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Boise Bench Press Newsletter 6/24/26
in NewslettersOur Speaker was Doc Haskell the BSU Esports Director has spent the past 9 years working with a group of young gamers. Their competitive success is most impressive with 1,652 all time wins. 15 Mountain West championships and 7 national championships.
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Boise Bench Press Newsletter 6/17/26
in NewslettersJennifer Yribar and friend from the Boise City Department of Arts and History shared the city’s mission regarding arts and history.
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Eyeglass Recycling
in Projects(click on the picture to see the whole crew) Boise Bench Lions hard at work. Envision recyles between 60000 and 70000 pairs of glasses a year. Clubs all over Multiple District covering Southern Idaho and a slice of Eastern Oregon collect used eyeglasses and turn them into Envision. Boise Bench members do the bulk of…
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Boise Bench Press Newsletter 6/10/26
in NewslettersOur Speaker this week was Mike Rice, a volunteer Fit and Fall Proof instructor for the Central Health District. Fit and Fall Proof is an exercise-based fall prevention program for older adults. The program focuses on improving strength, mobility and balance to reduce the risk of falls and support independence
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Idaho Food Bank
in ProjectsThe club sorts, bags, boxes or whatever, food at the Idaho Food Bank monthly. The Idaho Food Bank works with over 450 partners throughout the state and provides 100s of thousands of meals annually. Recently we helped pack 2,280 lbs. of russet potatoes into 10 lb. bags. The russets were covered in layers of ID…
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Food Drive for NeighborWorks and Eat Smart Idaho
in ProjectsThe club did a short notice food drive for NeighborWorks and Eat Smart Idaho, these two organizations work together to provide food and other needed items to families throughout Idaho. They also participate in providing meals in public parks to children during the summer. NeighborWorks-As a congressionally chartered and funded nonpartisan nonprofit, we support organizations…
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Flock Cancer Walk May 9, 2026
in ProjectsThe club participated as road guards again this year a great tradition for this event which raises money for the fight against breast cancer.
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Boise Bench Lions Bench Press Newletter 6/3/26
Jessica Morse from the Morrison Center (MC) educated our memberson how the MC works.
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Seeds for Independence
in ProjectsThe Boise Bench Lions were invited to a garden party at the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired to celebrate the Seeds for Independence project and help set up the garden boxes. The boxes were assembled by students at ICBVI, with Lions, staff, and students all working together to complete the project. After…
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Bench Press May 20, 2026
in NewslettersLion Mike educated our members about sporting clays which began in England in the early 1900’s as practice for live-bird hunting. It grew rapidly in the U.S. during the 1980’s as clubs looked for a more varied shotgun game. Shooters move station to station, seeing different target presentations at each stop.