THATCHER — The Safford Lions Club is busy the next two Saturdays.
Pow Wow — Produce on Wheels Without Waste — returns to the Gila Valley Saturday, Jan. 4, courtesy of Borderlands Produce Rescue and the Safford Lions Club.
Borderlands delivers thousands of pounds of rescued produce and the Lions Club makes available up to 70 pounds for a $15 donation.
Residents can pre-purchase the produce through Borderlands’ online system. Cost for online ordering is $20 for 70 pounds, with drive-through pick-up at Home Depot Saturday morning.
Door Dash is also available for those unable to travel to Home Depot Saturday morning. Cost for Door Dash orders is $15 for one 25 pound box of produce, or $30 for two 25-pound boxes.
Pow Wow takes place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. or while supplies last. Click here to place orders online.
On Saturday, Jan. 11, the 56th annual rededication to Lionism will take place at the Melvin Jones Memorial in Fort Thomas.
“We have a big ceremony and there are people that come from all over; Massachusetts, Alabama, Texas, California,” said Marion Hastings, member of the Safford Lions Foundation.
The featured speaker will be past Lions International Director Ernesto Yijerina.
Melvin Jones, the founder of Lions Clubs International in 1917, was born in Fort Thomas in 1879. The memorial, a 50-foot spire and adjoining museum, was designed and erected in 1965 under the direction of Safford Lions Club members Roger David and Bill Lewis.
The ceremony at the memorial will begin at 9 a.m. and be followed by a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. at the Eastern Arizona College Activities Center. Cost of the luncheon is $35.
