(ROWLETT-January 12, 2013) The Rowlett Lions Club recently provided $60,000 to the Texas Lions Camp in Kerrville, Texas.
The Texas Lions Camp is a residential camping facility for children with physical disabilities, type 1 diabetes and cancer. The Camp is located in Kerrville on over 500 acres in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, and is designed to introduce the “Can Do” philosophy to children dealing with special physical and medical conditions.
Over 1,500 children attend Texas Lions Camp over the course of 9 weeks each summer, at no charge. The camp’s operational budget for the past year was $2.3 million. In order to strengthen the current endowment fund from which some of the operational budget is drawn, the Rowlett Lions Club has donated $70,000 in 2010 and $60,000 in 2012.
The Rowlett Lions Club has been a generous supporter of local and state charities since its inception in 1966. Over 90% of everything raised goes to organizations such as The Children’s Hospital of Dallas, The Salvation Army, The Scottish Rite, and The Rowlett Needy Children’s Fund – just to name a few.
The Rowlett Lions Club is a group of men and women who identify needs within the community and work together to fulfill those needs. For further information on our club’s fund raising, membership, and mission, contact the President, Gary Doyle at 972-475-1689 or write to Rowlett Lions Club at PO Box 205, Rowlett Texas 75030-0205. Or email to garydoodle@gmail.com.
The Rowlett Lions Club meets on the second and fourth Monday of each month at Dos Charros restaurant at the corner of Rowlett Road and State Highway 66. Meeting times are from 6 to 7:30 pm.
The Rowlett Lions Club is one of 45,000 such clubs throughout the world and is part of the International Association of Lions Clubs, which is the largest service club organization on the planet! There are 1.4 million members, men and women from 18 to 100 years of age.
Water covers 71% of the World and Lions cover the rest. The United Nations has 193 nations. The 2012 Olympics saw 204 nations compete. There are Lions Clubs in 207 nations. Their motto is WE SERVE.
Submitted by Robbert van Bloemendaal, Rowlett Lions.
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