Dixon Quarter Mania announced that the April 22, 2016, event at the Dixon Elks Lodge, 1279 Franklin Grove Road, Dixon, IL, will support the Dixon Lioness Club. Doors open to the public at 5:00 p.m., with dinner available. The event takes place from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Dixon Lioness Club
Morrison Lions Club members were busy on Good Friday, March 25, 2016, delivering 400 dozen roses to members of the community. Your support of this annual fundraiser is very much appreciated. Funds are used to support the annual scholarship award and vision and hearing needs in our community. The
Morrison Dunlap Masonic Lodge #321 is selling dish cloths as a fundraiser. The Masons support various organizations throughout the community. This includes Boy and Girl Scouts; Little League Baseball and softball; a yearly scholarship for a Morrison High School student.
Stephanie Godke is known as the Mississippi River Distilling Company’s “Spirited Chef.” See why for yourself! She will present a food program during Wild Winter Wednesdays on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. Interesting Wednesday morning programs are sponsored by the volunteer educators at the Windmill Cultural Center, 111
Looking for an opportunity to enjoy craft making with others? Come join Resthave Home, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison, IL, every third Thursday of the month. The first “Community Craft and Refreshment Time” begins Thursday, March 17, 2016, in the Assisted Living Wing. We will met from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
After the Pledge of Allegiance the Kiwanis Pledge is recited to open monthly meetings. The latter states, “As our Country’s flag signifies purity, valor, and justice, may we, as true Kiwanians, exemplify these virtues as we serve the children of the world.” Members served children of Morrison, IL, on Tuesday,
The River Cities Quilt Guild will meet Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at Susan’s Calico Creations, 1108 4th Street, in Fulton, IL. The evening will begin with a trunk show presented by Sandy Irish, owner of the Irish Chain Pattern Company, and be followed by a short business
Day to day changes in the weather make spring and Easter a bit closer. It is time to place your orders for roses from a Lions Club member. Easter is early–Sunday, March 27, 2016. Delivery of roses will be on Good Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26. There is
Morrison, and Fulton, IL, kindergarten classes colored pictures for Operation Shoebox–care packages for our military. Their colored pictures were sent with the care packages.
Christ Lutheran School, 2000 18th Avenue, Sterling, IL, will hold its Spring Pancake Breakfast to benefit the school on Saturday, March 12, 2016, at Christ Lutheran School. The meal will be from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m. A delicious breakfast includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, farm-fresh pork sausage, applesauce, juice, or coffee.
District Governor Gary Meyers and Marcia Meyers visited the Morrison Lions Club at their business meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. He discussed his experience at the last International Convention and told of his project for the year–Special Olympics. He has taken the “polar plunge” to raise money and to
Congratulations to John Prange and Mayor Everett Pannier for their donation to the Morrison, IL, Rotary Club’s Paul Harris Society. Prange, left, and Pannier, right, received their pins from Rotary Foundation Chairman Phil Renkes. The Paul Harris Society, named for Rotary’s founder, is made up of dedicated supporters who annually
Thank you to the Morrison community for your support in 2015, which allowed our club to fulfill many ways of serving at the local, State, and International level. This past year a donation was made to Lions Clubs International that supports many programs all over the world. A donation was
November and December 2015 were busy months for Morrison Lions Club members. Holiday hams were delivered before Thanksgiving and again prior to Christmas. Thank you to all who purchased hams and made this fundraiser successful. Funds raised from the ham sale will be used for vision, hearing, and community projects.
Thursday, December 31, 2015, is the FACE Holiday Challenge Match deadline. FACE’s Holiday Challenge Match has already resulted in about $4000 in donations, thereby earning another $4000 from matching funds. There isstill time for donors to contribute to this challenge, with $3500 in matching funds available to be “claimed” All