G.S. Lions Club Dinner in the Dark is Feb. 11

G.S. Lions Club Dinner in the Dark is Feb. 11
Shane Tucker’s Elvis Remembered featured entertainers

The Gulf Shores Lions Club will feature a spectacular buffet dinner and a Las Vegas style entertainment by Shane Tucker’s Elvis Remembered at its 6th Annual Dinner in the Dark fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 11 at the Erie Meyer Civic Center in Gulf Shores. Doors open at 5 p.m. and dinner is served at 6 p.m. Setups will be provided at the Bring-Your-Own-Wine event.
Tickets for the event are $35 each and available from any Gulf Shores Lions Club member or by calling 251-968-3561 (Richard Switzer) or 251-981-3746 (Madeline Avinger). The menu will include salad, beef tenderloin medallion, roasted chicken breast, broiled white fish, vegetable melody, island rise pilaf, rolls, dessert, tea and water.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Leader Dog For The Blind and Southwest Alabama Regional School For The Deaf and Blind, with 50 percent of the proceeds staying within the Gulf Shores community for sight & vision projects and community projects that Miracle League. Leader Dog For The Blind representative Richard Mares will be there with his friend Gizmo.
The Lions Club founded Leader Dogs for the Blind in 1939. Since then, Leader Dogs for the Blind has provided independent mobility to more than 14,000 visually impaired individuals.
The school’s services are provided free of charge. The school provides classes on using a Leader Dog, orientation and mobility (traveling safely) and Trekker GPS (talking navigation tool). At Leader Dogs for the Blind, people can learn to use a Trekker GPS unit instead of memorizing directions that may or may not get them to where they want to go. The Southwest Regional School for the Deaf & Blind is part of the Mobile County School District and serves grades PK-12. Its mission is to provide opportunities for sensory impaired students to reach individual potential in academics, independence, responsibility and social competence.