Moses Lake Lioness club gives to toy drive
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 3 months AGO
Moses Lake Lioness members Michele Bingham (left) and Deb Graser (right) present a check to Moses Lake Food Bank director Peny Archer (center) to help purchase toys for the food band's toy drive, Operation Friendship.
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Moses Lake Lioness members used some of the proceeds from Spaceburger sales to buy gifts for Columbia Crest Center residents and a family of New Hope clients. Lioness members Deb Graser (left) and Terry Sell (right) delivered the packages.
Moses Lake Lioness members donated blankets to the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation for distribution to cancer foundation clients. Lioness members Frogg McMains (left) and Michele Bingham (right) are pictured with cancer foundation program coordinator Deb Polito (center).
Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | December 28, 2020 1:00 AM
MOSES LAKE — Moses Lake Lioness club members recently donated money to a toy drive at the Moses Lake Food Bank, blankets to the Columbia Basin Cancer Foundation and presents to New Hope and Columbia Crest Center extended-care facility.
The Moses Lake Food Bank received a $500 donation for the purchase of Christmas presents for the food bank’s Operation Friendship. Lioness members donated 26 blankets to the cancer foundation for its patients. The presents were delivered to New Hope for one of its client families. New Hope works with domestic violence survivors and their families.
Club members also gave presents to quarantined residents of Columbia Crest Center.
The money for all donations was raised through the Lioness Spaceburger sales. The burgers are a Moses Lake and Lioness tradition, sold during each Grant County Fair and at other fairgrounds events.
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