The Seattle Seafair Pirates donated a wheelchair to the Lions Club of Tropical Garden.  This wheelchair was presented to the Lighthouse School on Friday, November 25 by Lion President, Belinda Blessitt Vincent.

Mrs. Carla MacVicar, Principal welcomed the donation which she said would be used to assist students in cases of emergency including loaning the chair to students who have surgery and are immobile for a period of time.  Presently the school has one wheelchair for this purpose and receiving another one allows for us to be able to help more students.

The Seattle Seafair Pirates have worked closely with the Lions Club of Tropical Gardens and was following up on a commitment they made to the Club last year that they would take at least one wheel chair with them each and every year that they return for Pirates week.  Pirate Doug “Barnacle” Kuehne, Captain of the Seattle Seafair Pirates said that the Pirates were only following their mission statement “individually we all can make a difference, but together we can make an impact.”  He said he knows that a life would definitely be impacted by having this wheelchair.

Lion President, Belinda Blessitt Vincent thanked the Pirates for their gift and said that such passion for service should be commended by all.

The School also presented funds collected during the Dress Down/Dress Pink day to Lion Elva Smith, Vice-President in charge of Breast Cancer.