Centennial 'Points of Lights': An Evening To Honor The Best Among Us

LARCHMONT-MAMARONECK, NY — A group known for helping to lift the community is setting aside an evening to honor those who are making a difference in their own ways.

On Sunday, January 28, the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions Club will celebrate their Centennial as part of their annual "Points of Light" event. The event will recognize the many service groups and individuals who respond to the needs of the community.

Reflecting the Centennial motto of "Better Together," the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions say their mission is twofold, to provide Lions eye health and youth programs at no charge, and to support volunteers and advocacy local service groups, by bringing community leaders together to determine needs, resources and achieve solutions.

The event will include the announcement of the recipients of the Jack Coughlin Community Service awards — Kate Bialo, of the Furniture Sharehouse, and The Washingtonville Housing Alliance, for their outstanding service to the needs of the people in the Larchmont Mamaroneck community

County Executive George Latimer is the keynote speaker.

The service groups being honored include the following: Alzheimer's Association, At Home on the Sound, Cancer Support Team, Carver Center, Coalition for Community, Community Counseling Services, CRC, CURE, Friends of Karen Friends of the Family, Fuller Center, Furniture Sharehouse, Girl Scouts, Grassroots Grocery, Guiding Eyes for the Blind, KidsSight Vision Screenings, Junior League of Westchester, Larchmont Chamber of Commerce, Larchmont Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force, Larchmont Mamaroneck Summit, Larchmont Newcomers Club, Larchmont Rotary, Larchmont Women's Club, LM Pollinator Pathways, LMC Media, Local Schools, Mamaroneck Chamber of Commerce, Mamaroneck Elks, Neighbors for Refugees, Pediatric Cancer Foundation, PEO(Philanthropic Education Org), Salvation Army, Sharing Shelf, Sheldrake Environmental Center, STEM, VHP (Volunteer Health Program), Visions VCB, Washingtonville Housing Alliance.

You can get your tickets here.

The Points of Light celebration of community service is the primary fundraiser for the Larchmont Mamaroneck Lions Foundation - the 501c3 financial resource at the center of LM Lions support of many of these service groups. Of importance is that the foundation grows donated funds as seed money, to attract matching grants & other partnerships — to deliver more support for local & Lions service. All donations are 100 percent tax deductible.