In the News

In a departure from Bluffton Lions tradition, over 100 individuals were honored as 2024 Citizens of the Year at an April 15 celebration. Volunteers who support the three Et Cetera Inc. shops–the Et Cetera Thrift Shop, Book ReViews and Bluffton Ten Thousand Villages–were recognized for their impact on Bluffton’s downtown commercial district.

Youth in Bluffton have formed a Leo Club with the sponsorship of the Bluffton Lions Club, joining some 7,700 Leo chapters across the world. Creating “Leadership, Experience, Opportunity” is the goal of these Lion-affiliated clubs.

The flurry of building Bike-Pedestrian Pathways on the east side of Bluffton has resulted in two great new pathways. We will celebrate the County Line Path next Tuesday.

The 10th Bluffton Ride to Remember is this Saturday, July 13, starting and ending at Bluffton Community, 601 N Main St. At the time of this article, the forecast is for mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon, according to www.weather.gov.

The 56th Festival of Wheels Cruise In hosted by the Bluffton Lions Club will be held on Friday, June 14. The show fills downtown Bluffton with antique and classic cars, trucks, tractors, fire engines and motorcycles.

On April 6, Lion Jackie Bourassa accepted the Governor’s Award, Humanitarian Award and Service Award on behalf of the Bluffton Lions Club at the District Convention. On April 13, seven Lions and one helper cleaned up their designated roadside.

The Bluffton Lions Club has announced that the 2021 Citizens of the Year for 2021 are Ed and Nancy Yeager. The club comments that the couple has "generously given much time and energy to multiple projects for the benefit of the Bluffton community."

Community leaders in Bluffton are actively seeking to make the village more bicycle-friendly, with the goal of making the village a destination for people to come bike.

And, they’re partway through a years-long project of creating a pathway system that will be part of the village forever.

As Bluffton becomes a more friendly bicycle village, more incentives become available to encourage bike use here.

The Bluffton Lions Foundation will host the 6th annual Ride to Remember in a virtual format this summer. The public ride that was scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 11, will now be a ride that riders will complete on their own anytime from now until the end of July.