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Red Hot Chili . . .
The
Capital City Chili Cook-off began in 2004 at the suggestion of then President
Brian Harrington as a way to raise money for the Montgomery Lions Club
Community Foundation, a 501c(3) organization that supports the charities of
the Montgomery Lions Club. The
inaugural event was held at the Historic Train Shed in downtown Montgomery
on the Riverfront. More than 12 teams
participated and helped raise more than $14,000.
Our event continues this year with the expectation to continue to
grow the financial support of the Montgomery Lions Club Community Foundation
and the Montgomery Lions Club.
In
support of the Lions Club International Mission, we serve with our resources
and volunteer efforts to conserve sight, provide assistance for deserving
youth, develop youth leaders and foster international understanding and
friendship.
The
Montgomery Lions Club stands firmly committed to serving the vision care
needs and youth of Montgomery, Alabama and beyond.
As the
largest Lions Club in the United States, and the second largest in the
world, the Montgomery Lions Club has served the community since 1922. Each
Lion serves as a volunteer, donating his or her time and talent to continue
the solid reputation for community service and traditional family values
through the outreach of saving sight and serving youth. Our Club's
commitment to the deserving children of Montgomery mirrors generations of
caring Lions and is woven into the fabric of each relationship and written
into its plans for tomorrow.
We
serve the community by providing 13,000 Montgomery County school children
free eye screenings annually. Children requiring additional treatment are
provided with examinations by physicians, medicine, glasses and surgery as
needed. We conduct summer camps for deserving boys and girls, and create a
better understanding among people throughout the world, with the
Montgomery
Lions International Youth Camp. The Lions further share our vision of hope
by providing sight saving procedures at no cost to needy patients referred
by the Club to the Montgomery Lions Eye Surgical Center on the campus of
Baptist Hospital.
Guided
by the vision and leadership of Lions who have come before us and by those
will take us into the next millennium and beyond, the Montgomery Lions Club
will continue to bring light where was darkness through sight conservation
and youth programs. Long after members of today are gone, we shall enjoy a
timeless existence through the children we have touched with hope. Having
illuminated some great dream in them, one may become a doctor, a homemaker,
a minister, an artist, or even an astronaut.
Sponsored By: Montgomery Lions Community Foundation,
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