The Port O’Connor Lions Club recently sponsored swimming lessons for children in the area. Being so close to the water, the POC Lions Club feels it is very important for every child to learn to swim and to be comfortable in the water – not only for the sake of safety, but for the exercise and enjoyment of swimming.

Therefore, lessons were made available for children from the age of 4 up coordinated by the Port O’Connor Elementary School and given by expert instructors. Some of the children have taken lessons before and were working on improving their skills. This is the fourth year that the POC Lions Club has sponsored this project. The children I observed participating in the lessons seemed to be having a blast! Thanks to all the parents and children who participated!

We would like to thank the swimming instructors, participation of the Port O’Connor Elementary School and also Kenneth & Grady Jean Clark who graciously let us use their pool. Without all of them, this project could not have been possible.

Our current project for the Port O’Connor Lions Club is collecting SCHOOL SUPPLIES for the Port O’Connor Elementary School for students. There is a blue tub at Speed Stop and another one at the First National Bank – Port O’Connor along with donation cans in case some of you prefer to give cash to purchase supplies. I understand this is one great need in POC, so please help us by donating some school supplies. They are currently on sale, so if you pick up some extra supplies for donation, the students can certainly use them. On Saturday, August 16th from 9:00 a.m. until Noon, members of the Club will be at Speedy Stop to personally accept your donations. POC LIONS CLUB – PROJECT: SCHOOL SUPPLIES will continue for the month of August. Thank you for your help with this.
For information on the POC Lions Club, please contact Lynn Reeves, President and Zone 12 Chairman, at # 361-746-2524 or Joyce Jordan at cell # 361-655-7999. Also, please look in the Dolphin Talk for information on the Third Arts & Crafts Festival to be held in March, 2015 during Spring Break. If you know of anyone who would like to reserve a booth for this event, please call. Items do not necessarily need to be hand made, just good quality products. We had a very good response earlier this year on our second Arts & Crafts Festival and have been requested to repeat it. Each year it is bigger and better. So – vendors, come join us!

-Joyce Jordan