Lions Haunted House is too scary to show most of it…But its charities make kids, seniors smile thousands of times.

We toured The Lions Club Haunted House on Thursday. It’s too scary to show! But you and all the kids you can round up are guaranteed to have a blast. A kid who got scared by us last year and seemed very mad about it found Frank recently and said “when is it this year?” She couldn’t wait to come back and get scared again. We also met someone who was terrified by the mysterious chainsaw man when she was little and now brings her kids to scare. Some are getting ready for third generation YIKES!

This year the theme is The Haunted Toy Shop!

Beware the Doll Room!

Here is the schedule for October 24-25, starts 7:00:

Then next Thursday and Friday Oct 30 and then Halloween Night!!!

Haunted Toy Shop. $20; $15 under 16. Tickets at Harvest Market. Lions Hall, 430 E. Redwood

Frank works at the Emergency room and has seen HUNDREDS of kids blessed by the Fort Bragg Lions Club free toy program. The Lions provide the toys to the hospital and the ER staff gives them to kids who are about to get a shot, have been waiting for hours and you would not believe the good they do. Sometimes, adults are comforted by a giant huggable teddy bear or smiling stuffed zebra. These are not the toys from this year’s Haunted House! The Lions also do the Easter Egg Hunt.

For decades, the Fort Bragg Lions Club has provided the free Christmas dinner, hundreds of free dinners go out to seniors (now with the help of the Redwood Coast Senior Center) The Lions would love to raise enough to return the in hall dinners that got nixed during the pandemic.

The Lions take on numerous causes. Right now we are helping send a love package to Reach and the survivors of a copter crash.

(Frank and Linda Hartell are Lions)

We cannot legally or morally bring you photos of smiling kids in the ER and it would be an invasion of privacy. Much of what we do goes to poor and vulnerable people. The Lions needs you to support the Haunted House and we need more people to come out and join! We especially would like Latino people, many of whom love to rent Lions Hall, to join the Lions. Please come to the Haunted House and get applications! The Lions could do a lot more if we had more volunteers to join in during the annual Carnival by the Sea, Haunted House and the many events where we do fun stuff enjoyed by the community!

See you at the Haunted House!