New Fairfield Lions Thank First Step Pre-School

On March 28^th the New Fairfield Lions Club expressed it’s gratitude to Stephanie Van Treuren and the parents of First Step Pre-School for their compassionate efforts and generosity in providing $2,000 for Hurricane Katrina Relief.

This donation brought the total contributions by the New Fairfield Lions Club to $10,000!  Our heartfelt thanks and appreciation goes out to the many residents and businesses who so generously contributed to this effort.

Lion's President Gail Redenz presents to Stephanie Van Treuren

The relief efforts of the New Fairfield Lions Club are part of a large-scale relief effort launched by Lions and Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF), based in Oakbrook, Ill.  LCIF has collected more than $4.5 millions for its Hurricane Katrina relief fund.  LCIF is focusing on: 1) providing shelters with unmet substantial needs such as food, clothing, personal hygiene items and bedding, 2) offering health services such as eyeglass distribution, and 3) meeting needs of Lions camps and facilities housing victims of the disaster. LCIF also arranged for the distribution of UNICEF’s “schools in a box” for children at destroyed schools.  Lions delivered 25 kits, each of which serves 80 children, to two school districts in Mississippi that suffered heavy damage.  The kit allows a teacher to establish a makeshift classroom almost anywhere.  The school kit operation was the first time the U.S. government permitted UNICEF to aid in an American disaster.  Lions were one of only four distribution organizations.

Your generosity is making a difference everyday in the lives of those affected on the Gulf Coast.  The New Fairfield Lions Club Foundation continues to accept your tax deductible donations to benefit locally led rebuilding efforts in the affected communities.  The New Fairfield Lions Club Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable organization.  Every dollar donated will go to affected communities.  Donations should be made payable to: NF Lions Club Foundation, P.O. Box 8106, New Fairfield, CT 06812.