The Middletown Lions Club will host ‘From Italy With Love,’ a fundraising dinner to benefit the New Jersey Blind Citizens Association/Camp Happiness in Leonardo, NJ, an organization that has been serving and advocating for the blind for over 100 years. The dinner will be held on Friday evening, May 2, from 6.30-8.30 p.m. The location is Fellowship Hall at the Middletown Reformed Church, 121 Kings Highway, Middletown, NJ, 07748.
The BYOB dinner will feature a delicious homemade Italian buffet with a menu of assorted pasta dishes including baked ziti, several types of lasagna, stuffed shells, sausage & peppers, meatballs, salads, bread and an array of desserts.
There will be musical entertainment and art exhibits by local artists as well as local blind citizens. This is a fun and festive event, perfect for family fun!
Tickets are available in advance at the following link:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-italy-with-love-an-italian-buffet-dinner-to-support-njbca-tickets-1306822133179
Checks should be made payable to the Middletown Township Lions Club Charitable Foundation and sent to P.O. Box 75, Middletown, N.J. 07748.
All donations to the foundation are tax-deductible. For additional information, contact Lion JoAnn LoSapio at (732)890-1807 or by email at momrules41@verizon.net.
Chartered in 1946 under Lions International, the Middletown Lions Club is an all-volunteer service organization consisting of men and women who help the community through various charitable service and fundraising initiatives and programs. The club assists individuals and families in need both locally and globally through their unique 501C3 foundation, The Middletown Lions Club Charitable Foundation. Lions the world over are known as ‘Knights of the Blind’ and were challenged directly by Helen Keller to dedicate themselves to the cause of blindness.
The Middletown Lions Club manages a charitable community initiative that provides free eye exams and eyeglasses for those who cannot afford them and who meet specific financial criteria. In addition, the all-volunteer vision screening team, the ‘Knights of Sight, provides free vision screenings for elementary school children in local school districts.
Members also volunteer directly at the Bayshore Lunch Program in Keyport, N.J., support local food pantries and emergency feeding locations like The Calico Cat, and assist homeless advocacy organizations like Destiny’s Bridge engage with and donate to charitable organizations that align with Lions’ guiding principles, and raise awareness of important social concerns in the area.
More information is available on the club website, www.mlions.org.