The Westfield Lions Club is holding a “Poker For Sight Tournament” April 5 and 6 at the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds, 2003 Pleasant St., Noblesville. Test your Texas Hold ‘Em skills and have a chance to win some of the $25,000 payout. With authentic Vegas equipment and dealers on hand, this will be the full poker tournament experience.
The major cause for all Lions everywhere is sight preservation. Lions members consist of 1.3 million men and women in 200 countries and geographic areas. They conduct vision and health screenings, locally and around the world. Lions provides vision test and eyeglasses locally for children whose family cannot afford them, and locally they support the “Leader Dog” program for the visually impaired.
At each of the three qualifying tournaments (Friday morning, Friday evening and Saturday morning) checks from the proceeds will be presented to the following organizations:
Bravery Bags by Little Mended Hearts of Indianapolis
A Bravery Bag is a bag given to families in the hospital after their child has had a heart surgery or heart procedure. These bags contain items that help the family have courage, strength and comfort through their time of crisis.
Mended Little Hearts of Indianapolis supports the families at Riley Hospital for Children and Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital. Each bag costs $20 to assemble.
A bravery bag includes a stuffed animal lion, a courageous heart token, an adult coloring book, colored pencils, a reusable cup, a pack of tissues, playing cards, a journal, a pen and a wristband.
Diabetes Youth Foundation – Summer Camp in Noblesville
Each year, hundreds of children and teens with diabetes from all over Indiana call Camp Until A Cure home for the month of June. While at camp, they swim, hike, do arts and crafts, take creek walks, play paintball, climb the ropes course, have campfires with songs and skits, do activities centered around diabetes management and skills and much more.
Children’s diabetes is a targeted disease by Lions Club International.
Indiana Blind Children’s Foundation
Founded in 1993, the mission of the Indiana Blind Children’s Foundation (IBCF) is to invest in children with visual impairments so each child will thrive in school and daily life. IBCF is a philanthropic foundation that financially supports the unique work of the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
Over the past 150 years, the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired has developed substantial and unique expertise regarding the education of students who are blind and visually impaired. The School has established itself as a nationally-recognized educational institution and a critical state resource for Indiana’s children. Every year, the School educates hundreds of Indiana’s children and young adults ranging from infants to 22 years old and living in all parts of the state.
This year the Westfield Lions have added a winner’s medallion and a set of final table medallions to be given as prizes.
Get a sneak peek of what you could experience at this year’s Westfield Rocks The 4th Auto Show by seeing this 1954 Bentley owned by Mike Birk at the 4-H Fairgrounds during the Westfield Lions Club Poker for Sight Tournament. (Photo provided)
The grand prize in the Poker For Sight Tournament is $10,000, a winner’s coin and a leather jacket, but there a total of $25,000 will be split among those who finish in the top several positions.
Also at the tournament the Westfield Lions will have information available about the Westfield Rocks The 4th Auto Show, which will be run by the Lions this year. You can get a small preview of that event by visiting the Hamilton County 4-H Fairgrounds during the tournament to see a 1954 Bentley owned by Mike Birk of the Lions Club.
Buy-ins for the Poker For Sight tournament are currently $135. Register online and learn more at lionspoker.org.
If you have any questions you can email info@LionsPoker.org.