Lions School Supply Drive: Lynn Reeves, Kathleen Lambright, Lisa McLean and Eldon Gaines. Not pictured: Peggy Gaines, Club Photographer.

Picture this…Thursday afternoon at 4 pm, August 26, 2013. Temperature in the mid- to upper 90s and four very determined Lions out under a pop up canopy in the front yard of the First National Bank of Port Lavaca in Seadrift. Signs on the chairs say “Donate School Supplies Here!” We knew we only had two hours to collect whatever the community could give and whatever cash we could raise because school starting was soon to be upon us and we had a meeting that night! That first hour flew by and a few people stopped and gave us the money in their pockets and bags of ‘spare’ supplies they had set aside just for this purpose. That last hour was hard. It was hot and we were tired but we had collected three big boxes of school goodies and some cash!

We decided to add $100 to that collection and asked Lion Peggy to go shopping the next day. Lo and behold if she doesn’t come back with the back of her minivan loaded for … School!

56 Composition Books
88 Spiral Notebooks
62 Packages of Notebook Paper
24 boxes of tissue
32 pair of scissors
449 pencils
49 boxes of crayons
12 boxes of markers
6 boxes of colored pencils
8 Hi-Liters
184 Pens

So, with a hearty THANK YOU ! to the generous citizens of Seadrift and the assistance of a few proud Lions (Lion Lisa McLean, Lion Kathleen Lambright, Lion Peggy Gaines, Lion Dale Gaines and Lion Lynn Reeves), Seadrift School Principal Dwana Finster accepted our donation.