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| Written by Aaron Cedeño | |||
| Tuesday, 03 November 2009 23:00 | |||
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The concept of garage sales is one with which the city of Louisburg is intimately familiar. The annual city-wide garage sale, for example, has become a community tradition featuring dozens of sales and drawing hundreds of bargain hunters to the city’s streets. So when the members of the Louisburg Lions Club were looking for a way to bring in additional funds last year, they had just the idea. “It way exceeded our expectations; it was phenomenal,” said Lions Club member Marilyn Tesh, who, along with her husband, Phil, is the event’s primary organizer. “We all kind of were on pins and needles to see how much we made, and it surprised a lot of members.” Founded in 1917 by a Chicago businessman, Lions Club International is now a global service organization with more than one million members across the globe. The Louisburg club is one of more than 40,000 internationally, and though the Lions Club raises money for causes both national and global in nature, much of their money is dedicated to projects within their home communities. The local club is no exception, and club president Dave Maddax said as much as 80-percent of their operating budget stays in Louisburg to help organizations like the local school district and Senior Center. On Friday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., at Fox Hall, the Louisburg Lions Club will host its second ‘Rummage and Bake Sale,’ with all proceeds benefiting the club’s charitable projects. Last year’s event was such a success, Tesh said, that bringing it back in 2009 was a no-brainer. “Last year when we did it the first hour we had a line around the room waiting to pay for things,” she said. Outside of the revenue they’re hoping to bring in, Maddax said that one of the best things about the rummage sale is that it gives them a chance to work closely with their youth affiliate, the Louisburg High School Leo Club. Though the two clubs only began working hand-in-hand this year, he said, the relationship is already paying dividends on both ends. “We’ve had two events with them, we’re working on our third, and it’s been excellent,” Maddax said. “The teenagers really work hard, and they’re a pleasure to be around.” “We sponsor two Leo Clubs, one at our local school and one at Blue Valley West (in Overland Park),” Tesh added. “Because so many of our members are older, those young bodies really help us out moving things around and sorting things for us.” For more information, or to donate goods to the sale, contact Dave Maddax at 837-4235.
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