Iron River Lions Club

Wowza!!!
What A Great Community We Have!

Spring Fling
Sock Hop
& Kid’s Carnival

Lions Club Wipeout Childhood Cancer
Event held on April 9, 2022

Iron River Lions Rob Lombard and Lisa Olby presented a check in the amount of $5,000 to Chris Mitchell and JoHannah Orman, Social Workers and Child Life Specialists with the Erick Peter Person Children’s Cancer Center. The funds were raised at the Lions Club Wipeout Childhood Cancer Event held on April 9, 2022. A huge thanks to the community of Iron River for their generous support of the event! From left to right: Rob Lombard, Chris Mitchell, JoHannah Orman, and Lisa Olby.

As the only comprehensive cancer center, in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin, the experts at the Erick Peter Person Children’s Cancer Center understand the importance of staying close to home when undergoing cancer care. That is especially true when children and families are involved. At times like this, being close to an existing support network can be nearly as important as the medicine a child receives.

A child who is treated at Essentia Health’s Erick Peter Person Children’s Cancer Center receives the same treatment that is given at children’s hospitals across the United States, while keeping the family in their own beds at night. A cancer diagnosis turns the lives of the entire family upside down and the effects of a successful treatment can linger long after the disease has been treated.

The Iron River community enjoyed a fun filled afternoon on Saturday celebrating Springs slow arrival with a sock hop and kid’s carnival at the Iron River Community Center from 5 to 8pm. The Lions 50’s Diner featured burgers, hot dogs, blue plate special and the extremely popular Tetzner’s shakes and malts and A&W root beer floats. The basket raffle contained 100% prizes for kids that all encouraged active, healthy lifestyles including fishing poles, pickle ball rackets, scooters, and bikes.Ray and Christine provide 50’s and 60’s music and kids enjoyed carnival games, hula hoops and dancing to the hokey pokey and chicken dance.

All proceeds went to Essentia’s “Erick Peter Persons fund” which provides funds for the families of children who are being treated by the children’s cancer center. The funds provide support for family’s meals, lodging, and deductibles.