Once again, the club worked with the Ashland Lions Club and the Ashland Schools to sponsor a Peace Poster Contest and a Speech Contest. 

The Peace Poster contest, which is for grades 3 – 5, saw 150 students create beautiful posters with the help of art teacher Rebecca Micucci.

• 1st Place Winner: Millie Jaiswal. Millie’s Poster also won at the District level and will be going on further to compete.

• 2nd Place Winner: Tommaso Palermo

• 3rd Place Winner: Hannah Oluckun

The Speech Contest was for students in grades 10 - 12. Working with Christine Dickins, a teacher from the high school, it provided the opportunity for them to practice their public speaking skills. The topic this year was Environmental Crisis: Fact or Fiction.

• The winner was Hasini Reddy who will represent the Ashland Lions Club at the next level of competition.

On Thursday, December 8th, members of the Greater Ashland Lions Club put into action our motto “We Serve” by serving over 75 seniors their Pot Roast dinner. This was their annual Holiday Party held at the Community Center.

We are still collecting Coats for children and adults. There are drop-off boxes in the lobby of Town Hall and at Dunkin’ Donuts on Memorial Drive (MBTA access road off West Union St / Rte.135) you can also contact Lion Deb Connaughton (508.728.4912) for pickup.

Do you have any used eyeglasses hanging around? We’ll take them! Please bring them to the Police Station (located on Main St.), Market Basket (Pond St. / Rte.126), the VFW (on Pleasant St) or the Town Hall on Main Street. 

Looking to get involved with a fun, low-pressure group of service-oriented folks - that’s us! New members are always welcome! If you’d like to learn more about the Lions and our club, please contact Lion Alexis at [email protected]. 

For up-to-date club information, please check us out on Facebook: Greater Ashland Lions Club. #weserve #kindnessmatters.

Submitted: Lion Rosalie Porter, 2nd VP