POULSBO — What do an Eagle Scout, a Rotary Club and a Lions Club have in common?

They’ve all built viewing platforms at Poulsbo’s Fish Park.

“We were looking for something to do, and there was an opportunity for us to do this,” said Poulsbo Noon Lion Club member Dick Prine Saturday morning as he and a crew of six Lions tackled the project at the city park North of Lindvig Way.

Other community groups have completed projects at the site, and the Lions were eager to do their part, Prine said.

“We wanted to do something besides pull blackberries,” Lion Larry Linn said. “We’re a club of builders.”

In the past, the club has completed such projects as replacing the city’s boardwalk, so Saturday’s effort was a natural fit, Linn said.

“We’ve never had a problem with the weather,” he said. “This is perfect weather for this.”

And since, several Lions enjoy hands-on projects, finding an able crew for Saturday’s effort was easy, Prine said.

“For something of this scope, what we’ve got is perfect,” he said, adding that the platform’s foundation was poured a week earlier.

Unlike some of its other projects, the only thing the city’s parks and recreation department asked for was labor, Prine said. The city had the materials, and just needed a group to put them together.

Even though Saturday’s effort was the first project the club has done at Fish Park, Lions Club members have been involved since its inception, Linn said.

“Karl Ostheller is our representative. That’s where we got the idea,” Linn said.

The viewing platform may be the Lions’ first project at the park, but it might not be its last, Prine said.

“We really like projects like this, and we’re always looking for more,” Prine said.

With three viewing platforms in the park now completed, Poulsbo Parks and Recreation Director Mary McCluskey said there is one more left that is waiting for a builder.

“It’s very important that we work to include different groups,” McCluskey said, noting that the Lions Club and other community groups include many talented people who enjoy participating in such projects.

By spreading the projects between different community groups, the city has been able accomplish a large amount of work at the park, she said.

As work continues, McCluskey said she is hoping for more rain, so volunteers can continue planting trees and other vegetation at Fish Park.

“Hopefully, in November we can do some planting,” McCluskey said.