Project Pride_Glendive Lions present to First Graders
Glendive Lions bring Flags to 1st Graders
As part of the Lions’ emphasis on youth and volunteering, Glendive Lions present flags to all Glendive 1st graders each year. Visiting Jefferson School on March 27th, members of the Lions Club talked with all the 1st graders assembled in one classroom. The presentation consisted of three parts. First, Lion Don Idso told about Lions and why they are considered volunteers. Secondly, Lion Jess Johnson enlarged the concept of volunteering by telling the students that many things would not happen in Glendive were it not for volunteers. Examples included the Dawson Co. Fair and murals painted on the walls around Glendive. All volunteers seek to make their community better and are not paid to do this. In the third part of the presentation, Lion Deb Anderson told students how to respect the flag and take care of it. This included having students stand and recite the “Pledge of Allegiance.”
As a gift from the Glendive Lions, all the first graders received their own 12-inch American flag and flag stand. They were also given a brochure entitled “Our Flag” to take home and read with their parents. This brochure covers such subjects as displaying the flag correctly, care and respect for the flag, and flag facts.
The Glendive Lions are part of a world-wide organization called Lions International which supports eight causes: youth, vision, hearing, cancer, diabetes, protecting the environment, hunger, and humanitarian issues. Glendive Lions meet at 12:00 noon on the first and third Monday of each month at Yellowstone River Inn. Known most widely for their Lions Camp at Makoshika, their brat booth at the fair, collecting used eye glasses, or the “Heart of a Lion” sculpture by the EPEC, they continue to explore new options for serving Glendive. Lions live up to their motto “We Serve”.
