The Ocoee Lions Club 9th Annual Golf Tournament at Forest Lake Golf Course is scheduled for Saturday May 4th. Come and play in the tournament individually or bring a team. We are also accepting hole sponsors and multiple hole sponsors. Entry deadline is April 30th 2013. Remember, your contributions are tax deductible under 501(c)(3) guidelines. Profits raised will go to eyeglasses and hearing aides for Ocoee residents and to the other local and international charities the Club supports.
Fees are:
$70 Entry fee per person
includes greens fee, cart,and lunch
$250 Entry fee per foursome
$150 Hole Sponsor
Beverages will be available on the course
Lunch and Prize Giveaway afterwards.
For contacts, the registration form and for more information, click and print the Golf Tournament Flyer.
The weather was great this past Saturday for the Ocoee Christmas Parade. The Ocoee High School Marching Knights, the West Orange High School Warrior Marching Band, Mickey and Minnie Mouse, the Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, and Santa Claus, just to name a few, all appeared and impressed. The Parade was presented by the Ocoee Lions Club in conjunction with the City of Ocoee. Roger Freeman, long-time Ocoee resident, and Gail Paschall-Brown, reporter with WESH 2 News, served as tv hosts. And a large number of toys were donated by Parade entrants for the Ocoee Police Deparment’s Holiday Toys for Kids in Need Program.
Here are the top entries in each category, according to the Parade judges. Overall winner was the The Classic Affair. Congratulations to all those listed and to all who took part.
Church:
1st Place Glad Tidings
2nd Place` Ocoee Christian Church
3rd Place Harvest International Ministry
Non-Commercial:
1st Place Christmas Train/Central Florida Machine & Speed
2nd Place Mid Florida Mustang Club
3rd Place Woman’s Club of Ocoee
Honorable Mention City of Ocoee Building Division
Commercial:
1st Place All in One Entertainment
2nd Place BB&T
3rd Place Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Honorable Mention Surewater Technologies Inc
Youth:
1st Place West Orange High School Warrior Band
2nd Place The West Orange Girls Club
3rd Place Cub Scout Pack 922
Honorable Mention Ocoee Bulldogs
Judges Trophy:
The Classic Affair
Update: Trophy presentations will take place December 18 at 6:45 pm, prior to the Commission meeting at Ocoee City Hall.
Check back for video and television broadcast schedules when they become available.
Photos–Click twice on the slide show below to see larger images. The same photos also appear on our facebook page.
This year’s Ocoee Christmas Parade, presented by the Ocoee Lions Club in conjunction with the City of Ocoee, will run on Saturday December 1st, starting at 1:00 in the afternoon.
The Parade will start at the intersections of Maguire Road and Enterprise Street, and end at Municipal Lakefront Park at Ocoee City Hall.
Check back here or on our facebook page after the Parade for photos and video, when they become available. You’ll find news updates there too.
For those of you who plan to enter floats, marchers, walkers, etc, please see the registration forms and lineup information below. There are two options to register–either a printable registration like in past years, or an online registration page.
Printable Registration Form
Online Registration Form
Parade Lineup Information
And below are Parade route maps.
Printable Christmas Parade Route
Parade Route in Google Maps
View Ocoee Christmas Parade in a larger map
This year’s Ocoee Lions Club Turkey Shoots will be held on:
October 6
October 20
November 17
December 15
(All of them Saturdays).
From 8 am to 4 pm (Sign-ups start @ 8 am)
$3.50 per shot
In the field at 881 Ocoee-Apopka Rd, beside the West Orange Girls Softball Complex. Look for the sign on the road.
You bring your own shotgun. We provide the shells. We (usually) also have a house shotgun if you don’t have one.
There will be a 50/50, a gun raffle and a concession stand. See you there!
Proceeds go to local and international charities the Club supports.
For the uninitiated, this is only shooting at paper targets. And one of our fundraisers. The winner of each round of ten shooters receives a gift card.
Update: The turkey shoots will start at 8 am, not 9 am.
The Ocoee Lions Club is hosting a one-day Hunger Drive at the Ocoee Friday Farmers’ Market, with Ford and Feeding America. Please join us on August 24th, from 3 pm to 8 pm, on McKey Street. Ford will be using the event to showcase the new Ford Escape SUV. For each guest attending, Ford will help provide 40 meals to Feeding America.
Club President Steve Van Varick presents a $300 check to Chesta Hembrooke of Supplies to Assist our Students (S.T.A.R.S.) of West Orange. S.T.A.R.S. provides backpacks and basic school supplies to public elementary, middle and high schools, so students who could not otherwise afford them have the tools they need. Last year S.T.A.R.S. helped 15,000 students in 64 schools in Orange County. Chesta Hembrooke of S.T.A.R.S., after receiving the donation, thanked the Lions Club for supporting them from the beginning.
The Ocoee Lions Club 8th Annual Golf Tournament at Forest Lake Golf Course is scheduled for Saturday May 5th, 2012. We invite you and your friends to play and company to participate as a hole sponsor. A hole sponsorship would pay for an eye examination and a pair of glasses for an Ocoee area child or adult in need, or six food baskets for families at the holidays, or help pay for a hearing aid. Remember, your contributions are tax deductible under 501(c)(3) guidelines.
Fees are $70 per person, or $250 per foursome, which includes greens fee, cart and lunch. Hole sponsorships are $150. To register or for more information, contact Cathy Sills, or click on the Golf Tournament Flyer.
The Ocoee Lions Club is happy to announce that we will be managing the Ocoee Open Air Farmers’ Market commencing on Friday, March 23rd.
The location is changing and will be held on McKey Street. This is the original location.
The operating hours will be from 3pm to 7pm, every Friday, for the first few weeks until daylight savings time has a chance to kick in.
