Osakis Lions donate school supplies to Osakis Elementary, St. Agnes

Osakis Lions2.jpg — Shad Schmidt, left, Osakis Elementary School principal, and Osakis Lions member Mark Reicks show the supplies that were donated.

By Echo Press staff report

March 09, 2023 at 9:24 AM

OSAKIS – The Osakis Lions Club, in partnership with Lions District 5M4, recently donated school supplies to Osakis Public School and St. Agnes Catholic School in Osakis.

The Lions have assembled these school supplies and hope that teachers and students will find them helpful over the next few months. The Lions feel the youth of the community is our future and want to assist in any way they can to support the schools and students.

Osakis Lions1.jpg — Mark Reicks, left, with the Osakis Lions Club is shown with four St. Agnes School students and Peggy Stowe, St. Agnes School principal.

Another service that the Osakis Lions provide is in-school vision screening through its KidSight Project. They screened 106 preschool through second-graders in Osakis in October of 2022.

“Thank you to the teachers and support staff for all that you do for our youth,” the Lions said in a news release. “Together we can partner to help provide for them.”

By Echo Press staff report

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