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RUIDOSO VALLEY NOON LIONS CLUB

Fundraisers

CRAFTS, GUNS, & COLLECTIBLES SHOW
For the last six years, the Club has conducted a fundraiser during the Memorial Day weekend. When the Show started in 2000, it was solely a Gun Show. A few years later, it was decided to expand the Show to include collectibles as the number of gun vendors was declining. The 2007 Show will be expanded further to include crafts in an attempt to maximize the number of vendors involved in the show. The two-day Show (Friday and Saturday) is held in the Ruidoso Convention Center. The Show is the Club's primary fundraiser netting in excess of $10.000 annually. Lion Bryson McCool chairs the  Crafts, Guns, and Collectibles Show.

ANTIQUE  SHOW
In the early 1990's, Lion Bill Allen began negotiations with AmeriWest Shows to co-host an annual Antiques Show the weekend before Labor Day. Several years ago, collectibles were added to encourage more vendors to be involved. The Club's portion of the profit for this successful fundraiser (normally nets $5000-$7000) comes from three items. The Club gets to keep 100% of the pre-Show ticket sales, a percentage of the ticket sales at the door, and the food concession. On Saturday night, the Ameriwest folks provide a picnic dinner where they furnish everything but the meat which each attendee brings and cooks on the barbecue grills. On Sunday morning, Lion Bill Allen provides his "world renown" cowboy breakfast for the vendors and Lions. The 2009 Show will be co-hosted with Arizona Antiques Shows. Lions Bill Allen chairs the Antique Show.

PROJECT KIDSIGHT GOLF TOURNAMENT
In 2007, the Club  decided to try a golf tournament fundraiser to help fund the Club's Kidsight Project. The tournament occurred 28 April 2007 and was held at the Cree Meadows Golf Course. The tournament was a 4 person team scramble. Hole sponsorships were sold for $100 and mulligans w for $5 each. The entrance fee included green fees, cart, and a taco bar lunch. The Project Kidsight Golf Tournament, co-Chaired by Lions Vic Dunham and JB Terrell, was a great success with over $3000 being raised. This year, the Club will join with the local Optimists Club and Ruidoso Evening Lions for a Tournament in September 2008.
 

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