James A Bland Music Scholarship Competition Winners Announced

Reston James A Bland Music Scholarship Competition concludes for another year with an amazing display of musical talent. Over a dozen local youth musicians battled it out at the 2013 Reston Bland Competition that took place on Jan 29th at 7:30pm. Winners of the Vocal Group were Alexis Michelle Gruber, first Place; William Meinert, second place and Nikole James, third place.
Winners in the instrument group were Yechan Lim, first place; Tatiana Liu, second place and Sarah Slate, third place.

from left is Steve Reber, Co-Chairman, William David Meinert, South Lakes High School; Tatiana Michelle Liu, Potomac Falls High School; Alexis Michelle Gruber, Dominion High School; Nikole Rae James, Potomac Falls High School; Sarah Erica Slate, Langston Hughes Middle School; Yechan Lim, Centreville High School and Jack Gazlay, Co-Chairman.

Congratulations to all participants and especially to all the winning vocal and instrumentalists!.

Local Reston Peace Poster Contest Winner Announced

Lily Dunlap, an eighth grade student at

Herndon Middle School, won a competition

sponsored by the Reston Lions Club.

Dunlap’s poster was among more than

350,000 entries submitted worldwide in the

annual Lions International Peace Poster Contest.

Lions Clubs International is sponsoring

the program to emphasize the importance

of world peace to young people everywhere.

Lions Rallies Support for Special Olympics

The Reston Lions Showed their Support on 1/26 for the 2013 Special Olympics Virginia’s FanQuest at the McLean High School! We excitedly supported the rematch between two FAN-tastic Special Olympics basketball teams on Saturday evening, January 26. This time, the Cougars from Oakton High School traveled to the McLean Highlanders’ territory! 

Bland Contest around the corner!

The Reston Bland Contest will be held on Tuesday, January 29th at 7:30 pm in the Reston Community Center Theater at the Hunter Woods Shopping Center sponsored by the Reston Lions Club. The deadline for entries is January 31st.  Don't let the name fool you though.  This free to enter, and free to attend concert brings together some of the most talented musical Youth of all ages to compete.  Attend and see have a chance to see an example of what Lions Club does for the community.

Reston Lions to Direct Parking for Brewfest - Proceeds to Charity

The Reston Lions Club is organized to provide valuable traffic and parking assistance at the bi-annual Northern Virginia Brewfest at Bull Run Park in Centreville, VA to raise money for charity this weekend, Nov 20-21st.  (Bull Run Regional Park · 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centreville, VA 20121) for more information on the NOVA Brewfest, visit  http://novabrewfest.com/fall/
The Lions Club will also hand out information about it's work in the community and be available to answer questions that attendees may have about the work of our wonderful organization.

Planting event this Saturday!

Fairfax Releaf is holding a Tree Planting event in south Reston this weekend.
Date: Saturday, October 13th
Time : 1:00-3:00pm
Place: Please use street parking along Steeplechase Drive adjacent to
2401 Old Trace Lane, Reston, VA.
What: Help the Reston Association reforest a steep slope that has been
mowed for years. Volunteers will help plant trees and shrubs. Volunteers
should be well-bodied and have good balance on uneven ground since the
site is a steep slope.

Volunteers who plan to attend should contact Jenn Truong at
jtruong@reston.org. Contact for event (only use on day of planting):
Claudia Thompson-Deahl at 571-233-9938.

Fall Conference for 24A This Weekend!

Reston Lions Club

Fall District 24A Conference This Weekend!!!
Hyatt at Dulles Airport, 2300 Dulles Corner Boulevard, Herndon, VA

http://www.valions.org/

October 5- 6, 2012
Hyatt Dulles
Hyatt Dulles. 2300 Dulles Corner Blvd.,
Herndon, Virginia, USA 20171.
Tel: +1 703 713 1234