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Date: 11/23/2022
HUNTINGTON – The newly revived Huntington Lions Club, which last year at this time was in danger of closing due to a shortage of members, planned to deliver 10 turkey dinners to the Hilltown Social Services on Nov. 21, to give to area families in need.
Lions President John Bergeron said the club now has 15 members and is growing, up from three at the end of 2021 when it considered disbanding. He said most members are from Huntington and they are looking to add members from other towns.
The club raised part of the money for the Thanksgiving turkeys by cooking for an entire weekend in July for an Indian motorcycle rally in Chester.
“We have been doing it for a while. It’s actually fun, and we make money on it,” he said.
With the funds they raise, Bergeron said, they have helped a few local people to buy eyeglasses, a traditional mission of the Lions Club, and with other needs people had due to health issues.
“If we can do it, we’ll do it,” he said.
Bergeron said when they started to look to buy the 10 turkeys for Thanksgiving, they found many supermarkets would only sell them two. He spoke to Daryl Fisk, owner of Moltenbrey’s Market, who said he would order them for the club. Along with each turkey, the club donated a $25 gift certificate to Moltenbrey’s Market for the fixings.
“I prefer keeping it in the Hilltowns anyway. Hilltown businesses are Hilltown people,” Bergeron said.
Next, the club will be selling raffle tickets at the Huntington transfer station and at Gateway Farm & Pet. Prizes are $75, $50 and $25 baskets of cheer that members will be putting together. The money raised will be contributed to the Hilltown Health Center’s Holiday Help program.
Anyone in Huntington or the surrounding towns who would like to join the Huntington Lions Club can call Bergeron at 667-5738.
“We’re always looking for new members, especially those who are open-minded, creative and want to help out,” he said.