28th Annual Charity Golf Tournament of Lyons Lions Club, August 1
The Lyons Lions Club is hosting their 28th annual charity golf tournament Monday August 1st at
Lake Valley Golf Club. This is our major fundraiser for the year. == Great Prizes!
3rd quarter LAHC art show offers “watery” resident art and fun characters
Lyons Arts & Humanities Commission is having their 3rd quarter art show, which takes place again at both Town Hall, (for residents art), and Lyons Library (for solo artist Daniel Strawn).
It includes the usual (fundraiser) snacks, beverages, cookies, and live music, plus socializing with fellow art-lovers.
note new time of 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Foster Care: 68 per day age out, and only 23% graduate; how you can help
There are 400 foster-home youth in Colorado right now for whom there is no chance to reunite with their biological families. “Raise the Future” is a group that helps connect these youth with families, and support those relationships so that they last a lifetime (eg, support groups, coaching, respite care, and more)
==4/13/22=This is a TV fundraiser and an enticement to adopt — showing real kids needing an adoptive home.
February Stroll thru snow-covered Lyons (news briefs in photos)
FEBRUARY – our monthly STROL THRU LYONS– photos that tell a story — news briefs that are too short to have their own article.
==snowfall
==Winter Wonderland live band
==kingfisher bird by the river
==Fire victim fundraiser concert
==elementary school annual Discovery Fair “upcycle” Steam Fest.
Report on distribution of millions donated to Boulder Community Foundation (Marshall Fire)
Boulder Community Foundation has secured 27 million dollars in donations and is distributing the funds to help Marshall Fire victims
==Education grant/behavioral health advocates
==crisis counseling
==direct financial assistance
==reading insurance policies assistance
CO Gives Day: results in Lyons
Thank You Lyons!
LIST of four local nonprofits who received donations on CO GIVES DAY. (not only did they get your donation, but were eligible for matching funds.
LEAF
LCF
PTO
Pre-School
LCF grants $37,000 to local nonprofits, 2021-2022
Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) is thrilled to announce the 2021 Community Support Grant Awards. This year, the LCF Advisory Board approved more than $37,000 in grants to 15 separate projects representing four different focus areas – either build Community Connectivity, provide Human Services, Invest in our Youth or showcase Local Ecology. . SEE THE LIST.
Halloween fun in Lyons, October 30
Halloween in Lyons 2021
==Games/ Parade / Trick or Treat for kids
==Rave to the Grave, music and costumed adults
Read more details…
Lyons first community Hootenanny, for LCF and LEAF (photos)
Lots of smiling faces at the first annual Hootenanny this past Saturday! Kids running and playing. People dancing to live music. Everyone enjoying a cup of ice cream or a lobster roll. Competitions right and left, with the Corn Hole Toss, the Duck Race, and the Silent Auction. == PHOTO SPREAD
LEAF and LCF news on events, grants and volunteer appreciation
LYONS’ nonprofits, summer 2021
==LCF LEAF Hootenanny
==LEAF Thanks Volunteers
==LCF opening grants period