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Boise Bench Press September 10,2025
in NewslettersStu Hobson is a retired police officer from Nampa. He now volunteers at the Warhawk Air Museum and has a created a presentation about the flag. He has presented at schools and asks the kids “Why do you say the pledge of allegiance?” The kids usually say because my teacher tells me to.
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Boise Bench Press September 3, 2025
in NewslettersSarah Lett from Front Porch Properties spoke about the housing market for the last 12 months. Houses in the $400,000 – $499,000 range sold the most in the last 12 months in Ada County. The average price of a home sold in the last 12 months in Ada County was $614,283. It appears to be…
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Boise Bench Press August 27, 2025
in NewslettersLion Gayle hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Boise Bench Lions version at our August 27 meeting. No clear winner, but we had a blast!
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Zoo Boise Summer of 2025
in ProjectsThe Club volunteers at Zoo Boise during the summer to do landscaping once a month. Despite it being summer, we had to dress warmly early in the season. The Zoo really appreciates the help and we get to spend time at the Zoo and always visit the lion enclosure.
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Found Kids Booth at the Western Idaho Fair August 15-24, 2025
in ProjectsThe Boise Bench Lions staffed the Found Kids Booth. We volunteered from noon to 11PM and have been doing this project since 2014. Parents or guardians can bring their kids to the booth to be registered. This year over 700 kids got a numbered arm band and record contact information for the parent or guardian. …
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Flock Cancer May 11, 2024
in ProjectsThe club volunteered for the third year in a row to be crossing guards for the Flock Cancer Walk. This year we volunteered in memory of Lion Tom Caperon who had organized our volunteers for this year and the previous two years. Lion Tom passed away shortly before the walk and he will be missed.
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Boise Bench Lions has it’s own Youtube Channel!!!!!
in General NewsCheck out the Youtube page or go to Boise Bench Lions on Youtube.
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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 through out the state and provides 100 thousands of meals annually. We help pack 3100 pounds of elbow pasta during the February. One of Lions Club International’s Global Causes is combating food…
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Eyeglass Sorting
in ProjectsBoise Bench Lions spend time every week at the Envision Office, sorting and distributing donated used eye glasses. This is recycling for good, and many people in 3rd world countries benefit from the donation of these glasses, usually distributed through medical missions. The typical year sees upwards of 80000 pairs of glasses from Idaho, ROAR! …