CO Gives Day: donations get a boost from incentive fund; give now
DONATE now, and it will be posted on Tuesday *DECEMBER 6th*
Donations are matched by an INCENTIVE Fund
LIST of four local nonprofits who receive donations on CO GIVES DAY.
A tale of who Lyons Community Farm Project is, and their upcoming event
Learn about the goal of a free Food Forest community garden. Attend their fundraiser garden party. Volunteer
School News: PTO & Booster Club 2022-23
Learn who are the new Officers for the
==elementary school PTO
==middle/high school Booster Club
==news on season tix pass football
==sales of local store discount card (fundraiser)
==list of how you can make donations to PTO by simply doing your normal shopping / work
Rocky Mt Botanic Gardens tour and sales
Details on what to expect at the garden tour
==and gardening advice
==Sale of late-season flowers/perennial
==and t-shirts
==and used books free
Venus de Miles 2022 in Lyons, August 27
Venus de Miles is Colorado’s original and largest all-women’s bike ride. The event is organized by and benefits Greenhouse Scholars
For the last 14 years, Venus de Miles has brought together over a thousand women in celebration of sisterhood, community, and a great time.
Lots of fun activities at the Sunday Hootenanny fundraiser
It’s not often that you can have a heck of a fun day, and seamlessly raise money for two local nonprofits. But, Lyons Community Foundation is at it again, with their second Hootenanny
==cornhole ==duck race ==silent auction ==kidspace ==food trucks ==Mayama performers ==live folk musician ==bring food/cans for Food Pantry =more details
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.