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 $9,600 last year. Lions
Chuck Maly and Bryson McCool will Co-Chair the 2007 Crafts,
Guns, and Collectibles Show.
ANTIQUES
AND COLLECTIBLES 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. Lions Bill Allen and Mike
Schattner will Co-Chair the 2007 Antiques and Collectibles Show.
PROJECT KIDSIGHT GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Club has decided to try a
golf tournament fundraiser this year to help fund the Club's Kidsight Project.
Tentatively, the tournament is scheduled for
April-May 2007 and will be held at the Cree Meadows Golf Course.
The tournament will be a 4 person team scramble. Hole
sponsorships will be sold for $100 and mulligans will be sold
for $5 each. The entrance fee will include green fees, cart, and
a taco bar lunch. Lions Vic Dunham and J. B. Terrell will
Co-Chair the 2007 Project Kidsight Golf Tournament.
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