The Fairfax Lions Holiday Food Basket Program was again a great success this year. The need to assist families was greater than ever before, because of the state of our economy and the cost of living in the Fairfax area. Fairfax Lions delivered food to 80 struggling families. 40 were delivered just before Thanksgiving and 40 again just prior to Christmas. An additional 21 were delivered earlier this year at Easter, for a total of 101 families helped throughout the year. (See Delivery Lions Honor Role below for the many delivery Lions and Leo’s).
In addition, the Fairfax Lions were assisted by the Oakton H. S. Leo Club. This is a club made up of dedicated High School students who have banned together, similar to Lions, to provide community support in the Oakton/Fairfax area. A special thanks to the Leo’s, it is great to have them with us.
Fairfax Host requested names from “Our Daily Bread”, who in turn worked with the Fairfax County Office of Systems Management for Human Services to identify, screen and authenticate the recipient names provided. This assured us our recipient families were people truly in need.Funds for the food purchases for this program resulted through the Fairfax Lions fund raising efforts throughout the year, including, the Lion Vehicle Donation Program, Lion Citrus Food Sales, summer Food Booth sales, the sale of Entertainment Books and other Lion activity designed to raise money which is then returned to the community in many varied services.
In addition, the Lockheed Martin Corporation supported the program by providing a very large donation of food for our Thanksgiving Food Basket delivery. The Safeway Corporation made a significant donation towards our Food purchase at Christmas.
The pictures included here provide a thousand words, all by themselves, of Lion activity, in Food Basket delivery.
Food Basket Honor Role for Food Basket Delivery in the Year 2007
Ron Weber, Eve Bierman, Ben Wiles, Jim Dellinger, Tom Edick, Walter Juraszek, Darrell Dalkin, Ed Smith, Russ Preuit, Phil Mayo, Carl Enix, Jim Davis, Bob Helland, Pete Bennett, Joe Giroux, Chan Medwedeff, Marilyn Tanner, Gary Maxwell, Mike Rumberg, Ken Schutz, Jeff Root, Ron Zabel, Frank Teets, Dick Ferraro, Tom Ashford, Ed Marinich,
Leo Humanitarians:
Danielle DeRosa, Claire Mathews, April O’Brien, Danielle Filipponi, Charlotte Martin, Maley Nordberg
We are one of 70 Lions clubs in Northern Virginia, all part of the largest service organization in the world. Being a member of the Fairfax Lions is a fun and rewarding experience. Our club has won the annual “best club” in the Region numerous times. We have dedicated members from all walks of life who share the pleasure of giving back to the community.