The Henderson Lions are giving back more than $80,000 dollars to the community this summer.
Throughout July, the Lions will hand out more than $50,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations at two of their weekly club meetings in July. The first round of grant funding was given at Tuesday, July 14’s meeting. The next round of check presentations will occur at the July 28 meeting.
Earlier in the summer, the Lions awarded $19,500 in scholarships to recent high school graduates. There is also money dedicated to vision care that the Lions steward and money put aside in reserves for further community assistance, said Lions media representative Myrle Partridge.
Here is a list of the local nonprofit grant recipients and how much they are scheduled to receive:
- Audubon Kids Zone-$1,000
- Bluegrass in the Park-$1,000
- Cliff Hagen Boys and Girls Club- $1,000
- College Foundation Inc. (HCC)-$500
- East End Community Table-$1,000
- Experiencing Autism Together- $1,000
- Father Bradley Shelter for Women and Children-$2,000
- Habitat for Humanity of Henderson-$1,000
- Harbor House Christian Men’s Center-$2,000
- Healing Reins of Kentucky, Inc.-$1,000
- Henderson Addiction Recovery-$2,000
- Henderson Area Arts Alliance-$1,000
- Henderson City/County Rescue Squad-$1,000
- Henderson County Diabetes Coalition-$4,000
- Henderson County YMCA-$1,500
- Jefferson Elementary School Resource Center-$1,000
- Henderson Christian Community Outreach-$3,000
- Henderson Farmers Market-$1,000
- Henderson Homeless Coalition-$1,000
- Henderson Juneteenth Celebration-$1,000
- Henderson Ky Pride-$1,000
- Henderson Leadership Initiative-$1,500
- Henderson HLI Group Project-$1,000
- Henderson Music Preservation/Handy Fest-$2,000
- Henderson Ky Education Foundation-$1,000
- Holy Name School-$1,000
- Humane Society of Henderson County-$1,000
- Infinite Hope-$1,000
- Involvement Inc-$1,000
- Marsha’s Place-$2,000
- Matthew 25 Aids Services Inc-$1,000
- New Genesis Jail Ministry-$1,000
- North Middle School Youth Services Center-$1,000
- Riverview School-$1,000
- The Gathering Place-$1,000
- Salvation Army of Henderson-$5,000
- Volunteer and Information Center-$2,000
- West Kentucky Public Journalism/the Hendersonian-$2,000
The Lions raised the grant money through its annual community activities: the annual live one night auction, sale of lemon shakeups at the Tri-Fest, an annual golf scramble and the Lions Arts and Crafts Festival at Audubon State Park.
The Lions hold their meetings from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the community room in the Henderson County Public Library.
Dust Bowl champions
Henderson’s Dust Bowl wrapped up Saturday night. The basketball tournament each summer is put on by Henderson’s Black History Committee and is hosted at the John F. Kennedy Center for a week each July.
In the middle school championship Pimp G’z defeated Braves 75-45.
In the high school championship, the Ghetto Geeks, featuring some Henderson County High School players, defeated Pauley Elite 62-50.
In the men’s championship, Evansville’s Hood Hoops defeated All Dawgs 64-63.
