Get in your order for Elgin Lions' 34th annual Rose Day
Members of the Elgin Lions Club are conducting their 34th annual Rose Day. They will be selling one dozen long-stemmed roses for $15 for delivery on Wednesday to Friday, April 17-19.
Purchasers will have fresh flowers with which to celebrate Easter, reinforce a loving relationship, thank someone, or just brighten up a room!
This is a major fundraising event that began in 1984, and was so well received that it is now an annual affair. The roses can be ordered from any Elgin Lions Club member, or an order can be placed by calling (847) 289-4206. A telephone number or an email address is needed so that delivery information and arrangements for payment may be made during a subsequent return call or email.
Also, an order can be placed by dropping one off at Elgin Hardware on Spring or Lillian Streets or mailing one to P.O. Box 276, Elgin, IL 60121. For these two methods, an order ticket is preferred; they are available at the Ace Hardware locations.
There is an Friday, April 12 deadline for all orders placed by phone, Ace Hardware drop-off, and P.O. Box.
The roses are flown here shortly before they are to be delivered directly to the homes of the recipients in the Elgin area by members of the Lions Club or other people eager to help out the less fortunate in our community. People who received them in the past have been impressed by their quality. They compare favorably with roses costing five times as much.
Proceeds of the sale will be used to further the charitable works of the Elgin Lions Club. The club provides eye care for those in the community who are in need, but have difficulty affording it. This is especially true for students at Elgin Area School District U-46. The club realizes that if students have eyesight issues, they cannot learn effectively.
The majority of the funds collected go to purchasing eye care for students that need such assistance in District U-46. The club also participates in many charitable causes and provides donations to other worthy charitable organizations.
Nearly all of the money collected by the various fundraisers conducted by the Elgin Lions Club remains in the Elgin area for the benefit of local people, and the money that does go to Lions International and the Lions of Illinois Foundation is used to help people in need wherever in the world they may live.
The Elgin Lions Club next meets at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at the American Legion, 820 N. Liberty St., Elgin For information, contact James Beam at (847) 695-0623 or jameslbeam@comcast.net. Visit e-clubhouse.org/sites/elginil/.