A trio of Reinbeck Lions Club members were recently honored with the prestigious Warren Coleman Honorary Award for their service to the community and their commitment to Lions’ standards. Those pictured with their award plaques during a recent bingo night at The Dig Inn include (clockwise from top left) Dale Wambold (right) receiving his plaque from Iowa Lions Foundation trustee Rick Krug of Dysart; Craig Schildroth (left) receiving his plaque from Wambold; and Chris Frischmeyer (center) receiving his plaque from Wambold and Krug. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

REINBECK – During the monthly bingo night held on April 18 at The Dig Inn, three members of the Reinbeck Lions Club were honored with the Iowa Lions Foundation’s prestigious Warren Coleman Honorary Award including Chris Frischmeyer, Craig Schildroth, and Dale Wambold.

The award is the highest honor that recognizes members for their service to the community and their commitment to Lions’ standards.

During a brief ceremony held on April 18, Rick Krug, a member of Dysart Lions Club and an Iowa Lions Foundation trustee, presented the trio with their respective award plaques.

According to Wambold, the award is given annually to a club that has contributed over $1,000 to the Iowa Lions Foundation.

“The Reinbeck Lions Club has donated over $3,000 over several years. This made us eligible for [three] members of our organization to receive the award,” Wambold explained in an email to the newspaper. “The last time Reinbeck [Lions Club] received the award was in 2017.”

Wambold said a local selection committee made up of three Lions Club members made the determination who among their membership ranks met the award’s requirements and subsequently applied for the honor.

The Warren Coleman Honorary Award dates back to 1988 and is named for past Lions Club District Governor and veteran Warren Coleman, a longtime member of the Oskaloosa Lions Club.

In 2023, Reinbeck Lions Club poured more than $10,000 back into the local community. Projects that benefited financially from the club’s commitment to service last year include the following:

-Reinbeck Food Bank

-Little Rebels Center (Childcraft cozy cube)

-Gladbrook-Reinbeck Elementary/4-H FIRST LEGO League program

-Gladbrook-Reinbeck After Prom Committee

-Founding Fathers and headstone cleaning

-Reinbeck Courier Digitizing Project

-Storywalk board sponsor

-Reinbeck 4th of July committee Citizens for Reinbeck

-Reinbeck Park Pool House fundraiser

-Iowa Lions Foundation (ILF)

-Grundy County Memorial Hospital Fall Fling table sponsor

-Reinbeck Art Festival wristbands

-Grundy County Memorial Hospital Foundation

-Reinbeck Aquatic Center Bath House

-Childhood Cancer Awareness Team in Training

-G-R Sports Booster Club (blue light campaign)

-Glasses for a young man

-Gladbrook-Reinbeck Schools teacher pizza party (twice)

-Paint for the Main Street murals

-Miracle on Main

-Greyson Engle bingo fundraiser

-Miracle on Main bingo

The Reinbeck Lions Club’s popular monthly Thursday night bingo fundraisers resume again at The Dig Inn this coming fall. In the interim, the club will be hosting its annual July 4th bingo event in the park on, you guessed it, Independence Day which this year falls on Thursday, July 4.