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Ormond-by-the-Sea Lions' end-of-year donations benefit local organizations

The Ormond-by-the-Sea Lions donated to 15 entities during the 2022-2023 Lions year.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 6:00 p.m. June 12, 2023
Past President Lion Bobbie Cheh, Beachside Elementary School Principal Barbara Bruner and Past President Lion Mary Yochum. Courtesy photo
Past President Lion Bobbie Cheh, Beachside Elementary School Principal Barbara Bruner and Past President Lion Mary Yochum. Courtesy photo
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With the 2022-2023 Lions year coming to a close, Ormond-by-the-Sea Lions Club members supported the following organizations with donations:

  •  Barracks of Hope (donation of two additional Smart TVs along with household supplies; four TVs were previously donated)
  •  Family Renew
  •  American Cancer Society
  •  Beachside Elementary School (Both monetary, and coffee and donuts for teachers on the last day of school)
    Lion and veteran Tom Botchie, Mary Yochum and Bobbie Cheh present televisions and household supplies to Barracks of Hope Program Manager Brandy L. Conaway and a local veteran (in green). Courtesy photo
  •  Council on Aging
  •  Halifax Humane Society
  •  Christine’s Blankets
  •  Pregnancy Crises Center
  •  Florida Special Olympics
  •  Conklin-Davis Center
  •  Florida Lions Foundation for the Blind
  •  Lions Club International Foundation 
  •  Florida Lions Eye Bank
  •  Lions Quest
  •  Florida Lions Diabetes Camp

The club also awarded its $1,000 Al Weeks, Sr. Memorial Scholarship to Seabreeze High School graduating Senior Molly Johnson. Johnson will be attending Flagler College in St. Augustine in the fall for its performing arts program and will minor in graphic design. 

Johnson and her parents were treated to dinner at the club's meeting and Past President Lion Mary Yochum presented the check to her at the Seabreeze High School Senior Awards Ceremony.

To learn more about the Lions, call 386-441-4421.

Ormond-by-the-Sea President Lion Greg Evans, Lindsey and Sandy Johnson, scholarship winner Molly Johnson and Past President Lion Mary Yochum. Courtesy photo


 

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