Marblehead Peninsula Lions Club Perch Festival cooks up fish and enjoyable

BY SHERI TRUSTY

MARBLEHEAD – When mind most cancers started stealing the eyesight of 1998 Danbury graduate Loree Ronk, the Marblehead Peninsula Lions Club stepped in to assist. The membership donated a $400 sight reader to Ronk so she will be able to nonetheless learn regardless of progressive sight loss. Her father, Danbury Township Trustee David Hirt, was very grateful.

“They just recently gave it to her,” Hirt stated. “Thank you, Marblehead Lions, for helping with some newfound vision for Loree.”

Helping the neighborhood with sight-related wants is only one cause the membership hosted the thirty third Annual Marblehead Peninsula Lions Club Perch Festival on Aug. 23. The occasion raised funds for a lot of benevolent initiatives locally, together with the Danbury lunch program, highschool scholarships, Little Free Libraries, and Christmas help.

Perch Festival Cochair Tod Kelly stated the pageant was anticipated to boost over $20,000.

“The community really supports us,” Kelly stated. “This isn’t just a festival. This is an event. People look forward to coming to it.”

The Perch Festival kicked off with a parade after which featured perch dinners, a automotive present, a bounce home, reside music, youngsters video games, Amrize Quarry excursions, and distributors. Volunteers fried 500 kilos of fish.

“The festival funds the good things we do throughout the year. If there’s a need in the community, we help out,” Kelly stated. “A man in Marblehead lost his house in a fire on a Saturday, and we handed him a check on a Sunday.”

All of the funds raised on the pageant are utilized for native wants.

“We take care of the community, and we’re proud to do that,” Kelly stated.