Submitted by Larry Clarino
Westfield Lions Club
In what has become a tradition at the Westfield Lions Poker for Sight Texas Hold’em Tournaments, the club will make a “Big Check” presentation at the start of each round of play to a local charity.
The club holds two national level poker tournaments each year that are said to be the best in the Midwest, each with a payout of $25,000 with $10,000 to the winner. The spring event will take place on April 26 and 27 at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds in Noblesville.
At the upcoming tourney, $1,500 Big Checks will go to Chairs of Honor, Indiana Diabetes Youth Camp, Third Phase Mission, and Indiana Blind Children’s Foundation. In addition, a check for $500 will be presented to Indy Edge Beep Baseball.
- Chairs of Honor, Indianapolis, tells the story of military veterans’ sacrifice and service through handcrafted chairs that contain an individual digital record of each veteran’s story.
- Indiana Diabetes Youth Camp gives kids with Type 1 diabetes a chance to just be a kid for a couple of weeks of summer camp.
- Third Phase Mission is not only a homeless shelter, but a thrift store helping the needy of Hamilton County grow and prosper.
- The Indiana Blind Children’s Foundation is a philanthropic foundation that financially supports the unique work of the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired.
- The world champion Indy Thunder Beep Baseball has received support from the Westfield Lions for several years. Beep Baseball is a national league allowing the sight impaired to participate in very real, very serious baseball competition.
For more information on Poker for Sight or to enter, go to lionspoker.org.
About the Lions
Lions Clubs International is a non-political service organization of over 1.7 million members worldwide, established originally by Melvin Jones in 1917 in Chicago. It now has over 46,000 local clubs in more than 200 countries. The Lions’ motto is “We Serve.” Local Lions Club programs include sight, hearing, and speech conservation, diabetes awareness, youth outreach, international relations, environmental issues, and many other programs.