The Scarborough Lions' Club
started and manned the first rescue in the state of Maine, and we have purchased several
of the first Rescue vehicles for the town. All funds raised by the Lions Club
are given back to the community. For example, we will provide eyeglasses and/or hearing
aids to those who otherwise could not afford them. The Fire Chief has been entrusted with
a fund to assist anyone in |
Scarborough
who is burned out by fire. The Lions are responsible
for starting Little League in Scarborough, as well as sponsoring Boy Scout Troop #39. The
Quest Program currently used in our school system is a Lions International Program and
supported locally by the Lions Club. A $2,000 scholarship is awarded each year in the name
of a deceased member. |
Other projects supported by the Lions Club
of Scarborough are:
Project Graduation, the Academic Decathlon, 9*1*1 stickers, Speak-Out contest (High
School), Peace Poster contest (Middle School), bought a bar code reader for the Middle
school, funding the tennis courts located at the Wentworth School, paving the track
surface at the athletic field complex, donating the score boards located on the playing
fields, and donating $5000 to purchase 2 light poles in the local fundraiser to illuminate
the athletic fields, Christmas baskets, Christmas Tree Lighting, which has spawned a
community Christmas party with the lighting ceremony, and Holiday greeting signs,
loaning Hospital Equipment to people in need of them, donating appliances in the library
meeting room kitchen, donating TDD to library and Public Safety dispatch, donating hand -
held Police/Fire scanners, bought cop cards for the Police department, judge the Little
Miss Scarborough pageant at the local Winter Carnival. participate in the local Haunted
Hayride on Halloween, donated $5000 to a local teenager for a live transplant, bought a
stretcher for the newest rescue vehicle, paid advertising and promotional fees for CPR
course, annually we spend a day ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, have participated
in both White Cane Awareness Walks sponsored by the Maine Center for the Blind &
Visually Impaired in Portland, helped Boy Scout Troop 39 with their Eagle Scout projects,
bought tents for the scouts and funded camperships, held senior citizens dances,
casino nights, auctions, garage sales, craft fairs, health fairs, car shows and raffles.
All of these activities are recent ones.
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