Elgin Lions taking orders for 36th annual Rose Day
Members of the Elgin Lions Club are conducting their 36th annual Rose Day.
They will be selling one dozen long-stemmed roses for $15 for delivery on Wednesday to Friday, April 8-10. Purchasers can order fresh flowers for celebrating Easter, giving to a loved one, thanking someone, or just brightening 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 and leaving a return phone number.
A club member will return the call and make arrangements for the delivery and payment. An order also may be placed by logging onto our Facebook page, elginlions.org, and payment can be made with PayPal.
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 interested in helping the Lions in the community. People who received the roses 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 people in the community who need it but have difficulty affording it. This is especially true for students in Elgin Area School District U-46. The club realizes that if students can't see clearly they can't learn effectively, and the majority of the funds collected go to purchasing eye care for students who need it when their families have difficulty affording it. The club also participates in other charitable causes and donates money 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 needy people wherever in the world they may live.
There is always room in the club for new members. Many have joined the club so they can be of some use to people in the community. It seems to be the common theme, and the club welcomes new members enthusiastically. More members mean that the club can do more!
Find out more about the Elgin Lions Club by calling (847) 289-4206 or visiting elginlions.org or checking out the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ElginIllinoisLions/.
Learn about the club's food collections, running competitions, poker nights, candy sales, meeting schedules, good meals, informative guest speakers, occasional goofiness at meetings, and other things.