Thank you Greater Pine Island
To the editor:
Thank you Greater Pine Island for supporting your candidates for Mock Governor of Greater PIne Island and the Greater Pine Island Lions Club.
Congratulations to both our new Mock Governor, Deb Cole, sponsored by Bert’s Bar and Grill in Matlacha who won this year’s election and runner up, Ethel Gilbert, sponsored by VFW Post 4353 of St. James City. We would also like to acknowledge and thank two other polling places which this year assisted greatly with our election, Low Key Tiki and Woody’s Waterside in St. James City. We would appreciate your stopping by these businesses and personally thanking them for their assistance.
Most importantly, the communities of Greater Pine Island are the real winners. Thanks to the hard work of both candidates, their campaign managers, assistants, helpers and families, the Greater Pine Island Lions Club will again be able to provide eye exams, glasses and hearing aids for those in our community who cannot afford them. We will continue to provide college scholarships for worthy students, support boys and girl scouts, sponsor a LIttle League baseball team, and maintain and continue to improve the Maury Pennock: Lions Club Kiddies playground at the St. James Civic Center located at Fifth Avenue and Lemon Street in St. James City. In addition, we will again this year be donating to local charities including FISH and its Basket Brigade, Friends of the Library, Museum of the Islands, Calusa Land Trust, Food Pantry, Salvation Army, Children’s Holiday Parties, Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Department and others. We will also continue donations to other Lions Projects, including Florida Eye Bank, Conklin Center, Florida Guide Dogs and Lions Camp for the blind.
Thank you again and hopefully we can do this again next year. Don’t forget the Govenor’s Ball, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. at the St. James Civic Center. Music for your dancing and listening pleasure by Johnny Ray. Bring your coolers with your own drinks. Gourmet hors d’oeuvres and door prizes included. Tickets are $5 in advance or at the door.
We need your help, become a Lion and make a difference in our community. Lions, people just like you! Call president Mary Von Burg, for information or comments at 283-9761.
Mary Von Burg
Greater Pine Island Lions,
president