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Catoctin High School’s 50 th Thurmont Lions Club Donates to

Anniversary Celebration Begins Community Organizations

Catoctin High School (CHS) has formed a 50 anniversary planning Community Night Courtesy Photo
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committee. The committee members are looking for memorabilia from the is an evening when
last fifty years that can be photographed, scanned, and/or displayed in the the Thurmont Lions
school for the 2018-2019 school year. The lobby will be “rejuvenated” this Club can shine a
summer to display items from each decade. This is a GREAT opportunity to light on community
share your fondest memories from your high school years with the current organizations, as
generation! well as sight-related
In addition to the above, families where multiple generations have organizations. This
graduated from CHS, visit https://sites.google.com/fcps.org/catoctin50 to find May on Community
out how to contribute to this celebration this year! Night, funds
The Student Government Association of Catoctin High School will present were donated to
several activities to celebrate the anniversary. Look for a 50 anniversary organizations; in
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table and display during the Thurmont & Emmitsburg Community Show in addition, funds were Recipients of Community Night donations.
September 2018. On October 5, 2018, a reception will be held for alumni previously donated to
in the school’s cafeteria before the CHS Homecoming football game. On the schools, scholarships, teachers, Lions Vision Research Foundation, Leader
this evening, CHS alumni will receive student-priced admission to the Dog, LCIF, Lions Saving Kids Sight, District 22-W Mobile Screening Van, Lions
Homecoming game. Youth Foundation, Thurmont Food Bank, Maryland Medical Eye Bank, etc.
The CHS Sports Boosters will also host activities to commemorate the There were eighteen organizations receiving donations. The Lions Club had
anniversary. Stay tuned for details about these and more upcoming events a whole array, covering everything from Guiding Eyes for the Blind to Lions
and activities that commemorate the school’s anniversary. Saving Kids Sight, from the Maryland Parents of Blind Children to Guardian

Hose Company, from Frederick County 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program
to Catoctin Community Medical Fund, from Thurmont Senior Center to
Seton Center, from St. Joseph’s Ministries/St. Catherine’s Nursing Center to
Community Foundation of Frederick County, from Catoctin Future Farmers
of America to Hearing Loss Association of America/Frederick Chapter,
from Children of Incarcerated Parents partnership to Thurmont Ambulance
Company, from Thurmont Lions Club Leo Clubs to Thurmont Scouting,
Inc., from District 22-W Diabetes Awareness to Thurmont Regional Library.
Representatives from each organization were present to be recognized and
receive their donation.
The Thurmont Lions Club is always looking for dedicated men and women
with a desire to serve their community. For more information, visit www.
thurmontlionsclub.com or call 302-788-0855.