Lions Club honoring volunteers with annual parade
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you like the festivities surrounding the Fourth of July, thank the Sandpoint Lions Club. For more than a half century, this local philanthropic organization …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you like the festivities surrounding the Fourth of July, thank the Sandpoint Lions Club. For more than a half century, this local philanthropic organization …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Christmas season is officially here, and the Sandpoint Lions are ramping up their Toys For Tots drive to ensure that every local child has …
The 2018 Grand Parade on the Fourth of July is sponsored by the Sandpoint Lions Club. All photos by Ben Olson.…
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
As is the case every year, the Sandpoint Lions Club has worked hard to prepare an unforgettable Fourth of July.
Parents with young kids won’t …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
This year’s Fourth of July parade will have not one grand marshal, but four.
According to Sandpoint Lions spokesperson Judy Dabrowski, the organization has selected …
By Cameron Rasmusson and Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Local environmental group 350Sandpoint will not be allowed to march in this year’s Fourth of July parade, the second organization to be …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If you enjoy the Fourth of July festivities that take place every year, it’s always helpful to give credit to an organization that has been …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Back in the 1950s, when the Sandpoint Lions Club started doing the Toys for Tots drive, people would donate used toys and the Lions would …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
I know of four people who are celebrating a little extra after the Fourth of July weekend.
The Sandpoint Lions Club has announced the winners …
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Like fireworks? Parades? Toys for tots? The annual Easter Egg hunt? Thank the Lions Club.
The Sandpoint charter of the Lions Club has been …
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