Local Fellowship House Gets 'Carded'

Reston Lions Club distributed 240 Giant Food Gift cards to victims of the "derecho" storms on Friday, August 31st. Residents of the Lake Anne Fellowship House were able to replenish food lost during a five day power outage that occurred during one of the hottest weeks in June-July 2012.

 The local service club  received a $2,000 grant from the Lions of Virginia Foundation, which funds emergency relief in the State. The club partially matched the grant so that they could provide $15 Giant Cards to 240 residents to help restock spoiled food supplies. 

Reston Lions Club President, Sue Beffel, and members Jim Ryan and Jack Gazlay, assisted Fellowship House Administrator, by handing out the cards.  After the gathered residents eagerly received their cards.  Resident, Buzz Carter,  thanked the Lions on behalf of all the others, as many of them did not speak much English. "That's a lot of money to me, said one man, while another resident said, "It is so sweet. I'm so proud to be an American."

The Reston Lions Club has over 30 members and meets on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 7:00 PM at Mama Lucia's at the North Pointe Shopping Center. Lions Clubs are groups of men and women who identify needs within their community and work together to fulfill those needs. For more information or to get involved with the Reston Lions Club, please visit our web site at www.restonlions.org.

Lions Clubs International is the world’s largest service club organization with more than 1.3 million members in approximately 45,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the blind and visually impaired and made a strong commitment to community service and serving youth throughout the world. For more information about Lions Clubs International, visit the Web site at www.lionsclubs.org.