverty, teen pregnancy, substance abuse and family violence. This is a free program for pregnant women and new mothers, living on low income, for up to 6 months after the birth of their child. The Foothills Lions Club donated $3500.00 to help with the services this program provides.
We were honoured to have the Iwa Yama Karate Club of Turner Valley present a very interesting demonstration, put on by about 8 young students of this club. We were certainly impressed by the skills they showed us. The Karate Club is raising funds to host their own tournament in March as well as travelling to Carlyle Sask for the Saskatchewan Provincial Championships in November. The Foothills Lions Club presented them with a cheque for $2,000.00 to help with their expenses. We wish them luck.
The Foothills Lions Bingo is one of the longest running Bingos in Alberta - 41 years. It started in 1966 and was played in the Black Diamond Community Hall which is now Marv's Place. From there we moved to the Flare ‘N Derrick and now the Valley Neighbours Club. We are desperately asking for your help --- we need more Bingo players!!! The Lions Club have noticed there has been a substantial drop in attendance. Consideration is being given to the continuation of it; we do not want to see it end.
The next Lions Bingo will be a "Turkey Bingo" held on Friday, Dec 10th, 6:30 pm at the Valley Neighbours Club.

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