Welcome to the Seeley Lions Club
The Seeley Lions Club is part of Lions International, dedicated to serving communities and humanitarian needs.
Our Lions Club is located in Seeley 10 miles north of Hayward, in beautiful northwest Wisconsin. The local community we serve is nestled between the Namekagon River and the Seeley Hills, home of the American Birkebeiner. Our area is a destination for cross country skiers, mountain bikers, fishermen, hikers, snowshoers, ATVers,
One more day left to 2022 Seeley Lions Pre Fat Bike Race Saturday, August 20, 2022!
Online Registration Ends tonight at 11:59 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2022
Check out the new divisions.
A Junior Division for riders 10-16 and a Senior Division for riders 17 and older.
Expert Race will have awards!
Registration is open as of April 1, 2022!
https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/Seeley/SeeleyLionsPreFatBikeRace
Charity Pickleball Tournament
Benefit for Seeley Lions CLUB
July 16-17, 2022
For more information:
Lions Fundraiser Tourney Flyer V1.0 2022
JUNE EVENTS
District Governor Bill Anderson and his wife Karen came to the meeting and addressed the membership. They have met or will meet with all Wisconsin Lions clubs by this summer. They explained their duties and recommended that taking a tour of the Wisconsin Lions Camp would be well worthwhile. Wisconsin has the 4th largest number of Lions clubs in the nation. Bill handed out chevrons for 10 years length of service to Judy and Tom Rowley, Tom Matthiae, and John Wagener (not present).
MAY EVENTS
Congratulations to the five students from the 2022 Class who were chosen to each receive a $1000 Scholarship Award by the Scholarship Committee. Here are our 2022 recipients: Rylee Lutz, Emma Mittelsdorf, Helena Maki, Anneliese Bauer, and Paige Pulskamp.
Roadside clean-up. Hats off to all of the Seeley Lions Members who pitched in to pick up garbage Wednesday, May 4th, 2022. Thank you, Everyone!
APRIL EVENTS
Sawyer County Deputy Nelson (and Oscar) and Deputy Schick began the meeting by explaining the K-9 program used for both narcotics search and apprehension. They further explained the costs of acquiring these special dogs, their upkeep costs, equipment, etc., and the foundation set up to fundraise for the K-9 program. They will have to replace a recently retired dog and another (Oscar) in two years. Oscar demonstrated how well trained he is.
A check for $1000 from the Lions Club was presented to them by Tom Rowley.
MARCH EVENTS
FAT BIKE BIRKIE
JANUARY 2022
Way to go Seeley Lions Volunteers at the Seeley Cassic last weekend!
The new benches and table are ready to use. Thank you, Roger Osmundson, for your kindness in building them for the warming shelter.
DECEMBER EVENTS
Santa (OB) delivered gift baskets from the Seeley Lions. Thank you, OB.
Seeley Lions Club Member Christmas Party was celebrated Thursday, December 9th at 6:00 p.m.
Hats and mittens were collected for community children.
GIVING BACK
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY
Thank you’s are being sent out to local organizations this month! Since July 1st, 2021, the Seeley Lions have given back over $7,000 to support local needs, diabetes education, and the Lions eye bank.
OCTOBER/NOVEMBER EVENTS
Seeley Hills Shelter-There is now inside lights that work on a timer switch. They are currently operating on a battery until the solar panel hookup is complete.
SEPTEMBER EVENTS
A Louie’s Brat stand at the 2021 Chequamegon Mountain Bike FestivalThank you, volunteers!
A Wednesday work night was held at the Seeley Warming Shelter. Thank you, everyone!
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AUGUST EVENTS
The Seeley Lions Club hosted the 25th Anniversary Pre-Fat off-road mountain bike races Saturday, August 21, 2021. All races began and finished at the Kortelopet stadium three miles east of Seeley on Highway 00.
The events included a 10-mile Citizen race at 9 a.m., 17-mile Sport and Fat Bike races at 9:30 a.m., a 25-mile Expert race at 10 a.m. and a 1-mile Cub race for kids 12 and under at 12:15 p.m.
All bikes-mountain, fat and single-speed raced in one category in the Expert, Sport, and Citizen races.
The Pre-Fat is the major annual fundraiser for the Seeley Lions. It provides needed help and numerous projects to benefit our local community!
Thank you to all of you who have been part of the Seeley Lions 2021 Pre-Fat 25th Anniversary event!!! We hope to see you at the 2022 26th Pre-Fat Celebration next August.
Thank you to all of the sponsors who helped make this a success!
2021 Event Sponsors:
OVERALL EVENT SPONSOR:
PRESENTING SPONSORS:
- Hayward Area Memorial Hospital & Waters Edge – 25 Mile Expert
- Sawmill Saloon – 17 Mile Sport
- Norvado – 17 Mile Fat Bike
- Louie’s Finer Meats –10 Mile Citizen & Brats
- New Moon Ski & Bike Shop – Cub Event
- Bent Paddle Brewing Co. – Beverages
MAJOR SPONSORS:
CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
- American Birkebeiner
- Anglers Bar and Grill
- Chequamegon MTB Festival
- Kwik Trip – Hayward
- Long term Care Advisors
- Outdoor Ventures
- Rick Gruel Landscaping
- Seeley Veterinary Clinic
- South Side Seeley Builders
- TwinSix
The 2021 Pre Fat Race Results
https://endurancepromotions.com/ResultDetails.aspx?id=1490
RACE PHOTOS
https://lifeaboveeight.photoshelter.com/index/G0000YwsU4whNAo4/I0000MuNq3Mm5oq4
Photo Credit Seeley Dave-David Schlabowske
Thank you Seeley Dave for the photos! Check out his website called
LIFE ABOVE EIGHT
https://lifeaboveeight.photoshelter.com/index
T-Shirts
Special 25th Anniversary Pre-Fat sports apparel are available.
The deadline for the Pre-Fat Sportswear order has been kindly extended by Hidden Bay Graphics to August 23rd.
Orders must be placed no later than August 23rd and will be ready for pick up at Hidden Bay Graphics or shipped to you the week of September 20th.
Click here to order
THANK YOU PRE FAT VOLUNTEERS! Way to Go!
President, Chief Cook, OB (Pat) Announcer -Alan
Food & Beverage Lead-Barb Tom- Beer & Beverages
Watermelon Bananas Cookies-Cindy Watermelon Chief-Roger
Louie’s Finer Meats
Raffle Race Start
Warming House Update
Thank you Lions volunteers, Roger Osmundson and his crew of volunteers for the group effort in building the Seeley Hills Trail Shelter
Thank you, Tom Matthiae, and Dan Tiller, and other Lions volunteers, for your work on the firewood shed at the Seeley Hills Trail Shelter.
The building, located about two miles from Seeley, is open to the public year-round. Enjoy it and the trails!
Thank you everyone for the $300 cash and check donations that have been left in the donation box. Over the winter we collected about $200
All money has gone toward the building projects for the shelter and woodshed.
Future needs for this project are the following:
- Staining
- Stacking wood
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Join us as we meet together to plan events and ways to help out our community. We are open to new members. Come and check us out!
Meeting times: 5:30 pm – 1st Wednesday of the month @ Sawmill Saloon – US Highway 63, Seeley, Wisconsin.