Well, here we are again, with our Annual Christiansburg Lions Club Craft Show, this Saturday, December, Dec. 6.
Our crafts show is 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and will be at the Christiansburg Recreation Center. This is our 34th craft show and we are just as excited as if it were our first!
It is a wonderful way for our community to continue our shopping and preparing for Christmas as we have almost 150 craft vendors with their homemade crafts and items for sale.
Almost anything that you could desire and think of is available from the many vendors, including jewelry, wooden items and crafts, baked goods, handmade sewing items, canned products and many other items and areas of interest. All are created for the shoppers interest and will make wonderful Christmas presents!
Each year our Lions Club Christmas Craft Show attracts 150 vendors, several thousands of shoppers and a crowd of folks who just come for fun, food and fellowship.
Which reminds me of our Snack Bar, which is open all day, from breakfast to lunch and almost ‘til closing, with some breakfast and luncheon items for all to enjoy!
The craft show is our major event and fund raiser for the year with our 64 Lions club members working and serving during the day. As we live up to our Lions club motto, “We Serve!” our goal is to make a difference in our community, work with Lions Club International and make a difference in the world around us. There are some one and a half million Lions around the world, in over 200 Lions Clubs, in communities, cities and towns in all kinds of places, all striving to make the world a better place for us all.
Some, but not all, of our programs and areas we sponsor are vision screening of Montgomery County School children, providing glasses to those in need, Leader Dog Program, Childhood Diabetes Program, Carilion Children’s Clinic, Christmas Store, Montgomery County Emergency Assistance Program, Boys and Girls State, rescue squads, fire departments, Hope to Walk, four local high school scholarships and some others. We are excited for the way in which we support our community and our fellow citizens.
As we work for the craft show, we are indebted and grateful for our local sponsors who also make our work possible by contributing to our show in their financial and encouraging support. Our sponsors range from Platinum to Gold and Silver, and they not only contribute but also participate in our work. And we are also grateful for the support and publicity of The Roanoke Times and our local paper, The News Messenger. To them, we owe an expression of gratitude for helping us “get the word out!”
So, as we look forward to our Annual Lions Club Christmas Craft Show, we invite all of our friends and neighbors to a good day of crafts, fun, food and fellowship. Come and visit with us and see what wonderful crafts are available and have a good time!
Doug Kanney, Christiansburg Lions Club
