There's Ladies Here!

When we had finished setting up our AV equipment, I looked up at the Granger Lions sitting at four long tables.  My mind flashed back to and stole an old Mel Brook’s line and said to me, "There's ladies here!"

VDG Crystal Walk next to Granger Lions President Rosie Alegria

Across our District 19F there are 1307 Lions in 46 Clubs. 77% of the Lions are men. 23% of the Lions are women.The Granger Lions club has 25 females and 9 males which just about reverses those numbers to 74% percent females and 26% men. On the night of my visit 12 lady Lions had shown up and 1 male Lion.

Granger Lions Secretary Marylou Campos and 1VP Valdemar Valenzuela 

Do those numbers mean anything? As far as what service each club does and its importance in the community, those numbers have little or no meaning as far as this DG can tell.  Lions are Lions. In nature, male lions have longer hair than the females. In Lions International, female Lions usually have longer hair and the male Lions have short hair.

Service is the main ingredient for an active, vibrant Lions club. The Granger Lions club is very active and very vibrant. In the 2015-2016 Lions year, the Granger Lions donated money to the City’s Movie Night, for middle school supplies, high school scholarships, White Cane Days, LCIF, to the Police, Fire and Public Works Departments, to the Menudo Breakfast, Project Warm Up, Christmas Food Boxes, Food Bags for Santa to give to kids, eyeglasses, the school band, Leader Dogs and the Food Bank. Whew!

2016 Little Miss and Miss Granger and the Royalty

The club also took the lead and/or or participated in the Granger 4^th of July Parade, the Moxee Parade, the annual Cancer fun run/walk, the Yakima Sun Parade, Halloween Trunk or Treat, Turkey Bingo, a Salmon Baseball dinner. They capped off the year with the Granger Cherry Festival where they built two floats, one for Miss Granger and one for Little Miss Granger.  They were in charge of parade, carnival pre-sale tickets, concessions, entertainment, and the fishing derby for the three day event. Wow!

The Granger Lions Serve and Serve Very Well.

Granger Lion Yolanda Alegria receives a Serving Generations recognition pin from 1VDG Crystal Walk. Yolanda is the mother of Rosie Alegria, president of the Granger Lions CLub

You Guys are Great!